The Dark Knight Rises

At 7/19/2012 10:20:24 AM, tvellalott wrote:
OK, so it's 1am and I need to write this while my first experience is fresh in my mind. No spoilers, so don't worry. There might be a spoiler thread in the future when a few people have seen it.

Anyway, this movie was almost perfect and the faults were really minor and personal annoyances which really can't be discussed here... It's brilliantly written to keep you guessing about what's going to happen. Every single actor plays their character to a tee; new characters Bane, Selina Kyle (who is not called Catwoman through the entire film) and John Blake are all excellent and the supporting cast are great. Veterans Lucius Fox, Alfred and Bruce Wayne are all exactly as good (if not better) than they were in previous movies.
The plot is the perfect conclusion to the series. It borrows heavily from The Dark Knight Returns and Knightfall but doesn't follow either of those storylines instead simply continuing Nolan's vision of a realistic Batman... although the 'Bat' was pretty far out (can someone confirm whether this is possible technology?).
The pacing is perfect and the movie, which goes for nearly three hours, flies by.
Cinematography is beautiful and the costuming is great.

I'm giving this movie a 9.5/10. I would suggest that people pay careful attention when Bane talks; perhaps it was the outrageously loud iMax speakers but I found him difficult to understand at times and I think I missed about 5% of his dialogue. I will be watching it again at a regular cinema soon.

TL;DR version: If you liked the previous movies there is absolutely no reason for you to not see this immediately.

At 7/19/2012 10:20:24 AM, tvellalott wrote:
OK, so it's 1am and I need to write this while my first experience is fresh in my mind. No spoilers, so don't worry. There might be a spoiler thread in the future when a few people have seen it.

Anyway, this movie was almost perfect and the faults were really minor and personal annoyances which really can't be discussed here... It's brilliantly written to keep you guessing about what's going to happen. Every single actor plays their character to a tee; new characters Bane, Selina Kyle (who is not called Catwoman through the entire film) and John Blake are all excellent and the supporting cast are great. Veterans Lucius Fox, Alfred and Bruce Wayne are all exactly as good (if not better) than they were in previous movies.
The plot is the perfect conclusion to the series. It borrows heavily from The Dark Knight Returns and Knightfall but doesn't follow either of those storylines instead simply continuing Nolan's vision of a realistic Batman... although the 'Bat' was pretty far out (can someone confirm whether this is possible technology?).
The pacing is perfect and the movie, which goes for nearly three hours, flies by.
Cinematography is beautiful and the costuming is great.

I'm giving this movie a 9.5/10. I would suggest that people pay careful attention when Bane talks; perhaps it was the outrageously loud iMax speakers but I found him difficult to understand at times and I think I missed about 5% of his dialogue. I will be watching it again at a regular cinema soon.

TL;DR version: If you liked the previous movies there is absolutely no reason for you to not see this immediately.

At 7/19/2012 9:19:42 PM, popculturepooka wrote:

At 7/19/2012 10:20:24 AM, tvellalott wrote:
OK, so it's 1am and I need to write this while my first experience is fresh in my mind. No spoilers, so don't worry. There might be a spoiler thread in the future when a few people have seen it.

Anyway, this movie was almost perfect and the faults were really minor and personal annoyances which really can't be discussed here... It's brilliantly written to keep you guessing about what's going to happen. Every single actor plays their character to a tee; new characters Bane, Selina Kyle (who is not called Catwoman through the entire film) and John Blake are all excellent and the supporting cast are great. Veterans Lucius Fox, Alfred and Bruce Wayne are all exactly as good (if not better) than they were in previous movies.
The plot is the perfect conclusion to the series. It borrows heavily from The Dark Knight Returns and Knightfall but doesn't follow either of those storylines instead simply continuing Nolan's vision of a realistic Batman... although the 'Bat' was pretty far out (can someone confirm whether this is possible technology?).
The pacing is perfect and the movie, which goes for nearly three hours, flies by.
Cinematography is beautiful and the costuming is great.

I'm giving this movie a 9.5/10. I would suggest that people pay careful attention when Bane talks; perhaps it was the outrageously loud iMax speakers but I found him difficult to understand at times and I think I missed about 5% of his dialogue. I will be watching it again at a regular cinema soon.

TL;DR version: If you liked the previous movies there is absolutely no reason for you to not see this immediately.

Sometimes* I really hate you Australians.


*By "sometimes" I mean all the time.

At 7/19/2012 12:50:55 AM, socialpinko wrote:

At 7/19/2012 12:43:52 AM, Ore_Ele wrote:
And this from that review.

"Best of all, there will be absolutely none of the confusing moral ambiguity that dragged down The Dark Knight," Nolan said. "People don't want all that pompous 'Who's the real monster, Batman or the criminals he pursues?' junk. They want to see the Joker get a big sockeroo on the chin and get tangled up in a net. That's classic funny-book entertainment."

I actually did want that kind of moral dilemma in a movie like this. You want to do funny and goofy? Bring me the three stooges. If you're spending hundreds of millions of dollars on some hugely anticipated film? I want something deep, or I'm not forking over the already ridiculous ticket and food prices (FYI, drive-ins rock!).

