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The Dark Knight Rises - It's Dark!

POSTED BY: SHINYGOODGUY
UPDATED: Friday, August 17, 2012 03:58
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SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 1:30 PM

Saw it on Friday, yes, despite the massacre in Colorado. I believe that that was the way to go, no fear and I felt that by going I was honoring the victims - it was what they were doing when they were shot by the coward.

Well, go see TDKR, it is intense and dark and beautifully shot and well-constructed. It builds up to a climactic finish with a plot twist that you won't see coming - actually 2 plot twists. All in all it is right up there on the level of the Dark Knight with the Joker, for which I give the definite advantage, but it does not disappoint.

One small picadillo - the plot with Bane was a bit thin, otherwise the movie was solid.

More later.............................

SGG

ZEEK

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 2:03 PM

I disagree. I thought this movie fell well short of even Batman Begins. I'd be really curious what percentage of the frames Batman is actually in. If it's over 15% I'd be surprised.

My biggest gripe is that The Dark Knight was intense the whole way through. The Dark Knight Rises was never intense at any point. Bane was more or less a thug. Whoopdy doo. The best characters were Cat Woman and the cop Blake. Batman and Bane play second fiddle IMO. I never really expected this to live up to the Dark Knight, but I didn't think the apple would fall so far from the tree.

ECGORDON

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:29 PM

My opinion is sort of in between SGG and Zeek. It was good, but not really close to the awesomeness of TDK, and I would also rate BB ahead of it. There were too many plot holes.

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http://templetongate.net/darkknightrises.htm

ANTHONYT

Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:51 AM

Hello,

I was entertained by the film, but I was not thrilled by it. It didn't feel very much like a Batman movie to me. I'm not sure how to convey why I feel this way. Perhaps the scope of the threat and the involvement of many ancillary characters reduced the 'intimacy' I usually feel between Batman and his antagonists. I did not find the ending to be satisfying. (Nor plausible.) I felt the movie missed its chance to be bold there.

I still found it worth the price of admission, even if I considered it the worst of the three, and even if I think it felt like an entirely different kind of movie altogether.

Honorable mention to the new cop character and the catwoman portrayal. Best lines of the movie were between catwoman and an opponent, on a topic involving high heels.

--Anthony

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Raptor - woman testifying about birth control is a slut (the term fits.)
Six - Wow, isn't Niki quite the CUNT? And, yes, I spell that in all caps....
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.

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AURAPTOR

Monday, July 30, 2012 10:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
One small picadillo - the plot with Bane was a bit thin, otherwise the movie was solid.
SGG

It was, I concur.

The movie was good. Darn good. I still say it's 2nd to The Dark Knight, but I can see how some would argue that point. Lots of good ( new ) parts for this movie.

While I could comment on stuff political or what not, I'll skip that here. I'll just say that, some of the 'rumors' I had heard...well, I wish I hadn't heard them. I like going into a movie void of knowing or expecting a plot to be a certain way, and seeing it unfold new and fresh , for the first time.

Also, if Darth Vader can speak clear enough while he's wearing a helmet, what the heck is Bane's excuse ?

And as for ...

Select to view spoiler:

Bane and gang walk into the stock exchange, but they make their escape on motorcycles? WTF?

Bane's headquarters is in the tunnel directly below where all the Bat Toys are stored? Couldn't Bruce or Lucius have set up some type of security that would have alerted them to that?

They cut the ending too close. Batman would not have been able to get that far out over the water in the short amount of time left ticking down on the bomb.

- I really agree here. I knew they were playing hinky w/ the shot of him in the seat and then the clock at " 0:05 ", ... but man. This wasn't some suit case of TNT that was goin ' off, either. As soon as he took off, i was thinking of the scene from Angels and Demons. But then that involved an auto pilot too, so I did have to wonder about that some.

And there were a couple of other things, of the same sort, that I thought were..well... just goofy. But such allowances have to be made for these sorts of movies, right?

