The Dark Knight Rises....

[Issam Abed]

HHAHAHAHAHA, oh...you're serious.

last I checked this was a forum and yes I was serious. Have anything constructive to add other than trolling?

[Juiced6]

one thing that really irks me about this movie now

when batman saves catwoman on the roof and they jump in the bat - why not blast the hell out of them

Taggert and Bane were up there and the bomb had not been made yet

a bunch of dead bad guys and the movie is over. Not even one shot


yeah i know about the "no guns line" just a few minutes earlier but damn - batman would have saved himself a lot of work and trouble

[dangerkart]

Taggert and Bane were up there and the bomb had not been made yet

Correct me if I'm wrong because I can't remember exactly the order of the scene - but when batman and catwoman get in and take off, werent they just fighting "henchmen" at that time, And when they're finally in the air bane and taggert walk out and look up at him?

[DarkSideGTI]

last I checked this was a forum and yes I was serious. Have anything constructive to add other than trolling?

You are looking into it way too far. Wayne never took John Blake/Dick Greyson in and trained him in this universe. He saw potential in him and gave him the coordinates to the bat cave so that he "may" take over after he is gone. His name being Robin was just a nod to all the comic book nerds out there. If they do make another movie without Nolan, I bet Blake won't be calling himself Robin, maybe Nightwing though.

[Issam Abed]

You are looking into it way too far. Wayne never took John Blake/Dick Greyson in and trained him in this universe. He saw potential in him and gave him the coordinates to the bat cave so that he "may" take over after he is gone. His name being Robin was just a nod to all the comic book nerds out there. If they do make another movie without Nolan, I bet Blake won't be calling himself Robin, maybe Nightwing though.

I think that is the issue alot of die hards are having....

[Juiced6]

Correct me if I'm wrong because I can't remember exactly the order of the scene - but when batman and catwoman get in and take off, werent they just fighting "henchmen" at that time, And when they're finally in the air bane and taggert walk out and look up at him?

taggert was up there it was bane who walked out

[Seabird]

I think that is the issue alot of die hards are having....

The die hards need to get over it. These movies are meant to stand alone and aren't beholden to any canon. At the end of the day, they have to appeal to an audience beyond the comic books.

There aren't enough die hards to create profit for a $100+mm movie.

[Karma]

You also have to laugh at the assumptions made based on "the canon" - comics are wildly inconsistent depending on the era/artist so there is no single truth a lot of the time... but die-hards act like there is and it's being molested to hell.

[Angina]

Nolan's batman movies stands on its own very well, because the storytelling, characters, and atmosphere is spot on with the comics. Doesn't need comic book canon/background to be spot on for the movie to work.

But if you got someone who can't direct/write a good superhero movie, and then they include a major comic book character who's background history is completely redone, then you're gonna have an even bigger problem with me.

(See Fantastic Four Movies. Yes they cast half the characters wrong, had a horrible plot. Comes back with a sequel, and introduce silver surfer and gets me half interested, and then throws in Galactus as a frigging intergalactic storm cloud... wtf).

[Seabird]

One of the things that I like about TDKR is that it brought BB back into the story. Maybe I'm the only one who felt this way, but BB and TDK almost seemed like different franchises. Nolan's style between the two changed quite a bit. Gotham was less stylized (no cathedral style elevated train system, for example). And BB seemed to be shot through a bronze lens filter, whereas TDK had a sort blue hue to it.

Any one else notice it?

Anyway, TDKR followed basically the same format as TDK, but I liked the BB flashbacks and references. Sort of brought it back into the fold for me.

*shrug*

[Angina]

One of the things that I like about TDKR is that it brought BB back into the story. Maybe I'm the only one who felt this way, but BB and TDK almost seemed like different franchises. Nolan's style between the two changed quite a bit. Gotham was less stylized (no cathedral style elevated train system, for example). And BB seemed to be shot through a bronze lens filter, whereas TDK had a sort blue hue to it.

Any one else notice it?

Anyway, TDKR followed basically the same format as TDK, but I liked the BB flashbacks and references. Sort of brought it back into the fold for me.

