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The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Old 07-20-12, 01:20 PM
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

I thought it was bloody brilliant! People were wiping tears away after the show. Even nerds were brought to tears, but it usually doesn't take much.

Really enjoyed Bane. I thought he was scarier than the Joker.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Seeing it in IMAX tomorrow to really catch all the nuances that I missed this morning.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
And we'll never know.
Which pretty much makes the whole idea pointless to include.

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Especially since his real name is "Robin". There aren't eyerolls big enough for that. It's obvious they think the audience is so dumb that he needs to be named Robin instead of Dick Grayson. But that's like finding our Bruce Wayne's real name is "Batman". If they had kept everything else and cut that stupid line it would have been a lot better. That's the kind of clunky stuff this movie is filled with.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

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Which pretty much makes the whole idea pointless to include.

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Especially since his real name is "Robin". There aren't eyerolls big enough for that. It's obvious they think the audience is so dumb that he needs to be named Robin instead of Dick Grayson. But that's like finding our Bruce Wayne's real name is "Batman". If they had kept everything else and cut that stupid line it would have been a lot better. That's the kind of clunky stuff this movie is filled with.
No it doesn't,
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because the fanboys can come up with crazy theories as to what the next rebooting will have. Nolan already made it clear that this was it. That reference will never leave the Nolanverse into some new films.


Now if the studio wants to tarnish that by making another then they can.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

AND

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Robin was his real name. It's not like he was Codename: Robin.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

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AND

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Robin was his real name. It's not like he was Codename: Robin.
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If they wanted to make it look like Blake was going to become Robin, they could have gotten the same effect without naming him "Robin". That's like putting up a big sign that says "Look...here's Robin!"
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Yeah where was Alfred during the takeover, in or out of Gotham?

Also Daniel Sunjata had a good appearance, sucks that he was in and out of the movie in five minutes though.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Draven
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If they wanted to make it look like Blake was going to become Robin, they could have gotten the same effect without naming him "Robin". That's like putting up a big sign that says "Look...here's Robin!"

The scene lasted 2 seconds.
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What makes you think he's going to be "Robin" when he's already named Robin?

He was being set up to be BATMAN. It's bloody obvious!
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by bluetoast
Yeah where was Alfred during the takeover, in or out of Gotham?

Also Daniel Sunjata had a good appearance, sucks that he was in and out of the movie in five minutes though.
Alfred shook the spot, homie.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

A badly made and written film, as per usual for Nolan, but not as excruciatingly stupid as Dark Knight
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
The scene lasted 2 seconds.
Spoiler:
What makes you think he's going to be "Robin" when he's already named Robin?

He was being set up to be BATMAN. It's bloody obvious!
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Well that's even dumber. They might as well have revealed his real name was "Clark Kent".
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I give it a 4. Liked it a lot more than I thought I would and a great way to end the trilogy.

Batman Begins - 4
The Dark Knight - 3
The Dark Knight Rises - 4






The Avengers is still better.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

It's a Bruce Wayne film. Not a Batman film.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Here come the excuses.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Labor
A badly made and written film, as per usual for Nolan, but not as excruciatingly stupid as Dark Knight


Cool story, bro.


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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Went to the midnight showing last night and I would put this juuust below TDK. It felt a little too long and too many things including the ending were telegraphed too early. I thought Anne Hathaway was great as Selina Kyle and JGL was awesome. It seemed in parts that his was equally his story and Bruce's. I absolutely loved the line "you should use your full name". I was expecting it to be Richard or Dick and when they said it, I was genuinely surprised and was grinning ear to ear.

I just think there were more memorable moments in TDK. In the middle of watching that I knew right away I was going to see it agin at least twice. With this one, I can wait for the Blu.

In terms of overall enjoyment though, Avengers still reigns supreme for me. Tha one I'll catch one more time before the summer's over.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Seven%Solution
It's a Bruce Wayne film. Not a Batman film.
Agreed.


Spoiler:
Batman IS dead, but Bruce Wayne is still alive, obviously.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

I actually enjoyed this one more than the Avengers due to it being the third film and official end to the trilogy. It was Return of the King all over again.
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Liked it. Didn't love it. There were just so many plot threads going on, that it felt like none of them were served perfectly. But I enjoyed it, and will probably go and see it again.

I've totally avoided everything for the movie up until today, so I've just now heard Bane speak for the first time, and that was an odd choice for a voice. I didn't dislike it, but it felt like Hardy was trying to respond to Ledgers left-field take on Joker, with an out of left-field take of his own on Bane. He looked like a badass though. It would have been nice to see a better fight between Bane and Batman. What we got lacked potency. Or maybe Haywire has just ruined the standard hand-to-hand fight scene for me.

To be nerdy though, I did not like the Bat. I get that these movies try to go for a more practical durable look, but the Bat looked very out of place to me. It felt like something from Minority Report or Transformers to me. That design would be much better served in a GI Joe flick. But this is a minor complaint.
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Loved it.

But living in the West Coast it was really sad leaving the theater, checking my phone, and learning about the Colorado killings.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Well, I want to add my hat to the ones who loved it. It surpassed my expectations. My family enjoyed it as well. The friends with us high-fived us all as we were leaving the theater. The 9-yr old wants to see it again so I'm sure I'm seeing it again very soon!
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
No it doesn't,
Spoiler:
because the fanboys can come up with crazy theories as to what the next rebooting will have. Nolan already made it clear that this was it. That reference will never leave the Nolanverse into some new films.


Now if the studio wants to tarnish that by making another then they can.
There has to be more BATMAN movies.
Different director and lead actor is fine.
I don't want another origin movie.
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Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

At my theater they made a mistake and played TDK and the funny thing was everyone was quite till about 10 mins... I guess people were thinking it was a flash back or something. rofl...
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Easily one of the best movies I've seen in my life.
That's so cute.

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