The Dark Knight Rises

[BreakABone]

The official title for the 3rd Batman film.
Also, no Riddler in the movie.

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/27/christopher-nolan-reveals-title-of-third-batman-film-and-that-it-wont-be-the-riddler/

[Angrist]

Terribly boring name.

[Bube]

What, 3rd!? I thought there were more than that? :p

As long as it's Nolan, I wouldn't care if it was named "Big Guy in Tight Black Suit wit Horns 3".

[Angrist]

Yeah that would be an aweful title, especially because they're ears and not horns! :D

[Bube]

Haha, of course, sure! :rolleyes:

:p

[Xantar]

That title smells like marketing. I know Christopher Nolan must have enough clout at this point that he could have any title he wants, so I really have to wonder about this. The Dark Knight Rises? The same title as the last film with "Rises" added to the end? Really, does anybody think he's not going to rise?

As for villains, I've already told BAB that I'm not too worried as long as it isn't Hush (a.k.a. Most Generic Batman Villain Possible). The only other villain who doesn't have superpowers is the Penguin, and he wouldn't be bad. Of course, they might decide to turn one of the villains into a realistic version, like perhaps a master of disguise named Clayface.

What would be interesting is if they did the Red Hood storyline. Obviously, it wouldn't be the resurrected Jason Todd, but the same kind of story could still explore the nature of Batman's vigilante activities and his willingness to kill. Or they could bring in the Huntress as another vigilante for him to tangle with. Plus she would bring a female into the cast.

But here's my bold prediction: the villain will be Catwoman. That's all. No, she's not really enough to carry the movie all by herself, but she doesn't have to. After all, Batman Begins wasn't about Scarecrow and Ra's Al Ghul. It was about Batman. The Joker overshadowed Batman in The Dark Knight, but in this third film we now have a chance to return back to the main character who is really the most interesting of them all.

[Swan]

In my opinion they need a strong villain to carry this movie. For me I don't think I could watch a movie again centered around Bales Batman. It get painful.

Saying that I don't know how they can top the Joker. He is Batman's greatest villain and the performance was amazing. In my opinion this movie will be a letdown. Not a bad movie, but with all the hype and it having to follow the Dark Knight I don't think it will be as awesome.

[Seth]

I want a plot driven batman movie since it's the 3rd nolan installment.
Also, Rises is an awful name. When i first read it I thought I was misreading. Don't really care, but it is bad. They might as well have titled it, "The Next Batman without Joker as the Overwhelming Antagonist"

I have a feeling it's going to change but these types of news releases usually aren't made until they've made up the minds?

Bale's batman is awful, but I don't really blame him for it, I blame the director who has been to scared to push for a more dynamic performance. It's like he's worried about overstepping the 'seriousness of bruce' or something. Wouldn't it be great to have an emotional connection with the already alienated billionaire? Possible only if he doesn't dish each line in the marlboro, 10-drinks the-night-before voice. But, according to the title continuity reigns.

[Angrist]

... the main character who is really the most interesting of them all.Really? What interesting could you still tell about Batman? Batman Begins was a great movie (much better than the sequel), but I don't think I'd enjoy any more of the same.

The title made me wonder, what does the Dark Knight rise to? The air? Presidency? Or did he just build a sweet elevator in his mansion?

[Ginkasa]

That title smells like marketing. I know Christopher Nolan must have enough clout at this point that he could have any title he wants, so I really have to wonder about this. The Dark Knight Rises? The same title as the last film with "Rises" added to the end? Really, does anybody think he's not going to rise?




Perhaps it was a trade off for not doing it in 3D. I can guarantee that WB would like to release it in 3D, but Nolan didn't want to. Perhaps they agreed to not do 3D if Nolan agreed to having "The Dark Knight" in the title?

[BreakABone]

I still think Nolan has all the power in the relationship, not just because of The Dark Knight, but Inception cleaned up as well for them this past summer.

Anyhow, the name does reek of marketing, and I was upset at it, but I don't watch the name of the movie as long as he keeps the quality up there with the last two I'm golden.

[manasecret]

I love 3D, but I am SO glad Nolan stuck with IMAX. The Dark Knight IMAX scenes are just beautiful. I hope he's able to do even more in IMAX, even in scenes when it's not really necessary. The more the better IMO.