*shrug*

yea BB and TDK were completely different. BB Gotham was much more darker, and seemed smaller in scale. And it definitely had a poop tint to it, which I didn't mind. TDK was more of a modern city, and you could definitely tell it was Chicago/Pittsburgh/New York...

[Juiced6]

yea BB and TDK were completely different. BB Gotham was much more darker, and seemed smaller in scale. And it definitely had a poop tint to it, which I didn't mind. TDK was more of a modern city, and you could definitely tell it was Chicago/Pittsburgh/New York...

upon watching BB again - it is chicago as well. Just a darker looking movie

TDK - there was an elevated train - the scene where Wayne drives in front of the dodge ram with his lambo - that is under the elevated train

But remember Jim Gordon blew up a big piece of the track in BB so not having the train go to Wayne tower anymore is not that big of a deal.

I think TDKR's city looks totally different than the other 2

[Sporin]

I think TDKR's city looks totally different than the other 2

yeah, it went from pretty-clearly Chicago, to crystal-clearly Pittsburgh.

[Karma]

It was supposed to show the difference between pre-Dent Act and post-Dent Act Gotham. I get it, but it still created a very visible inconsistency in terms of the "look" of the trilogy.

[maskedSONY]

yeah, it went from pretty-clearly Chicago, to crystal-clearly Pittsburgh.

I saw a crystal-clear representation of New York City in TDKR. The subways, the bridges being blown up, the Queensboro bridge standoff, Wayne Manor being in the NJ Palisades, batman on top of the Queensboro, the trump tower, batman's reference to the "midtown tunnel" when talking to catwoman. And when the cops confront Bane's men in the end of the movie, you can clearly see the sign for William Street, which is in the financial district. However, it was clever of them to integrate Carnegie Mellon into the last act of the movie and make it look like was the same place.

They did make Heinz Field feel like it was part of the city, that's for sure. It sort of stirred up images of what the proposed West Side Stadium might have made NY look like.

[Angina]

I saw a crystal-clear representation of New York City in TDKR. The subways, the bridges being blown up, the Queensboro bridge standoff, Wayne Manor being in the NJ Palisades, batman on top of the Queensboro, the trump tower, batman's reference to the "midtown tunnel" when talking to catwoman. And when the cops confront Bane's men in the end of the movie, you can clearly see the sign for William Street, which is in the financial district. However, it was clever of them to integrate Carnegie Mellon into the last act of the movie and make it look like was the same place.

They did make Heinz Field feel like it was part of the city, that's for sure. It sort of stirred up images of what the proposed West Side Stadium might have made NY look like.

yup, TDKR definitely seemed like NYC, with the exception of some of the Pittsburgh references

[Fritz27]

yup, TDKR definitely seemed like NYC, with the exception of some of the Pittsburgh references

TDKR used Chicago, NYC, LA and Pittsburgh for the set pieces.

I liked it, but at the same time it sort of took me out of the suspension of disbelief when I could see the Freedom Tower and Century City (or whatever that new area of LA is with all the tall buildings).

[ElixXxeR]

TDKR used Chicago, NYC, LA and Pittsburgh for the set pieces.

I liked it, but at the same time it sort of took me out of the suspension of disbelief when I could see the Freedom Tower and Century City (or whatever that new area of LA is with all the tall buildings).

No Chicago at all, which killed continuity with the first two films for me. At least TDK looked somewhat familiar, even if much of it was not filmed on sets like BB and utilized a distinctly different color pallette.

[benjaminobscene]

Saw the movie finally this past weekend. My wife and I giggled at the idea of Batman flying the bomb to New Jersey.

Not sure if it was mentioned before, but my only nit-pick is the wall street scene.

1. bad guys storm the trading floors shortly after trading opens (9:30am)
2. bad guys load a virus that takes 8 more minutes to finish
3. cut to a night time chase scene where the virus finishes

so the sun sets around 9:45am in Gotham?

