It's official; the sequel to The Dark Knight will be called
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES and the villain
won't be The Riddler.
QuoteChristopher Nolan's third Batman film will be called "The Dark Knight Rises" and though the Gotham City auteur isn't ready to reveal the villain of his 2012 film, he did eliminate one of the big contenders: "It won't be the Riddler," Nolan said in an exclusive interview with the Hero Complex.
Nolan was most eager to talk about the fact that Warner Bros. had agreed with his argument that the film should resist the current 3-D craze and instead use high-definition approaches and IMAX cameras to strike out on a different cinematic path than the stereoscopic technology
"We'll use many of the same characters as we have all along, and we'll be introducing some new ones," Nolan said cryptically.
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/27/christopher-nolan-reveals-title-of-third-batman-film-and-that-it-wont-be-the-riddler/ (http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/27/christopher-nolan-reveals-title-of-third-batman-film-and-that-it-wont-be-the-riddler/)
No Riddler, no 3D, filmed in IMAX = HELL FUCKING YEAH!!!
Quote from: theis on Oct 27, 2010, 03:42 PM
It's official; the sequel to The Dark Knight will be called THE DARK KNIGHT RISES and the villain won't be The Riddler.
QuoteChristopher Nolan's third Batman film will be called "The Dark Knight Rises" and though the Gotham City auteur isn't ready to reveal the villain of his 2012 film, he did eliminate one of the big contenders: "It won't be the Riddler," Nolan said in an exclusive interview with the Hero Complex.
Nolan was most eager to talk about the fact that Warner Bros. had agreed with his argument that the film should resist the current 3-D craze and instead use high-definition approaches and IMAX cameras to strike out on a different cinematic path than the stereoscopic technology
"We'll use many of the same characters as we have all along, and we'll be introducing some new ones," Nolan said cryptically.
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/27/christopher-nolan-reveals-title-of-third-batman-film-and-that-it-wont-be-the-riddler/ (http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/27/christopher-nolan-reveals-title-of-third-batman-film-and-that-it-wont-be-the-riddler/)
No Riddler, no 3D, filmed in IMAX = HELL FUCKING YEAH!!!
I had heard that Nolan originally declined. This just made my day. Nice sig btw.
i've never been so excited about a film.
That's great!
Aren't you guys fapping a little early for this? It's 2010 and the movie comes out in 2012.
Quote from: defskull on Oct 27, 2010, 08:26 PM
Aren't you guys fapping a little early for this? It's 2010 and the movie comes out in 2012.
stfu and gtfo if you don't know why we're circle jerking here.
Quote from: defskull on Oct 27, 2010, 08:26 PM
Aren't you guys fapping a little early for this? It's 2010 and the movie comes out in 2012.
Never too early to fap about an upcoming Nolan/Batman flick. ;)
I heard magneto gets his powers back in this next batman movie.
I cant wait this to start filming and me checking up the IMDB forums, looking for rumours and things like that.
i'm already half-aroused just anticipating the anticipation of rumors.
soo excited! I still remember going around the streets they were filming DK in 07. Can't wait for next summer in Chicago :D
so whos everyones bet on the villain now that the riddler is out?
Quote from: Sushi-X on Oct 28, 2010, 02:22 AM
soo excited! I still remember going around the streets they were filming DK in 07. Can't wait for next summer in Chicago :D
haha my friends and I have this routine that whenever we go by LaSalle Street
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/356965351_e52adcaa21.jpg)
someone always has to say, "Hey you know what happened right here? ...BATMAN!"
Quote from: kurtone on Oct 28, 2010, 03:22 AM
so whos everyones bet on the villain now that the riddler is out?
i'm hoping for some Bane or Harley Quinn action. but i've read a rumor of Hugo Strange.
I love Christopher Nolan just as much as the next person, but does anyone else have a problem with the title? I feel like he's pretty much calling it The Dark Knight 2. I'm not familiar with all the Batman comic book titles, so he might have just borrowed the title from one of the comics.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Oct 28, 2010, 04:04 AM
Quote from: Sushi-X on Oct 28, 2010, 02:22 AM
soo excited! I still remember going around the streets they were filming DK in 07. Can't wait for next summer in Chicago :D
haha my friends and I have this routine that whenever we go by LaSalle Street
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/356965351_e52adcaa21.jpg)
someone always has to say, "Hey you know what happened right here? ...BATMAN!"
Quote from: kurtone on Oct 28, 2010, 03:22 AM
so whos everyones bet on the villain now that the riddler is out?
i'm hoping for some Bane or Harley Quinn action. but i've read a rumor of Hugo Strange.
hahaha nice!
Quote from: chick de la lynch on Oct 28, 2010, 04:59 AM
I love Christopher Nolan just as much as the next person, but does anyone else have a problem with the title? I feel like he's pretty much calling it The Dark Knight 2. I'm not familiar with all the Batman comic book titles, so he might have just borrowed the title from one of the comics.
I think the title fits well within the narrative. I mean in the final scene Batman is a fugitive, so this could be the sort of how Gotham city finally accepts him as their true hero. Besides, Batman Begins
is not a strong or great title, but in the end what matter most was the movie itself.
The title is always an important factor, about as important as the actual film itself. There would be no point in giving titles to anything if it didn't matter. The title needs to pop, and this title kind of sinks. I understand that he's a fugitive from where we last left off, but you don't want people to confuse "The Dark Knight" with "The Dark Knight Rises". Christopher Nolan's films have always had simple, but good titles. "The Dark Knight Rises" just feels a little lazy, which worries me. I just hope Nolan isn't getting too comfortable coming out with two box office blockbusters back to back.
Quote from: defskull on Oct 27, 2010, 08:26 PM
Aren't you guys fapping a little early for this? It's 2010 and the movie comes out in 2012.
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yeah i think the title actually is pretty weak but i know once i see the movie it'll probably feel a bit better.
Eh the way i see it as long as the movie itself is great or good the title is of little importance.
i just hope there's some hamburgers in this one.. what wrong with a few tasty burgers every now and then huh. fuckin nolan.
i heard tom hardy is in this. i'm now officially excited.
Wouldn't be surprised since he casts the same actors for most of his movies, but nonetheless he fucking better be in it. Also awesome would be if Gordon-Levitt had some sort of role. Just re-watched The Lookout, damn what an awesome actor.
Don't ask me why but I don't want JGL in the new batman. I love him just as much as the next guy but I don't see him in the Batman universe. Although I said the same thing about Heath Ledger....
I was betting on JGL being the Riddler, or maybe taking over the Joker role before Nolan finally discussed the film
Quote from: chick de la lynch on Oct 29, 2010, 03:21 AM
The title is always an important factor, about as important as the actual film itself.
??
When is the cast being announced, I heard something about Robin Williams as the riddler.
Quote from: Corleone on Nov 07, 2010, 03:41 PM
When is the cast being announced, I heard something about Robin Williams as the riddler.
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well it's already been confirmed that there will be no riddler. that is just a very old and very stupid rumour. the only cast we really know for sure is christian bale, morgan freeman, micheal cain, gary oldman and i guess it's been announced that tom hardy will be playing some sort of role. all we know about villians for sure is that it's most certainly not the riddler (which i really didn't want to see, the riddler is an over-rated villian who really is just a big pussy in the comics as far as i'm concerned. he got blown out of proportion as a major villian sometime in the 90's). i'm really hoping for hush or clayface and i'd like to see black mask play a minor villian role in the movie. i guess we'll just have to wait and see. but please, for the love of god, no catwoman or robin in this movie. jesus fucking christ i hate catwoman and she's never adapted well to the big screen. i love batman returns but FUCK CATWOMAN!!!
Hush and clayface would suck. I'd like to see deadshot as the villain. Or dr Hugo strange.
MOTHERFUCKING BANE!
Quote from: lithium on Nov 07, 2010, 07:22 PM
Hush and clayface would suck. I'd like to see deadshot as the villain. Or dr Hugo strange.
i like deadshot but he's just such a straight forward villian that it'd be a letdown after the last movie. hush poses a threat to batmans identity as bruce wayne and clayface is just such a tragic character that i think he'd work really well in the chris nolan batman universe. all deadshot would bring is your cliche "i'm a bad guy now let's fight for a while until i inevitably lose" scenario. there's no drama to it. hugo strange would be okay but i think it'd come off as kind of corny to throw a mad scientist kind of a character into the mix with how this series has developed so far(scarecrow doesn't count). it's a little too marvel-esque for me. i want to see someone that will invoke batmans struggle with his internal demons and i think hush would be a perfect fit for that. i think that has been a strong point of the series so far and chris nolan has said on multiple occasions that hush is one of his favorite villians. what i'd really like to see is bane done right in total knightfall style but the title would suggest i'm not going to see batman get his back broken any time soon. batman has so many amazing villians i'm sure i'll enjoy it either way as long as it's not fucking catwoman!
Yeah dude bane would be fucking awesome.
Another one would be maxie Zeus since Nolan likes to keep it all plausible, maxie Would be a perfect fit.
I can see why people would hate on robin, but if done right his story would be an awesome addition.
Quote from: lithium on Nov 07, 2010, 07:32 PM
Yeah dude bane would be fucking awesome.
Another one would be maxie Zeus since Nolan likes to keep it all plausible, maxie Would be a perfect fit.
I can see why people would hate on robin, but if done right his story would be an awesome addition.
i also think robin could be done well, we've just never seen it before. dick's story is a fairly interesting one and with age the character actually became pretty badass. i'd like to keep him out of these films however. they have enough going on in these movies and i feel like adding robin at this point would take away from the story and would be a little too much going on. it would be nice to see someone with competent acting abilities who doesn't just make him look like a whiny puss take on the role (fuck you chris o'donnel) but now doesn't feel like the right time to me.
now for maxie zeus that would be a pretty neat one to see. the guy is just fucking crazy pretty much so i can see how he would fit into the dark yet realistic approach nolan has been taking. i can't really see him as a main villain and i think the general movie going public would feel somewhat alienated by it but as a supporting villain i would be pretty happy to see that. killer croc is one i would love to see but, again, it doesn't seem to fit with the approach he's been taking. i'd also be all for introducing rupert thorne but the crime lord thing has been kind of done to death already in this series. i guess we'll just wait and see but i'm having fun speculating for now.
Quote from: alvarezbassist17 on Nov 07, 2010, 01:13 AM
Quote from: chick de la lynch on Oct 29, 2010, 03:21 AM
The title is always an important factor, about as important as the actual film itself.
??
most of the time the title is indicative of what you will get. i think with a franchise like batman you will need something really clever, especially with nolan's work. i'm speaking for myself here but he completely reinvented the way i see batman.
exactly, you know what you get. examples: Killer Klowns from Outer Space, you get clowns from outer space that kill people; The Happening, stuff happens, you don't know what, but it's shitty.
i don't know where i'm going with this.
god christian bale is going to ruin every scene he is in, and possibly the whole thing.
the title sucks.
nloan is overrated.
am i this negative?
Quote from: wither-I on Nov 08, 2010, 04:06 PM
god christian bale is going to ruin every scene he is in, and possibly the whole thing.
the title sucks.
nloan is overrated.
am i this negative?
super negative
or just rational?
one thing can ruin a film, and christian bale ruined the dark knight. that voice.
That voice alone ruined the entire movie for you?
Quote from: wither-I on Nov 08, 2010, 05:09 PM
that voice.