[Xantar]

Bale's batman is awful, but I don't really blame him for it, I blame the director who has been to scared to push for a more dynamic performance. It's like he's worried about overstepping the 'seriousness of bruce' or something. Wouldn't it be great to have an emotional connection with the already alienated billionaire? Possible only if he doesn't dish each line in the marlboro, 10-drinks the-night-before voice. But, according to the title continuity reigns.

I'm trying to formulate a response to this, but I can't actually figure out what you said. I get that you don't like the voice, but the rest reads like a series of words pertaining to a different subject altogether. You hate Bale's Batman because he's too serious? The goddamn Batman is too serious for you? I need clarification.

[Angrist]

Not enough punch lines?

[TheSlyMoogle]

WHY SO SERIOUS?!

[BreakABone]

http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/anne-hathaway-wins-selina-kyle-role-in-the-dark-knight-rises/

We've got villains, Catwoman and Bane!

http://www.comicbookresources.com/images/solicits/dccomics/201011/dcu/SSIX_Cv27.jpg

[Professor S]

Spawn riding a T-Rex?

[Vampyr]

I don't know how they're going to pull off catwoman and not make her ridiculous.

I have faith in Nolan though.

[BreakABone]

I don't know how they're going to pull off catwoman and not make her ridiculous.

I have faith in Nolan though.

I'm kind of curious, why does Catwoman have to be ridiculous? I mean outside of Batman and his bat-fam, she is probably the most realistic character in the universe.

[Vampyr]

I'm wondering how they'll do the outfit.

[Teuthida]

Hopefully like

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/130/6/f/ART_OF_Final_Cover_by_AdamHughes.jpg

http://www.deviantart.com/download/91404204/Catwomen_70_by_AdamHughes.jpg http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs32/f/2008/193/b/2/Catwoman_Cover_51_by_AdamHughes.jpg

[Vampyr]

That's fine in a comic, but I think it will look silly in the Begins/Dark Knight batman world. And the tail? How will the tail work?

[BreakABone]

That's fine in a comic, but I think it will look silly in the Begins/Dark Knight batman world. And the tail? How will the tail work?

Any sillier than Batman's costume?

I mean I expected it to be home made/makeshift outfit. I doubt it will be the purple one sadly.

[Teuthida]

It's a whip. And it's just a normal catsuit but with ears and goggles.

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs32/f/2008/193/b/2/Catwoman_Cover_51_by_AdamHughes.jpghttp://www.paperdragonink.com/Catwoman.jpg

http://obsoletegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Catwoman-cosplay.jpg

http://www.gothampublicworks.com/images/gallery/catwoman-blk-wht-1.jpg http://herospy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/catwoman1.jpg

Far less silly than the Batsuit:

http://wiki.nus.edu.sg/download/attachments/60885855/dark+knight.jpg?version=1&modificationDate=1271777509647

[manasecret]

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20458850,00.html?hpt=C2

Anne Hathaway to Play Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises

Do I hear a massive schwing coming from the Internet?

Edit: I realize now this bit of news was also in BaB's link, but figured someone would have mentioned it if it were!

[Teuthida]

^Scroll up and to this morning. ;)

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfa89s5TzG1qan0z2o1_500.jpg

[BreakABone]

This seems like a good version to go with

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20051229162529/marvel_dc/images/thumb/7/71/Catwoman_010.jpg/406px-Catwoman_010.jpg

[manasecret]

^Scroll up and to this morning. ;)

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfa89s5TzG1qan0z2o1_500.jpg

Schwing!

[Fox 6]

Schwing!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_y4TqX9RvuOM/TOtb_SdJtGI/AAAAAAAAClw/V2RH6Pt6XZQ/s1600/AnneHathaway_PrincessDiaries.jpg

un-Schwing?

[Ginkasa]

So.. How's Bane going to work? Are they really going to give him super strength Is he going to be uber buff? I see him being more of a problem with Nolan's style than Catwoman...

[BreakABone]

So.. How's Bane going to work? Are they really going to give him super strength Is he going to be uber buff? I see him being more of a problem with Nolan's style than Catwoman...

I think like any character, boil him down to his bare essentials.

He isn't unhumanely strong (when not on the juice) so you just need a really muscular build
http://web.orange.co.uk/images/ice/film/bronson.jpg
Which I think Hardy can pull off.

Make him a mob or police enforcer/hired gun, which again fits in with the Nolanverse and wouldn't stray too far from the source.