In case your comment was serious, the article was from the Onion.

At 7/19/2012 9:43:52 PM, tvellalott wrote:

At 7/19/2012 9:19:42 PM, popculturepooka wrote:

At 7/19/2012 10:20:24 AM, tvellalott wrote:
OK, so it's 1am and I need to write this while my first experience is fresh in my mind. No spoilers, so don't worry. There might be a spoiler thread in the future when a few people have seen it.

Anyway, this movie was almost perfect and the faults were really minor and personal annoyances which really can't be discussed here... It's brilliantly written to keep you guessing about what's going to happen. Every single actor plays their character to a tee; new characters Bane, Selina Kyle (who is not called Catwoman through the entire film) and John Blake are all excellent and the supporting cast are great. Veterans Lucius Fox, Alfred and Bruce Wayne are all exactly as good (if not better) than they were in previous movies.
The plot is the perfect conclusion to the series. It borrows heavily from The Dark Knight Returns and Knightfall but doesn't follow either of those storylines instead simply continuing Nolan's vision of a realistic Batman... although the 'Bat' was pretty far out (can someone confirm whether this is possible technology?).
The pacing is perfect and the movie, which goes for nearly three hours, flies by.
Cinematography is beautiful and the costuming is great.

I'm giving this movie a 9.5/10. I would suggest that people pay careful attention when Bane talks; perhaps it was the outrageously loud iMax speakers but I found him difficult to understand at times and I think I missed about 5% of his dialogue. I will be watching it again at a regular cinema soon.

TL;DR version: If you liked the previous movies there is absolutely no reason for you to not see this immediately.

Sometimes* I really hate you Australians.


*By "sometimes" I mean all the time.

Get a kangaroo up ya.

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At 7/20/2012 9:13:38 AM, Loserboi wrote:
I think the movie is a 8/10 just cause of the ridiculously made ending. I do t read the comics so i don't know if that is what really happens, but seriously I can't stand movies that end the way dark knight did. I was going to give it a 9/10 before I saw the ending.

At 7/20/2012 8:08:51 PM, Wallstreetatheist wrote:
I heard this movie is very realistic.

At 7/19/2012 6:33:32 PM, Apollo.11 wrote:
I'm looking forward to Bain's anarchist overtones, too.

At 7/21/2012 2:15:41 AM, FREEDO wrote:
It was Objectivist pornography.

Good stuff though.

At 7/19/2012 9:50:37 PM, Ore_Ele wrote:

At 7/19/2012 12:50:55 AM, socialpinko wrote:
In case your comment was serious, the article was from the Onion.

...curse you, you trickster.

At 7/26/2012 9:01:53 PM, ConservativePolitico wrote:
Scarecrow was in the first of these Batman movies...

And I thought Catwoman's character was entertaining and well done.

At 7/26/2012 9:19:43 PM, Maikuru wrote:

At 7/26/2012 9:01:53 PM, ConservativePolitico wrote:
Scarecrow was in the first of these Batman movies...

And I thought Catwoman's character was entertaining and well done.

He was also in the second movie. He started doling out vigilante justice at the beginning and Batman took him down, remember?

At 7/26/2012 10:40:35 PM, ConservativePolitico wrote:

At 7/26/2012 9:19:43 PM, Maikuru wrote:

At 7/26/2012 9:01:53 PM, ConservativePolitico wrote:
Scarecrow was in the first of these Batman movies...

And I thought Catwoman's character was entertaining and well done.

He was also in the second movie. He started doling out vigilante justice at the beginning and Batman took him down, remember?

Yeah and he was technically in the last one two as his regular self.

I liked the Dark Knight Rises immensely. It was a fantastic film.

I can't wait to see the Superman movie Nolan is producing :D

At 7/31/2012 11:52:40 PM, Osiris wrote:
I felt like the story lacked some depth. The villan was not that great. He threw a few fists and kicks at Batman, but I felt like Nolan should've added The Riddler, Penguin, or someone else as well. Also, how did Bane have all the resources to pull off what he did in Gotham?!? That wasn't really explained in the film, but I'm assuming that investor guy gave him a lot of money upfront. What I did like was the ending.

*SPOILER ALERT*



I think that naming Joseph Gordon Levitt as "Robin" was great. It kind of leaves the door open for a spin off film or something, although I know Nolan won't go for it and neither will fans. That scene with Alfred and Bruce at the cafe at the end was mint ;)

At 7/31/2012 11:52:40 PM, Osiris wrote:
I felt like the story lacked some depth. The villan was not that great. He threw a few fists and kicks at Batman, but I felt like Nolan should've added The Riddler, Penguin, or someone else as well. Also, how did Bane have all the resources to pull off what he did in Gotham?!? That wasn't really explained in the film, but I'm assuming that investor guy gave him a lot of money upfront. What I did like was the ending.




*SPOILER ALERT*



I think that naming Joseph Gordon Levitt as "Robin" was great. It kind of leaves the door open for a spin off film or something, although I know Nolan won't go for it and neither will fans. That scene with Alfred and Bruce at the cafe at the end was mint ;)