I have no problem with the Batman voice since it serves a purpose, but seriously, it ruined the whole movie for you? That's fucking retarded.
Also, Christian Bale is a brilliant actor; American Psycho, The Machinist, Rescue Dawn, The Prestige, 3:10 to Yuma, etc. And his upcoming role in The Fighter looks Oscar worthy.
Focusing on one single tiny aspect like that is being blind and deaf to all the other great things about TDK. The acting, music, the memorable scenes!
My guess for villian would be the Penguin, Bookworm or King Tut........ ;)
Quote from: theis on Nov 08, 2010, 06:34 PM
Quote from: wither-I on Nov 08, 2010, 05:09 PM
that voice.
I have no problem with the Batman voice since it serves a purpose, but seriously, it ruined the whole movie for you? That's fucking retarded.
Also, Christian Bale is a brilliant actor; American Psycho, The Machinist, Rescue Dawn, The Prestige, 3:10 to Yuma, etc. And his upcoming role in The Fighter looks Oscar worthy.
You know what? Bale is good.... But he's overrated IMO. He doesn't have that
something that, say, DiCaprio or Tom Hardy have. He's good, don't get me wrong man. But not
that good.
Quote from: 976-EVIL on Nov 08, 2010, 07:40 PM
My guess for villian would be the Penguin, Bookworm or King Tut........ ;)
all those guesses will be way off...
Quote from: theis on Nov 08, 2010, 06:34 PM
Quote from: wither-I on Nov 08, 2010, 05:09 PM
that voice.
I have no problem with the Batman voice since it serves a purpose, but seriously, it ruined the whole movie for you? That's fucking retarded.
Also, Christian Bale is a brilliant actor; American Psycho, The Machinist, Rescue Dawn, The Prestige, 3:10 to Yuma, etc. And his upcoming role in The Fighter looks Oscar worthy.
this. christian bale is one of my all-time favorite actors (if not my favorite) and batman DOES put on a voice, even in the comics it's noted many, many times as a clint eastwood type voice. people bitched and moaned about it and it irritated the fuck out of me because i thought it was as true to the comics as any actor has come yet and it's just one little thing in a movie where almost everything else is perfect. sure, one or two parts sounded a little silly and i do mock it sometimes for laughs but it really doesn't take away from my enjoyment of the film whatsoever.
Exactly. It would make no sense if he used his regular voice when he's Batman. People would know he was Bruce Wayne.
I'm going to have to watch tdk tonight now.
Anyone read any batman books?
lol @ complaining about the voice, my buddy did the same thing and never finished the movie, what a tard.
Quote from: lithium on Nov 08, 2010, 10:38 PM
Anyone read any batman books?
You mean the graphic novels? I've read The Killing Joke, The Long Halloween, The Dark Knight Returns and Year One.
All are recommendable. Especially The Dark Knight Returns and Year One.
Quote from: ToneDef on Nov 08, 2010, 07:46 PM
Quote from: theis on Nov 08, 2010, 06:34 PM
Quote from: wither-I on Nov 08, 2010, 05:09 PM
that voice.
I have no problem with the Batman voice since it serves a purpose, but seriously, it ruined the whole movie for you? That's fucking retarded.
Also, Christian Bale is a brilliant actor; American Psycho, The Machinist, Rescue Dawn, The Prestige, 3:10 to Yuma, etc. And his upcoming role in The Fighter looks Oscar worthy.
You know what? Bale is good.... But he's overrated IMO. He doesn't have that something that, say, DiCaprio or Tom Hardy have. He's good, don't get me wrong man. But not that good.
brilliant actor? come on man lets not do that..
yeah here and there some good parts, but ultimately he is just paid muscle and face..
an yes that goddamn voice is obnoxious. i understand that he's "supposed" to conceal his voice but come on, he sounds stupid, everytime he hits the screen its just one big fart after the other.
*you take a beautiful movie with great acting, script, cinematography, and sountrack, and then you have it smeared with farts. and yes, those sporadic farts coming fom that neanderthal's mouth ruin the beautiful film that sits underneath, and is irrevocably stained with it's muss!
fin.
Quote from: wither-I on Nov 08, 2010, 11:31 PM
*you take a beautiful movie with great acting, script, cinematography, and sountrack, and then you have it smeared with farts. and yes, those sporadic farts coming fom that neanderthal's mouth ruin the beautiful film that sits underneath, and is irrevocably stained with it's muss!
fin.
i disagree with you completely, but this is one of the funniest posts i've seen in quite some time. bravo, sir.
Quote from: theis on Nov 08, 2010, 11:16 PM
Quote from: lithium on Nov 08, 2010, 10:38 PM
Anyone read any batman books?
You mean the graphic novels? I've read The Killing Joke, The Long Halloween, The Dark Knight Returns and Year One.
All are recommendable. Especially The Dark Knight Returns and Year One.
I'll have to check those out. You ever read Kevin smith's cacophony or the widening gyre?
You should also check out The Long Halloween and it's sequel Dark Victory. They build up on the events of Year One. And Long Halloween was a hug influence on The Dark Knight film
I'm gonna have to agree that his Batman voice is ripe for parody. Did they do something to it digitally? Because it sounds like he's trying to do it himself, and does have fart-esque qualities at times. So if they didn't, they should have gone that route and avoided the whole problem. It's really more distracting than anything else, kinda takes you out of the moment and now makes me think of the Coon.
Quote from: blixa on Nov 08, 2010, 09:55 AM
Quote from: alvarezbassist17 on Nov 07, 2010, 01:13 AM
Quote from: chick de la lynch on Oct 29, 2010, 03:21 AM
The title is always an important factor, about as important as the actual film itself.
??
most of the time the title is indicative of what you will get. i think with a franchise like batman you will need something really clever, especially with nolan's work. i'm speaking for myself here but he completely reinvented the way i see batman.
I mean I guess I see what you're saying, but I don't really feel like the last two titles were a reinvention of batman titles.
batman, batman returns, batman forever, batman and robin, batman begins, the dark knight. I don't really see a whole lot of difference.
Could the dark knight rises be some kind of clever play-on-words plot-hint that we don't know yet perhaps?
All that aside, I personally don't just decide on seeing a movie because of the title, especially if it's something anticipated like this.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Nov 08, 2010, 11:55 PM
Quote from: wither-I on Nov 08, 2010, 11:31 PM
*you take a beautiful movie with great acting, script, cinematography, and sountrack, and then you have it smeared with farts. and yes, those sporadic farts coming fom that neanderthal's mouth ruin the beautiful film that sits underneath, and is irrevocably stained with it's muss!
fin.
i disagree with you completely, but this is one of the funniest posts i've seen in quite some time. bravo, sir.
why thank you kindly,
thats why i put the asterisk by it :)
I'm a film geek, so every little part of the film, including the title, is important to me because it builds up to the actual movie.
If this were any other hack director, then I wouldn't give a damn about the title. However, as Mariam said, it's Nolan and I expect a lot more from him. The title sums up the film in a few words, or is a response to prominent and important re-occurring themes. It's also indicative if whether or not your audience is going to be willing to see the film. There have been plenty of great films that have been ruined due to a shitty title. Obviously this film isn't going to tank because of its astounding reputation, but that shouldn't stop Nolan from attempting to come up with a good title--he's a lot better than that, which is why I'm reacting so harshly to the title. Who knows? Maybe it is Nolan being clever and it'll hit everyone over the head once we see the final product. I am really hoping it's the latter.
Quote from: alvarezbassist17 on Nov 09, 2010, 04:59 AM
I'm gonna have to agree that his Batman voice is ripe for parody. Did they do something to it digitally? Because it sounds like he's trying to do it himself, and does have fart-esque qualities at times. So if they didn't, they should have gone that route and avoided the whole problem. It's really more distracting than anything else, kinda takes you out of the moment and now makes me think of the Coon.
Quote from: blixa on Nov 08, 2010, 09:55 AM
Quote from: alvarezbassist17 on Nov 07, 2010, 01:13 AM
Quote from: chick de la lynch on Oct 29, 2010, 03:21 AM
The title is always an important factor, about as important as the actual film itself.
??
most of the time the title is indicative of what you will get. i think with a franchise like batman you will need something really clever, especially with nolan's work. i'm speaking for myself here but he completely reinvented the way i see batman.
I mean I guess I see what you're saying, but I don't really feel like the last two titles were a reinvention of batman titles.
batman, batman returns, batman forever, batman and robin, batman begins, the dark knight. I don't really see a whole lot of difference.
Could the dark knight rises be some kind of clever play-on-words plot-hint that we don't know yet perhaps?
All that aside, I personally don't just decide on seeing a movie because of the title, especially if it's something anticipated like this.
to be honest with you, the only reason i watched the dark knight is because the title sounded awesome. and also for heath, but the title lent so much to the mood of the movie. if it was just called batman: the dark knight then i would have pissed on it and not gone to see it. i only come with this attitude if it's a movie that has been done to death i.e. franchises. what can nolan give me that i haven't been given before? with the dark knight, it delivered right down to its title.
sometimes shitty titled movies end up being really good, but like i said, when it is a franchise i expect to see a complete unique approach to it. the dark knight was such a good title. i understand wanting to use it again and you are probably right, it might be a clever play on words, but at this point - it's doing nothing for me.
I guess the source of my confusion is that the Dark Knight is sort of a nickname from the comics, like calling Superman the Man of Steel or whatever, so I didn't really see why it was so profound or whatnot. Know what I mean at all or am I still off base?
(I'm not a very big film geek, economics is my hobby atm haha)
i understand what you mean. you don't have to be a film geek to voice your opinions about movies. it's usually the people that don't know much about films that have the most profound thing to say about them. i've never read the batman comics, or any comics for the matter, but in the pool of batman films calling a movie about batman the dark knight seemed refreshing to me. now that i'm looking at it again and again, the dark knight rises is not that bad.
For shizzle, yo; what I was thinking was seeing the title TDK with never hearing Batman called that before would be a lot more deep-sounding and I was trying to see if that was your approach without accusing you of comic book ignorance... heaven forbid, haha.
i am ignorant of comic books. i read real books. they're called novels hahaha.
i used to read x-men comics when i was younger. that was a very long time ago though.
Laaaaaame. Read Mises, instead. *thumbs up*
i just googled that and it seems like it's an economic blog of some sort. i'll stick to tolstoy and kazantzakis.
do we have a fan of the Death of Ivan Ilyich in here?!?
i wanted to get buried with ivan ilyich!
(http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9337/bookhg5.jpg)
i found this book in the secondhand section in my fave bookstore. it's an incredible collection on writings about religion from nietzsche to cohen to freud to enslin. the way kaufmann talks and explains how freaking awesome tolstoy is in his introduction to the book quite gets to me because i have been wanting to explain how great tolstoy is to a lot of people and how anna karenina changed and moved me to insomnia and tears.
may have to check that out, i had to read Ilyich for a college philosophy class, and really thought it was great. the only other novel of his i've read, though, is War and Peace. considering he's got dozens of works, i should probably get to reading more of tolstoy.
I don't have a link but today Warner Broa confirrmed Tom Hardy as Bane and Anne Hathaway as Catwoman/Selina Kyle.
It's all over Twitter btw
Sorry for the double post but here is a link
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/19/batman-hathaway-catwoman-hardy-bane-dark-knight-rises/ (http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/19/batman-hathaway-catwoman-hardy-bane-dark-knight-rises/)
so are there 3 villains now?
