[Lomac]

I'll be genuinely surprised if this movie DOESN'T break basically every opening day/weekend/week box office record. Movie isn't out for another month and advanced tickets are already becoming scarce... damn.

[CA_FTW]

i just want it to beat Hunger games off the Top movies list.. thats all..

:-)

[Expresso]

i just want it to beat Hunger games off the Top movies list.. thats all..

:-)

Didn't Avengers do that already?

[dachinesedude]

i just want it to beat Hunger games off the Top movies list.. thats all..

:-)

Didn't Avengers do that already?

top box office?

cuz worldwide, its currently:

1. avatar
2. titanic
3. the avengers

hunger games is not even in top 50

[DanHibiki]

http://h11.abload.de/img/untitled-60pklq.gif

[knight604]

One more bloody month..

[CA_FTW]

Im just meaning in top weekend sales:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/movies/hunger-games-breaks-box-office-records.html

Its already at Number 4 so thats good..

Lets get it to number 5 people..

:-)

Biggest Opening Weekends at the Box Office (http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/)

[CA_FTW]

Good work..

All the Imax showings around here are sold out as of now..

and Tickets are on Craigslist for Langley IMAX.

$50 is a bargin.. (http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/tix/3091961482.html)

[CA_FTW]

On that NOte i have 1 extra ticket i might sell.. PM me offers..

:-)

[Excelsis]

not to hate, but here's some info if you weren't aware of it before

Leaked! The Dark Night Rises - YouTube

[strykn]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RYfukZcN33k/TvQbLIC1vjI/AAAAAAAACEY/Q4sGdEvAJEo/s1600/tin-foil-hat.jpg

[zetazeta]

Got my tickets for the Friday!! :D Not IMAX though, but Ultra AVX =P Oh well !

[Lomac]

not to hate, but here's some info if you weren't aware of it before

Leaked! The Dark Night Rises - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ryV1_lxF8)

:facepalm:

Don't even know where to start with that, so I wont.

[bloodmack]

whats so special about advance screenings? The movie aint goin anywhere lol.

[CA_FTW]

I like watching awesome movies before anyone else and then i dont have to worry about anything getting ruined by other viewers.. thats all.. i wouldn't pay more then the ticket price for tickets though. if they were sold out i would wait..

[knight604]

I rather wait a few months and get whatever seat .

[LiquidTurbo]

not to hate, but here's some info if you weren't aware of it before

Leaked! The Dark Night Rises - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ryV1_lxF8)

I usually think Alex Jones is a nutjob but he's got a point. Interesting interpretation of his film.

[StylinRed]

forgot to link this

its a Nokia exclusive trailer for dark knight

mainly the same things we've seen already with a couple new tidbits here and there


edit: shouldve known it would have been posted already :P

[Excelsis]

I usually think Alex Jones is a nutjob but he's got a point. Interesting interpretation of his film.

yeah sometimes it seems like he acts like he knows everything but other times there's some good info

[yogenfruz]

not to hate, but here's some info if you weren't aware of it before

Leaked! The Dark Night Rises - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ryV1_lxF8)

Maybe I'm just being overly picky about things, but I can't take a guy seriously when he pronounces a terrorist group wrong and is supposed to know what he's talking about. It's Al Qaeda, not Al Cee-Iaeda.

I'm also kinda tired of everything these days having "subliminal messages" to brainwash us. It's like the fucking illuminati is in Batman now. :facepalm:

[b0unce. [?]]

I rather wait a few months and get whatever seat .

NOT AN OPTION

[StaceyQ]

Maybe I'm just being overly picky about things, but I can't take a guy seriously when he pronounces a terrorist group wrong and is supposed to know what he's talking about. It's Al Qaeda, not Al Cee-Iaeda.

I'm also kinda tired of everything these days having "subliminal messages" to brainwash us. It's like the fucking illuminati is in Batman now. :facepalm:

I guess you didn't know that the CIA helped form Al Qaeda....

[bloodmack]

EDIT: staceyq beat me to it :okay:

[Excelsis]

Maybe I'm just being overly picky about things, but I can't take a guy seriously when he pronounces a terrorist group wrong and is supposed to know what he's talking about. It's Al Qaeda, not Al Cee-Iaeda.

I'm also kinda tired of everything these days having "subliminal messages" to brainwash us. It's like the fucking illuminati is in Batman now. :facepalm:

:suspicious: they control pretty much everything...

al-qaeda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHAwbYpRGkQ

:troll:

[BLUETIGER]

I'm really excited for the movie and curious the ending, I want to see if Nolan takes the direction I've heard rumors of.
Bane killing Batman

BANE DOESNT KILL BATMAN.

[winson604]

Just bought my tickets last night but decided to go on day 2 instead of 1 cause the seats were better but 1 day won't kill me.fucking stocked!

[6793026]

when is it offically coming out again. my company is sponsor the entire theatre to watch it on July 20 at 9 AM. i hope it turns out into a good movie.

[Soundy]

Apparently there've been some last-minute re-edits...

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/529410_10150992259797808_1081054459_n.jpg

[CA_FTW]

The Dark Knight Rises Premieres in IMAX at Liberty Science Center - YouTube

[StylinRed]

so nokia has been doing this promotion thing with the dark knight for awhile now from exclusive phone/trailers/etc

they're now going to release a full 3d map of Gotham City that you can explore "soon"

here's a sneak peak

Explore Gotham City in 3D - YouTube


I dont think there will be a street view though we'll see I guess

[StylinRed]

^^^^ And here it is guys


Experience gotham city in 3d (http://www.nokiaconnects.com/exploregothamcity/)

gotta login with facebook :heckno: and takes a bit to fully load but i guess that depends on ur connection :P

pretty neat not all the POI are available yet but you can zoom in/interact with the ones there and you're able to "search for clues" and answer trivia to try and win some Dark Knight prize packs

[CA_FTW]

Here is some good info/Production notes
*Potential Spoilers Read at your Own Risk*

Productions Notes, Spoilers, stuff of that sort (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=62920)

[yogenfruz]

If anyone wants the answers to the 3D Gotham City Clues, I'll spoiler them:
Small Update (Stock Exchange)
Arkham Asylum - Take
Wayne Towers I - 1888
City Hall - 6498227
Gotham Stadium - 80242
Stock Exchange - WAYN

[RacePace]

Sons I am so excite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZuhCaKbUzY&feature=share

[StylinRed]

David Letterman just spoiled the movie again, he was talking about how he's in trouble from WB for spoiling it and he spoils it again and then says maybe he's wrong and pay your $10 to find out for yourselves

:/

[RESN]

would i be able to go early on the day of the midnight screening and line up? Or are all the tickets literally sold out?

[CA_FTW]

I would assume most are sold out..

I would pop by whatever theater you want today and ask..

Or

Tickets on Craigslist (http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/tix/3143097972.html)

[LiquidTurbo]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/561025_10151048576263769_1337740787_n.jpg

[StylinRed]

seen some new clips heard some new things pretty sure i know exactly what happens now but i dont want to spoil it arrggh but i wanna discuss it :/

I won't get to see DKR for awhile cuz Im starting my vacationing tomorrow! wonder if they'll have it on the plane :/

[jeff19]

Just reserved tix for me and buddies next week. First time watching anything in IMAX lol. Now I'm doing some reading and it seems like theres a lot of fake IMAX theatres out there.

The Lie of IMAX Digital: The Dark Knight Rises Problem - Dallas Arts - The Mixmaster (http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2012/05/the_lie_of_imax_digital_the_da.php)

Can anyone confirm that the Silvercity in Richmond has the real 70mm Imax theatre?

Apparently this movie contains the most IMAX footage any studio film has ever used, i wanna experience this in all its 18,000 pixel glory lol

[SkinnyPupp]

Going to see this in 2 hours! :fullofwin:

Plenty of tickets available at all the normal screens. IMAX version is sold out for weeks.

If you do go watch it on IMAX make sure you go to one with a 70mm FILM projector rather than digital (Liemax). The two in BC are Silver City Richmond and Colossus Langley.

[beanzzz]

1 more day!@

The Dark Knight Rises Ultimate Trilogy Trailer - Christopher Nolan Batman Movie Legacy HD

[LiquidTurbo]

Going to see this in 2 hours! :fullofwin:

Plenty of tickets available at all the normal screens. IMAX version is sold out for weeks.

If you do go watch it on IMAX make sure you go to one with a 70mm FILM projector rather than digital (Liemax). The two in BC are Silver City Richmond and Colossus Langley.

Got my tickets ready for Monday night in Colossus Langley.. CAN"T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lomac]

If any of you bastards spoil anything about this movie, I'm banning you on the spot. I don't care if you've been here for 30 minutes or since the EZBoard days.


Just warning you all... :D

[SkinnyPupp]

Fucking awesome!

One annoying thing for me is that a lot of Bane's dialog gets caught by the subwoofer, and it's almost impossible to understand what he is saying sometimes.

This next line isn't really a spoiler, but spoilering it just in case:

"So that's what that feels like"

:lawl:

[CA_FTW]

Cant wait to see this.. Counting the hours..
booked Tomorrow off work to sleep in..

[winson604]

So who was crazy enough to buy tickets to watch all 3 films in a row?

I just finsihed rewatching 1 & 2 at home and I'm so ready for this Saturday. :woot2:

[SkinnyPupp]

I think that might have been a mistake, as it would make it more likely that you'll notice how TDKR is not as good as the first two.

[caronimo]

can't wait to see bane
12465

[winson604]

I think that might have been a mistake, as it would make it more likely that you'll notice how TDKR is not as good as the first two.

That's what I've been hearing as well. With that said, reviews seem to still say the TDKR is a great movie but if you had to compare to the other 2 then sure it might not be as great.

[dachinesedude]

does the seat selection on the cineplex website update often? im seeing TONS of open spots for imax and ultra-avx for richmond silvercity, for all fri sat sun all times

[winson604]

does the seat selection on the cineplex website update often? im seeing TONS of open spots for imax and ultra-avx for richmond silvercity, for all fri sat sun all times

Unless you are not looking at it correct or did something incorrect with your search then that doesn't sound right. I bought tickets 1.5 weeks ago and looked at various times for both Fri and Sat at Richmond Silver City and most times were at least 80% sold (not counting the bunk seats in the front). You sure you aren't misunderstanding the difference between available seats and taken seats?

[Expresso]

Yea IMAX is virtually full. Slim pickings on the back section , but tons of seats in the front if you like tilting your head.

[LiquidTurbo]

If any of you bastards spoil anything about this movie, I'm banning you on the spot. I don't care if you've been here for 30 minutes or since the EZBoard days.


Just warning you all... :D

Ban for life please. I'm staying away from the interwebs until monday. lol.

[b0unce. [?]]

apparently there was a shooting at the midnight screening @ some colorado theatre

live stream: 9NEWS Webcasts | Denver | Colorado's Online News Leader | 9NEWS.com (http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx)

shit is intense :lol

Dana White ‏@danawhite
So disgusted by the psycho that killed the 14 people at the opening of Batman tonight in Denver!!!

[Meowjin]

;7980584']apparently there was a shooting at the midnight screening @ some colorado theatre

live stream: 9NEWS Webcasts | Denver | Colorado's Online News Leader | 9NEWS.com (http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx)

shit is intense :lol

What's funny about 14 people dead?