[maskedSONY]

Saw the movie finally this past weekend. My wife and I giggled at the idea of Batman flying the bomb to New Jersey.

Not sure if it was mentioned before, but my only nit-pick is the wall street scene.

1. bad guys storm the trading floors shortly after trading opens (9:30am)
2. bad guys load a virus that takes 8 more minutes to finish
3. cut to a night time chase scene where the virus finishes

so the sun sets around 9:45am in Gotham?

I was baffled by that myself. Was it an all-day chase?

But seriously, a friend of mine who saw it, and who used to be involved in that industry said that some of the images in this flick could really stick with his coworkers. When they started shooting up the stock exchange and everybody ducked for cover it really made for a telling scene.

[turtledub]

Saw the movie finally this past weekend. My wife and I giggled at the idea of Batman flying the bomb to New Jersey.

Not sure if it was mentioned before, but my only nit-pick is the wall street scene.

1. bad guys storm the trading floors shortly after trading opens (9:30am)
2. bad guys load a virus that takes 8 more minutes to finish
3. cut to a night time chase scene where the virus finishes

so the sun sets around 9:45am in Gotham?

The dark night is always rising in Gotham.

[Juiced6]

Saw the movie finally this past weekend. My wife and I giggled at the idea of Batman flying the bomb to New Jersey.

Not sure if it was mentioned before, but my only nit-pick is the wall street scene.

1. bad guys storm the trading floors shortly after trading opens (9:30am)
2. bad guys load a virus that takes 8 more minutes to finish
3. cut to a night time chase scene where the virus finishes

so the sun sets around 9:45am in Gotham?

i thought they stormed in after lunch time? To me the guys getting their shoes polished were talking like Wayne enterprises' stock was fluctuating after he made a public appearance the night before

Also at the end the movie is in the dead of winter - i would guess that this was around october then when all this happened. If that is the case - i could see a lapse in time from the break-attack-escape going from daylight to night time. A bit of a stretch but not terrible. Maybe i missed something

[SSj4G60]

Just saw it this passed Monday and liked it, but no sure where I would rank it against the other 2.

As for Banes voice, my only gripe was that it sounded like a totally separate track from the rest of the cast. I know it was re-dubbed and changed after filming but it, not sure if they purposely set his to 11 while everyone else was at a 7.

[Krazee]

You are looking into it way too far. Wayne never took John Blake/Dick Greyson in and trained him in this universe. He saw potential in him and gave him the coordinates to the bat cave so that he "may" take over after he is gone. His name being Robin was just a nod to all the comic book nerds out there. If they do make another movie without Nolan, I bet Blake won't be calling himself Robin, maybe Nightwing though.

My only niggle here is that the character should have been Dick Greyson from the start. The "Robin" nod came across like too much of throw-in. It is fine that Wayne never trains him in this universe, just call him Detective Greyson from the get-go. What is the point of creating a new character? It really felt like Nolan wanted to keep that in his pocket until the last possible moment, and then he forgot about it, and threw it in at the last moment.

I still need to see it again - I got poor seats in IMAX and had my neck craned the whole time.

I one thing I do remember, and didn't like, was the lack of time passing. When Wayne is stuck in Bane's prison, you don't have any concept of exactly how long it takes him to get right. Our only minor clue is snow in Gotham. In addition, the revelation that ALL he had to do was lose the safety rope was way too cheesy.

I think his journey back should have been more along the lines of NightFall - where its his re-training and back healing that takes time, not simply trying to get out of a prison.

Lastly, I think Taggert being the ultimate enemy was annoying. It might have played out better if Bane was the League of Shadows' best pupil, and had a vendetta for Wayne after he killed Rhas, and thus his trip to Gotham. But Bane AGAIN being someone else's pawn wreaks of Batman & Robin. He was always his own man, and that made him a formidable foe.

[SSj4G60]

My only niggle here is that the character should have been Dick Greyson from the start. The "Robin" nod came across like too much of throw-in. It is fine that Wayne never trains him in this universe, just call him Detective Greyson from the get-go. What is the point of creating a new character? It really felt like Nolan wanted to keep that in his pocket until the last possible moment, and then he forgot about it, and threw it in at the last moment.