I hope not. Bane and Catwoman are enough. The Hugo Strange thing was completely made up.
The more villains I hear about, the more I think about the Spiderman 3 debacle.
anne hathaway?? are you fucking kidding me?
what a super-bummer. i may not see it just because of that. well, probably, but i won't be happy about it.
To be fair, when Ledger was announced, everyone flipped shit. So I'd say...have faith in Nolan's vision.
....even though he has a weird fetish for dark haired girls with mouse-like faces:
Katie Holmes
Ellen Paige
Anne Hathaway
she's just a hack in my opinion.
noomi repace would've made an AWESOME catwoman, supposing she can speak english.
Quote from: ben on Jan 20, 2011, 12:17 AM
To be fair, when Ledger was announced, everyone flipped shit. So I'd say...have faith in Nolan's vision.
....even though he has a weird fetish for dark haired girls with mouse-like faces:
Katie Holmes
Ellen Paige
Anne Hathaway
but where does the turtle-faced Maggie Gyllenhaal fit in?
I think Hathaway is a fine choice. Check out her performance in Rachel Getting Married. She can definitely act.
i guess she'll pull in the chick-flick crowd.
and guys like me. have you seen her tits?
i can't get any farther south than that hideous grill. haha.
^^ hahahahah
What do you guys think of Bane being announced? Where do you think he fits in the context of the overall story? Especially when you consider that Nolan said he wanted to keep the atmosphere of the movies in a bit of realism.
Bane can be made realistic. Just lose the whole "Venom" thing.
I love how some are completely dismissing this movie without having seen a single frame from it. Remember when Heath was announced as the Joker? No one believed he could pull it off.
Have faith in Nolan ;)
I highly doubt he's gonna fuck up his own trilogy with some half-assed final flick. It's gonna be epic.
Quote from: one weak on Jan 20, 2011, 04:22 AM
i can't get any farther south than that hideous grill. haha.
Whaaat? I think she's beautiful.
doesn't Bane severely injure Batman, and make his identity public?
Yeah, he breaks Batman's back. I wonder how far Nolan will go when it comes to hurting Batman.
Gonna be exciting.
I really see this as a grand finale of the series. I would actually put money on Batman dying.
Tom Hardy's kind of short to be Bane if you ask me he cant be taller than 5'9". I always think of Bane as this 7' Monster unless they CGI Something which I doubt.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jan 20, 2011, 03:11 PM
I really see this as a grand finale of the series. I would actually put money on Batman dying.
I agree i highly doubt there will be a 4th Nolan Batman. And I doubt Christina Bale would do another.
So this will be the last one. And in 10 years it will start all over again.
Unless James Cameron wants to do it in 3D on Pluto.
Quote from: deftones86 on Jan 20, 2011, 04:43 PM
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jan 20, 2011, 03:11 PM
I really see this as a grand finale of the series. I would actually put money on Batman dying.
I agree i highly doubt there will be a 4th Nolan Batman. And I doubt Christina Bale would do another.
So this will be the last one. And in 10 years it will start all over again.
Unless James Cameron wants to do it in 3D on Pluto.
with cat people
Hahahaha!
I doubt Batman would die. These movies are still set within a young Batman/Bruce Wayne era.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jan 20, 2011, 02:39 PM
doesn't Bane severely injure Batman, and make his identity public?
he breaks his back but doesn't make his identity public. he knows bruce is batman but never publicly divulges that info.
personally i'm stoked. as a HUGE batman fanatic (as most of you know) i can not wait to see bane done right. he's one of my favorite villains by far and the knightfall saga is my all time favorite batman story arc. as for the whole anne hathaway thing i don't buy it. she's too girl next door to be selina kyle.
Quote from: deftones86 on Jan 20, 2011, 04:35 PM
Tom Hardy's kind of short to be Bane if you ask me he cant be taller than 5'9". I always think of Bane as this 7' Monster unless they CGI Something which I doubt.
also in some interpretations, bane was not that big before the venom serum.
Quote from: deftones86 on Jan 20, 2011, 04:43 PM
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jan 20, 2011, 03:11 PM
I really see this as a grand finale of the series. I would actually put money on Batman dying.
I agree i highly doubt there will be a 4th Nolan Batman. And I doubt Christina Bale would do another.
So this will be the last one. And in 10 years it will start all over again.
Unless James Cameron wants to do it in 3D on Pluto.
and yes chris nolan has said this is the last of his batman films.
Seriously though, so many people doubted Heath Ledger when they found out he was going to be The Joker. As much as I think Anne Hathaway as Catwoman is weird, I'm sure Nolan can get the performance out of her necessary.
So yea, Nolan is going to kill Batman probably. I agree.
i think if he killed batman people might be kinda pissed. also bruce lived when bane broke his back, chilled out in africa or something for a while, came back to whoop jean paul valleys crazy ass (who whooped banes ass while bruce was out of commission) and continued being totally awesome and badass as the true batman. i'd be pretty displeased if he killed batman.
but yeah, i seriously doubted heath ledger and he proved me extremely wrong but i just plain don't like anne hathaway. i at least thought heath ledger was a competent actor, i just don't share the same feeling with her. mr. nolan hasn't let me down yet though.
joseph gordon-levitt has joined the cast.
so awesome.
oh fuck yeah. any ideas as to what whom he plays?
OH, HALLOW:
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6166/tumblrlfxegd1l0w1qao5ur.jpg)
I APPROVE x1000.
WAIT WAIT:
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfz6maFjKo1qde7iyo1_400.jpg)
DID WE JUST GO TO HEAVEN?
someone's panties got a little moist.
that's an underexaggeration. my panties are totalled. i have to burn my panties.
This just keeps getting better. Could this be the batman film I've waited so long for? Mostly I've waited for a good one with bane and now the cast looks fantastic (with the exception of Anne Hathaway).
Quote from: sing blue silver on Feb 04, 2011, 07:10 PM
This just keeps getting better. Could this be the batman film I've waited so long for? Mostly I've waited for a good one with bane and now the cast looks fantastic (with the exception of Anne Hathaway).
do you at least think that she is a step up from Holmes and Gyllenhaal?
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Feb 04, 2011, 11:23 PM
Quote from: sing blue silver on Feb 04, 2011, 07:10 PM
This just keeps getting better. Could this be the batman film I've waited so long for? Mostly I've waited for a good one with bane and now the cast looks fantastic (with the exception of Anne Hathaway).
do you at least think that she is a step up from Holmes and Gyllenhaal?
i think she's a step up from holmes, but not gyllenhall. i mean maggie gyllenhaal isn't that great but she fit the character perfectly. it's not even an argument of acting ability, i just think it's a problem of hathaway being completely miscast. i'll give it a shot since i respect nolans choices and even if i don't agree with them at first, i almost always am proven wrong once i see the film but anne hathaway as selina kyle / catwoman? it just seems completely blasphemous to me as a batman fan. she's WAY too girl next door, and i feel the scenes where the character is particularly conniving (as catwoman is) will come off as either way overacted and hammy (as she was in alice in wonderland) or underacted and underwhelming. i really want to be proven wrong here but i just can't see it.
hai5
i have a feeling hathaway will do a good job. there must have been a reason nolan picked her and i'm going to trust his instincts. i'm not a big fan of hathaway myself, but this could work. people can't imagine it, but it doesn't mean that it cannot happen.
let's not think about it. let's just wait.
i think she'll be the best female lead out of the trilogy.
OMG OMG a second female lead might've been cast! Supposedly as Talia Al Ghul!
Set penises to harden...
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marion-cotillard-discussions-join-dark-99242 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marion-cotillard-discussions-join-dark-99242)
This is gonna be so fucking awesome.
Hoping for a 3 hour epic.
Quote from: theis on Feb 14, 2011, 09:34 PM
This is gonna be so fucking awesome.
Hoping for a 3 hour epic.
this
wishful thinking, but how about an R-rated, 3 hour epic?
\wants an excuse to see Marion Cotillard's rack in the Batman universe.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Feb 14, 2011, 10:46 PM
wishful thinking, but how about an R-rated, 3 hour epic?
\wants an excuse to see Marion Cotillard's rack in the Batman universe.
sadly we'll never see an r-rated batman. warner bros. would never go for that.
An R-Rated rendition of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Now that would be fucking epic.
Quote from: Sushi-X on Feb 20, 2011, 09:48 PM
An R-Rated rendition of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Now that would be fucking epic.
zack snyder once expressed interest in doing exactly that i believe. would be interesting to see but he's also said it'll never happen.
i was watching the dark knight a few ago. i didn't realise how incredible ledger was in that movie.
a good source near the Batcamp and have come away with information about The Dark Knight Rises that confirms lots of speculation from recent months.
Here goes nothing:
As she herself confirmed, Anne Hathaway will be Catwoman in the movie. I can't tell you what role she has in the beginning, but by the end of the story Catwoman isn't a villain but rather an ally of Batman. And who are they teaming up to take out?
The League of Shadows.
Headed by Talia Al'Ghul. With Bane, who is her muscle/possible love interest. And with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in tow. Is he playing Black Mask? My source didn't know, but did know that Levitt is certainly an antagonist and involved with the League of Shadows."
3 antagonists? ugh. This is giving me the Spider-Man 3 bad vibe feeling.
Since Joseph Gordon-Levitt's name was linked to The Dark Knight Rises, there has been a ton of speculation surrounding which character he'll play.
It has finally been announced by Variety (via WorstPreviews) that Inception actor J G-L has been cast as Alberto Falcone in Christopher Nolan's feverishly-anticipated trilogy closer.
Alberto is the son of mob boss Carmine Falcone, played by Tom Wilkinson in Batman Begins.
Gary Oldman has previously mentioned in a interview that Rises will round off Nolan's Bat-story, and bring it all back to Begins, and this character announcement certainly seems to validate those claims.
Nolan will undoubtedly keep the plot details tightly under wraps until the film is released, but Alberto had an interesting role to play in Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's The Long Halloween (spoilers for that comic follow...)
In that storyline, Alberto was revealed to be the Holiday Killer, a murderer who had been taking various people out on significant holidays throughout the year.
It's hard to guess whether this is something Nolan plans to bring into the film, but it seems more plausible that Alberto will be used as a vengeful son figure, considering how Carmine ended up in Batman Begins.
It'll also be a neat link back to the death of Bruce Wayne's parents, and Carmine's involvement with that incident.
Hopefully this announcement should also diminish the persistent, irksome rumour that Robin will be appearing in this installment...
This news has done little to quell our excitement for The Dark Knight Rises, which is due for release on 20 July 2012.
Read more: Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Dark Knight Rises character revealed | TotalFilm.com
After watching Marion Courtilard in Inception, I think she's better suited to play Batman/Bruce's love interest Catwoman/Selina. She has the looks and the acting chops.
good god does she have the looks
Well, in spite of word that Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Rises' would see Alberto Falcone make an appearance it seems the role that was expected to go to Joseph Gordon-Levitt ('Inception', '500 Days of Summer') ain't happening at all - at least according to EW. The site is claiming that Variety's original report is "100% false" and so therefore we are still shrouded in darkness by just which part Levitt will be embodying. Does this mean The Riddler is back in play? Time will tell. One thing we do know is that it won't be in 3D (yay!) and will star Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, Tom Hardy as Batman back breaker Bane and will see Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Christian Bale all return to their former roles
So Pittsburgh was announced as the filming location. FUCK YOU PITTSBURGH! (grumble grumble)
at least Chicago still has Transformers 3...