[twitchyzero]

if dark knight is a 9...this movie is a 9.2

darker...grittier..lots more action (maybe a little too much even?)

just a note...watch batman begins again before you check this movie out...dark knight backstory doesnt play as big of a role. I watched it last night and you can make much more connections this way

[SkinnyPupp]

My ratings would be (since we're directly comparing a series, I'll use a larger scale, which I normally don't like to do)

BB: 9/10
TDK: 9.2/10
TKDR: 8.7/10

[1creator]

Got back a couple of hours ago from a batman trilogy marathon at scotiabank and I've got to say it was a masterpiece. An epic conclusion to a brilliant trilogy. I've got to see it again. But next time on an AVX or IMAX screen. It's that good. Spent 8 hours and 20 minutes in a theatre, 11 hours total if you include the time I waited in line. But it was hella worth it.

Batman Trilogy - 10/10

[b0unce. [?]]

What's funny about 14 people dead?

theres nothing funny about 14 people dead. i was just laughing at the thought of how messed it was.

[AWDTurboLuvr]

Saw it on IMAX at our company screening. Overall it was a great movie, just not as good as the second one, only because Joker was so portrayed in it.

[Sir_Loin]

BB 8/10
DK 9/10
TDKR 8.5/10

[drunkhomer]

Nothing can top heath ledger's performance but i think the movie itself was as good if not better then the last one.

9/10

[6793026]

really? you guys thought it was good?

I really did not enjoy it at all. I don't want to say too much but man, with the last movie, 2 face and Joker was fookin awesome, this movie.. i didn't think it was awesome as the one before. I doni't even want to rate this movie.

[dub.g]

definitely multiple viewings for this movie.. the only one that is worth this summer IMO


fucking loved people's reaction in the theatre when you first see Batman in this movie.. crowd was actually clapping.

i think it kind of drag a little too long, TDK had better pacing.

[Mining]

I had huge expectations for this movie so I went to see it during midnight release.

The movie was pretty entertaining but it was a big let down, disappointment, whatever you wanna call it. I was very unfulfilled. But it is understandable in the fact that the 3rd movie of a trilogy rarely is the best one.

Compared to the last two films this one has nothing on them.
I was disappointed in Bale's performance (I'm a big fan of his films too) but for everyone else they were excellent (especially Michael Caine).
I'd list the many things I'd change if I were Nolan (even though I love Nolan film's) but I don't wanna spoil the movie.

-Film focused too much on Gordon-Levitt
-Not dark enough
-Some scenes were a bit too fast paced
-Was not as intimate or emotional
-Lack of mindfuck surprises or twists that I always see in his films

Villain could not live up to Heath Ledgers infamous Joker. The tension in this movie was just not enough for me.
The hype made me expect epicness to erupt during the movie but expectations =/= reality

It is still a MUST see though :)

[1creator]

-No surprises or twists


Not true. There is a twist and I didn't see it coming. Plus there are a bunch of surprises.

SPOILERS BELOW


Twist
-Miranda Tate turns out to be Talia al Ghul

Surprises
-Catwomen betrayed batman when she lead him to Bane
-Batman isn't dead and ejected safely
-Robin

[Mining]

Not true. There is a twist and I didn't see it coming. Plus there are a bunch of surprises.

SPOILERS BELOW


Twist
-Miranda Tate turns out to be Talia al Ghul

Surprises
-Catwomen betrayed batman when she lead him to Bane
-Batman isn't dead and ejected safely
-Robin



I suppose, but it was almost obvious for all those things to happen.

Your first point - if you know the story it's obvious
second point - although a surprise, not a big one
3rd point - easy to see that coming
4th point - easy to see this coming as well..

anyways, we're all entitled to our own opinions and those were just mine alone. I think I expected too much =D

[Spartacus]

I thought the surprises were awesome and well done. A little long but in the end it was good.

[6793026]

Thank you for Asmodeus's post. I thought I would get ban hammered if I wrote anything negative but man, I did not like it. Dark Knight was really character driven, Joker and 2 face did a great job, character development was great (this one, I was not happy at all about it), new toys were introduced, gadgets were awesome but this one... there was none that was a shocker at all.

I didn't think there was any huge point in the movie that wow-ed me at all. People do say this was much more story driven, how batman gave it all so it was situation, environment based but meh... was not impressed. There were a LOT of flashbacks which was very different and I thought it didn't flow with the story at all.

Dark Knight i watched twice in the theatre this one, I wouldn't even try to rewatch it after the blue ray release.

[Mining]

Some of the things I would have changed

SPOILERS


Bane's death - Catwoman comes in shoots Bane and he flies back and that's it? No flashbacks into his life with Talia, etc? Would have made his death more meaningful. He was the main villain of the plot.

Bruce Waynes death - Over so quickly...made it obvious he was gonna live. It made the last scene where Alfred sees Bruce with Selina have less of a surprise. (could have made the ending more emotional because of batmans death. THEN after the credits, show the final scene with him alive (could have stirred up a lot of talk about the movie for those who left early/chose to stay till the end (that's what I think would have made the movie a "Nolan" movie)

Commissioner Gordon's death - He should have died after making the speech on the hospital bed to bruce wayne that the batman needs to come back. Would have made his return and Gordon's death have a lot of meaning. Then have a special cameo for his daughter mourning for her fathers death (she is the future batgirl and oracle for batman)

(if Gordon was kept alive) Gordon fumbling the anti-detonator device - Could have made it have more tension when he drops it and delete the scene where you see him pick it back up. (eventually he does but don't show it until Miranda had pressed the button already then cut back to Gordon showing he got it in time)

Bane's voice - He doesn't sound like the monster that he should be.

Too much screen time for John Blake "Robin"

Batman's aircraft - That thing did not seem "batman-like" at all.

[sh0n]

Some of the things I would have changed

SPOILERS


Bane's death - Catwoman comes in shoots Bane and he flies back and that's it? No flashbacks into his life with Talia, etc? Would have made his death more meaningful. He was the main villain of the plot.

Bruce Waynes death - Over so quickly...made it obvious he was gonna live. It made the last scene where Alfred sees Bruce with Selina have less of a surprise. (could have made the ending more emotional because of batmans death. THEN after the credits, show the final scene with him alive (could have stirred up a lot of talk about the movie for those who left early/chose to stay till the end (that's what I think would have made the movie a "Nolan" movie)

Commissioner Gordon's death - He should have died after making the speech on the hospital bed to bruce wayne that the batman needs to come back. Would have made his return and Gordon's death have a lot of meaning. Then have a special cameo for his daughter mourning for her fathers death (she is the future batgirl and oracle for batman)

(if Gordon was kept alive) Gordon fumbling the anti-detonator device - Could have made it have more tension when he drops it and delete the scene where you see him pick it back up. (eventually he does but don't show it until Miranda had pressed the button already then cut back to Gordon showing he got it in time)

Bane's voice - He doesn't sound like the monster that he should be.

Too much screen time for John Blake "Robin"

Batman's aircraft - That thing did not seem "batman-like" at all.



NVM Just re-read what you wrote.

[sh0n]

The only thing I'm going to spoil - if it is it a spoiler

Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) was HOT HOT HOT!!!

Best Catwoman ever!!!

[kwy]

Loved the movie. Thought Nolan tied up the trilogy pretty well. My favourite of the three by far.

[JACKED]

Great movie. I can't recall much from TDK but I think this was the better movie in terms of entertainment (which is saying A LOT). From a technical standpoint it's hard to judge without seeing them together and consciously looking for those things.

This movie reminded me a lot more of Batman Begins. Not only for the obvious reasons of it having lots of references to the film and plot, but in it's style. I felt like TDK was a different movie than BB, but TDKR was sort of both of those with it's own little pizazz. I can't wait to see it again. On 2nd viewings I find many movies to be better and overall I get a deeper appreciation.

[european]

I just got back from watching Batman. I love it!!



DUNA DUNA DUNA DUNA BATMAN!!!!

[twitchyzero]

-Was not as intimate or emotional
-Lack of mindfuck surprises or twists that I always see in his films

Villain could not live up to Heath Ledgers infamous Joker.

so which other scenes in the entire trilogy was more emotional then the ones done by Michael Caine in this movie?

Why expect "mindfucks" in a superhero movie? That's what Memento and Inception is for. Again, if it wasn't in the first two movies i dont expect them in this one. The twists were well done IMO

I went in the movie not expecting the villains to live up to heath ledgers peformance, but that's a good thing because they can end the trilogy with batman in the spotlight.

I agree they put too much focus on blake...some action were a little fast paced like transformers and the plot pacing in the 1st half of the film was little too quick but i think the biggest gripe is trying to introduce too many characters nearing the end of a trilogy.

For those that watched in normal theatres/imax, did you have trouble hearing bane's voice? i recall having a difficult time hearing batman's voice in TDK but watching it in AVX this time around helped a bit

All in all, I think nolan did a great job tying up the loose ends in this trilogy and I would not hesitate to check it out in IMAX and a must buy when dvd/blu-ray comes out.

[jerche]

The only thing I'm going to spoil - if it is it a spoiler

Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) was HOT HOT HOT!!!

Best Catwoman ever!!!

Even better than Michelle Pfeiffer's? I imagine it will be hard to top hers...

I guess I will find out on Tuesday when I go watch it!

[SkinnyPupp]

She was pretty hot, but I hate it when fight scenes are so unrealistic. I didn't buy for a second that she was an ass kicker.

Also they over groomed her eyebrows :rukidding:

[Valour]

Anne Hathaway - I would DESTROY her! fjasdljglkajgmfa,.gm,asmfmoi good thing I saw her boobbies on Mr. Skin!

I read the spoiler for the movie THEN I went to watch it and it was still awesome! It may be awesomer cause I can see how the director adds his tiny little hints.

The ONLY thing that bothered me was this fucking HUUUGE mole on Christian Bale'sright eye. ewwwww it looked like 10 lbs on camera!

2:000!!!


http://www.metacafe.com/watch/5868529/anne_hathaway_love_and_other_drugs/

[DanHibiki]

She was pretty hot, but I hate it when fight scenes are so unrealistic. I didn't buy for a second that she was an ass kicker.

Also they over groomed her eyebrows :rukidding:

I agree. Especially in a universe Nolan created where Batman had to go through extensive training to get to the level of fighting multiple targets.

Not just that, but these targets were League of Shadow members as well so wtf??? They get their ass kicked by a chick in heels?

[Valour]

dude, it makes perfect sense. Catwoman has like perfect awesome bewbs. When one trains in the league of shadows u train with dudes every fucking day. When her spectacular rack enters the room, it just tones down all the testes and then it draws all the attention like the bat on batmans chest. then she kicks u in the balls.

[DanHibiki]

when you guys watched the movie in your theatres, did..

everyone laugh and facepalm when u find out blake was robin?

[Ron_Swanson]

Didn't realize that Sean Connery was in this movie :troll:

[DanHibiki]

For you comic geeks, did anyone consider this reference or was it just me?

when bane walked into the stock exchange buildingm he was wearing a red bike helmet and bikers jacket. a nod to the red hood?

http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/redhood-550x.jpg

[1creator]

when you guys watched the movie in your theatres, did..

everyone laugh and facepalm when u find out blake was robin?

In the theatre I was in everyone clapped and screamed in excitement

[SkinnyPupp]

when you guys watched the movie in your theatres, did..

everyone laugh and facepalm when u find out blake was robin?
Nobody really reacted to anything, but that's how it is here I guess.

I was never a Robin fan or a Gordon Justin Levitt fan, so I wasn't really that stoked to find out

[RacePace]

10/10 for me, amazing, the ending we deserved

[sh0n]

Even better than Michelle Pfeiffer's? I imagine it will be hard to top hers...

I guess I will find out on Tuesday when I go watch it!

Well I gotta say that I have something for Anne Hathaway ever since Princess Diaries. She was so cute there and turned up to be a pretty good looking women. IMO she's like a modern day Audrey Hepburn.