Finally, I'd heard that Bruce Wayne dies in this movie. I heard that Bane breaks his back, and then kills him, or some such story. Hearing this, I fully expected that to be the case, when 1- Bane did bust him over his knee, 2 - Bruce fails the climb out of the hole, and falls w/ the rope tied around his waste. ( I thought that could have broken his back either time ). I also thought 3, he could have died from being knifed. And then finally,4 when the nuke goes off.

So, Bruce doesn't get any real professional medical help, other than hanging from a rope until his back 'heals'? Uh-huh. And even then, he gets himself back into shape ( with in 6 months, while in a hell hole of a prison ) how does he cope w/ his cartilage being deteriorated ? I mean, the guy was a wreck, and save for the hi-tech brace he used for his knee, he couldn't walk w/ out aid of a cane. How does he get banged all to hell in the 1st fight w/ Bane, tossed down a hole, and 'recover' enough to be in better shape than when he had access to the best doctors, braces and training facilities ?

Meh.

.

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HKCAVALIER

Friday, August 3, 2012 11:25 PM

Haters gotta hate. I thought it was awesome! What a cast! I'd give Michael Caine an Oscar for this.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

ECGORDON

Saturday, August 4, 2012 12:29 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Haters gotta hate.

I don't think anyone here said anything about hating TDKR. It was just not up to par with the previous two films. But I will agree Caine was terrific, as he always is.

HKCAVALIER

Saturday, August 4, 2012 1:13 AM

You know the saying "damned with faint praise?" Y'all's haters 'cause the movie rocked balls, yo! And Zeek straight up hated. Word.

Reread the thread and pretend you thought the movie was the best of the three and see how you feel. Don't get me wrong, the first movie was a revelation. But if you leave out Heath Ledger's epochal performance, the second movie was second tier J.J. Abrams tv. Harvey Dent was a joke, the ending, a joke. "We need to lie to keep everyone safe!" Yeah, that'll work out.

And Anne Hathaway out-Michelle Pfeiffered Michelle Pfeiffer.

One thing though: did anyone else notice that Bane looked exactly like a bald Seth Macfarlane???

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

ECGORDON

Saturday, August 4, 2012 1:51 AM

Obviously we disagree. I'm used to that. No biggee.

SHINYGOODGUY

Saturday, August 4, 2012 11:16 AM

Yeah, I agree with you about the Batman sightings in this movie - for me, not enough. One of Nolan's strengths is his storytelling, it is elaborate and thorough. But it is also his weakness. Sometimes too elaborate and too thorough - I'm speaking specifically about the "Deep hole" prison, it was far too long and detailed - but that's Nolan for you.

The Bane character was truly weak, IMHO, and yes it did seem that he was just a thug with no real substance other than he loved that other character. But even that seemed tacked on. To me it was a fail. So, as far as it being a Batman movie - that part of it fell short. Not enough of the Dark Knight deducing and solving crimes (as in the comics), somehow it came across better in the first 2 installments, but not in this one.

So, you say what is SGG talking about. He liked this movie, didn't he? Yes, I did. Was it weak in parts yes. Plot holes, yes. But the parts that worked were awesome. In thinking about it some more though, and after rewatching Batman Begins, you guys are totally correct in saying TDK is the best of the three (although I never said this film was better, I happen to really like TDK for all the right reasons, especially Heath Ledger's performance - it drove the movie). In this film I especially liked - Ann Hathaway's Catwoman, the best one yet. Michael Caine was excellent, and Joseph Gordon-Leavitt was solid, as was Gary Oldham.

Two more picadillos I have with this film. They didn't give Catwoman enough to do (awesome that she got to ride the Bat Cycle/Tumbler). I wanted to see more of her in the film and the title character Batman. That's what I mean about Nolan getting carried away with the background stories of his characters. They only one I paid for was Batman, but instead I got the life and times of Bane the super thug.
I admit that he tied in the characters involvement fairly well, but who cares I wanted to see Batman. So I agree, not enough of him. I agree that the ending sequence felt a little rushed, but I liked the final outcome. So mixed feelings for me.

But did you guys get the feeling that there may be more to come? Maybe not by Nolan though, just saying!

SGG