Surely you jest? ^
Of course. I hate Michael Bay. Plus, didn't someone die the last time he filmed here?
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Apr 08, 2011, 02:50 PM
Of course. I hate Michael Bay. Plus, didn't someone die the last time he filmed here?
No I think just badly injured. Blaah all my stupid Transfomers fanboy friends are gonna be psyched this summer
btw thats a beautiful sig dude :)
haha thanks man, you catch last night's game? beautiful.
but shit I have a few friends that are big time Transformers fans too who are looking forward to the movie. Just gross.
It is said that after this last movie,a reboot will be make and Nolan would be the producer so I think we are gonna enjoy this last one and then get ready for a reboot.
Hopefully Uwe Boll wont do the remake LOL Can you imagine that guys? LMAO
I've heard rumblings of the same thing, but supposedly what WB wants to do is rip off Marvel and do a Justice League movie. I really don't think they would reboot this that fast, I just they'll incorporate Batman into other DC projects. I mean Nolan is already a producer for the new Superman movie, so the fact that he could be attached isn't farfetched.
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Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are arguably Hollywood's most high- profile business partners, having shared in the spoils of such blockbusters as "300" and "The Hangover" and the pain of flops like "Jonah Hex" and "Sucker Punch" over the last six years.
But their long-term partnership has come into question as the companies have for the last few months been discussing the possibility of extending their co-financing and production deal, which expires in 2013. That's in part because they have also been in heated negotiations over working together on one of the industry's most highly anticipated movies, next summer's Batman sequel "The Dark Knight Rises," according to knowledgeable people who declined to be identified because the talks are confidential.
While Legendary was a 50/50 partner on 2008's "The Dark Knight," which grossed more than $1 billion worldwide and sold 16 million DVDs, the film financing and production company has for months been trying to secure a similar ownership stake in the sequel. The film, which like the last two Batman pictures will be directed by Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, is expected to cost at least $250 million to produce.
Warner Bros. recently installed movie chief Jeff Robinov has been resistant to again share half the profits, people close to the talks said. A major reason for his reluctance is the studio's impending loss of its most lucrative wholly owned movie franchise, "Harry Potter," which ends its run this summer. Robinov is counting on DC Comics superheroes to fill the void left by the boy wizard.
Robinov and Legendary Chairman Thomas Tull recently agreed to collaborate on "Dark Knight Rises," but are still discussing the terms of their financial arrangement -- most notably whether Legendary will get a smaller-than-50% stake this go-around.
"Legendary has been a great partner and we look forward to working with them on 'The Dark Knight Rises,'" Robinov said.
Tull declined to be interviewed for this story. Some who know the two said Tull and Robinov do not enjoy the same close relationship that the Legendary founder did with former Warner Bros. President Alan Horn, who left his post as the studio's top film executive in March. However, Robinov insists the two have a good relationship.
The negotiations have butted up against this month's start of production of "Dark Knight Rises," whereas the two companies usually begin working together earlier in the development process.
Beyond the financial benefits, owning a piece of "Dark Knight Rises" is important to Tull because he has in large part shaped his and his company's public image around "fanboy" films like "Batman Begins," "Watchmen" and the surprise hit "300."
As discussions over extending their overall partnership continue, Warner and Legendary are working on a number of upcoming projects, including "Superman: The Man of Steel" and sequels to "The Hangover" and "Clash of the Titans,"
If Legendary had been shut out of the caped crusader's latest swing on the big screen, it would have undoubtedly put a dent in their relationship.
Since Legendary signed on in 2005 as one of Warner's two primary financing partners (along with Village Roadshow Pictures), the company has evolved into a much more powerful force within Hollywood. Over the last year, Tull has bought out Legendary's original investors, giving him more control over strategic decisions, and is in the process of raising a new $700-million credit facility with lead bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. that would run until 2016 -- three years after the current Warner deal expires.
Legendary recently launched television and comic book production divisions and is investing in developing more of its own film projects, including director Guillermo del Toro's planned science fiction event film "Pacific Rim."
The moves make Legendary a potentially more valuable partner in an age in which studios want to mitigate their risk as they make an ever-increasing number of big-event pictures that typically cost more than $350 million to make, market and distribute around the globe.
"Having reliable financing partners you can consistently call on is critical for anyone running a studio and putting together a slate of films these days," said producer Brad Weston, a former president of production at Paramount Pictures.
Shit. That definitely does not sound good. I hope they can come to an agreement and NOT fuck up this movie or Superman. (which I'm actually excited about even though I generally don't care much for Supes)
Bane teaser image!
http://mobile.avclub.com/articles/heres-your-first-look-at-bane-in-the-dark-knight-r,56378/?mobile=true (http://mobile.avclub.com/articles/heres-your-first-look-at-bane-in-the-dark-knight-r,56378/?mobile=true)
FUCK. YES!
Huge pic:
(http://www.chud.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/BANE_hires.jpg)
this is going to be amazing, my fanboyism is set to high already
uh oh... for me i kinda feel it's luchador mask or bust. i guess if you're gonna bring the realism to it that's fine but as a huge bane fan the luchador mask is just iconic to me. either way i have complete faith in mr. nolan and eagerly await seeing this film.
Hopefully in an attempt to fill even more seats at the theaters next week to finish off the Harry Potter series with a bang. It seems that Warner Brothers is poised to deliver a treat with the unveiling of a teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, a week before Comic-Con too.
Also
http://thedarkknightrises.warnerbros.com/ (http://thedarkknightrises.warnerbros.com/)
First teaser trailer,warning shitty quality
The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPY-RgUvhVM#)
New poster
http://thedarkknightrises.warnerbros.com/ (http://thedarkknightrises.warnerbros.com/)
that quality truly is terrible. but that poster... wow, I adore it.
i think that teaser is fake, i read its supposed to be 1:26 in length.
A much better teaser trailer
The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer ! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kRyhM2KCnY#ws)
Enjoy guys
Gordon: "We were in this together, then you were gone. Now this evil rises. Batman has to come back."
Wayne: "What if he doesn't exist anymore?"
Gordon: "He must. He will."
CHILLS! Fuck, it's gonna be a long year.
Trailer on HD
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2054374751994#w400-h166 (http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2054374751994#w400-h166)
I had to watch it about 4 times to figure out what Gary Oldman was saying, but I'm just pissed that I have to wait a whole goddamn year to see this.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jul 18, 2011, 05:43 PM
I'm just pissed that I have to wait a whole goddamn year to see this.
Yup, my thoughts exactly....
This gif alone gives me major chills. It's gonna be epic.
(http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i416/jokertdk/Batman/animation3qo79.gif)
so is that the Riddler in the background?
I doubt it's The Riddler. I have no idea though.
me too. But are those green pants......?
I'm definitely looking forward to the new Batman but seriously guys? Two characters say about two lines of dialogue, you see Bane a little bit, and you see Batman about to fight Bane. It's really not that much to get excited over.
Saw the teaser over the weekend before Harry potter, And I was pleasantly surprised.
the teaser looks good. Looks like batman is going to get rocked this time around.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jul 18, 2011, 08:07 PM
so is that the Riddler in the background?
Looks like Elvis to me.
The guy seems to have a gun trained on batman. I would lose my mind if it was a classic bane henchman like Trogg or someone but I'm not holding my breath on that one. Still though, Nolan has said many times the Riddler will NOT be in this movie so it's certainly not him. Riddler sucks ass anyway. Only cool thing he ever did was find out who batman was and even then he wasn't the first to do it. No riddler, deal wit it.
I'm with you on Riddler. It just doesn't work in a serious movie series like this. Actually it didn't even work in the camp-tastic 90s movie. I'm still trying to figure where Gordon-Levitt fits into this flick.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/07/30/on-set-snaps-of-bane-see-his-mask-his-coat-his-script-page/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/07/30/on-set-snaps-of-bane-see-his-mask-his-coat-his-script-page/)
Awesome.
Matalo matalo bane bane
(http://i.imgur.com/xiEHc.jpg)
(http://cdn02.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/on-set-the-dark-knight-rises-lb.jpg)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A bit large, but you'll get over it.
(http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/images/selina_kyle.jpg)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/25/anne-hathaway-catwoman-costume_n_980318.html#s319452 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/25/anne-hathaway-catwoman-costume_n_980318.html#s319452)
Fuckin' sexy!
I want more Marion Cotillard.
Dark Knight Rises shooting in downtown LA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UskvdFGFrgo#ws)
More new material
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Sep 26, 2011, 02:07 PM
I want more Marion Cotillard.
Here you have http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/marion-cotillard-topless-rust-and-bone_n_1008874.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/marion-cotillard-topless-rust-and-bone_n_1008874.html)
This is going to be awesome...I was impressed by the last Dark Knight...
and THANK YOU FOR FIXING BATMAN'S NECK (aka. not having to turn his whole body in that fucking suit to look in a certain direction like rosie o'donell)
Quote from: RoyalDeftonicBoy on Oct 13, 2011, 11:53 PM
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Sep 26, 2011, 02:07 PM
I want more Marion Cotillard.
Here you have http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/marion-cotillard-topless-rust-and-bone_n_1008874.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/marion-cotillard-topless-rust-and-bone_n_1008874.html)
I want her so bad
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Oct 14, 2011, 03:58 AM
Quote from: RoyalDeftonicBoy on Oct 13, 2011, 11:53 PM
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Sep 26, 2011, 02:07 PM
I want more Marion Cotillard.
Here you have http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/marion-cotillard-topless-rust-and-bone_n_1008874.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/marion-cotillard-topless-rust-and-bone_n_1008874.html)
I want her so bad
You are not the only that wants her hehehehe
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Oct 14, 2011, 03:58 AM
Quote from: RoyalDeftonicBoy on Oct 13, 2011, 11:53 PM
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Sep 26, 2011, 02:07 PM
I want more Marion Cotillard.
Here you have http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/marion-cotillard-topless-rust-and-bone_n_1008874.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/marion-cotillard-topless-rust-and-bone_n_1008874.html)
I want her so bad
More info
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=32527 (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=32527)
New poster:
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/coolproduction/ckeditor_assets/pictures/4606/original/darkknightrises.jpg?1323553620)
FUCK YEAH!
Back breaking on the way? =) That would be epic
1st 6 minutes.
Bootleg though.
http://www.twitvid.com/AMDF4 (http://www.twitvid.com/AMDF4)
This is gonna be so epic.
Im downloading it with Real Player !!!!
=D !!!!!! I cant wait for this fucking movie.
is that the buttcam version that's been floating around the interwebz today? if so, I can barely see what the hell is going on.
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MyDKOuGbUks" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
2nd trailer leaked
"when gotham is in ashes, you have my permission to die"
Better quality
http://www.twitvid.com/RZTDH (http://www.twitvid.com/RZTDH)
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknightrises/ (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknightrises/)
I've already watched this over 10 times, haha.
It's gonna be a long 7 months.
The trailer looks amazing, but I still hate the title of the film.
At this point, I couldn't care less about the title.
Fucking awesome. That football scene looked cool as hell. Even though I don't like how it was Hines Ward scoring the TD.
New Trailer 3
The Dark Knight Rises - Official Trailer #3 [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8evyE9TuYk#ws)
chills.
Indeed.
Looks amazing.
uuuuugggghhhhhhh......
i came
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I must own that poster.