I still need to see it again - I got poor seats in IMAX and had my neck craned the whole time.

I one thing I do remember, and didn't like, was the lack of time passing. When Wayne is stuck in Bane's prison, you don't have any concept of exactly how long it takes him to get right. Our only minor clue is snow in Gotham. In addition, the revelation that ALL he had to do was lose the safety rope was way too cheesy.

I think his journey back should have been more along the lines of NightFall - where its his re-training and back healing that takes time, not simply trying to get out of a prison.

Lastly, I think Taggert being the ultimate enemy was annoying. It might have played out better if Bane was the League of Shadows' best pupil, and had a vendetta for Wayne after he killed Rhas, and thus his trip to Gotham. But Bane AGAIN being someone else's pawn wreaks of Batman & Robin. He was always his own man, and that made him a formidable foe.

I think they said it had to do with him not fearing death and how not using the rope will bring that fear back.

[Krazee]

I think they said it had to do with him not fearing death and how not using the rope will bring that fear back.

i believe you're right, but that one inmate said "you have to do it the way the kid did it."

[Big M]

The problem was Wayne didn't fear death enough. Like Alfred said, Wayne was looking forward to the relief of death. But watching Gotham fall apart on that prison TV () motivated him to get back and help. Dying now wasn't in his plans, so taking the rope off put the fear of death back in him.

But anyway, I'm with Krazee. After thinking about it some more, it really was a buzzkill to see that Bane was just Talia's lieutenant. It's like, "Oh, he really wasn't that smart afterall." The frustrating thing is that Talia wasn't necessary. Just some relatively minor rewrites at the end could have kept Bane as the main villain and avoided the letdown.

[Krazee]

But anyway, I'm with Krazee. After thinking about it some more, it really was a buzzkill to see that Bane was just Talia's lieutenant. It's like, "Oh, he really wasn't that smart afterall." The frustrating thing is that Talia wasn't necessary. Just some relatively minor rewrites at the end could have kept Bane as the main villain and avoided the letdown.

Exactly. He comes to Gotham because he wants to avenge Rha's death and stomp on the squeaky clean city that has resulted from Dent's death. His antics bring Wayne & Batman out of retirement, only to have him break Batman's back. From there, it would have flowed plenty well if it was Alfred that saves him, brings him home, and from there he has to watch his city crumble.

This whole part of the story could have been cribbed right from Nightfall, just lose the Azreal story line and have there be NO Batman until Wayne gets his back and his training right once again.

I think it would have made for an infinitely more cohesive and tidy story.

[Sporin]

As for Banes voice, my only gripe was that it sounded like a totally separate track from the rest of the cast. I know it was re-dubbed and changed after filming but it, not sure if they purposely set his to 11 while everyone else was at a 7.

Yeah, I hated that aspect of it way more then I actually disliked the poncy-guttural sound itself.

[Karma]

Finally saw this in 1570 IMAX and appreciated it much more after seeing it in a 2nd time - in its native format. Interesting how much seeing it in a standard theater can "take away" from it when you haven't even seen what you're missing.

Wish more movies were actually filmed in IMAX vs. just converted to play on IMAX screens.

[Minker17]

It has now made more money than TDK and is only one of 12 films to cross $1B. Only one of five that aren't in 3D.

[Sporin]

Where are all the people who said Prometheous would our-earn TDK?

[GreenandChrome]

Where are all the people who said Prometheous would our-earn TDK?

I don't think those people really exist... I think they immediately regretted their decision to post it.

It has now made more money than TDK and is only one of 12 films to cross $1B. Only one of five that aren't in 3D.

Yeah, but I think most of those movies would have been in the top 25 even if they weren't in 3D.

[FlashRedGLS1.8T]

Where are all the people who said Prometheous would our-earn TDK?

LOL!

[DarkSideGTI]

Whatever happened to that leg brace Bruce got that allowed him to kick through walls? Why even show that if all it does is help him walk/run?