That aside the Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman was a sexy type of hot. Where as the Catwoman in TDKR is more of a sophisticated and sassy type with a splash of hotness to it.

The Catwoman costume suits were quite different in both movies but in the TDKR I thought it was very well done for the scope and theme of the movie.

[ScizzMoney]

Well I gotta say that I have something for Anne Hathaway ever since Princess Diaries...

:gayfight:

[DanHibiki]

The Tangerine Knight - YouTube

[DanHibiki]

http://doclehman.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/julie11.jpg

[Stealthy]

10/10 for me, amazing, the ending we deserved

But not the one we need right now

[1creator]

The ending of TDKR

SPOILER

http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/22625_o.gif

[kwy]

^fucking spot on

[kwy]

10/10 for me, amazing, the ending we deserved

We don't deserve anything from Nolan. He's already given us everything.

[Kaolinite]

so anyone know how/why scarecrow was in this movie?

[Fuhrër-Z]

^ I felt like that judge side role was actually meant for Joker... Regardless of when this film was written, they had to have brought back Joker in some way due to the character's popularity, but Ledger passing away gave multiple reasons for that not happening anymore. So, I just see scarecrows role as something that was filled in afterwards.

[SkinnyPupp]

I had no idea that was Scarecrow. Thinking back, there was really no reason for it to be Scarecrow

:fulloffuck:

[G]

I had no idea that was Scarecrow. Thinking back, there was really no reason for it to be Scarecrow

:fulloffuck:

they broke out all the prison peeps

couldn't understand half of what baine says, also, how can his punches breaks walls, but not batmans face??? How can some lame stab from a woman go through his armor? Oh, 1 min left in atom bomb? Let's insert kiss scene Lol. Overall: dark knight > batman begins > dkr

[Valour]

They put in scarecrow cuz Nolan has a hard on for the Inception cast...except Leo.

[will068]

- Glad that JLG got some spotlight here. I'm a fan of his acting.

- Anne Hathaway. Biggest Surprise. Loved her as Catwoman onscreen. Yes I would hit it with the might of thor. It was a different type of Catwoman she played, but it ranks up there with Michelle Pfeiffer's sexiness in Batman Returns.

- Tom Hardy's Bane Performance - I didn't like it as much. All I was thinking about was Inception the whole time. Perhaps I was inadvertently expecting a Heath Ledger Jokeresque level type of creativity in the performance.

[DanHibiki]

they broke out all the prison peeps

couldn't understand half of what baine says, also, how can his punches breaks walls, but not batmans face??? How can some lame stab from a woman go through his armor? Oh, 1 min left in atom bomb? Let's insert kiss scene Lol. Overall: dark knight > batman begins > dkr



but shouldn't scarecrow be locked in arkham allow with the joker?

and the suit was explained in the dark knight. in order to make it more mobile, he had to sacrifice protection. the knife stab went through the areas between the armor plates.


^ I felt like that judge side role was actually meant for Joker... Regardless of when this film was written, they had to have brought back Joker in some way due to the character's popularity, but Ledger passing away gave multiple reasons for that not happening anymore. So, I just see scarecrows role as something that was filled in afterwards.

i pretty positive that if ledger were alive, this movie woulda been completely if not hugely different.

[spoon.ek9]

Watched it last night, LOVED it.

Also, Anne Hathaway :sweetjesus: :drool:drool:drool:drool:drool:drool

I remember Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman vividly, I definitely liked Anne's much more. Absolutely gorgeous! Sexy, coy, arrogant and just plain HOT! :sweetjesus:

[pastarocket]

Watched it last night, LOVED it.

Also, Anne Hathaway :sweetjesus: :drool:drool:drool:drool:drool:drool

I remember Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman vividly, I definitely liked Anne's much more. Absolutely gorgeous! Sexy, coy, arrogant and just plain HOT! :sweetjesus:

+1. Epic movie! -great job by director Chris Nolan. Good plot development in TDKR.

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, rawr! Sexy, hot, tough woman all fitting into that hot cat suit. Definitely right up there with Scarlett Johansson in terms of playing the role of sexy superheroes in tight costumes. Catwoman and Black Widow are smoking hot.
:fullofwin:
:drool:bigthumb::awwyeah:

[Gh0stRider]

bought my tix for tuesday......awww yeaaaaaaaaaa

[MarkyMark]

I enjoyed it, still think the dark knight was a better overall movie though

[Pooface55]

Didn't like it. The Dark Knight set the bar way too high.

In terms of Nolan's 3 batman movies, I'd put 1) TDK, 2)BB 3)TDKR

[MrGoodbar]

Why does Bane keep gripping his collar like he has no where to place his hands? Does he not have pockets?

Bane's mask made me think of Reptile the whole movie. I honestly thought Liu Kang was gonna bicycle kick his ass to oblivion out of nowhere.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02283/bane_2283954b.jpg


http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090814145904/mk/images/thumb/d/de/Reptile-MK-movie.jpg/200px-Reptile-MK-movie.jpg

Also, obligatory reptile theme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-KW2aWdJE&feature=fvst

[EmperorIS]

I think this was the best one out of the 3... there was so much more action and suspense then dark knight

This movie makes TDK feel like a side story

[burn190]

cant wait to watch this movie

[aznb]

more action and better action than TDK...they really stepped up the action scenes
much faster pace cuz there's lots to cover (i wouldnt mind movie being longer :D)
you'll appreciate this movie more if you know the story from Batman Begins
dont think too much about the comic book universe
orgasm

[ApePee2]

I had a hard time understanding Bane throughout the movie.

Overall it was good, but it didn't out due the 2nd joker instalment

[6793026]

i think the amount of previews, action scenes etc that was shown before the release ruined it for me

1) the airplane scene
2) football scene
3) NY riot

all these were shown online before the movie came out so the 'wow' factor was already gone.

I didn't think there was enough action scene in this movie. Joker blowing up the hospital was still by far the biggest WOW to date from the 3 batman movies.

[kwy]

In all honesty..I wasn't even a huge fan of The Dark Knight. I feel like everyone puts it up on a pedestal..yes, Heath Ledger played a fantastic Joker..but the movie was slow and kind of boring in parts. TDKR is a proper superhero movie..all the action in the world, but with great writing and acting as well. It keeps you awake and interested. It's very re watchable. Just my opinion.

[DanHibiki]

In all honesty..I wasn't even a huge fan of The Dark Knight. I feel like everyone puts it up on a pedestal..yes, Heath Ledger played a fantastic Joker..but the movie was slow and kind of boring in parts. TDKR is a proper superhero movie..all the action in the world, but with great writing and acting as well. It keeps you awake and interested. It's very re watchable. Just my opinion.

I feel the opposite about TDK and TDKR. In TDK, EVERY and I literally mean EVERY scene with the Joker in it was interested and kept youtr attention. Whether he was talking to Batman, Dent, or the crime bosses, he was a treat to watch. The topics at hand were also great. Morality, human nature, his scars, how he and Batman are so alike, all interesting topics.

I hoped for scenes like this with Bane but he wasn't as captivating. Maybe it was because I couldn't understand him. I loved his character tho, total badass.

[kwy]

Bane wasn't as good of a villain as the Joker..but I do love how Nolan gave him a brain..look back at the previous film iteration of Bane (I think Schumacher directed it) and it was just a big, mute brute pumped up on juice. Nolan was able to give him so much more depth. And I like what Hardy did with his voice..stark contrast to his physique.

[kwy]

One more thing I wanted to bring up was that this movie should be judged on its own merits..not in comparison to BB or TDK. It's a great movie in it's own right..but I feel like a lot of people are stacking it up against TDK, which has obviously been greatly received.

[SupraTTturbo2jz]

seeing that superman trailer was a bonus. cant wait till it comes out. christopher nolan is the shit

[aznb]

tdkr not enough action scenes? what...

i think the amount of previews, action scenes etc that was shown before the release ruined it for me

1) the airplane scene
2) football scene
3) NY riot

all these were shown online before the movie came out so the 'wow' factor was already gone.

I didn't think there was enough action scene in this movie. Joker blowing up the hospital was still by far the biggest WOW to date from the 3 batman movies.

[Verdasco]

wait wait who said there are 3 DK movies.. :suspicious: joker + bane = 2?... or am i missing somethingg

[1exotic]

One of my new favorite all time movies just epic.

[Inaii]

you're missing Batman Begins (Scarecrow)

[DanHibiki]

wait wait who said there are 3 DK movies.. :suspicious: joker + bane = 2?... or am i missing somethingg

the sad thing is this guy isn't the only one. Batman Begins existence is still unknown to many.

I remember after TDK, this chick told me she never knew there was another batman movie prior to it.

My guess is The Joker was a BIG BIG factor in hyping TDK.

[palepilsenpin0y]

the sad thing is this guy isn't the only one. <a class="inlineAdmedialink" href="#">Batman</a> Begins existence is still unknown to many.

I remember after TDK, this chick told me she never knew there was another batman movie prior to it.

My guess is The Joker was a BIG BIG factor in hyping TDK.


I do find it sad that many people have either not seen or completely forgot about Batman Begins. I thought it was amazing and a masterpiece in its own right.

Surely, it was outshined by both TDK and TDKR, but man do I wanna re-watch BB once again after seeing TDKR twice already. Watching Bruce Wayne's transformation to Batman was great to watch through Christopher Nolan's work.

Oh and if you guys haven't played Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, you guys should check that shit out too :P

[MrGoodbar]

wait wait wait..... Bruce Wayne is BATMAN?!?!?!!? :suspicious:

[JKam]

is no one else disappointed that Bane never went all hulked out on venom?

I liked how it went frame for frame for "the Man who broke the Bat" story though.

Another thing is, does anyone think the end scene with Alfred and Bruce is just a "dream" and the Bruce actually is dead?

[winson604]

I love how Nolan has managed to incorporate so many villians in the 3 movies without it seeming overcrowded.

Ra's al Ghul
Scarecrow
Carmine Falcone if you consider him a villian
Joker
Two Face
Bane etc.

[Expresso]

is no one else disappointed that Bane never went all hulked out on venom?

I liked how it went frame for frame for "the Man who broke the Bat" story though.

Another thing is, does anyone think the end scene with Alfred and Bruce is just a "dream" and the Bruce actually is dead?

Then please re-watch the Batman and Robin movie.

I want to believe the ending would be mind-fuck free!

[604STIG]

Awesome movie, great ending. The set up was perfect for a second series of "three-quels"

[RacePace]

is no one else disappointed that Bane never went all hulked out on venom?

I liked how it went frame for frame for "the Man who broke the Bat" story though.

Another thing is, does anyone think the end scene with Alfred and Bruce is just a "dream" and the Bruce actually is dead?

I don't think Alfred would dream Bruce being with Selina Kyle

[kwy]

is no one else disappointed that Bane never went all hulked out on venom?

I liked how it went frame for frame for "the Man who broke the Bat" story though.

Another thing is, does anyone think the end scene with Alfred and Bruce is just a "dream" and the Bruce actually is dead?

This is TDKR, not Inception..unless there were fairly clear hints or clues throughout the movie to suggest that, I doubt it was a dream.

[JKam]

This is TDKR, not Inception..unless there were fairly clear hints or clues throughout the movie to suggest that, I doubt it was a dream.

I'm only thinking that because there's no way that Bruce survived an atomic bomb. There was no auto pilot in the Batwing so thats out of the picture. I just want to know how he survived haha.

[kwy]

I'll have to rewatch it to see how much time he had until the bomb went off. Only thing I can think of that might make sense is once the blast radius cleared the city, he dropped the bomb and gunned it out of there.