(http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W0Pdqv7cmCbQnjzkREBN0A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD05MTk7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/251/2012/05/22/TDKR-Bane-DOM-RGB-1600x2333-jpg_175526.jpg)
(http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bWjIGMluwb_U_nbv2ZlL9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD05MTk7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/251/2012/05/22/TDKR-DK-DOM-RGB-1600x2333-jpg_175530.jpg)
(http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vzG5eB0Vm_z_NRd2OL.mMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD05MTk7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/251/2012/05/22/TDKR-Catwoman-DOM-RGB-1600x2333-jpg_175529.jpg)
The fanboy-fap level is off the charts!!
I dont know if Hallaway is gonna top Pfeiffer's acting.I gotta be honest Im more interest on Bane's character than Catwoman.
uuuhhhh.... so is everyone. most of the time i forget she's even in the movie. if someone is more excited about catwoman than bane, i will punch them and then question my own sexuality.
pmg luks so cul n grim i liek my movieys grim becaus batmens is srs busnais
Quote from: Penicks on May 23, 2012, 04:29 PM
pmg luks so cul n grim i liek my movieys grim becaus batmens is srs busnais
I hope this movie has multiple villains and juggles them like Spiderman 3 did. I also hope this movie has multiple good guys that comically don't get along and some are completely useless like in The Avengers.
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUzMDYzOTI4Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjMyMzQ4Nw@@._V1._SX640_SY934_.jpg (http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUzMDYzOTI4Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjMyMzQ4Nw@@._V1._SX640_SY934_.jpg)
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjI3MjkwNDQyNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzMyMzQ4Nw@@._V1._SX640_SY934_.jpg (http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjI3MjkwNDQyNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzMyMzQ4Nw@@._V1._SX640_SY934_.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/gVpYc.jpg)
why its gotta end like that ?
Just got home from the midnight screening. It was fucking perfect. Go see it ASAP!!!
Quote from: sing blue silver on Jul 20, 2012, 06:07 AM
Just got home from the midnight screening. It was fucking perfect. Go see it ASAP!!!
Got my tickets for Sunday night with my GF :D
Did you see it on IMAX?
Just got back from it.
It was nothing less than amazing.
Everything I had hoped for and more.
I can't count the amount of times I got chills and damn, some moments almost made me bawl my eyes out.
A grand scale masterpiece.
Apparently we're risking our lives to see this movie. I just woke up and saw 50 people were shot in Colorado during a screening.
But yeah my plan is to see this tonight. A buddy of mine saw it and immediately jumped to the conclusion that this was the best trilogy ever. Anybody agree? I can see that, seeing as the first 2 are a couple of my personal favorites.
Yes, this is my favorite movie trilogy.
I can't think of another trilogy where all three movies are masterpieces.
That shooting is like 45 minutes from me. I'm curious to see how this affects opening weekend tix sales in the US. Looking forward to the movie.
Quote from: one weak on Jul 20, 2012, 03:14 PM
That shooting is like 45 minutes from me. I'm curious to see how this affects opening weekend tix sales in the US. Looking forward to the movie.
You live in Colorado too? I just woke up and saw this on 9news. Apparently it happened in Aurora and not only was the guy heavily armed but his apartment was booby trapped as well. This is awful. 12 people dead. And apparently this guy planned it long in advance too. I don't know what it is about Aurora but it just seems like bad shit happens there like everyday. I still want to see the movie but I'm sure you're right that this will definitely affect ticket sales, at least somewhat. I feel so awful for those people who were there. Must have been like fucking Columbine all over again.
It'll probably fuck opening weekend sales. And yes I saw it in IMAX. Going to see it again probably every night this weekend. It's a masterpiece. Fuck that guy shooting up a theatre and spoiling what should be an amazing weekend.
Fucking retarded Joker fanboys. Also who the fuck takes a 3 month old baby to a midnight screening of an action movie? I'm tempted to just stream it because I'm broke til next week but I know that will be a bit of a buzzkill.
Catwoman was more awesome than I thought she would be.
Bane's eyebrows should win an award.
Sadly the tragic event will fucked up the merchandising because all the promos and ads have been taken down from national TV.
I will gladly go see it on Sunday with my GF,not IMAX which blows :/
I wasnt that impressed with this one. Lots of forced scenes and plot twists. Oh well, still not a bad movie by any means.
Quote from: Jerry_Curls on Jul 20, 2012, 10:14 PM
Catwoman was more awesome than I thought she would be.
Bane's eyebrows should win an award.
Agreed, Bane was absolutely amazing and Anne Hathaway definitely exceeded my expectations.
I'm sorry to bring this up again, but I just want everyone to know. James Holmes shot over 70 people and killed 12. 8 of his victims are still in critical condition. I don't know what to say other than that this guy is the lowest of pieces of shit. He is still alive and not cooperating with police. I hope he gets a just punishment, but I know that he won't. I don't know how to feel other than angry. I just can't understand how anyone can do something like this. I just wish we could put this guy down. I don't think that's really an answer. I just can't explain how I feel in a better way. I just want this guy gone. I just don't understand how people can do things like this. I'm sad for my state, for the victims, for the human race, even for the shooter in a way. I still just wish we could put one in this guy's head and put an end to this in a way. All I can really say, is that I have a great amount of sympathy for the victims, and a great amount of anger for the shooter and his family. I'm happy for all of you in other states that didn't have to directly experience. I wish everyone on this board nothing but love and peace.
I agree, we should just bury the douchebag alive. I can't imagine what the families must feel knowing he's still breathing.
I thought Bane was like listening to Sean Connery through a Darth Vader mask and kind of unintelligible at some points, but as always all of the acting was absolutely spectacular and Anne Hathaway made me boner multiple times.
" I will tell you my plan and then I will break you "
EPIC LINE AND CHARACTER!
This movie was 10/10! Hardy owned as Bane.Nolan made him look intelligent and tough at the same time!Unlike the awful Batman & Robin from the 90s LOL
Catwoman really surprised me and Hathaway was as great as Pfeiffer from Batman Returns in 1992 :) Great twist near the end :D Excellent way to finish the trilogy.
Sorry if Im being way too much of a fanboy :P
Quote from: jbmp1390 on Jul 22, 2012, 04:58 AM
I'm sorry to bring this up again, but I just want everyone to know. James Holmes shot over 70 people and killed 12. 8 of his victims are still in critical condition. I don't know what to say other than that this guy is the lowest of pieces of shit. He is still alive and not cooperating with police. I hope he gets a just punishment, but I know that he won't. I don't know how to feel other than angry. I just can't understand how anyone can do something like this. I just wish we could put this guy down. I don't think that's really an answer. I just can't explain how I feel in a better way. I just want this guy gone. I just don't understand how people can do things like this. I'm sad for my state, for the victims, for the human race, even for the shooter in a way. I still just wish we could put one in this guy's head and put an end to this in a way. All I can really say, is that I have a great amount of sympathy for the victims, and a great amount of anger for the shooter and his family. I'm happy for all of you in other states that didn't have to directly experience. I wish everyone on this board nothing but love and peace.
Most likely an MK Ultra case. Where did he get his guns from? Riot gear? Working at McDonalds? and how could one person shoot 82 people? Oh I know, he wasn't alone. This wasn't an act of some "lone gunman"...this was planned. We will never hear a true investigation on ballistics, his true background, why he just caved in to the cops, etc etc. The event happened, now the MSM has begun their psych warfare. HES A TEABAGGER! Oh now HE A DEMOCRAT! oh and now he's part of OCCUPY! Trust me, no true investigation will happen. These acts have happened before [Last year with Loughner in Arizona] PROBLEM-REACTION-SOLUTION
Just another way for our govt into scaring the people into thinking that guns are bad. Imagine if someone was carrying a gun in the theatre? This could have been avoided.
Quote from: Jerry_Curls on Jul 23, 2012, 09:05 AM
Just another way for our govt into scaring the people into thinking that guns are bad. Imagine if someone was carrying a gun in the theatre? This could have been avoided.
Guns are bad, has Batman not taught anything?!
Awesome movie but I could barely understand a thing Bane was saying throughout the first part of the movie because the projector guy had the volume WAY too high. Seriously, I was closer to shitting my pants because of the bass in his voice than understanding him. Problem was resolved after the intermission though.
[spoiler] Is Bruce Wayne still alive? or was Alfred just seeing what he wanted to see? [/spoiler]
He's still alive. He repaired the autopilot. Nolan pulled a Prestige.
Saw it again last night, seeig it a 3rd time (2nd time in IMAX) tomorrow.
Quote from: sing blue silver on Jul 23, 2012, 12:48 PM
He's still alive. He repaired the autopilot. Nolan pulled a Prestige.
Definitely. More evidence is John Blake getting those coordinates, and who repaired the Bat signal that Gordon saw at the end?
Yup. Faked his death and retired.
The only thing is at the end does everyone know Bruce is batman? How do they explain Bruce's death coinciding with batman getting blown up? Seems it'd be pretty obvious.
Quote from: Jerry_Curls on Jul 23, 2012, 09:05 AM
Quote from: jbmp1390 on Jul 22, 2012, 04:58 AM
I'm sorry to bring this up again, but I just want everyone to know. James Holmes shot over 70 people and killed 12. 8 of his victims are still in critical condition. I don't know what to say other than that this guy is the lowest of pieces of shit. He is still alive and not cooperating with police. I hope he gets a just punishment, but I know that he won't. I don't know how to feel other than angry. I just can't understand how anyone can do something like this. I just wish we could put this guy down. I don't think that's really an answer. I just can't explain how I feel in a better way. I just want this guy gone. I just don't understand how people can do things like this. I'm sad for my state, for the victims, for the human race, even for the shooter in a way. I still just wish we could put one in this guy's head and put an end to this in a way. All I can really say, is that I have a great amount of sympathy for the victims, and a great amount of anger for the shooter and his family. I'm happy for all of you in other states that didn't have to directly experience. I wish everyone on this board nothing but love and peace.
Most likely an MK Ultra case. Where did he get his guns from? Riot gear? Working at McDonalds? and how could one person shoot 82 people? Oh I know, he wasn't alone. This wasn't an act of some "lone gunman"...this was planned. We will never hear a true investigation on ballistics, his true background, why he just caved in to the cops, etc etc. The event happened, now the MSM has begun their psych warfare. HES A TEABAGGER! Oh now HE A DEMOCRAT! oh and now he's part of OCCUPY! Trust me, no true investigation will happen. These acts have happened before [Last year with Loughner in Arizona] PROBLEM-REACTION-SOLUTION
Just another way for our govt into scaring the people into thinking that guns are bad. Imagine if someone was carrying a gun in the theatre? This could have been avoided.
Christ, you are batshit crazy aren't you?
Quote from: sing blue silver on Jul 23, 2012, 03:12 PM
Yup. Faked his death and retired.
The only thing is at the end does everyone know Bruce is batman? How do they explain Bruce's death coinciding with batman getting blown up? Seems it'd be pretty obvious.
It does seem obvious. And if everyone knows the truth behind Bruce/Batman/Dent/Gordon, wouldn't crime go right back to where it was before the Dent Act?
That's when you stop questioning and just let it be. Suspension of Disbelief. It isn't real you guys ;-)
And one weak, pun intended? Anyways, I prefer to call myself paranoid.
Super duper then. I just wasn't sure if he fixed it and just wanted to die anyway. So much unexplained but oh wells, a fitting end.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Jul 23, 2012, 05:01 PM
Quote from: sing blue silver on Jul 23, 2012, 03:12 PM
Yup. Faked his death and retired.
