The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan)
#3801
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan)
I never understood the rationale behind putting female comic characters in high heels. Its rediculously impractical and in all the action scene they wear stunt boots anyway. Dumb dumb dumb.
#3802
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan)
Once again, it's been confirmed that her heels are lined with blades so they can be used as a weapon. Nolan doesn't have a habit of putting flashy shit on costumes just for the hell of it, everything has a practical application.
#3804
DVD Talk Legend
#3806
DVD Talk Legend
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Bale's face looks so weird in the cowl sometimes.
#3810
DVD Talk Legend
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Screen presence has never been about how "big" you are in the frame. I still have coworkers who think Nolan's going to CG Bane into some hulking behemoth. It's about the framing, intensity, etc... and isn't part of Bane's appeal his smarts? He's just physically got the upper hand on Batman.
#3812
DVD Talk Hero
#3813
DVD Talk Limited Edition
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No raccoon eyes for Catwoman?
#3814
DVD Talk Hero
#3816
DVD Talk Legend
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'The Dark Knight Rises' star Tom Hardy talks about playing Bane and inventing the villain's controversial voice: 'It's a risk.'
When Christopher Nolan asked Tom Hardy to play the villain in his third and final Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, due July 20, the director doted on one job requirement in particular: the budding star would have to wear a mask that looked like a leathery baboon mouth with metal casings for fangs – a sort of steampunk respirator as fashioned by Francis Bacon. “I think he worried it would be something I might not consider because wearing a mask might damage my career or something. He thought I’d be worried that the audience couldn’t see my beautiful face,” says Hardy, who also worked for Nolan in the filmmaker’s 2010 Oscar-nominated smash Inception. “Like I care. It’s Chris Nolan! I would wear a paper bag over my head for that man.”
To play Bane, a willfully evil and possibly unstoppable force of mind and might, the British actor wanted to develop a distinctive voice, one that evoked (albeit elliptically) the comic book character’s erudition and ethnic heritage (Bane hails from a fictional Caribbean country). Hardy sought a sound befitting a man steeped in malevolence and old soul wisdom and who could trace his roots to ancient Latin culture. “There were two doors we could walk through,” says Hardy. “We could play a very straightforward villain or we could go through this very quirky door, which is totally justified by the text but may seem very, very stupid.” Not surprisingly, Hardy decided to go for the second option. “It’s a risk, because we could be laughed at—or it could be very fresh and exciting,” he says. While some found his dialogue incomprehensible in the IMAX-exclusive sneak peek attached to Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol last December, the actor asks for patience. “The audience mustn’t be too concerned about the mumbly voice,” says Hardy. “As the film progresses, I think you’ll be able to tune to its setting.”
Bane’s motivation as a villain remains one of Rises’ best-kept secrets—although the trailers suggest his master plan requires the razing of Gotham and the death of Bruce Wayne. Does Bane represent a specific political or philosophical complaint? The answer is… maybe. “I think the politics of the film are going to be hotly debated one way or another, as they were in the last film,” says Nolan. Listening to Hardy compare Bane to the scarred, clown-faced villain who terrorized Gotham City in The Dark Knight, you almost get the feeling of a revolutionary usurper with tremendous resources. “The Joker didn’t care—he just wanted to see the world burn, and he was a master of chaos and destruction, unscrupulous and crazy. Bane is not that guy,” says Hardy. “There is a very meticulous and calculated way about Bane. There is a huge orchestration of organization to his ambition. He is also a physical threat to Batman. There is nothing vague about Bane. No jokes. He’s a very clean, clear villain.”
When Christopher Nolan asked Tom Hardy to play the villain in his third and final Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, due July 20, the director doted on one job requirement in particular: the budding star would have to wear a mask that looked like a leathery baboon mouth with metal casings for fangs – a sort of steampunk respirator as fashioned by Francis Bacon. “I think he worried it would be something I might not consider because wearing a mask might damage my career or something. He thought I’d be worried that the audience couldn’t see my beautiful face,” says Hardy, who also worked for Nolan in the filmmaker’s 2010 Oscar-nominated smash Inception. “Like I care. It’s Chris Nolan! I would wear a paper bag over my head for that man.”