[jackmeister]

I'm only thinking that because there's no way that Bruce survived an atomic bomb. There was no auto pilot in the Batwing so thats out of the picture. I just want to know how he survived haha.

I think a minute or two after that scene, there was a scene where technicans were examining other vehicles and they stated to Fox that auto-pilot was activated with a software upgrade 6 months ago by Bruce Wayne

[JKam]

I think a minute or two after that scene, there was a scene where technicans were examining other vehicles and they stated to Fox that auto-pilot was activated with a software upgrade 6 months ago by Bruce Wayne

ahhh thanks. I didn't hear that part clearly. That clears up everything.

[dachinesedude]

the meaning of the ending, from IMDB

The screenwriters had the option to end the Batman and give Bruce Wayne the happy ending he deserves. In the end, Batman can retire because his legacy of sacrificing everything for the city has been passed on. Every single cop running to their probable death against the mercenaries embraced the idea that Gotham is more important than themselves. In The Dark Knight, the cops are depicted as deathly afraid when it came to defending the city against the Joker. But at the end of the trilogy, the true crime-fighters run fearlessly into battle. Peter Foley, who was consumed by dreams of becoming a better commissioner than Gordon and a bigger hero, is inspired by Batman to lay aside his selfishness and cowardice and lead the charge, ultimately sacrificing his life. Selina Kyle, the apathetic burglar concerned only with getting a new life for herself, eventually follows this idea as well. John Blake, walking into gunfire to evacuate citizens, had little care for his life. Thus, because the defenders of the city no longer need a selfless hero, Bruce Wayne can retire. This trilogy is the story of a boy who had his family stolen from him, but with the help of loyal allies, manages to restore justice to the city that wronged him. In the end, Bruce has given Gotham everything that it needed. The day has come that neither Gotham nor Bruce Wayne needs Batman any longer. He can live the life that he was keeping from himself.
this is a Nolan movie after all, the ending is really up to people's interpretation

i loved it, couldnt think of a perfect way to end the trilogy

also from IMDB
When Batman lifted the bomb using The Bat, he brought it low to the ground at first, it looked a bit like the bomb was dragging along the street, just before the plane elevated to go over that tall building. He flew low for a bit because he didn't want to eject at the very top in the air, because people would see that. He set up the autopilot, took a deep breath, and jumped out. That's why he set The Bat at low altitude, so he could eject himself unhurt. The shot of him in the cockpit was when he was still over land, just before ejecting out.

[Alpine50]

This movie was sick I loved bane Tom Harry's a beast! Hard to understand at some points though but Cat women....... Dat ass damn

[Expresso]

Has anyone checked out Richmond IMAX? Do they have the reclining leathertte seats?

[Alpine50]

I think a minute or two after that scene, there was a scene where technicans were examining other vehicles and they stated to Fox that auto-pilot was activated with a software upgrade 6 months ago by Bruce Wayne

Was about to say that. He fixed it.

[rk604]

watching it on iMax today!!! can't wait...

[pastarocket]

Has anyone checked out Richmond IMAX? Do they have the reclining leathertte seats?

Yeah, watched TDKR last Saturday while sitting in a comfortable reclining leatherett seat in the Richmond IMAX theatre. :fullofwin:

For $19.50 admission, they better give you reclining leather seats. :)

[sunny_j]

Yeah, watched TDKR last Saturday while sitting in a comfortable reclining leatherett seat in the Richmond IMAX theatre. :fullofwin:

For $19.50 admission, they better give you reclining leather seats. :)

does richmond have a real 70mm IMAX theatre?

[DanHibiki]

Yeah, watched TDKR last Saturday while sitting in a comfortable reclining leatherett seat in the Richmond IMAX theatre. :fullofwin:

For $19.50 admission, they better give you reclining leather seats. :)

is this the same as the vip seats in coquitlam?

[pastarocket]

does richmond have a real 70mm IMAX theatre?

Yes, Silvercity Riverport in Richmond has the real 70mm IMAX theatre. -great place to watch TDKR.

As for the quality of the reclining leather seats, I would say that it's one level below the VIP seats in Coquitlam. The VIP seats are wider and even more comfortable than the leather recliners in an IMAX theatre.

[winson604]

does richmond have a real 70mm IMAX theatre?

Yes, it's only 1 of 2 in BC that has it. The other I believe is Langley.

[iwantaskyline]

Just caught the movie today at Richmond IMAX. If you're a tall guy like me the seat in front of you will recline and hit your knees.

Complete letdown compared to TDK. The pace of the movie didn't do it for me. The score I felt annoying at times.

I ranked TDK 9.5/10 and this movie 7/10. Granted, this is probably because Heath Ledger's Joker will probably be the best superhero villain performance in history...Pace of the movie I felt was too slow. Action..was mediocre. Couldn't understand the villain at times. I think I could go on...

[DanHibiki]

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc419/SideShowDevil_666/GIFS/BatNCat.gif

[Glove]

im not going to SPOILER, if your coming into this thread and havent seen the movie yet your an idiot.

YES YOU ARE!


I feel like this one shouldv been the second one, and the one with the joker shouldv been the final one.

I was hoping Ras wouldv been resurrected by now, or I was hoping there would be a second villain of some sort, not just pop out Talia at the last 10 minutes.

I guess I was expecting so much because of the second one, I got let down,

Having Bane as the sole villain the whole movie didnt do it for me.

It was like a re-write of the first one,

get beat up, put in solitary, work out, get strong, come back, beat up bad guy.

Second had so much more.

And if Talia and Bane were just going to suicide with the bomb anyway, why the fuck wait 5 months?

and a 4 megaton bomb wouldnt create a shockwave or a tsunami at that distance?

it also felt like cat-woman was just filler in the movie, she felt completely out of place in the movie.

if they were going to pull a 180 and go back to the RAS story-line, they should have revived him.

[yogenfruz]

im not going to SPOILER, if your coming into this thread and havent seen the movie yet your an idiot.

How about not ruining a movie for everyone who's too busy to see it within the first week, let alone willing to deal with ridiculous lines at the theatres. Where I am, it was sold out for the first 4 days in theatres; I wasn't going to buy tickets in advance because my work schedule was likely to screw over my plans.
Spoiler what you wrote, you're looking like an asshole.

[dachinesedude]

im not going to SPOILER, if your coming into this thread and havent seen the movie yet your an idiot.

lomac where you at

[Verdasco]

im not going to SPOILER, if your coming into this thread and havent seen the movie yet your an idiot.


I feel like this one shouldv been the second one, and the one with the joker shouldv been the final one.

I was hoping Ras wouldv been resurrected by now, or I was hoping there would be a second villain of some sort, not just pop out Talia at the last 10 minutes.

I guess I was expecting so much because of the second one, I got let down,

Having Bane as the sole villain the whole movie didnt do it for me.

It was like a re-write of the first one,

get beat up, put in solitary, work out, get strong, come back, beat up bad guy.

Second had so much more.

And if Talia and Bane were just going to suicide with the bomb anyway, why the fuck wait 5 months?

and a 4 megaton bomb wouldnt create a shockwave or a tsunami at that distance?

it also felt like cat-woman was just filler in the movie, she felt completely out of place in the movie.

if they were going to pull a 180 and go back to the RAS story-line, they should have revived him.


how about avoiding saying whatever u want if ur not putting in spoilers...??

[twitchyzero]

The score I felt annoying at times.


This...felt like Hans Zimmer is trying to pull some JJ Abrams Lost music during some otherwise excellent scenes :facepalm:

[kwy]

im not going to SPOILER, if your coming into this thread and havent seen the movie yet your an idiot.



"You're" an idiot.

[winson604]

im not going to SPOILER, if your coming into this thread and havent seen the movie yet your an idiot.


I feel like this one shouldv been the second one, and the one with the joker shouldv been the final one.

I was hoping Ras wouldv been resurrected by now, or I was hoping there would be a second villain of some sort, not just pop out Talia at the last 10 minutes.

I guess I was expecting so much because of the second one, I got let down,

Having Bane as the sole villain the whole movie didnt do it for me.

It was like a re-write of the first one,

get beat up, put in solitary, work out, get strong, come back, beat up bad guy.

Second had so much more.

And if Talia and Bane were just going to suicide with the bomb anyway, why the fuck wait 5 months?

and a 4 megaton bomb wouldnt create a shockwave or a tsunami at that distance?

it also felt like cat-woman was just filler in the movie, she felt completely out of place in the movie.

if they were going to pull a 180 and go back to the RAS story-line, they should have revived him.

So anyone who couldn't make it out to a movie that has only been out 4 days and was pretty much sold out is an idiot? Really?

[palepilsenpin0y]

Good job geniuses, complain about the man posting spoilers while quoting the spoilers in its entirely.

[Glove]

why join a discussion on the dark night rises after the movie has already been out? its pretty frustrating to hafto click spoiler on everyones post just so we can have a discussion

[G]

Maybe people want to read the thread to see how others rate the movie in order to determine if they want to watch it themselves?

[DanHibiki]

Good job geniuses, complain about the man posting spoilers while quoting the spoilers in its entirely.

Maybe they saving evidence in case he decides to edit his post. I was promised justice by the mods and I demand it!

I wish we woul just make two separate threads for spoilers.

[winson604]

Good job geniuses, complain about the man posting spoilers while quoting the spoilers in its entirely.

For me I don't care that he posted without spoilers. Personally I know coming into this thread or anything Batman related anywhere on the web that I would probably see spoilers so I avoided it all together until I watched it. However, to call people an idiot for not seeing it already is dumb.

[jack3d]

Death or Exile?

how the hell do you spoiler?

[Stealthy]

Nolan's "Goodbye Letter" to the Batman:


http://geektyrant.com/news/2012/7/24...to-batman.html
Quote:
The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan wrote a wonderful heartfelt and honest foreword for the book, The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy. The book was released in stores on July 20th, and it's basically a goodbye letter to the epic Batman franchise that he created.

I love these Batman films, I loved how Nolan ended it, and I'm excited to see what movies he makes next! Here's what Nolan had to say about his journey through the Batman franchise.

Alfred. Gordon. Lucius. Bruce . . . Wayne. Names that have come to mean so much to me. Today, I’m three weeks from saying a final good-bye to these characters and their world. It’s my son’s ninth birthday. He was born as the Tumbler was being glued together in my garage from random parts of model kits. Much time, many changes. A shift from sets where some gunplay or a helicopter were extraordinary events to working days where crowds of extras, building demolitions, or mayhem thousands of feet in the air have become familiar.

People ask if we’d always planned a trilogy. This is like being asked whether you had planned on growing up, getting married, having kids. The answer is complicated. When David and I first started cracking open Bruce’s story, we flirted with what might come after, then backed away, not wanting to look too deep into the future. I didn’t want to know everything that Bruce couldn’t; I wanted to live it with him. I told David and Jonah to put everything they knew into each film as we made it. The entire cast and crew put all they had into the first film. Nothing held back. Nothing saved for next time. They built an entire city. Then Christian and Michael and Gary and Morgan and Liam and Cillian started living in it. Christian bit off a big chunk of Bruce Wayne’s life and made it utterly compelling. He took us into a pop icon’s mind and never let us notice for an instant the fanciful nature of Bruce’s methods.

I never thought we’d do a second—how many good sequels are there? Why roll those dice? But once I knew where it would take Bruce, and when I started to see glimpses of the antagonist, it became essential. We re-assembled the team and went back to Gotham. It had changed in three years. Bigger. More real. More modern. And a new force of chaos was coming to the fore. The ultimate scary clown, as brought to terrifying life by Heath. We’d held nothing back, but there were things we hadn’t been able to do the first time out—a Batsuit with a flexible neck, shooting on Imax. And things we’d chickened out on—destroying the Batmobile, burning up the villain’s blood money to show a complete disregard for conventional motivation. We took the supposed security of a sequel as license to throw caution to the wind and headed for the darkest corners of Gotham.

