Dark Knight Rises

[BoyBlue_1985]

Some people have been dying to see this. It's a lot of bang for your buck. Going to be number one with a bullet (and a smoke bomb). Maybe I'll wait till the queue has died down a bit.

Yes, sorry, not funny. But no irony in that fact that people are killed on their way to see such a pro-violence movie? In Colorado? And then I read that people get killed in Norway on socialist retreats so we shouldn't investigate gun control, y'know, just in case?

Aside from the fact that it's probably a lot of fun and includes spectacular arsage and other thrills for whatever sort of viewer, does anyone else think that the sensitivity at work here is dark, repressive and even sadistic? Movies are all about the time they are made, so what does this tell us about the world and what folk buy (into)?

So are you saying that if i went to see platoon i should of fully expected to be gunned down by some viet cong when i was watching it

 

[Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot]

Never been a big fan of Batman films, always thought they were over hyped, especially the previous 2 films before dark knight rises!

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Never been a big fan of Batman films, always thought they were over hyped, especially the previous 2 films before dark knight rises!

Seriously. Its not like a blockbuster Batman film is not going to receive over the top attention. They are hardly straight to DVD formats

 

[Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot]

Never been a big fan of Batman films, always thought they were over hyped, especially the previous 2 films before dark knight rises!

Seriously. Its not like a blockbuster Batman film is not going to receive over the top attention. They are hardly straight to DVD formats

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they are shite but they've never really got my full attention all but "the dark knight" which I loved due to ledgers performance as the joker.

The first one was boring as fuck and dragged on, the second wouldn't of been half as good if it wasn't for ledgers performance, the third I'll probably wait for it to come out on rent.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Never been a big fan of Batman films, always thought they were over hyped, especially the previous 2 films before dark knight rises!

Seriously. Its not like a blockbuster Batman film is not going to receive over the top attention. They are hardly straight to DVD formats

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they are shite but they've never really got my full attention all but "the dark knight" which I loved due to ledgers performance as the joker.

The first one was boring as fuck and dragged on, the second wouldn't of been half as good if it wasn't for ledgers performance, the third I'll probably wait for it to come out on rent.

The first one was needed to stop long drawn out periods in the 2nd to. It was also reintroducing us to a darker batman after the 3rd and 4th of the old Batman series

 

[tueartsboots]

I know I posted earlier applauding it, only real moan is that a lot of the dialogue is inaudible. "Background" music is often too loud and there is a lot of general "muttering". Still enjoyed it though !

 

[bondsman]

A great film, not sure about casting of catwoman but its a must see. I have to say I think I felt happier walking out of the amazing spiderman. Maybe I was expecting less from the spidey flick.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

I know I posted earlier applauding it, only real moan is that a lot of the dialogue is inaudible. "Background" music is often too loud and there is a lot of general "muttering". Still enjoyed it though !

As long as you had your comfy slippers on hey

 

[Bigga]

Wow.

There are some serious fan boys of Nolan's work. There are a hell of a lot of shortcomings on this piece, but the Nolan apologists will hear none of it!

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So I can't understand if some of know anything about Bane's original character! He was supposed to be THE nemesis for Bats and Nolan reduced him to a sideshow! Shameful writing. Bane was supposed to be superior to Bats in every way and only vanity being his ultimate downfall.

Re-writing Robin's character was a joke, but at least it leaves the next instalment with a more darker possibility, seeming as 'Nightwing' (Robin's future character) does things Bats didn't, mainly offing foes here and there.)

A GENEROUS 7/ 10.

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Most of your criticisms seem to be in the way the characters and story arcs differed from the comics combined with a hatred for Chris Nolan.

Robin was handled pretty much perfectly and as well as any film version could be expected to. The fact that he managed to make him a believable non-annoying character is an achievement in itself but making me want to see a full film made after this following his character is exceptional.

As for Bane, he was the better of Batman in every sense for pretty much the entire film. It was only at the end that his true motivations were revealed but it was still his plan, his strength, his intelligence which allowed him to plan and execute everything leading up to that point. OK, so he was doing it for Talia's ultimate goal with the League of Shadows but that doesn't alter what he had done.

The ONLY complaint I can have with the whole thing is that Bane was killed off too quickly and without enough significance.

The best of the 3 films and that is some achievement given how good the first 2 were.

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I think many on here are justifying Nolan's use of Bane. Father figure to Talia?? WTF??!! Never in a month of Sundays is that a 'real' Bane characteristic!

In the comics, the reason he beats Bats is cos he's studied him for years. He flitters in and out of Bat's Gotham, smashing a villain or two here and there and getting off!

I know that would have been difficult to depict in this film, but he could have made references to him here and there throughout, with better planning of the series and not just stand alone films.

Anyway, Bane betters him by understanding how he fights AND, by the way, the way that Det. Blake sees through the mask of Bats was Bane's original thesis of Bat's identity.

This is why I'm fooked off with Nolan.

 

[tueartsboots]

I know I posted earlier applauding it, only real moan is that a lot of the dialogue is inaudible. "Background" music is often too loud and there is a lot of general "muttering". Still enjoyed it though !

As long as you had your comfy slippers on hey

I did see it at The Barbican ffs !