The real problem is how they deal with venom, which I can see being a drug of sort that kind of gives him an adrenaline boost.

[Teuthida]

Bane's a sweetiepie.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8tzmvD4XZ1qdfi9ho1_500.jpg

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfba4zp3rx1qdfi9ho1_500.jpg

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8ruou8LnT1qdfi9ho1_500.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9260mSO9H1qdfi9ho1_400.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8rr7yrbcA1qdfi9ho1_500.jpg

[KillerGremlin]

With the cash-in title, and the history of trequels in general (especially comic book ones), I am already dumbing down my expectations. I know Nolan has yet to make a bad movie, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I just wonder where you go with this franchise after making two exceptionally above-average films that happen to be centered around a comic book superhero.

I'm curious, btw, to see if Maggie Gyllenhaal makes an appearance. I had heard from word of mouth that she had a contract for two Batman movies with Nolan. And her body/death was never really confirmed in The Dark Knight. That....could be interesting?

[BreakABone]

With the cash-in title, and the history of trequels in general (especially comic book ones), I am already dumbing down my expectations. I know Nolan has yet to make a bad movie, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I just wonder where you go with this franchise after making two exceptionally above-average films that happen to be centered around a comic book superhero.

I'm curious, btw, to see if Maggie Gyllenhaal makes an appearance. I had heard from word of mouth that she had a contract for two Batman movies with Nolan. And her body/death was never really confirmed in The Dark Knight. That....could be interesting?

There's no way she ISN'T dead, if she does make an appearance it is probably to haunt Bruce in his dreams or something.

[BreakABone]

http://i.imgur.com/G8GvO.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UstV1.jpg

[The Germanator]

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2011/02/joseph-gordon-levitt-joins-the-cast-of-batman-the-dark-knight-rises/

Joseph Gordon Levitt added...I like him a lot as an actor...who will he play?

[Vampyr]

Hmmm....Riddler?

[Fox 6]

Hmmm....Riddler?

More precisely Edward Nigma, to set him up for the next film? Or dare I say............................ ROBIN!

[BreakABone]

I don't see him playing another villain and Nolan has claimed this is his last Batman film so I don't see him setting up a future villain.

I have him playing either a new DA (Gotham always seems to run low on them) or a new member of the mob (perhaps a Falcone successor)

[BreakABone]

And I was right!

JGL is playing Alberto Falcone in The Dark Knight Rises!

[BreakABone]

http://i.imgur.com/V19KP.jpg

Bane

[Teuthida]

Needs to be more lunchador, less Sub-Zero.

I'm more interested in that thing in the shadows. Is that an eye or a camera?

[Ginkasa]

I think they've consolidated the venom delivery system with the mask which is why it looks less luchadory.

[BreakABone]

http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/images/TheDarkKnightRises_TeaserPoster.jpg

First poster

And trailer due with Potter on Fri

[Teuthida]

http://i.imgur.com/uQYQu.jpg

[BreakABone]

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lohmdde7oi1qhzdcmo1_500.jpg

[Vampyr]

They were really thinking ahead when they were considering the blu-ray trilogy packaging.

[magus113]

They were really thinking ahead when they were considering the blu-ray trilogy packaging.

I was thinking the same thing. Too bad I already own the first two on Blu-ray with the fancy pants packaging and whatnot.

[BreakABone]

http://thefilmstage.com/2011/07/18/the-dark-knight-rises-teaser-trailer/

The teaser is live

Not much, but so much

http://www.abload.de/img/animation3qo79.gif

http://thefilmstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dark_knight_rises_2-650x265.png

[Vampyr]

I really didn't think this was a very good teaser, mostly because you couldn't understand what Gary Oldman was saying. I had to put on headphones and listen to it on youtube.

[Teuthida]

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9EjSlqNACts" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[BreakABone]

http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/images/selina_kyle_thumb.jpg

First pic of Catwoman

[Seth]

no windscreen? Catwoman won't ever have to dine out, with all the insects she'll be projectile swallowing.