I never thought we’d do a third—are there any great second sequels? But I kept wondering about the end of Bruce’s journey, and once David and I discovered it, I had to see it for myself. We had come back to what we had barely dared whisper about in those first days in my garage. We had been making a trilogy. I called everyone back together for another tour of Gotham. Four years later, it was still there. It even seemed a little cleaner, a little more polished. Wayne Manor had been rebuilt. Familiar faces were back—a little older, a little wiser . . . but not all was as it seemed.

Gotham was rotting away at its foundations. A new evil bubbling up from beneath. Bruce had thought Batman was not needed anymore, but Bruce was wrong, just as I had been wrong. The Batman had to come back. I suppose he always will.

Michael, Morgan, Gary, Cillian, Liam, Heath, Christian . . . Bale. Names that have come to mean so much to me. My time in Gotham, looking after one of the greatest and most enduring figures in pop culture, has been the most challenging and rewarding experience a filmmaker could hope for. I will miss the Batman. I like to think that he’ll miss me, but he’s never been particularly sentimental.

:tears:

[RiceIntegraRS]

How about not ruining a movie for everyone who's too busy to see it within the first week, let alone willing to deal with ridiculous lines at the theatres. Where I am, it was sold out for the first 4 days in theatres; I wasn't going to buy tickets in advance because my work schedule was likely to screw over my plans.
Spoiler what you wrote, you're looking like an asshole.

So u havent seen the movie yet, but u decided to enter the Dark Knight Rises thread for what reason? To see what others thought of the movie and would rate it? Dont we have a thread for that....... oh yes here it is http://www.revscene.net/forums/513888-whats-last-movie-you-saw-rate.html

This thread is supposed to be a discussion about the movie. If i havent seen a movie, a UFC, a Canuck Game that i really wanted to watch, id be dam sure not enter a thread about it.

[LiquidTurbo]

So u havent seen the movie yet, but u decided to enter the Dark Knight Rises thread for what reason? To see what others thought of the movie and would rate it? Dont we have a thread for that....... oh yes here it is http://www.revscene.net/forums/513888-whats-last-movie-you-saw-rate.html

This thread is supposed to be a discussion about the movie. If i havent seen a movie, a UFC, a Canuck Game that i really wanted to watch, id be dam sure not enter a thread about it.

Exactly. There will be casual discussion. Spoilers are for crazy plot twists etc. I mean, it doesn't really make sense when someone would be upset if someone wrote

"Batman fights Bane", and it's like "OMG WTF BBQ SPOILERS". I stayed away from this thread (and pretty much the interwebs) this whole time.

[Gh0stRider]

i loved it

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

if they were going to pull a 180 and go back to the RAS story-line, they should have revived him.


http://www.theforce.net/virtualedition/episode-ii/pics/quigon_ghost.jpg

they did revive him. immortality takes more than one form, like he said, we'rent you listening?

He took the form of dead qui gon jinn, and reappeared like you would with the force. then disappeared after giving his disciple some words of encouragement! just like obi wan to luke! duh.

[yogenfruz]

So u havent seen the movie yet, but u decided to enter the Dark Knight Rises thread for what reason? To see what others thought of the movie and would rate it? Dont we have a thread for that....... oh yes here it is http://www.revscene.net/forums/513888-whats-last-movie-you-saw-rate.html

This thread is supposed to be a discussion about the movie. If i havent seen a movie, a UFC, a Canuck Game that i really wanted to watch, id be dam sure not enter a thread about it.

That thread is generally just [Movie Name] - [Rating] with little or no explaination as to why they gave it. Whereas in this thread, people are actually discussing the way things were shot, actors performances, comparison to the two prior to this movie, etc. That's what I came for, I want to know how everyone performed, if the effects were good, and if it was well directed before seeing it.

[Culverin]

Appropriate

http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/22625_o.gif

[Sentinel]

I enjoyed the movie, 8.5/10.

Bane's voice was ok imo, but it was hard for some people to understand what he was saying.

Anne Hathaway.....damn:sweetjesus:

Like some people here have said, I would go with TDK, BB, DKR.

They set a huge par with TDK and Ledger did an awesome job with the Joker. I was hard for them to surpass that par that they set.

[Levitron]

Nolan's "Goodbye Letter" to the Batman:


http://geektyrant.com/news/2012/7/24...to-batman.html
Quote:
The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan wrote a wonderful heartfelt and honest foreword for the book, The Art and Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy. The book was released in stores on July 20th, and it's basically a goodbye letter to the epic Batman franchise that he created.

I love these Batman films, I loved how Nolan ended it, and I'm excited to see what movies he makes next! Here's what Nolan had to say about his journey through the Batman franchise.

Alfred. Gordon. Lucius. Bruce . . . Wayne. Names that have come to mean so much to me. Today, I’m three weeks from saying a final good-bye to these characters and their world. It’s my son’s ninth birthday. He was born as the Tumbler was being glued together in my garage from random parts of model kits. Much time, many changes. A shift from sets where some gunplay or a helicopter were extraordinary events to working days where crowds of extras, building demolitions, or mayhem thousands of feet in the air have become familiar.

People ask if we’d always planned a trilogy. This is like being asked whether you had planned on growing up, getting married, having kids. The answer is complicated. When David and I first started cracking open Bruce’s story, we flirted with what might come after, then backed away, not wanting to look too deep into the future. I didn’t want to know everything that Bruce couldn’t; I wanted to live it with him. I told David and Jonah to put everything they knew into each film as we made it. The entire cast and crew put all they had into the first film. Nothing held back. Nothing saved for next time. They built an entire city. Then Christian and Michael and Gary and Morgan and Liam and Cillian started living in it. Christian bit off a big chunk of Bruce Wayne’s life and made it utterly compelling. He took us into a pop icon’s mind and never let us notice for an instant the fanciful nature of Bruce’s methods.

I never thought we’d do a second—how many good sequels are there? Why roll those dice? But once I knew where it would take Bruce, and when I started to see glimpses of the antagonist, it became essential. We re-assembled the team and went back to Gotham. It had changed in three years. Bigger. More real. More modern. And a new force of chaos was coming to the fore. The ultimate scary clown, as brought to terrifying life by Heath. We’d held nothing back, but there were things we hadn’t been able to do the first time out—a Batsuit with a flexible neck, shooting on Imax. And things we’d chickened out on—destroying the Batmobile, burning up the villain’s blood money to show a complete disregard for conventional motivation. We took the supposed security of a sequel as license to throw caution to the wind and headed for the darkest corners of Gotham.

I never thought we’d do a third—are there any great second sequels? But I kept wondering about the end of Bruce’s journey, and once David and I discovered it, I had to see it for myself. We had come back to what we had barely dared whisper about in those first days in my garage. We had been making a trilogy. I called everyone back together for another tour of Gotham. Four years later, it was still there. It even seemed a little cleaner, a little more polished. Wayne Manor had been rebuilt. Familiar faces were back—a little older, a little wiser . . . but not all was as it seemed.

Gotham was rotting away at its foundations. A new evil bubbling up from beneath. Bruce had thought Batman was not needed anymore, but Bruce was wrong, just as I had been wrong. The Batman had to come back. I suppose he always will.

Michael, Morgan, Gary, Cillian, Liam, Heath, Christian . . . Bale. Names that have come to mean so much to me. My time in Gotham, looking after one of the greatest and most enduring figures in pop culture, has been the most challenging and rewarding experience a filmmaker could hope for. I will miss the Batman. I like to think that he’ll miss me, but he’s never been particularly sentimental.

:tears:

A true storyteller. Do everything by the rules, yet make it different enough that people are held captive by what is being told.

[dlo]

Ledgers death surely had a role into TKD being a better ovie than this, not tryna take away what he did, which was an amazing performance, but this movie was too fucking amazing... I'm lost for words

[Culverin]

http://i.imgur.com/ZPClF.jpg

[Soundy]

Sorry... had to do it...

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/4/49344/2148384-trollface_1.jpg

[gdoh]

batman the animated series was fuckin awesome

[ZenZa]

How about a separate spoilers/discussion thread?

I haven't watched it yet, just wondering if it's worth it to go watch IMAX?

[TouringTeg]

Saw it in Imax last night. Awesome movie.

Definitely slow at times and long but very entertaining and would see again.

MMM hathaway in the cat woman outfit

[Expresso]

How about a separate spoilers/discussion thread?

I haven't watched it yet, just wondering if it's worth it to go watch IMAX?

Yes, pretty much every fight sequence and city skyline scene is shot in IMAX. Read its over an hour of footage.

[kwy]

There's something like 70 minutes of imax footage.

[SkinnyPupp]

But only worth it if you watch in a real Imax theatre. That means Langley or Richmond ONLY.

[fsy82]

wow the movie has grossed in 5 days almost as much as the spiderman movie has done in 23 days

The Numbers - Daily Box Office Chart for Tuesday July 24th, 2012 (http://www.the-numbers.com/daily-box-office-chart)

[twitchyzero]

the numbers are meh
even with the shooting incident the opening weekend only had $2M over TDK's opening weekend.

Even with the avengers being 3D (thus higher ticket prices) I would expect TDKR to be closer to $180M...beating the final Harry Potter movie

[sas]

Wow, great movie. I don't know why some viewers were expecting crazy plot twists/mind-fucks.. Is this a pre-requisite for a good movie?

I typically never head out to the theatres but glad I did. I was thoroughly entertained for the entire 2.5hrs. IMAX was amazing -much prefer this visual experience over 3D. What a trilogy.

One question: I didn't stay past the credits.. Did I miss anything?

[SkinnyPupp]

But only worth it if you watch in a real Imax theatre. That means Coquitlam or Richmond ONLY.
What's with the fail twitchy zero?

[murd0c]

What's with the fail twitchy zero?

A lot of the theatres have received upgraded screens and projectors and those who have IMAX's are true and same with the AVX theatres

[kwy]

Wow, great movie. I don't know why some viewers were expecting crazy plot twists/mind-fucks.. Is this a pre-requisite for a good movie?

I typically never head out to the theatres but glad I did. I was thoroughly entertained for the entire 2.5hrs. IMAX was amazing -much prefer this visual experience over 3D. What a trilogy.

One question: I didn't stay past the credits.. Did I miss anything?

This was the conclusion. It wouldn't make any sense to have a post credits scene. And no.

[iwantaskyline]

What's with the fail twitchy zero?

There's also Colossus that has a "true" IMAX theatre.

[SkinnyPupp]

A lot of the theatres have received upgraded screens and projectors and those who have IMAX's are true and same with the AVX theatres
When talking about Imax, there is only one true way to watch it, and that is 70mm film projectors.

"upgraded" digital projectors are not true Imax. Here's a comparison:

http://i.imgur.com/Hb5rf.jpg

Only two of the Imax theatres in BC will look like the screen on the right: Richmond and Langley (Collosus, I thought it was Cocquitlam, fixed typo). The rest will look like theone on the left. Basically it's bigger than a normal theatre screen, but not Imax. It doesn't have the verticality that immerses you into the movie. Like, the whole fucking point of Imax.

[LiquidTurbo]

Watched in IMAX, not that worth it imo. The imax scenes are weird becuase they're 4:3 aspect ratio.

IMO, the real benefit of IMAX is the upgraded sound.

[rice cooker]

ya i dont get the 4:3 ratio either. tv screens went from square to widescreen. movie screens are going the other way?