The only thing is at the end does everyone know Bruce is batman? How do they explain Bruce's death coinciding with batman getting blown up? Seems it'd be pretty obvious.
It does seem obvious. And if everyone knows the truth behind Bruce/Batman/Dent/Gordon, wouldn't crime go right back to where it was before the Dent Act?
Possibly but I think the whole situation would unite the city a bit more. People realized that Gordon only had their best interests in mind. Also with there being a new Batman (or Robin or Nightwing or whatever), they'd have their asses promptly whooped.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21147699 (http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21147699)
well a nice fella
Bale is just awesome. Right on.
AND HI WOS B0RN IN WALES TOO OMG!!1
But seriously he is one pimp as fuck actor. That terminator bullshit dented him a bit, but I doubt people even remember about that now.
He's a class act. Simple as that.
The Terminator episode didn't even bother in the first place.
Quote from: BillyNo.9 on Jul 25, 2012, 11:00 AM
But seriously he is one pimp as fuck actor. That terminator bullshit dented him a bit, but I doubt people even remember about that now.
Coincidentally, that was also a clusterfuck of a movie. Maybe it put it on edge?
I actually really like Salvation, haha.
I think it's miles better than Rise of the Machines.
*Runs for cover*
I recently had a conversation about the best movie trilogies of all time. Many are brought down by the 3rd movie, and a few of my friends brought up Terminator. They bitched about the acting, the CGI, the gaping plot holes of T3. I guess I need to go back and watch it because I've been a defender of T3 since it came out.
I think it's pretty bad, but I gotta give it some props for the ending. That was great.
I thought Salvation was a decent movie, and I'd agree it was better than T3. I was sceptical about Bale replacing Arnie as the star, but then I realised it was Christian Bale, I don't think he's ever been in a shitty movie. While I'm at it Machinist is a favourite of mine, that flick goes to show how dedicated he is to his career.
when i got to the cinema a little early, me and my gf had a smoke outside of it, waiting for our turn.. and when we saw people coming out from this movie, by their faces, it looked like they had been on a rollercoaster for 3 hours, their eyes rolled around, biggest smiles ever, they hardly knew what was up or down. i was like "what's going on? what happened in there?" After seeing it for ourselves, when we came out of the movie, we were exactly the same, thrilled out of our minds. amazing film. I was a little worried about catwoman and the batwing but it all came about very natural. bane was incredible, every time he spoke, I got chills. so many cool moments,what a journey.
i really hope as few people as possible downloads this and watch it at their laptop or whatever
saw it again last night on IMAX. I'm putting this one ahead of Dark Knight now.
the movie is great!
but it has a few writing mistakes.
[spoiler]
like how did the bikes get into the stock exchange?
and how did bruce get back to gotham being in that financial situation and without any form of ID?
and wouldn't the atomic cloud at least have blown over to some populated area? he couldn't have flown that far out in the short amount of time.
[/spoiler]
still a great movie! but not better than dark knight!
I've now seen it twice in IMAX and twice in the regular theatre. Still blows me away but I wouldn't put it ahead of the other 2 films. I think recently Batman Begins has become my favorite of the trilogy. It's just a brilliant drama. Still TDKR is a fantastic film and completes my new official favorite film trilogy of all time.
I just came back from seeing this film with my brother and I was blown away. My brother is a big nerd boy and has pretty much read most of the Batman comics. He anticipated a lot of what happened in the film, but still enjoyed how it was put together. I, on the other hand, only read a handful of the Batman comics and managed to follow the plot and enjoy it at the same time.
I think Nolan managed to make a film that catered both to the hardcore Batman fans and the ones who just enjoy watching a good action flick, which isn't an easy thing to do. The acting was nothing less than superb. The ensemble was fantastic. All of the characters were intelligent and very well thought out and well-spoken people, while still having a lot of depth to them. The mise en scene was beautiful. There was nothing cheesy or over-the-top about this film. It was just awesome. Easily one of the best films of the year.
I don't think Nolan gets enough credit for being an amazing director. I still feel as if he's the underrated guy who made a few good films. Maybe I'm wrong, but he needs more recognition. It's a little sad he won't be directing another Batman film. It's smart of him though to leave while still on top.
The way he ended the trilogy was brilliant. It tied everything up while still giving us something to think about. Is it better than The Dark Knight? I'm still on the fence with that one. I think the one thing that really made The Dark Knight better than this film was Ledger's pitch perfect performance as the Joker. Otherwise, I'd say this one was the best of the trilogy. Tom Hardy played Bane pretty fucking well to the point where he scared the living shit out of me in the first five minutes of the film. I will definitely be seeing Bronson in the very, very near future.
Even though I'm gushing about this film, I still hate the title.
ordinary action flick i will not be remembering tomorrow, nolan completely ruined batman in my opinion, and without a great gimmick (the joker in the last film) the movie has nothing to fall back on
Quote from: Penicks on Aug 04, 2012, 10:42 AM
nolan completely ruined batman in my opinion
wow :o any example of a person or persons who did batman justice on screen?
burton and schumacher
not kidding about the latter
ice to meet you > Y SO SRS
"Ice to see you!"
"Stay cool, Birdboy."
"Freeze in hell Batman!"
"Tonight's forecast... a freeze is coming!"
"The Ice-Man cometh!"
"Let's kick some ice!"
"Allow me to break the ice. My name is Freeze. Learn it well. For it's the chilling sound of your doom."
" The icy cold of space! At 30,000 feet, your heart will *freeze* and be no more!"
"If revenge is a dish best served cold, then put on your Sunday finest. It's time to feast!"
"Their bones will turn to ice! Their blood will freeze in my hands!"
"Cool party!"
"In this universe, there's only one absolute... everything freezes!"
"What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!"
"Tonight, hell freezes over!"
"Mercy? I'm afraid my condition has left me cold to your pleas of mercy."
"You're not sending ME to the COOLER!"
Most quotable villain in the Batman franchise history?
http://youtu.be/fLyoog562x4 (http://youtu.be/fLyoog562x4)
Quote from: dawg on Jul 29, 2012, 06:31 PM
the movie is great!
but it has a few writing mistakes.
[spoiler]
like how did the bikes get into the stock exchange?
and how did bruce get back to gotham being in that financial situation and without any form of ID?
and wouldn't the atomic cloud at least have blown over to some populated area? he couldn't have flown that far out in the short amount of time.
[/spoiler]
still a great movie! but not better than dark knight!
[spoiler]
"how did bruce get back to gotham being in that financial situation and without any form of ID?"
you know how in some scary movies you see a killer slay some victims one by to show that he's badass? later in the film they don't have to show every detail of a kill, it just can be a short scene when the murderer enters a room, a victim turns around,screams - murderer pulls out a knife and smilies and then they cut the scene. you can by now understand what will happen and fantazise up every detail if you want, they don't have to show you everything bc they explained the charachter. in batman begins, bruce travels around the world trying to understand the criminals minds,hiding from the world - this without any money,id,passport or nothing. he does this even before he's the full batman, he's just a noob. he then becomes batman, is the full batman, and now in this third film is beaten but on his way up again. after he climbed the prison pit it's a "he's back and badass again" moment. the audience know what he can do when he got his shit together, so i don't think it's necessary to show every detail how he gets back, not in the final part of a triolgy when they already explained it in the beginning of the 3 films. it would not only make the film even longer, but it would ruin the "back in gotham to kick ass" moment for me.i think it was cool storytelling and wouldn't want it any other way and him being back in gotham was a cool direct contrast to the pit like that.
"how did the bikes get into the stock exchange?"
backdoors/other entrances? if they showed how they got the bikes in there,
which of course they could,the surprise moment wouldn't be there.which it was for me - in a cool way. these guys weren't amateur criminals,they had a well thought out plan, of course escaping was planned to
"wouldn't the atomic cloud at least have blown over to some populated area? he couldn't have flown that far out in the short amount of time"
i just thought it was a bomb big enough to take out a city but not big enough to do any damage from the place it exploded, not much of critical thinking from me there :-) i'm gonna watch this part more focused next time i'll see it. maybe this was lazy,can't say at this point, but i didn't think the first two questions were "mistakes"
[/spoiler]
Batman should have been died on that explosion
Lets say he went enough distance in 10 seconds so nothing happened to city
But how much did he go away after the bomb explode?
It is stupid.
It has so many stupid things.
I didnt like it
if you're fine with gotham's ppl being safe from the bomb blast, then what if batman also was in gotham at the time
the bomb exploded? at one point in the film, fox said the plane's auto pilot was broken. but in the final scenes, he
says someone (batman) fixed it (i think it was fox saying it, maybe some other guy). what does that mean to you?
a possability those things got mentioned could be that batman got out of the plane way before it was over water.
did you see batman in the plane when it was over water? i didn't. now if the bomb was too near the city i have to check again
BATMAN WAS IN IT
Here it is : do not post links to copyright material (drop-dead)
02:30:00
Batman is in the plane. And bringing the bomb. And also they've said the bomb can destroy the entire city
And you can see he has only 10 seconds.
ok! I'm going to see the movie at the theaters again this weekend so I will not download anything now... but i will pay close attention to speed,seconds and whereabouts when i see it. i was looking forward to seeing it again, but now i really do :)
it is a stream video not downloadable. Just bring it to the 02:30 and you ll see
no i want everything to feel as freash as possible, but i will take your word on it. I guess it takes skills to get the audience to believe he's dead at one point, but then when he is not dead,you should be able to see it again and the scenes will work with the new knowledge that he's alive too. maybe they pulled it off,maybe they didn't. i know what you think though ;)
alright then
saw it again (loved the shit out of it this time too) but yeah you were right - there was a shot of batman when he's in the bat above in the water, so i remembered it wrong.i guess he jumped out of it at sea,not the city, and in the way it's presented in the movie - possibly too near the explosion to make sense.we don't get to see all,can only imagine things.
but yeah i could understand how you see this part as a problem if you don't look it as a superhero movie.right now i can't say this scene walk hand in hand with the talk about how this triolgy should be, not completely real, but more realistic than other batman films.
but gladly for me it doesn't ruin the film for me in anyway, i still buy it. i choose to see these films as they have more realism in them
but not being completley real, i like it if it gets a little "out of this world" comic book like,as an escape from real life.
like how can talia as a little girl make that jump in the prison pit,while the other adults down there couldn't do it although they have longer arms,legs, more muscle more brains etc,she pulled it off simply because she's one of the main villains and should be able to do "unrealistic" stuff, just like if batman did something out of this world kind of shit in the end,no problem for me.i dig stuff like that to some extent, just as long as it doesn't turn into over the top avengers stuff.
but hey i did enjoy prometheus too, so obviously i try not to sit and watch these films with my arms crossed and say "yeah right" "too stupid" all the time or too much,i have an other attitude towards some films. this film is not flawless by any means, but what film is? :)love it though, right now even more than batman begins,which was my favourite bm movie until this one. rises>begins>dark knight
Great movie, probably watched it 3 times now in the theatre. Definitely one of my favorites of 2012, though wish some things could've been done better. The mayors death was pretty anti-climactic, and not too sure if I bought the whole "knee brace" thing. But other than that, still astounding. Nolan has yet to disappoint.
1st 1 hour was fully empty for me.
True, its a superhero movie at least, im not judging. Batman is a more realistic hero than others.
Nope Dark Knight was better for me.