[BreakABone]

These are all the theaters showing the prologue

Atlantic City, NJ
Austin, TX
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Calgary, AB
Chantilly, VA
Chicago, IL
Des Moines, IA
Detroit, MI
Edmonton, AB
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Harrisburg, PA
Houston, TX
Indianapolis, IN
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Madison, WI
Minneapolis, MN
Montreal, QC
Nashville,TN
New York, NY
New York, NY
Omaha, NE
Orlando, FL
Ottawa, ON
Palm Springs, CA
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Providence, RI
Quebec City, QC
Sacramento, CA
San Antonio, TX
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Tampa, FL
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
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IMAX Theatre at the Tropicana
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX Theatre
Jordan’s IMAX (Natick)
Jordan’s IMAX (Reading)
Scotiabank Theatre Chinook 16 + IMAX
Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX
Navy Pier IMAX Theatre
SCI IMAX Dome Theater
Henry Ford IMAX
Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton + IMAX
Museum of Discovery and Science AutoNation IMAX
The Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts IMAX
Houston Marq*e Stadium 22 + IMAX
White River IMAX (Indiana State Museum)
Irvine Spectrum 20 + IMAX
RAVE 18 + IMAX
Ontario Palace Stadium 22 + IMAX
Citywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX
Star 18 Fitchburg with IMAX
Great Clips IMAX
Cinema Banque Scotia Montreal + IMAX
Opry Mills Stadium 20 + IMAX
Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX
IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center
Star Cinema 16 with IMAX
Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 + IMAX
Silvercity Gloucester + IMAX
Desert IMAX Theatre
Tuttleman IMAX at The Franklin Institute
Arizona Mills 25 with IMAX
Providence Place 16 with IMAX
IMAX Le Theatre At Quebec
Esquire IMAX
IMAX at RiverCenter
Metreon 16 with IMAX & ETX
Boeing IMAX at the Pacific Science Center
Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI)
Coliseum 12 Mississauga + IMAX
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto + IMAX
Colossus 18 Woodbridge + IMAX
Colossus Langley + IMAX
Silvercity Riverport 18 + IMAX


Read more: http://www.nolanfans.com/2011/12/01/official-imax-theater-list-for-the-dark-knight-rises-prologue/#ixzz1fLwiSJ5v

[BreakABone]

http://cdn.nolanfans.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/poster-2-692x1024.jpg

New Poster

[DarkMaster]

Awesome poster. Going to see the prologue on thursday. I'm now wondering why it's called Rises if Bane is going to do what I think he's going to do to Batman. Can't wait for this flick.

[Teuthida]

Apparently all those who have already seen it couldn't understand Bane at all: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/12/10/will-christopher-nolan-have-to-fix-the-dark-knight-rises-prologue-before-releasing-the-full-film/

Let us know how it was for you.

[BreakABone]

Awesome poster. Going to see the prologue on thursday. I'm now wondering why it's called Rises if Bane is going to do what I think he's going to do to Batman. Can't wait for this flick.

Going on Tues!

Free screening contest thingie.. for 6 minutes :lol:

[Ginkasa]

Awesome poster. Going to see the prologue on thursday. I'm now wondering why it's called Rises if Bane is going to do what I think he's going to do to Batman. Can't wait for this flick.


Nolan says the movie takes place 8 years after TDK, but the prologue sounds like it takes place immediately after. Its possible Bane breaks Batman and it skips 8 years.

[BreakABone]

The trailer is finally up on Apple.com

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknightrises/

[Vampyr]

God it looks good.

[Teuthida]

More football than Batman.

[Jason1]

HINES WARD! YES!

I forgot they filmed this in Pittsburgh!

[Teuthida]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iW-BxAU2xvo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Teuthida]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bZkgmPneHrY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[BreakABone]

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g8evyE9TuYk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The final, chilling trailer is here!

[Angrist]

Ah yes, I saw that yesterday. I never understand what the Batman hype is about... I liked Begins, but I almost fell asleep during TDK. This new thing... I just don't get it I guess.

[Teuthida]

He's still doing the voice I see.

[Vampyr]

Ah yes, I saw that yesterday. I never understand what the Batman hype is about... I liked Begins, but I almost fell asleep during TDK. This new thing... I just don't get it I guess.

I don't know why you keep going to see super hero movies then - you had the same complaint about Thor. Maybe the genre just isn't for you. :p

[BreakABone]

He's still doing the voice I see.