[SkinnyPupp]

People who "don't get" 4:3 in imax = :fulloffuck:

[BaoTurbo]

Movie wasn't too bad. Gf said it was bad because she expected something more like The Dark Knight with the Joker. Good ending though I really liked the ending because it could mean the movie is going to have a sequel

9/10

[Culture_Vulture]

I loved it. 10/10. Girlfriend thought Batman/Bruce Wayne did jack shit, but I didn't take it to be a major issue; anybody else feel this way?

[dlo]

I was more disappointed on how bane died lol

[twitchyzero]

sorry it wasn't a fair fail..you dont live in canada no more
and was gonna do it when you gave joseph gordon-levitt some funky name few pages back
at least you didn't confuse chris hansen for rick hansen haha

[yogenfruz]

Just got back from it, and, I'm sure I'm going to get hated on for this, but I liked it more than TDK. Here's why:
I tend to write a lot when I get into something, prep for a bit more reading than some other posts.

First off, I felt that TDK was too over-hyped for me at the time. And upon seeing it, I was expecting more from Heath Ledger. In no way am I saying he was bad, or even mediocre; he redefined what people believed to be the Joker. He no longer was a cartoonish clown, who used gags and jokes as a form of destruction; he became a monster, one who clearly wanted the world to burn as he watched, not from atop a pedestal, but from an equal standing as everyone around him, so that he could see and feel what he caused. Nolan clearly created something amazing with TDK, and everyone in the film was outstanding. However, these reasons are from TDKR, so they're spoilered.

- Michael Caine. He made the movie painful, heartbreaking and believable in the sense of agony Batman can cause by "doing what is right." When he was beginning to break down speaking to Bruce about not wanting to bury another Wayne, I felt as though it was the most genuine acting I've seen in years. Michael Caine is extremely talented and seeing Alfred broken during the funeral was gut-wrenching to me.
- Tom Hardy was haunting to me. His voice could have been something different had I been the one to decide, but when listening to him speak, I focused on the baritone range of his voice distortion. He became something of a nightmare when I did. When he was staring down Batman in the sewer, it was disturbing. He had the eyes of someone who had lost everything and was made fear inducing because of it.
- Obviously I have a hard-on for Anne Hathaway. I feel she did well as Selina Kyle, and knowing Selina's background through comics and such, I found her totally reasonable as a fighter.
- Throwback to Dr. Crane. I'm sure, as someone else said, that his placement would have been the Joker instead, had Heath Ledger still been alive. However, being willing to bring back forgotten characters/villians from previous films was a great moment.
- The back break. I was in a very composed theatre when I watched the movie, but I was so excited that it was included. It had to be, I would have been mad if it weren't.
- Although not given the name of one of the original three characters to become Robin, I was expecting throughout much of the movie that Joseph Gordon Levitt was going to become Robin as there was no other reason for him to be getting as much screen time as he did. And I think it was the right move. Although I doubt a sequel/spinoff, I feel like it was the right thing to do, to give the audience an idea that it's not the end. Just a new beginning.
- The ending. I was so sucked into the story that I did not even think of the ejection/autopilot twist which saved Batman. Seeing (what I thought was) Batman finally being brought to an end could have easily brought me to tears had I been alone/with someone who wouldn't judge me for tearing up. Seeing a hero you've looked up to all your life die is heartbreaking, even if they are fictional.


Overall, because I've always loved Batman as well as Nolan's take on the franchise, I give it a 10. I hope that if Batman is taken under someone else's name, they take a page out of Nolan's book on how to make movies that keep you coming back for more.

[SkinnyPupp]

sorry it wasn't a fair fail..you dont live in canada no more
and was gonna do it when you gave joseph gordon-levitt some funky name few pages back
at least you didn't confuse chris hansen for rick hansen haha
What does living in Canada have to do with anything? Are you saying there are more 70mm Imax film locations in BC? Because there aren't, at least according to the official Dark Knight Rises website (http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/imax.html). Or was it because I made the typo, and called Colossus Coquitlam? Yeah, my bad :okay:

As for the actor, maybe I got the names in the wrong order, I don't know. I can't be bothered to remember when actors have 3 names, 2 of which can be first or last names. Fucking child actors of the 90's, if you're going to become an actual star, fix your name :rukidding:

[dlo]

On the same boat as you, TKDR was better than TKD

[StylinRed]

I was more disappointed on how bane died lol

is that what happened?
still havent seen it so fuck you for spoiling




Rises made 2million more opening weekend but it was also playing in more theatres than TDK

and TDK has made $10mn more in 6 days than Rises did http://www.boxofficemojo.com/ (its on the front page)

I think the bad user reviews are affecting it Im hearing a lot of people saying it sucks :/

[kwy]

Whoever says it sucks is a fucking idiot.

[JKam]

Whoever said TDKR sucks didn't know Batman Begins was the first of the trilogy.

TDKR ends the trilogy in the same style it began.

[dlo]

My bad bout the spoil, thought its pree obvs some shit like that will happen, not like I said how it happened etc etc

[zetazeta]

Those of you who want a good read regarding the batman trilogy:

The Dark Knight Trilogy Explained : movies (http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/x5ms7/the_dark_knight_trilogy_explained/)

It's continued in the comments below.

[XplicitLuder]

awesome movie, it sucks i dont remember the first one very much as to what JKam said how this last one ends the way the first one started..so ima go watch the first one again

[spoon.ek9]

^ this is why i just recently re-watched the first two films after watching TKDR.

[DanHibiki]

http://i.imgur.com/eHD6E.png

[hal0g0dv2]

bane is so fucking boss

[sexyaccord]

speaking of IMAX, I always thought it would be cool to watch movies at the big ass screen in Science World

[SkinnyPupp]

speaking of IMAX, I always thought it would be cool to watch movies at the big ass screen in Science World
That's Omnimax, and uses a curved screen, a smaller film, and a fisheye lens.. it wouldn't work for movies. But I remember going to Omnimax as Science World back in the day... man that was awesome! The intro part, where they talk about the side, and the sound system with the laser show and all that shit. Pretty cool! The first show I watched on it was about beavers, and that was in grade 4 I think, so.... 1988 or so?

[LiquidTurbo]

That's Omnimax, and uses a curved screen, a smaller film, and a fisheye lens.. it wouldn't work for movies. But I remember going to Omnimax as Science World back in the day... man that was awesome! The intro part, where they talk about the side, and the sound system with the laser show and all that shit. Pretty cool! The first show I watched on it was about beavers, and that was in grade 4 I think, so.... 1988 or so?

"Hi, I'm Max!"

[knight604]

http://i50.tinypic.com/n3nngl.jpg

[Mr.Money]

Ending was awesome...



Bet You in part 3 they show batman eject from his BAT aircraft when the nuke went off in the ocean,it'll be crazy if they kill Off Robin too in dark knight 3.........when the Dr was playing the Judge to all the wealthy people in Gotham after they taken over i don't think JOKER could have did that scene..... BANE & Joker together would be unstoppable unless it was catwomen,robin helping batman,after bane set up all those crazy explosions,BANE was enough already IMO, almost killing batman underground snapping him in half

[DanHibiki]

Ending was awesome...



Bet You in part 3 they show batman eject from his BAT aircraft when the nuke went off in the ocean,it'll be crazy if they kill Off Robin too in dark knight 3.........when the Dr was playing the Judge to all the wealthy people in Gotham after they taken over i don't think JOKER could have did that scene..... BANE & Joker together would be unstoppable unless it was catwomen,robin helping batman,after bane set up all those crazy explosions,BANE was enough already IMO, almost killing batman underground snapping him in half

I'm confused by what you mean. You DO know Dark Knight Rises IS part 3 right????

[Fafine]

Ending was awesome...



Bet You in part 3 they show batman eject from his BAT aircraft when the nuke went off in the ocean,it'll be crazy if they kill Off Robin too in dark knight 3.........when the Dr was playing the Judge to all the wealthy people in Gotham after they taken over i don't think JOKER could have did that scene..... BANE & Joker together would be unstoppable unless it was catwomen,robin helping batman,after bane set up all those crazy explosions,BANE was enough already IMO, almost killing batman underground snapping him in half

doesnt matter if he ejected, that bomb was good for a 6 mile radius

[kwy]

Ending was awesome...



Bet You in part 3 they show batman eject from his BAT aircraft when the nuke went off in the ocean,it'll be crazy if they kill Off Robin too in dark knight 3.........when the Dr was playing the Judge to all the wealthy people in Gotham after they taken over i don't think JOKER could have did that scene..... BANE & Joker together would be unstoppable unless it was catwomen,robin helping batman,after bane set up all those crazy explosions,BANE was enough already IMO, almost killing batman underground snapping him in half

:facepalm:

[fs604]

Man of Steel and Nolan. Maybe Superman came and saved him :troll:

[yogenfruz]

I'm amazed at how many people have seen the movie and still think that Batman died. There's a scene clearly stating Bruce Wayne implemented am updated autopilot for the bat, in which he used after ejecting himself...

No matter what, loved the movie. I almost wish Nolan wasn't done with the franchise.

[kristianhay]

Saw the movie today and it was definitely my favorite of the trilogy. I thought the pacing was excellent and although Bane wasn't as AMAZING a character as the Joker, you can't really expect him to be. The Joker is one of, if not the most developed villain in the Batman universe and it only makes sense for there to be a lot more depth to him. Bane has historically been depicted as a meathead who's all brawn, no brain. TDKR portrayed Bane a lot differently and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

The suspense in TDKR was pretty outstanding, and the last 10 or so minutes had me sort of speechless that it was all over, and I was really satisfied with the overall ending. Was a feeling I haven't had in a movie in a long, long time.


Also, if you seriously think Bruce Wayne is dead at the end of it all, you are either retarded or did not pay attention at all.

Though, there has been a lot of speculation of JGL as Robin, that didn't feel right to me. Robin doesn't really fit into the world that Nolan has portrayed. I came home and did a little digging - this makes a lot more sense to me although it's purely speculation. Nightwing is a kickass character and definitely plugs into the current DK world than Robin.

A number of people have pointed out two things to me in regards to my last post on John Blake and The Dark Knight Rises, helpfully noting where my speculations may have gone astray.

1) Many of the plot points in Rises are pretty much taken from The Dark Knight Returns. Even though the Nolan trilogy is (somewhat loosely) based on the Knightfall sequence, elements of this last film were obviously harvested from Miller’s later work. So we probably won’t see a Returns film and almost certainly not a Nolan version of that film given Nolan’s own statements on being finished with the project.

2) It’s more likely that John Blake (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) will not be Batman as this is pretty confusing for audiences not already familiar with the various non-Bruce Wayne Batman characters. Instead, it’s possible we’ll see a Nightwing offshoot of this series, with Blake as Nightwing rather than Batman. There are several clues that might point to this.

First of all, Nightwing wears blue and black. In virtually every scene that Blake showed up in, whether in uniform or out of uniform, he is dressed in blue and black.


Meanwhile, both Batman and Nightwing have a similar aesthetic, making a transition from the Dark Knight films to a Nightwing franchise visually seamless. I don’t see Blake showing up in the batcave only to leave dressed in a gaudy Robin outfit. Much more likely to carry on in the dark hues of his predecessor.

Becoming Nightwing after being Batman’s “Robin” sidekick in Rises makes sense, since Dick Grayson (the original Nightwing) was also the original Robin before becoming Nightwing. This is set up perfectly in Rises.