To play Bane, a willfully evil and possibly unstoppable force of mind and might, the British actor wanted to develop a distinctive voice, one that evoked (albeit elliptically) the comic book character’s erudition and ethnic heritage (Bane hails from a fictional Caribbean country). Hardy sought a sound befitting a man steeped in malevolence and old soul wisdom and who could trace his roots to ancient Latin culture. “There were two doors we could walk through,” says Hardy. “We could play a very straightforward villain or we could go through this very quirky door, which is totally justified by the text but may seem very, very stupid.” Not surprisingly, Hardy decided to go for the second option. “It’s a risk, because we could be laughed at—or it could be very fresh and exciting,” he says. While some found his dialogue incomprehensible in the IMAX-exclusive sneak peek attached to Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol last December, the actor asks for patience. “The audience mustn’t be too concerned about the mumbly voice,” says Hardy. “As the film progresses, I think you’ll be able to tune to its setting.”
Bane’s motivation as a villain remains one of Rises’ best-kept secrets—although the trailers suggest his master plan requires the razing of Gotham and the death of Bruce Wayne. Does Bane represent a specific political or philosophical complaint? The answer is… maybe. “I think the politics of the film are going to be hotly debated one way or another, as they were in the last film,” says Nolan. Listening to Hardy compare Bane to the scarred, clown-faced villain who terrorized Gotham City in The Dark Knight, you almost get the feeling of a revolutionary usurper with tremendous resources. “The Joker didn’t care—he just wanted to see the world burn, and he was a master of chaos and destruction, unscrupulous and crazy. Bane is not that guy,” says Hardy. “There is a very meticulous and calculated way about Bane. There is a huge orchestration of organization to his ambition. He is also a physical threat to Batman. There is nothing vague about Bane. No jokes. He’s a very clean, clear villain.”
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan)
In every pic I see, Bane looks soooooooo underwhelming. I have no doubt that Nolan is crafting a great film, it's just that in my mind's eye, this is not Bane.
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#3820
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This is still my most anticipated film of the year, but I have to agree. I won't judge anything but I'm just not feeling that excitement and anticipation I had for TDK.
#3821
En vacance
Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan)
Finish him. In any case i can't believe the only ones of the badguys Nolan cinematized for the first time were Scarecrow/Ras As Ghul... I guess they really want to overshadow the past villains by redoing them.
#3822
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Okay, I'm calling the ending and or major plot point of the film involving Bane..
As we all know in the Nolanverse, the man keeps it real or as real as he can. A few months ago it was reported that Cillian Murphy was spotted at Union Station, which leads everyone to believe that the Scarecrow is back. Here's what's going to happen.
I've a good feeling about this.
As we all know in the Nolanverse, the man keeps it real or as real as he can. A few months ago it was reported that Cillian Murphy was spotted at Union Station, which leads everyone to believe that the Scarecrow is back. Here's what's going to happen.
Spoiler:
I've a good feeling about this.
#3823
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Okay, I'm calling the ending and or major plot point of the film involving Bane..
As we all know in the Nolanverse, the man keeps it real or as real as he can. A few months ago it was reported that Cillian Murphy was spotted at Union Station, which leads everyone to believe that the Scarecrow is back. Here's what's going to happen.
I've a good feeling about this.
As we all know in the Nolanverse, the man keeps it real or as real as he can. A few months ago it was reported that Cillian Murphy was spotted at Union Station, which leads everyone to believe that the Scarecrow is back. Here's what's going to happen.
Spoiler:
I've a good feeling about this.
Don't even get me started on this. I remember last film they promised:
Spoiler:
#3825
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