Yeah, I figured the third movie would have been when he dropped it. :P

Though it seems a lot more toned down than in TDK
Or maybe he isn't breathing heavy yet

[Teuthida]

Well, this movie takes place a number of years later right? Someone must have told him it sounds silly in all that time. I can never take him seriously as Batman. :(

[Vampyr]

I'm in the minority of people who like the voice. It serves many purposes - it disguises his real voice and makes him sound scary to the criminals he's beating up.

[Teuthida]

Sounds like he's perpetually out of breath. It's not even just the voice. His mouth looks weird as well. It's like the mask doesn't allow for enough movement. Ah well. One last movie and then we get a new Batman and I can find something different to complain about.

And I'm in the minority for this, but this series has been my least favorite interpretation of Batman. Plus my least favorite movies that Nolan has directed and Bale has starred in.

[Angrist]

I don't know why you keep going to see super hero movies then - you had the same complaint about Thor. Maybe the genre just isn't for you. :pI like most super hero movies. I loved The Avengers as you can see in the other thread.
I just never read the comics (that's an American thing I guess). I have a hard time taking something like Captain America serious. And the whole Thor thing seems so farfetched.

With Batman it's something else. He's actually the hero I grew up with most (cartoons etc.). I think he's cool enough and I loved Batman Begins.
I just hated The Dark Knight. It was way too long, nothing happened and the story was all over the place. The only good thing was the villain... and now TDKR doesn't look too promising on that front.

I'll watch it eventually, but I won't have high expactations. I just don't get what's so good about these movies.

[Professor S]

To each their own, I guess. Personally, I thought DKR was thematically terrifying and the first "important" comic book movie, as it was a metaphor for very real and modern concerns. Also, the way it was filmed was unique for a comic book movie to that point. It was filmed like a crime thriller, with realistic settings (Chicago). This made for a far more engaging story, IMO, because it felt real and not like a fantasy.

Juxtapose that with the original movie that felt like pure fantasy. I still think the original is a good movie, but it's striking how different two versions of the same universe can be, and how both versions can be extremely successful.

[Teuthida]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/efQ4XtGwNKM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Bond]

Looks epic; fuck the haters.

[Professor S]

Proof it is possible to love the movie and hate the voice.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wWyQ1Ykp8Q8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[manasecret]

To each their own, I guess. Personally, I thought DKR was thematically terrifying and the first "important" comic book movie, as it was a metaphor for very real and modern concerns. Also, the way it was filmed was unique for a comic book movie to that point. It was filmed like a crime thriller, with realistic settings (Chicago). This made for a far more engaging story, IMO, because it felt real and not like a fantasy.

Juxtapose that with the original movie that felt like pure fantasy. I still think the original is a good movie, but it's striking how different two versions of the same universe can be, and how both versions can be extremely successful.

This. The themes it delved into and the gritty real feel of TDK are what set it apart for me. I love it. I must have seen it five times now, which is rare for me... except for mediocre movies that come on TV free over and over. Why do those snare me so often? Something about the cost.

I like the Voice... almost always. One exception is the one near the end of TDK with the Joker. One sentence, three long breaths. Then again Batman probably was out of breath.

Man, Kevin Smith is a consistently funny guy.

[BreakABone]

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kOR7bE5AdTQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/imE3EaitaHk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Teuthida]

The trailers did nothing for me, but these tv spots actually make me want to see this movie.

[BreakABone]

Saw the movie at midnight on Fri after sitting through the other two...

And still wrapping my head around it. I'm not sure it's my favorite in the series, but its a damn fine movie and a great capper to what is easily my favorite cinema trilogy

[Professor S]

Very good movie, but it misses the mark set by The Dark Knight, mainly because some of the set pieces are grand to the point of being unrealistic. IMO, what set TDK apart from other comic movies was the gritty realism, and while I understand the more fantastic parts were meant to be symbolic, it still broke the fourth wall a bit too much for me.

Specifics:

1) Tom Hardy as Bane was great. Brutal, cerebral, and single minded. Perfect translation from the books.

2) Christian Bale missed the mark. His character should have been much more angry, and not just calmly say "I'm angry" while doing sit ups. This batman should have been consumed with rage, and empty without violence, and a slave to his ego. The content was there, but the acting was not. This batman was less emotive than the one in TDK.

3) This was the most political, and arguably conservative, of the films. TDK had themes about terrorism, but the TDKR was centered on revolution, specifically, communist revolution (or a fake commie revolution, and which one hasn't betrayed the espoused values). You had the confiscation of property, and even commntary on how communal property that belongs to everyone really belongs to no one.