This one was just an ok film.
it sucked
so many haters round these parts.
A 30-minutes longer Director's Cut?
Quote"...according to our reliable spies, we will be able to see how Bane learns to fight plus more scenes involving Ra's Al Ghul. The new Director's Cut is said to make the film about thirty minutes longer."
http://www.chud.com/105985/why-rumors-the-dark-knight-rises-blu-ray-will-include-nolans-1st-directors-cut-are-likely-true/ (http://www.chud.com/105985/why-rumors-the-dark-knight-rises-blu-ray-will-include-nolans-1st-directors-cut-are-likely-true/)
Oh yes, fucking yes.
Quote from: rock_n_frost on Sep 01, 2012, 06:42 PM
Nope Dark Knight was better for me.
This one was just an ok film.
absolutely agreed.
Its like something is missing and I feel like a lot has to do with Bane.
Unlike Joker or Scarecrow he is obviously the "brutal" villain. Joker, the crazy master of wordplay with his disgusting smacking, Scarecrow, the genius and psychopath offer more depth than "i destroy everything" Bane. He is not funny, he is not smart, he is just fucked up.
On the other hand Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the cliché "good cop" did a great job. Anyone know if the end of the movie is an indication that there might be a movie about Robin in the future?
maybe. or,he was robin during the whole movie (nolan's version of of him that is) and that he now becomes the new batman in the end (Bruce fixed the batsignal and led blake to the cave, the cave with all the cool batman gear in it).
bane stupid,well depends on how you look at it. if talia did plan absolutely everything, and bane is just a puppet on a string, well then i see your point. but if talia's job was to gain access to the reactor/bomb and bane's job was to think out how to take over the city and also do it, then that taking over gotham plan was pretty smart by him. maybe emotionally driven by talia but i choose to see them more as a team.
i won't say rises is a better movie than the dark knight per se, but i still like rises a whole lot more.. mainly bc i just don't get scared of the joker. no matter how much evil shit he does. heath did an excellent job no doubt - still, i don't love that character.regardless if it's well acted. bane was uber cool and still scary. i also think rises was much more emotional and i really felt for bruce this time.hell,i loved all the characters in rises, and i totally got sucked in in the epic feel they were going for. definately will see it again before they stop showing it at theaters
Quote from: black coffee on Sep 06, 2012, 11:39 AM
Quote from: rock_n_frost on Sep 01, 2012, 06:42 PM
Nope Dark Knight was better for me.
This one was just an ok film.
absolutely agreed.
Its like something is missing and I feel like a lot has to do with Bane.
Unlike Joker or Scarecrow he is obviously the "brutal" villain. Joker, the crazy master of wordplay with his disgusting smacking, Scarecrow, the genius and psychopath offer more depth than "i destroy everything" Bane. He is not funny, he is not smart, he is just fucked up.
On the other hand Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the cliché "good cop" did a great job. Anyone know if the end of the movie is an indication that there might be a movie about Robin in the future?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is my new Brad Pitt.
I love every movie that he played so far..
Quote from: rock_n_frost on Sep 06, 2012, 12:52 PM
I love every movie that he played so far..
so now you love dark knight rises all of a sudden? or do you mean movies where he's the main character
one thing though,the scene that bothered me the most, is the one when gotham's police fights bane's men in a big fist fight. well not the fight itself, that i liked, but just before... when we got the police on one side and the bad guys at another. they way the police stormed while bane's men kept shooting with automatics at them... yes 3-4 men went down but if they had kept shooting they could've taken out way,waaay more officers,they just stopped. maybe out of bullets. that part they should've shot a couple of more times i think, maybe have officers storming from the side or something. i see the film as a comic book film and i use suspention of disbelief a lot but here i was like wtf nolan
Quote from: black coffee on Sep 06, 2012, 11:39 AM
more depth than "i destroy everything" Bane. He is not funny, he is not smart, he is just fucked up.
These are exact reasons why I loved Bane and the movie. He took everything Scarecrow and Joker wanted to do and threatened to do and acted on it, successfully. That's awesome. And scary and evil. I'm with from musings, I think my favorite Batman movie is Rises. Just about a perfect ending for the trilogy too.
It's an amazing film but I'd probably rank it as my least favorite of the 3 (even though I absolutely love it). Begins is my favorite by far though. Just so satisfying as a comic fan. Can't wait for the blueray release of this.
Quote from: rock_n_frost on Sep 06, 2012, 12:52 PM
Quote from: black coffee on Sep 06, 2012, 11:39 AM
Quote from: rock_n_frost on Sep 01, 2012, 06:42 PM
Nope Dark Knight was better for me.
This one was just an ok film.
absolutely agreed.
Its like something is missing and I feel like a lot has to do with Bane.
Unlike Joker or Scarecrow he is obviously the "brutal" villain. Joker, the crazy master of wordplay with his disgusting smacking, Scarecrow, the genius and psychopath offer more depth than "i destroy everything" Bane. He is not funny, he is not smart, he is just fucked up.
On the other hand Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the cliché "good cop" did a great job. Anyone know if the end of the movie is an indication that there might be a movie about Robin in the future?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is my new Brad Pitt.
I love every movie that he played so far..
I really like his work. I think he's one of the most talented young actors around. And I still love him from 3rd Rock too lol
Quote from: sing blue silver on Sep 06, 2012, 04:06 PM
It's an amazing film but I'd probably rank it as my least favorite of the 3 (even though I absolutely love it). Begins is my favorite by far though. Just so satisfying as a comic fan. Can't wait for the blueray release of this.
Wow I think you're the first one saying he prefers BB to the others. Usually people go crazy about TDK. I get the "comics" quality youre refering to though. It is also to me the one displaying that feel the most, whereas the 2 last ones are more of epic thrillers with super-hero action here and there.
Storywise, I think BB was great, and It might just be the one with the more ideological depth and moral dilemmas. I loved the whole "justice" theme and Batman's questioning about killing, the purpose of his quest, etc.
But apart from these themes, and the excitement of seeing Bruce Wayne becoming Batman, I think the action sequences pretty much sucked -apart from the batmobile chase scene maybe. Nolan really screwed up the editing during the fighting sequences. Overall the whole "giant large shots" style of Nolan's filming also wasnt quite there yet. Oh and yeah, Katie Holmes, worst casting idea, ever -along with basically any recent Mark Wahlberg movie, but that's a diferent story ::)
TDKR is my personal favorite, although it lacks that ideological depth that I mentioned. But apart from that, everything, the action -man, those fight sequences- the acting, the straight-forward rythm, seeing more of Wayne's character -kind of left out in the second one- Catwoman, and the Robin twist, was bril-liant.
Now the movie is still pretty new and we all remember the ridiculous fanboy-ism about Heath Ledger, so I understand why people at the moment prefer The Dark Knight Rises. We've all seen The Dark Knight multiple times and the new one not so often, makes sense.
But mark my words, in the long run TDK, along with BB will be remembered as the better films. Everyone who says now how weak Joker was played in the last movie would've sucked his dick 4 years ago.
Quote from: black coffee on Sep 08, 2012, 02:08 PM
in the long run TDK, along with BB will be remembered as the better films.
maybe so who knows. having a personal favourite is perhaps inevitable, but when the dust has settled then i'm personally gonna try to not think of them as competitors, just enjoy them all and see it as an amazing triology. hopefully they will release a cool triology box sometime in the future.
my gf asked if i wanted anything special for my upcoming birthday - i always say nothing/don't bother.. but this year i said bane action figure.
avengers baby :)))
Quote from: dictatesofreason on Sep 17, 2012, 03:17 AM
avengers baby :)))
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nOMPKCrQDjg/T9NXaCwPWsI/AAAAAAAAAAY/dd9VJB7aUhA/s320/W7Tcv.gif)
TDKR blew avengers out of the water for me but it's a matter of preference. If you like mindless cinema popcorn flicks and bright flashing colors you'll prefer avengers. If you like character development, drama, darker tones and filmmaking that doesn't insult your intelligence and challenges the viewer, you'll prefer the batman series. I loved both movies. I went to avengers to laugh and have fun, I went to TDKR to be blown away. True it has some flaws an was the weakest of the series for me, but it still won. I am excited for avengers 2 though.
The Toy Story Rises (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRyuI2tlwM#)
As a BIG fan of the old animated series, this was boner inducing:
Batman: The Animated Series Rises (Promo) - The Hub (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btMtwz4P0fc#ws)
not that many ppl still care about this movie, but here's a pic from a deleted scene of foley's death, how it was originally intended to be. hit by a tumbler, not shot. don't know why they changed it. maybe they added a lot of gore so it wouldn't be PG13 anymore ???
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy20/from_musings/Matthew-Modine_The-Dark-Knight-Rises.jpg)
That's cool.
Can't wait to pick this up when it gets released next month.
Is the bluray/dvd release gonna have deleted scenes? Cuz I think Nolan is like Ridley Scott in that we'll never see a director's cut.
Quote from: bright lights, big city on Nov 11, 2012, 02:38 PM
Is the bluray/dvd release gonna have deleted scenes?
yeah i doubt it too :/
I heard there is supposed to be a directors cut that is like 35 mins longer. Not entirely sure though.
found this at mtv.com:
Because Nolan and his writing team of brother Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer are so thorough at the outset of crafting their stories, there's little room left for deleted scenes when the "Dark Knight" films come to home video, said the director.
"I tend to try and weed things out on paper because it's crazy expensive to shoot things that aren't going to be in the film," he explained. "It also takes up a lot of time and energy. Pretty much with all my films, there are very few deleted scenes, which always disappoints the DVD crowd."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690258/dark-knight-rises-ending-christopher-nolan.jhtml (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690258/dark-knight-rises-ending-christopher-nolan.jhtml)
very interesting. thanks man.
pushups make you a really good jumper
The.Dark.Knight.Rises.2012.EXTRAS.720p.BluRay.x264-PublicHD (http://torrentz.eu/1d59f0609516af4a8cb3f13440ce1ff46cfa5375)
Quote from: black coffee on Nov 22, 2012, 09:03 AM
The.Dark.Knight.Rises.2012.EXTRAS.720p.BluRay.x264-PublicHD (http://torrentz.eu/1d59f0609516af4a8cb3f13440ce1ff46cfa5375)
Sweet. Thanks!
no deleted scenes but maybe some other interesting stuff will be on there
http://screencrush.com/the-dark-knight-rises-blu-ray/ (http://screencrush.com/the-dark-knight-rises-blu-ray/)
All the extras included:
Art Gallery
The Batmobile Documentary
Ending the Knight Documentary
High Altitude Hijacking / Beneath Gotham / Return to the Batcave /
Batman vs Bane / The Bat / Armory Accepted / Gameday Destruction /
Demolishing a City Street / The Pit / The Chant / The War on Wall Street /
Race to the Reactor / The Journey of Bruce Wayne / Gothams Reckoning /
A Girls Gotta Eat / Shadows and Light in Large Format /
The End of A Legend
Quote from: wither-I on Nov 18, 2012, 06:40 PM
pushups make you a really good jumper
For sure.
i thought the thing was that it wasn't about muscles,it was his fear that made the jump. at the beginning of the movie alfred says "I'm afriad you want to fail" because bruce didn't give a fuck about anything, depressed over rachel and shit - "it's nothing out there for me." when bruce is doing situps and pushups in the pit he says" I'm not afraid, i'm angry", but with this state of mind he doesn't pull off the jump and fails. it's when he makes the climb and jump without the rope he pulls it off - fear was the key. that's why there were bats flying above him just before the successful jump, the symbol of fear telling us that he was afraid for first time in years
Just recently watched it and thought it was pretty disappointing overall, but maybe my expectations were too high?