Nightwing also serves as a bridge between the Batman and Superman comics in the DC universe. Given Nolan’s involvement in the upcoming Superman film, Man of Steel, this may be a way to even subtly weave these universes and stories together (even if it’s not explicitly done, i.e. we wouldn’t have to see Nightwing share screentime with Clark Kent.)

I’d definitely go see a Joseph Gordon-Levitt Nightwing film.

In fact, I like this theory more than the Blake-becomes-Batman theory (proving once again that many of this blog’s readers continue to outsmart me) if only because the Dark Knight trilogy was given such finality and handled with such dark grace.

I don’t want it to continue as a Batman story (though I really hope we don’t see a Batman reboot any time soon. The whole Spider Man reboot idea was awfully premature. Maybe taking a decade off would be a good idea.)

I doubt Nolan will take the helm on a Nightwing project, preferring to play a producer/writer role similar to his role with Superman.

How about you, dear readers? Would you see a Nightwing film with Gordon-Levitt as the star? Who would you put in the director’s chair?

P.S. Final thought: Doesn’t it just seem weird to bring in the character John Blake to begin with, three movies in, with someone solid like Gordon-Levitt in the role, and then end the way the film does without building toward something like this?

Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Dark Knight Rises' Character Going To Be Nightwing? - Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/07/28/is-joseph-gordon-levitts-dark-knight-rises-character-going-to-be-nightwing/)

And one more if you feel like reading further!

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/How-Dark-Knight-Series-Could-Go-Bruce-Wayne-32154.html

10/10

[SkinnyPupp]

Nightwing? So basically a hetero version of Robin?

[kristianhay]

Haha pretty much. He was allowed to grow into an actual hero, whereas Robin remained a pussy.. always.

[aznb]

My ass hurts when people say this movie sucks without watching the other two batman movies...Some people dont even know this is the 3rd one when its advertised as the ending to the TRILOGY?

This movie by itself is one of the best in 2012...and if you include how it wraps up everything to nolan's batman it's fucking genius.

to those that are confused about bruce at the end...did you not watch the fucking movie? is watching and listening really that hard??

[DanHibiki]

Apparently The Dark Knight is only 6 months after Batman Begins. So if you think about it, he wasn't Batman for that long at all.

[kwy]

Batman Begins took place over roughly 8 years (when he had his training, legally declared dead over 7 years), plus 6 months from BB to TDK(not including the time TDK took), then another 8 years between TDK and TDKR(peacetime in Gotham), and I believe another 6 months to a year passed during the events of TDKR. So in total, for the Nolan series, he was Batman for at least 9 years, 17 if you want to include the time he underwent training.

[aznb]

I think he meant..
Batman was active for less than a year (begins to tdk)
absent 8 years
came back for like 2 days (to fight bane)
absent for 5 months (shit snapped up)
returns for a day to finish the job

So really Batman was active for a only year

[MrGoodbar]

Saw the movie today and it was definitely my favorite of the trilogy. I thought the pacing was excellent and although Bane wasn't as AMAZING a character as the Joker, you can't really expect him to be. The Joker is one of, if not the most developed villain in the Batman universe and it only makes sense for there to be a lot more depth to him. Bane has historically been depicted as a meathead who's all brawn, no brain. TDKR portrayed Bane a lot differently and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

The suspense in TDKR was pretty outstanding, and the last 10 or so minutes had me sort of speechless that it was all over, and I was really satisfied with the overall ending. Was a feeling I haven't had in a movie in a long, long time.


Also, if you seriously think Bruce Wayne is dead at the end of it all, you are either retarded or did not pay attention at all.

Though, there has been a lot of speculation of JGL as Robin, that didn't feel right to me. Robin doesn't really fit into the world that Nolan has portrayed. I came home and did a little digging - this makes a lot more sense to me although it's purely speculation. Nightwing is a kickass character and definitely plugs into the current DK world than Robin.



And one more if you feel like reading further!

How The Dark Knight Series Could Go On Without Bruce Wayne - CinemaBlend.com (http://www.cinemablend.com/new/How-Dark-Knight-Series-Could-Go-Bruce-Wayne-32154.html)

10/10

Maybe Nightwing fails, everyone that tried to become batman's shadow fails, bruce returns and creates a new suit, fights until he's 60's, gets a heart problem then Terry McGinnis pops in, then Batman Beyond franchise is born.

[kwy]

I think he meant..
Batman was active for less than a year (begins to tdk)
absent 8 years
came back for like 2 days (to fight bane)
absent for 5 months (shit snapped up)
returns for a day to finish the job

So really Batman was active for a only year


He probably had other crime-stopping adventures between all that time as well.

[Mr.Money]

oh no!..i got confused & said part 3 when i should be meaning the next film

[aznb]

He probably had other crime-stopping adventures between all that time as well.

which would still be one year..

[HondaGuy]

http://blog.repeatpossessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fri_batman.jpg

[DanHibiki]

oh no!..i got confused & said part 3 when i should be meaning the next film

There won't be a next film...you're just digging yourself deeper and deeper in a hole.

[kristianhay]

Maybe Nightwing fails, everyone that tried to become batman's shadow fails, bruce returns and creates a new suit, fights until he's 60's, gets a heart problem then Terry McGinnis pops in, then Batman Beyond franchise is born.

Haha, Batman Beyond was pretty dope so I wouldn't complain.

[hotshot1]

Warner Bros has to reboot the Batman franchise in a few years since it's such a crazy money making franchise.

I just can't imagine how it'll be better than the Nolan movies though - I just hope they keep it semi-realistic and not go back to shit like a 300lb Penguin using his flimsy spinning umbrella to fly.

[Ronin]

oh no!..i got confused & said part 3 when i should be meaning the next film

Basically what happened is you didn't see Batman Begins, you saw Dark Knight after everyone raved about how good it was and thought TDKR was the 2nd in the trilogy (since everyone says the world "trilogy" here) and when leaving the theater, you thought "Oh shit, Robin will be in the next movie when Bruce Wayne comes back from France to fight Mr. Freeze in the 3rd movie!"

Stop me when I get close.

And I enjoyed this movie. I don't think it's as good as The Dark Knight, though but I was more entertained than in Batman Begins. The difference is that The Dark Knight...you can make the argument for it as a top 10 of all time. It's an amazing example of acting, screenwriting, direction and filmmaking. TDKR...it was more of a popcorn flick. More depth than Avengers but I felt like this was so much more of a stereotypical summer blockbuster compared to TDK.

[Ronin]

Oh and loved the IMAX experience. Every action scene in IMAX and every dialogue scene in 16:9 is perfect. When the bars disappear, you know some shit is about to go down. The way the movie is shot takes full advantage of the IMAX cameras...beautiful, wide, incredibly immersive shots.

I saw a few people saying they don't "get" 4:3. I don't know what the hell you're talking about but let me explain to you what you just said.

The reason widescreen is better than "normal" 4:3 is that you get more of the actual movie on screen. You could always tell which one of your friends doesn't know anything about movies when they complain about the "black bars" when watching a widescreen movie. Fullscreen usually just crops so it's cutting off detail and footage you get in widescreen.

In IMAX, they're basically doing the same thing...filling the black bar areas of a 16:9 movie with MORE MOVIE.

If you don't get it, normal movies are shot in widescreen and then idiots cropped it to 4:3 for fullscreen so you're losing detail. IMAX, however, is shot natively in 4:3 resolution so you're gaining compared to widescreen.

[1creator]

This is a pretty interesting article about JGL's role. It's a long read but IMO it makes the most sense

I didn't put the article in a spoiler because of the length, but because of spoilers. You have been warned.


The Meaning Of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Fate In 'The Dark Knight Rises' - SPOILERS - Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2012/07/26/the-meaning-of-joseph-gordon-levitts-fate-in-the-dark-knight-rises-spoilers/)

Now that Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy has come to a conclusion with The Dark Knight Rises, everyone is talking and debating the meaning of the end of the film, and what happens to Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character John Blake. So let me break it down for you and explain, including perhaps the one obvious thing that everyone seems to have missed so far. Read on! But be warned, here there be SPOILERS!

First of all, let me clear one thing up right away — yes, Bruce Wayne really is still alive at the end. For some reason that escapes me, a segment of fans are insisting it’s “open to interpretation” whether Bruce actually is sitting in that cafe, or if it’s just Alfred’s imagination. But there should be no confusion, the shot of Bruce at the cafe comes amid a montage of scenes showing each person close to Bruce finding out a bit of information revealing Bruce survived the nuclear blast. Lucius finds out Bruce secretly did repair the autopilot on “the Bat,” Gordon finds a repaired bat-signal on the roof of the MCU (contrary to some reviewer’s misunderstanding, Gordon didn’t repair it himself, he walks up and looks shocked to find the new bat-signal, runs a hand over it, grins, and looks around, all in the montage about Bruce’s actions), John Blake gets a big bag full of equipment and a GPS locator, and Alfred gets Bruce’s money and then sees Bruce at the cafe. Bruce’s arc ends with him finally being able to move on with his life, and without that fulfillment Bruce would actually have no true character arc (getting his back fixed and climbing out of the hole to fight Bane again is not a full arc, for those inclined to say the climb out of the pit is the major point in his arc).

Now, I’ll move on to the main question about the film’s end, and the one most of you are probably still unsure about — what happens to Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character at the end, and who exactly will he become? I previously wrote, prior to the film’s release, my theory that the character John Blake would be Nolan’s version of Robin in this film, and it of course turned out to be pretty much true. Blake has the background of Jason Todd and Tim Drake, for the most part (his father is murdered due to a debt, and he later deduces Batman’s identity while still a young kid), but then grows up to have Dick Grayson’s adult life (being a police officer and ally of Batman who has dealt with the tragedy in his childhood in a more productive and healthy way than Bruce dealt with his own tragedies, plus that whole chalk emblem, all adds up to a “realistic” incarnation of Nightwing). Then, we find out that his actual legal name is Robin. So I’d argue that yes, he definitely served the role of Robin in The Dark Knight Rises. Meaning he was ALREADY Robin, he isn’t going to become Robin in the future.

Who is he going to become, then? Obviously, Batman. I know most fans seem to feel Blake is going to continue being Robin, and will just now use a mask to disguise his identity — although, that would mean his “secret identity” is his actual literal first name! Nope, that isn’t the meaning of the end of the film. A major theme in the story is “Who was Batman? He was just Batman, the person under the mask doesn’t matter, because ANYBODY can be Batman!” We hear this several times, and it speaks back to the longstanding concept in the Nolan trilogy that a symbol is eternal and cannot be killed or destroyed, and that is what Batman became — an eternal symbol for Gotham, a symbol that would be anybody.

Then, Bruce gives Blake a bag full of equipment to help him locate the batcave, which still contains all of Batman’s equipment. Meanwhile, Gordon was given a brand new bat-signal to call Batman. And as Blake crosses the cave to approach the bat-equipment Bruce has left behind, he is enveloped in a swarm of BATS — just like Bruce’s own initial moment upon entering the cave, in the iconic symbolism of the scene from Batman Begins when Bruce slowly stands amid the swarm of bats to represent his crossing of a threshold on his journey to become Batman.

With Blake getting a cave filled with bat-themed equipment and suits while crossing a swarm of bats just like Bruce did, and Gordon having a signal with the bat-emblem on it, that’s some additional strong evidence that Blake is indeed going to become a new Batman.

But there’s one final piece of evidence, and it’s the “big guns” in my argument. I’ve not seen anyone mention this yet, despite how powerful the imagery is. Consider…

What is the very last shot in the film? It’s Blake, stepping forward in the batcave as the big platform comes up out of the water to lift him into the air toward the Batman equipment that we can see in the distance. The platform lifts Blake out of sight, turning the screen black. And what comes next? The title: The Dark Knight RISES.

