DVD Talk Forum - The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan)

As for the movie. TDKR was simply the best film of the year and could end up being in my top 5 of all time. I will be going back to see it, but jeezus.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

PatD	07-20-12 05:56 AM

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I was disappointed with Bane as a villain in this film. Tom Hardy did good with the material given him, but Nolan achieved making The Joker *far* more fearsome than the man who broke The Bat.

bdshort

07-20-12 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JumpCutz (Post 11314610)

14 Dead in Aurora, Colorado shooting... midnight premiere.

http://www.9news.com/news/local/arti...eater-shooting

Just saw that. Jesus...

bdshort

07-20-12 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by PatD (Post 11314645)

I was disappointed with Bane as a villain in this film. Tom Hardy did good with the material given him, but Nolan achieved making The Joker *far* more fearsome than the man who broke The Bat.

Kind of how I felt. I really liked the movie but I thought Bane fell a bit flat. Having to wear a mask that hides much of his face doesn't help. And how could anyone really live up to Heath Ledger as the Joker?

RocShemp

07-20-12 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JumpCutz (Post 11314610)

14 Dead in Aurora, Colorado shooting... midnight premiere.

http://www.9news.com/news/local/arti...eater-shooting

I just heard about this. This is horrible.

Giles

07-20-12 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by JumpCutz (Post 11314610)

14 Dead in Aurora, Colorado shooting... midnight premiere.

http://www.9news.com/news/local/arti...eater-shooting

12 unfortunantly dead. Truly tragic.

onebyone

07-20-12 08:21 AM

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What a horrible story. Reading that sounds more like an over the top episode of a tv show than something that would really happen, just terrifying to imagine what those people went through. I wonder what the hell this guy was trying to prove.

E Unit

07-20-12 08:28 AM

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Considering he did this at a midnight showing, knowing there would be a sold out show, it sounds pretty intentional. Makes me fucking sick some asshole would do this. Takes the fun out of going out, especially for something that was supposed to be exciting and fun for everyone. I lost my desire to actually want to go see it this weekend. Maybe in a week or two.

TGM	07-20-12 08:32 AM

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I wonder if this wasn't the final Batman movie for Nolan and Bale if they would have signed on for another movie after last nights events. Sounds like something that would permanently turn them off from ever helming or donning the cowl again.

iggystar

07-20-12 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by bdshort (Post 11314665)

I felt the exact opposite, Bane was so menacing that he scared me. Hardy did a great job portraying the character as a completely different animal than the Joker and I loved it!

bdshort

07-20-12 11:04 AM

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One small nitpick that just came to mind... To me it seemed that the first two films did a fairly decent job of disguising Chicago as Gotham, that it really stood out when there were several shots in this movie where they didn't even try to hide the fact that this one was in New York City, complete with the long shot where you could see One World Trade Center under construction, and another shot of Saks Fifth Avenue.

The more I let this sit, the more I want to go back one more time for a 2nd viewing. I'll probably catch a matinee in the middle of the week when I don't have adrenaline and caffeine keeping me awake!

M1000be

07-20-12 11:10 AM

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I actually enjoyed Bane more than I did The Joker. There was something about how ruthless he was but at the same time, so polite. Not to mention, it was nice to see an actual physical threat to Batman.

matrixrok9

07-20-12 12:38 PM

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Bane was way scarier than Joker.

I didn't like how Bane was taken out...went out like a bitch. Pisses me off because he would've been one of my favorite villains of all time.

M1000be

07-20-12 12:39 PM

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I will agree that Bane's demise was anti-climatic. It just felt...wrong.

Rypro 525

07-20-12 12:43 PM

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Out of curiosity, what was David Letterman's "spoiler" that he revealed about a week ago on his show that pissed everyone off

dex14

07-20-12 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rypro 525 (Post 11315219)

Out of curiosity, what was David Letterman's "spoiler" that he revealed about a week ago on his show that pissed everyone off

He said...

Spoiler:

Rypro 525

07-20-12 01:01 PM

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which means his spoiler was partially true

drq2	07-20-12 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by silentbob007 (Post 11314585)

Had 12:01 IMAX tickets for a while but today decided to buy a ticket for Dark Knight preceding it so that I wouldn't have to line up ... given the line-ups that were starting even before the showing of TDK started, it was money well spent.

This is why I bought DBox tickets, no standing in line, no trying to find a seat. Etc.

Only the movie did not start till 1 sometime. Seem no one told us sometime happen. I was wondering why I I seen so many cop cars out around there. I just thought it was late and I am never out that late.

PatD	07-20-12 02:19 PM

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There was a quirky blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene:

Spoiler:

It was a strangely funny touch.

Why So Blu?

07-20-12 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PatD (Post 11315352)

There was a quirky blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene:

Spoiler:

It was a strangely funny touch.

Spoiler:

Matthew Chmiel

07-20-12 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bdshort (Post 11315067)

The first chase at night also didn't do a good job at disguising Los Angeles.

xage	07-20-12 02:41 PM

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georgec

07-20-12 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by georgec (Post 11204550)

the more i think about it, the more i believe that bruce will "fake" batman's death so that he can live out his days rebuilding gotham and focusing on his life as bruce wayne.

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Originally Posted by kgrogers1979 (Post 11204760)

but if he is faking his death, he's not actually sacrificing himself.

And yes an old worn out bruce would want to retire. I even said as much earlier. However, why does he need to fake his death in order to retire? He can simply hang up his cowl and call it quits. There's zero need for an elaborate fake death plan to simply retire.

Spoiler:

PatD	07-20-12 03:45 PM

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Isn't the ending reminiscent of:

Spoiler:

and

Spoiler:

mixed together?

Supermallet

07-20-12 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by M1000be (Post 11315076)

Bane was a physical threat to Batman, but that was about it. The Joker was a threat to the very ideals Batman fights to protect. The Joker even says "You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul in a fistfight with you?"

The scene in TDK where Batman is wailing on The Joker in the interrogation room and the Joker just laughs is way scarier than anything Bane did in this film.

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