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.
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.
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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.
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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.
I 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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
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.
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.
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