I'm really thinking it's akin to Star Wars.The second episode of the trilogy was the best.
The plot line just seemed too thinly rushed in order to conclude the trilogy.One of many issues I have was... Batman's first fight against Bane.He gets pwned...like completely has no answer to getting his ass handed to him....against a guy with an obvious need for some sort of breathing apparatus.Like a BLATANT need and hence weakness for a mechanical device to be working and attached to his face face in order for him to function and yet somehow Batman with all his training, skill, intelligence and toys completely neglects to exploit this.
I picked that up the first time I watched it.
What rubbed salt into the wound was that the second time they go "man to man" suddenly Bruce seemingly clicks..."Hmmm....maybe if I damage that HUGE and blatantly obvious breathing apparatus mounted to the dudes head...he may dislike it and even /faceplam".
I just walked away thinking it made Batman look like an idiot.
Personally I was hoping for a way better conclusion and I blame Nolan directly as the first two were sublimely directed and written.Third was meh for me.
I do kind of get taken out of the moment at the end fight scene with Bane-Batman when he's all like WHERE'S THE TRIGGER?! WHERE IS IT?!
I just start laughing every time. Cool story, bro.
Quote from: fireflyry on Dec 06, 2012, 03:36 PM
Just recently watched it and thought it was pretty disappointing overall, but maybe my expectations were too high?
I'm really thinking it's akin to Star Wars.The second episode of the trilogy was the best.
The plot line just seemed too thinly rushed in order to conclude the trilogy.One of many issues I have was... Batman's first fight against Bane.He gets pwned...like completely has no answer to getting his ass handed to him....against a guy with an obvious need for some sort of breathing apparatus.Like a BLATANT need and hence weakness for a mechanical device to be working and attached to his face face in order for him to function and yet somehow Batman with all his training, skill, intelligence and toys completely neglects to exploit this.
I picked that up the first time I watched it.
What rubbed salt into the wound was that the second time they go "man to man" suddenly Bruce seemingly clicks..."Hmmm....maybe if I damage that HUGE and blatantly obvious breathing apparatus mounted to the dudes head...he may dislike it and even /faceplam".
I just walked away thinking it made Batman look like an idiot.
Personally I was hoping for a way better conclusion and I blame Nolan directly as the first two were sublimely directed and written.Third was meh for me.
if you don't like the film, that's cool, i just think that in the first fight bruce just wasn't properly prepared - while bane was.bruce hadn't been batman for 8 years, he sat around moping in the mansion ,depressed, and was in bad shape cause of the damages of being batman. also - alfred said he was afraid that bruce was not afraid to die, in fact a part of him was afraid that bruce actually wanted to die because he had given up, so bruce also wasn't mentally prepared. i think the thing is that bruce isn't the real batman until he climbs up out of the pit
But he's Batman.
I'm just any everyday smuck yet it's hardly rocket science that Batman has razor sharp forearms that can smash through anything, let alone an adversary that has such a blatantly obvious weakness as a breathing device mounted to his face.I get the whole "....but he's weak and has to re-find himself..." plot but as soon as that first fight occurred it took me out of taking the movie in anyway seriously compared to the other two prequels.It was merely a means to fulfilling the requirements of the plot while excusing the fact Batman suddenly became an idiot for that whole fight.Sure let him get beaten but don't make him look like he lost because he was stupid.I mean what was the whole deal with the "smoke" he threw up while grounded.Looked cool on film but what?Little smoke puffs around Bane as a means of defense?Seriously?
I get it's part of the story that he gets smacked down, heck in the comics it was a broken back not a dis-lodged vertebrae but that was justified due to Banes intelligence in making him take on pretty much the whole population of a mental asylum before they fought.Batman was exhausted and bound to lose.In the film he easily scrubs the floor until trapped...he's fresh, unchallenged and good to go.Even disregarding that it's more the fact in the latter fight he suddenly seems to realize..."oh....should have really taken out the huge breathing device mounted to the dudes head last time....duh...."
To me it's a major plot flaw that is lazy in execution.
I love the flick but I'll put it this way, subjectively:
Batman Begins 8/10
Dark Knight:9.9/10
Dark Knight Rises:6/10
It was just an anti-climax for me that made Batman look more silly than finding redemption.That's just my take though.
He underestimated Bane, when Alfred is telling him to stay away from Bane all Bruce says is I'll fight harder, I always have" he's never dealt with someone as physical as Bane. He seems to think since he beat Ra's he can beat anyone no matter what.
I like the first fight between Bane and Batman, but for two guys who trained with a a bunch of ninjas, it was just a lot of punching, no stealth or anything to it lol. And in the second fight Batman uses the exact same moves lol, you'd think he would change it up a little.
Still enjoyed the movie though, I thought it was a fitting end to the trilogy.
Quote from: fireflyry on Dec 06, 2012, 05:20 PM
But he's Batman.
I'm just any everyday smuck yet it's hardly rocket science that Batman has razor sharp forearms that can smash through anything, let alone an adversary that has such a blatantly obvious weakness as a breathing device mounted to his face.I get the whole "....but he's weak and has to re-find himself..." plot but as soon as that first fight occurred it took me out of taking the movie in anyway seriously compared to the other two prequels.It was merely a means to fulfilling the requirements of the plot while excusing the fact Batman suddenly became an idiot for that whole fight.Sure let him get beaten but don't make him look like he lost because he was stupid.I mean what was the whole deal with the "smoke" he threw up while grounded.Looked cool on film but what?Little smoke puffs around Bane as a means of defense?Seriously?
I get it's part of the story that he gets smacked down, heck in the comics it was a broken back not a dis-lodged vertebrae but that was justified due to Banes intelligence in making him take on pretty much the whole population of a mental asylum before they fought.Batman was exhausted and bound to lose.In the film he easily scrubs the floor until trapped...he's fresh, unchallenged and good to go.Even disregarding that it's more the fact in the latter fight he suddenly seems to realize..."oh....should have really taken out the huge breathing device mounted to the dudes head last time....duh...."
To me it's a major plot flaw that is lazy in execution.
I love the flick but I'll put it this way, subjectively:
Batman Begins 8/10
Dark Knight:9.9/10
Dark Knight Rises:6/10
It was just an anti-climax for me that made Batman look more silly than finding redemption.That's just my take though.
What's up man? Long time!
As far as this movie goes, picked up the blu ray the other day, watched it for the first time that night and absolutely loved it. Perhaps even more so than The Dark Knight. I thought it was absolutely fantastic. Really made me feel good.
Bummed to see so many nitpicking this movie to pieces.
If I did that to every movie I saw I'd probably ruin most movies for myself. You can always find flaws, but people seem destined to single out every little thing they think is wrong with The Dark Knight Rises.
Constructive criticism is fine, but I think this is taking it overboard. Not just here on SL, but on other sites as well.
I copied this from IMDB, but it explains some things, that people generally are bothered with, pretty good:
QuoteIt was never stated where the prison was. So we have no idea how long it takes to get there. When Alfred mentions it to Bruce early on, he says in an "some more ancient part of the world." (The fort is in Jodhpur, India). It is also revealed that Miranda/Talia has a plane, when she says to Bruce: "We could leave. Tonight. Take my plane. Go anywhere we wanted." When Bane seized the reactor, it was mentioned that they had about 5 months before it blew up. That gives Bruce enough time for a return trip from anywhere in the world. Gotham wasn't technically quarantined, as food shipments were allowed in. Citizens just weren't allowed out. That's how the Special Forces team managed to get into the city. Not to mention, Bruce was able to travel around the world living among the criminal underworld for 7 years when he ran away from Gotham. Therefore he clearly has the knowledge and capability to survive without his fortunes. The mythos of the Bane character tells us that the prison that Bane escaped is located on fictional island republic called Santa Prisca in the Caribbean Sea, which would have made for a very short flight for Bane and Bruce, though it's never specified in the movie.
One possible theory is that he can walk on ice with 'sure-footing' as shown in his training with Ra's al Ghul in the first film, Batman Begins . This is actually confirmed visually when Batman meets Gordon halfway along the ice, walking effortlessly towards him. Another idea is that as Wayne Manor is said to be located outside the city limits (and perhaps off the main island of Gotham), he could have gone back to his home and taken the Bat and flown to the bridge or just beyond it. The last time wee see the Bat landing is inside the Batcave as Batman returns after dropping off Selina Kyle. This last theory is supported by the notion that Wayne Manor is not shown to have been looted and occupied by the Blackgate Prison escapees. It is also shown in a Map of Gotham city produced as part of the viral marketing, similarly to other known maps of Gotham from comics, that Wayne Manor is outside of the main set of islands that were under Bane's martial law. The film itself establishes direct explanation for getting onto the island, with the CIA agents sneaking into Gotham undercover as men delivering supplies. This may not have been the route Wayne took to get back, but it proves that other people were also successfully sneaking into the city during Occupied Gotham. In the end a guy like Bruce Wayne, while living a double life as Batman for a few years, probably learned of several or many different ways to gain access to a city that could be so easily cut off from the outside world, i.e., as Batman, he'd have to know alternate routes and access points to track criminals and find their hideouts, etc.
Call me a fanboy, but this is still my favorite movie of the year. Epic in scope, looks amazing, Bane is a force and it affected me more emotionally than Begins and TDK.
Quote from: ToneDef on Dec 06, 2012, 07:49 PM
What's up man? Long time!
Fuck.You just made my day. Was'nt sure you were still around.Catch up in @user bro.
Quote from: theis on Dec 06, 2012, 10:57 PM
Bummed to see so many nitpicking this movie to pieces.
Good to see you too Theis. Same as above.
I have to comment on the nit-picking comment though.Seeing so many do it is self-explanatory.Thing is there is commonly known dogma when you deal with comic book characters.You have to be respectful of this.Batman is just a guy with a lot of training and a lot of money/tech.His biggest asset though is his intelligence.I don't nit-pick films at all, but from my point of view how do you get your arse handed to you by a guy that has an aqua-lung attached to his face, an obvious weakness that later on in the film leads
directly to Batman winning....after push ups and climbing out of a well.Movie fans can easily write that off, most would not even notice or place relevance on the flaw, but I've been a Batman fan since I was 8 years old.It was just bad writing and when I watched it for the first time the majority of Batman t-shirt wearing geeks like me that were in the cinema all looked at each other with "wtf?" expressions.
I get they tried to equate it to Bruce being out of Batman mode for 8 years but a 2 minute scene or scenario that entailed him to take on adversity either by weight of numbers or strength before first encountering Bane would have made the movie work for me.He should have been exhausted, out of options and broken before that encounter.There was no reason for Batman to lose that first fight.Again it just made him look weak, but more importantly unintelligent which to most fans is unforgivable, for no other purpose than to serve the plotline, and once you do that long time Batman fans who know the dogma will call bullshit.
Look at it this way.The Batman I know would have gone (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/fireflyry/psycholol.gif) then thrown a Bat-a-Rang straight at Banes face and stomped on his head while he was having an asthma attack.A quick 2-3 minute scene of Batman exhausting his tools and stamina/strength beforehand would have fixed this flaw.As it stands the scene makes little sense hence for me, and many others according to the interwebs, the movie falls apart there-after.
8)7/10