[Vampyr]

Very good movie, but it misses the mark set by The Dark Knight, mainly because some of the set pieces are grand to the point of being unrealistic. IMO, what set TDK apart from other comic movies was the gritty realism, and while I understand the more fantastic parts were meant to be symbolic, it still broke the fourth wall a bit too much for me.

Specifics:

1) Tom Hardy as Bane was great. Brutal, cerebral, and single minded. Perfect translation from the books.

2) Christian Bale missed the mark. His character should have been much more angry, and not just calmly say "I'm angry" while doing sit ups. This batman should have been consumed with rage, and empty without violence, and a slave to his ego. The content was there, but the acting was not. This batman was less emotive than the one in TDK.

3) This was the most political, and arguably conservative, of the films. TDK had themes about terrorism, but the TDKR was centered on revolution, specifically, communist revolution (or a fake commie revolution, and which one hasn't betrayed the espoused values). You had the confiscation of property, and even commntary on how communal property that belongs to everyone really belongs to no one.

I thought this movie was anti-conservative because Bane is a homophone for Bain Capital, the financial company Mitt Romney founded. /Limbaugh

I agree with you though - it was an awesome, awesome action movie, but the weakest, and probably least rewatchable, of the three.

The first two are 10/10's in my book. This one is a solid 8.

I did love it though. Hardy was great as Bane, who was the perfect villain to follow the Joker. Very different character - extremely focused - a leader. But he also had the jovial criminal angle to him which made him very likable.

JGL Nightwing movie, can we has?

[Professor S]

I thought this movie was anti-conservative because Bane is a homophone for Bain Capital, the financial company Mitt Romney founded. /Limbaugh

He didn't actually say that, did he?

[Vampyr]

He didn't actually say that, did he?

He did. He really did.

[Professor S]

He did. He really did.

Dear God. That opinion is both ignorant and stupid. Ignorant because the Bane character far predates the proposed metaphor, and stupid because the two things have nothing in common.

[BreakABone]

Dear God. That opinion is both ignorant and stupid. Ignorant because the Bane character far predates the proposed metaphor, and stupid because the two things have nothing in common.

They sound the same
And Bane is a terrorist

So when people.. apparently see TDKR, they will hear Bane and immediately think of Mitt Romney.

[Fox 6]

He didn't actually say that, did he?

Here you go

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hgC5pUPoN9M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Bond]

I just saw this movie, so please pardon the late comments.

Let's not take a comment from Rush Limbaugh seriously. He is a buffoon.

As far as where the trilogy sides on debates over terrorism, occupy wall street, etc. I think it's actually quite an evenhanded approach. And due to that evenhandedness, it's possible for either side to see what it wants. Nolan's creation is amorphous, if you will. But that's just my best guess.

Example: Lucius Fox is reluctant to monitor the cellphone sonar system Wayne concocted (I believe he calls it "too much power for one man") in the Dark Knight Returns. But Fox uses it, and via its capabilities, Batman is able to apprehend the Joker. Of course, Wayne triggered the system with a self-destruct mechanism once Fox entered his name. Did Fox or Wayne enjoy or revel in the system? I don't think so, but they saw it as a necessary evil in a time of crisis. Do the ends justify the means? It seems as though Nolan points to yes, but I think it's open for debate ... some of those "necessary evil" choices come back to haunt the characters in Rises.

[Fox 6]

This just really didnt feel like a batman movie as much as the other 2 tho. It seemed more of a Superman or James Bond plot. I mean Nuclear bomb? Where is oddjob?

[Teuthida]

Still have yet to see it, but the previous two didn't feel like Batman movies to me, so I can't help but wonder what I'll think of this one. Maybe it will be so far removed I'll be able to enjoy it as a James Bond movie. Then again, not the biggest Bond fan. :unsure:

Does he do any detective-ing in this one? That's one of my mine gripes (other than the voice) in the others. He's basically a soldier dressed like a bat rather than the world's greatest detective.

[Ginkasa]

That's really a problem with most of Batman's mass media appearances. Heck, he hardly really acts like a detective in a lot of the comics as well. The problem, really, is that he doesn't investigate "mundane" like murder or drug rings or whatever in the movies since they have to be bigger than that. Supervillains typically aren't played as so subtle that "detectiving" would be necessary.