Yep, that title has many meanings in the film, including Batman coming back from retirement, Batman climbing up out of the pit to save Gotham, Batman rising as a symbol of hope again in Gotham, and Batman’s general victory over Bane and over the tragedy in his own life. But it has one final meaning, symbolized extremely clearly in the final shot of the film when we see John Blake step forward and that platform RISING to lift him to claim the legacy of Batman that Bruce has passed on to him. The Dark Knight will rise again, with someone else taking up the mantle to keep the symbol alive.

You simply cannot ignore the overt imagery of Blake rising on that platform followed by the title appearing on screen. Notice that Nolan’s films always leave the title until the very end of the movie. That’s where the title of each film has its final, full embodiment: from the announcement that Batman has begun; to the proclamation that Batman is Gotham’s dark knight protecting the city; and lastly to Batman rising to his final, firm status in Gotham as an incorruptible symbol that cannot be killed.

While of course people are free to interpret the story and the end of the film however they wish, I feel that there’s too much importance in the symbolism of that final scene, and in Blake having already served the role of Robin before moving on to serve as the man who will keep Batman’s legend alive. Without those things, the story has a gap and doesn’t truly come full circle with all of the themes of the trilogy. Just as Bruce being alive is necessary for his arc to be fulfilled, so to is it necessary for Batman’s arc and Blake’s arc to be fulfilled by John Blake assuming the mantle as Batman.

And there you have it, dear readers, the real meaning behind the end of The Dark Knight Rises. No doubt, the debate will continue, but I think the evidence is pretty overwhelming and supports my conclusions. What say you, fans? Sound off in the comments below!

TL : DR JGL is gonna take over as batman

[SkinnyPupp]

I buy JGL as a do-gooder cop, as Robin, or even as Nightwing. But not Batman, sorry. I suppose it wouldn't be Bruce Wayne, so the actor could be totally different from one who would normally make a good batman... but come on.

[kristianhay]

Yeah, no way they would use JGL as Batman. While it's all well and good that it could make sense, I just don't see it. Veering off in a new direction (IE: Nightwing) would be a lot more interesting/make a lot more sense, especially since Nolan has already publicly stated that he wouldn't be directing any further Batman movies. JGL existing as Batman in a world Nolan created on film without Nolan on board? Hell no. Just doesn't make sense to me.

[SkinnyPupp]

Plus the whole "title at the end" thing is just that - a title at the end. All of Nolan's movies have it. What makes the guy think it's so special in this particular case?

[rawr]

To some, this film was mediocre because Heath Ledger pretty much carried the previous one. I however thought the 3rd one to be much more deep--tying up loose strings, major plot twists. The complexity of the plot drew me in as it pulls motifs from the previous films. It's far from a typical summer blockbuster flick.

[DanHibiki]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7wpfaVbsY1r6ooyno1_1280.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SBQZE.jpg

[1creator]

I buy JGL as a do-gooder cop, as Robin, or even as Nightwing. But not Batman, sorry. I suppose it wouldn't be Bruce Wayne, so the actor could be totally different from one who would normally make a good batman... but come on.

Yeah, no way they would use JGL as Batman. While it's all well and good that it could make sense, I just don't see it. Veering off in a new direction (IE: Nightwing) would be a lot more interesting/make a lot more sense, especially since Nolan has already publicly stated that he wouldn't be directing any further Batman movies. JGL existing as Batman in a world Nolan created on film without Nolan on board? Hell no. Just doesn't make sense to me.

Plus the whole "title at the end" thing is just that - a title at the end. All of Nolan's movies have it. What makes the guy think it's so special in this particular case?

You guys are taking it a little too far. I don't think it was meant as a hint towards a new movie without Nolan. Since this was the last movie it's just something for the audience to ponder on and to imagine the untold story that continued after the movie ended.

[kwy]

This is a pretty interesting article about JGL's role. It's a long read but IMO it makes the most sense

I didn't put the article in a spoiler because of the length, but because of spoilers. You have been warned.


The Meaning Of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Fate In 'The Dark Knight Rises' - SPOILERS - Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2012/07/26/the-meaning-of-joseph-gordon-levitts-fate-in-the-dark-knight-rises-spoilers/)

Now that Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy has come to a conclusion with The Dark Knight Rises, everyone is talking and debating the meaning of the end of the film, and what happens to Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character John Blake. So let me break it down for you and explain, including perhaps the one obvious thing that everyone seems to have missed so far. Read on! But be warned, here there be SPOILERS!

First of all, let me clear one thing up right away — yes, Bruce Wayne really is still alive at the end. For some reason that escapes me, a segment of fans are insisting it’s “open to interpretation” whether Bruce actually is sitting in that cafe, or if it’s just Alfred’s imagination. But there should be no confusion, the shot of Bruce at the cafe comes amid a montage of scenes showing each person close to Bruce finding out a bit of information revealing Bruce survived the nuclear blast. Lucius finds out Bruce secretly did repair the autopilot on “the Bat,” Gordon finds a repaired bat-signal on the roof of the MCU (contrary to some reviewer’s misunderstanding, Gordon didn’t repair it himself, he walks up and looks shocked to find the new bat-signal, runs a hand over it, grins, and looks around, all in the montage about Bruce’s actions), John Blake gets a big bag full of equipment and a GPS locator, and Alfred gets Bruce’s money and then sees Bruce at the cafe. Bruce’s arc ends with him finally being able to move on with his life, and without that fulfillment Bruce would actually have no true character arc (getting his back fixed and climbing out of the hole to fight Bane again is not a full arc, for those inclined to say the climb out of the pit is the major point in his arc).

Now, I’ll move on to the main question about the film’s end, and the one most of you are probably still unsure about — what happens to Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character at the end, and who exactly will he become? I previously wrote, prior to the film’s release, my theory that the character John Blake would be Nolan’s version of Robin in this film, and it of course turned out to be pretty much true. Blake has the background of Jason Todd and Tim Drake, for the most part (his father is murdered due to a debt, and he later deduces Batman’s identity while still a young kid), but then grows up to have Dick Grayson’s adult life (being a police officer and ally of Batman who has dealt with the tragedy in his childhood in a more productive and healthy way than Bruce dealt with his own tragedies, plus that whole chalk emblem, all adds up to a “realistic” incarnation of Nightwing). Then, we find out that his actual legal name is Robin. So I’d argue that yes, he definitely served the role of Robin in The Dark Knight Rises. Meaning he was ALREADY Robin, he isn’t going to become Robin in the future.

Who is he going to become, then? Obviously, Batman. I know most fans seem to feel Blake is going to continue being Robin, and will just now use a mask to disguise his identity — although, that would mean his “secret identity” is his actual literal first name! Nope, that isn’t the meaning of the end of the film. A major theme in the story is “Who was Batman? He was just Batman, the person under the mask doesn’t matter, because ANYBODY can be Batman!” We hear this several times, and it speaks back to the longstanding concept in the Nolan trilogy that a symbol is eternal and cannot be killed or destroyed, and that is what Batman became — an eternal symbol for Gotham, a symbol that would be anybody.

Then, Bruce gives Blake a bag full of equipment to help him locate the batcave, which still contains all of Batman’s equipment. Meanwhile, Gordon was given a brand new bat-signal to call Batman. And as Blake crosses the cave to approach the bat-equipment Bruce has left behind, he is enveloped in a swarm of BATS — just like Bruce’s own initial moment upon entering the cave, in the iconic symbolism of the scene from Batman Begins when Bruce slowly stands amid the swarm of bats to represent his crossing of a threshold on his journey to become Batman.

With Blake getting a cave filled with bat-themed equipment and suits while crossing a swarm of bats just like Bruce did, and Gordon having a signal with the bat-emblem on it, that’s some additional strong evidence that Blake is indeed going to become a new Batman.

But there’s one final piece of evidence, and it’s the “big guns” in my argument. I’ve not seen anyone mention this yet, despite how powerful the imagery is. Consider…

What is the very last shot in the film? It’s Blake, stepping forward in the batcave as the big platform comes up out of the water to lift him into the air toward the Batman equipment that we can see in the distance. The platform lifts Blake out of sight, turning the screen black. And what comes next? The title: The Dark Knight RISES.

Yep, that title has many meanings in the film, including Batman coming back from retirement, Batman climbing up out of the pit to save Gotham, Batman rising as a symbol of hope again in Gotham, and Batman’s general victory over Bane and over the tragedy in his own life. But it has one final meaning, symbolized extremely clearly in the final shot of the film when we see John Blake step forward and that platform RISING to lift him to claim the legacy of Batman that Bruce has passed on to him. The Dark Knight will rise again, with someone else taking up the mantle to keep the symbol alive.

You simply cannot ignore the overt imagery of Blake rising on that platform followed by the title appearing on screen. Notice that Nolan’s films always leave the title until the very end of the movie. That’s where the title of each film has its final, full embodiment: from the announcement that Batman has begun; to the proclamation that Batman is Gotham’s dark knight protecting the city; and lastly to Batman rising to his final, firm status in Gotham as an incorruptible symbol that cannot be killed.

While of course people are free to interpret the story and the end of the film however they wish, I feel that there’s too much importance in the symbolism of that final scene, and in Blake having already served the role of Robin before moving on to serve as the man who will keep Batman’s legend alive. Without those things, the story has a gap and doesn’t truly come full circle with all of the themes of the trilogy. Just as Bruce being alive is necessary for his arc to be fulfilled, so to is it necessary for Batman’s arc and Blake’s arc to be fulfilled by John Blake assuming the mantle as Batman.

And there you have it, dear readers, the real meaning behind the end of The Dark Knight Rises. No doubt, the debate will continue, but I think the evidence is pretty overwhelming and supports my conclusions. What say you, fans? Sound off in the comments below!

TL : DR JGL is gonna take over as batman


Woahhh..

[kristianhay]

You guys are taking it a little too far. I don't think it was meant as a hint towards a new movie without Nolan. Since this was the last movie it's just something for the audience to ponder on and to imagine the untold story that continued after the movie ended. And the title at the end wasn't special in just this case it made sense for both BB and TDK. He explains that in the article.

"That’s where the title of each film has its final, full embodiment: from the announcement that Batman has begun; to the proclamation that Batman is Gotham’s dark knight protecting the city; and lastly to Batman rising to his final, firm status in Gotham as an incorruptible symbol that cannot be killed."

Oh, I highly doubt there will be another film at all. Just based off the speculation that people are talking about, adding to the discussion.

[jing]

Anyone else notice Lance and Hector from F&F in the movie? Almost rofl'd when I saw them

[HondaGuy]

Anyone else notice Lance and Hector from F&F in the movie? Almost rofl'd when I saw them

Haha noticed hector right away ... Exhil!

Which part was lance in?

[TPMarko]

lance was one of the cops in the tunnel

[Ronin]

Ochocinco and Hines Ward were in the football scene...bunch of other NFLers.

[chin3se604]

the asian cop = Mr Kim from Prison Break
the warden at Blackgate = Bellick from Prison Break

:fullofwin:

[DanHibiki]

Poor Lance. He had 1 line maybe?

Someone should of asked him what he thought of the Bat mobile...:fullofwin:

[MrGoodbar]

Haha, Batman Beyond was pretty dope so I wouldn't complain.

Not complaining at all, Batman Beyond was my favourite DC series cartoon until they started mashing it up with justice league. Batman Beyond live action movie might turn out like batman & robin/forever movies :heckno:

[MrGoodbar]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7wpfaVbsY1r6ooyno1_1280.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SBQZE.jpg

Damn, Bane is a pretty swell guy. His speech about giving the city back to the people? I believe in Bane.