Troy Stiffler

Good. Put EMO Bitch Batman to rest.

fumanstan

Watching the featurette just amped me up for this a little more.

Parcher

Any Londoners here? I'm thinking of making a trip to England to see it. We've got no IMAX screens here in Denmark and I figure London is the best bet to catch it in IMAX.

Is IMAX worth it? I'll just take a flight and be back the following day. Any help?

Solid Snake

Damn. You are a person who really wants to see TDKR in IMAX. Enough to travel to another country.

Parcher

Is it worth it, is my question? Truth be told, it's a pretty short flight, and doesn't cost a lot. So with a couple of friends one could make a trip out of it.
Can someone sum up, just briefly, what the IMAX deal is about?

Solid Snake

Yes. I saw TDK in IMAX. Was worth every penny. The image is beautiful and the action totally deserves those IMAX moments.

Parcher

Good. Thanks. Pardon my ignorance, but is only PART of the movie in IMAX... or is it the whole deal?

The 2:35 image is cropped from a 16:9 imax image, correct? If so, it'll bug me given that Nolan probably envisioned the 16:9 frame... like the pan and scan problem.

Noonan

In the case of TDK, only parts of the movie were filmed in IMAX. The full opening bank sequence and some of the panning outside shots later in the film. I'm probably missing a few others. It would be insanely expensive to shoot the full movie in IMAX film.

Solid Snake

All the big action scenes were in IMAX. ALong w/ some panning shots. I'm assuming this was only multiplied for TDKR.

E Unit

It's been confirmed the IMAX footage is about one hour's worth. Dark Knight only had mostly the action sequences done in IMAX. The IMAX footage isn't cropped, but framed that way, which is something like 1.78. So no pan and scan. And DEFINITELY worth seeing in IMAX.

wm lopez

I didn't think so.
Only other IMAX I've seen was SUPERMAN RETURNS and only the airplane scene was worth it.

Solid Snake

SR wasn't even made for IMAX. There's no way that tops TDK in image quality and of value's worth. That's going beyond the quality of the movie itself. We're talking specs here.

georgec

I thought that IMAX footage is filmed at something closer to a 4:3 ratio?

I remember seeing the TDK blu-ray and thinking that some of the image was cropped to fit it to 16:9.

RocShemp

IMAX is shot at 1.44:1. So, yes, TDK was cropped on BD. But based on Nolan's comments, it seems they composed the IMAX shots with 1.78:1 in mind with safety for 1.44:1.

Nick Martin

I did a lot of experimenting with it, and if you mask out the Blu-ray's 1.78:1 IMAX scenes with borders that match the scope-shot scenes, it's a perfect match to the DVD which was uniformly scope.

Giantrobo

I think I've said this before but this Bane is probably one of the few villains in a Superhero movie that kinda scares me. Like, I GET what Cat Woman is saying about fearing him...

The fact that they could convey that to me in trailers is kinda cool.

I hope he delivers that scary energy throughout the film.

Dr. DVD

I too am certain that Nolan will not leave anything open for more in his world of Batman. FWIW, I think the fact that 2 of the 3 movies contain the words Dark Knight and the first was the only one to use the name Batman says a lot itself. He is not doing what other filmmakers did and make a franchise to continue without an end. He has instead chosen to tell a complete story of the Dark Knight the best he can in three movies with the characters he feels relevant. Hope this one proves me right and him successful.

Nick Martin

Check out ABC Nightline tonight (Monday July 9) at 11:35pm for an interview with Christopher Nolan:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...ry?id=16727194

Click for three short video previews of the interview.

Cardiff Giant11

This is looking fantastic. Hoping it far exceeds my expectations. That would make up for my sheer disappointment with Prometheus.

Dr. DVD

DVR set .

Nick Martin

http://comics-x-aminer.com/2012/07/1...ary-july-16th/

If anyone remembers video of all the on-screen Batmobiles being gathered for an event, this is what it was for.



It's a CW TV special which pays tribute to Batman's ride in its many versions.

Also:

During a press conference, Christopher Nolan chewed out a reporter for nearly giving away the film's ending:

http://www.hitfix.com/news/dark-knig...crets-revealed

and:

Best Buy is playing host to a new documentary titled "The Dark Knight Reborn", which is about the making of the trilogy:

FRwL

Really? Not to me, a Clayface circa Animated Series, now THAT was freaky. Another terrorist leader though is so so especially when they just show him and Batman boxing with one another, takes away the allure.

Solid Snake

He's intimidating but not scary. Granted if I met the guy on the street...I would be disturbed by him.

Kal Varnsen

You can listen to the full TDKR soundtrack here: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=34498

drq2

Got my D-Box tickets and all ready for the 19th (or 20th) midnight showing.