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Title: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on October 27, 2010, 09:25:49 PM
The title has been announced. What do you think?

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/109547-third-batman-to-be-titled-the-dark-knight-rises

Also it will not be in 3D (great!) and The Riddler won't be a villain in it (bad!) despite clearly leading in the villain buzz race since TDK came out.

I hope this thread will be as epic as the TDK thread from a couple of years ago.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Associate Justice PiT on October 27, 2010, 09:49:52 PM
     Ouch at no Riddler. Maybe they'll have Mr. Freeze.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on October 27, 2010, 10:23:36 PM
No Riddler = No good


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on October 27, 2010, 10:23:58 PM
     Ouch at no Riddler. Maybe they'll have Mr. Freeze.

Nah, Nolan specifically ruled him out a while ago, actually.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Associate Justice PiT on October 27, 2010, 10:35:18 PM
     Ouch at no Riddler. Maybe they'll have Mr. Freeze.

Nah, Nolan specifically ruled him out a while ago, actually.

     That more or less eliminates all of the good tier-one villains. What about Clayface?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: bullmoose88 on October 27, 2010, 10:39:05 PM
     Ouch at no Riddler. Maybe they'll have Mr. Freeze.

Nah, Nolan specifically ruled him out a while ago, actually.

     That more or less eliminates all of the good tier-one villains. What about Clayface?


Uh...has the Penguin been ruled out?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Associate Justice PiT on October 27, 2010, 10:41:50 PM
     Ouch at no Riddler. Maybe they'll have Mr. Freeze.

Nah, Nolan specifically ruled him out a while ago, actually.

     That more or less eliminates all of the good tier-one villains. What about Clayface?


Uh...has the Penguin been ruled out?

     I can't stand the Penguin, to be honest.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on October 27, 2010, 10:50:39 PM
    Ouch at no Riddler. Maybe they'll have Mr. Freeze.

Nah, Nolan specifically ruled him out a while ago, actually.

     That more or less eliminates all of the good tier-one villains. What about Clayface?


Uh...has the Penguin been ruled out?

Nolan actually mentioned years ago that he wouldn't be likely to use him in the series (although I don't think he categorically ruled him out).

My thought is that they might go with a more modern villain (or villains) like Hush now but that's just a total guess on my part. There is also buzz about a possible female villain which I think would almost certainly have to be Catwoman or Talia al Ghul.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on October 27, 2010, 10:54:16 PM
Hey, I love The Penguin!

Also I can't really see Clayface coming into this series, PiT. I wouldn't have any problem with that personally though.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Psychic Octopus on October 27, 2010, 10:56:51 PM
The Dark Knight Rises? Not a fan of the title.


Don't know about that, but I am very disappointed that the Riddler (my favorite villian) is not the big bad. I will be very disappointed if it turns out that it is the Penguin. If it is the Penguin, I hope they change his nature a bit. The worldly aristocrat should be substituted for the vicious (Mafia, maybe?) crime boss. Isn't Catwoman in this one as well?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on October 27, 2010, 11:06:41 PM
Yeah, the title is pretty ''meh''. I bet the WB bigwigs pushed to have The Dark Knight as part of the title again. I think Shadow of the Bat would have been a much cooler title.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mint on October 28, 2010, 11:07:38 AM
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Please let it be so. Also, Catwoman.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mint on October 28, 2010, 11:14:55 AM
One thing I am really disappointed by is the title. Rises? Really? That's so Michael Bay. Shadow of the Bat, Gotham City, Dark Knight Returns, Long Halloween (actually Calendar Man would be a logical choice too)... Any of those would have been better.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on October 28, 2010, 12:08:27 PM
Damnit.  The Riddler was supposed to be Eddie Murphy's comeback.

But please no Mr. Freeze.  Batman & Robin killed that character.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: perdedor on October 28, 2010, 12:17:20 PM
Any chance of "Two Face" returning for the third installment? Also, what about Dr. Hugo Strange, Bane, and Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins? There's plenty of interesting Batman villians.

Also, in the name of all that is holy, no Mr. Freeze or Penguin. The directors of those respective movies killed those characters for the rest of forever.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 28, 2010, 12:51:12 PM
NO Riddle?
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But I love that poster!

Anyway, after reading other suggestions, these are some good villain ideas:
Clayface
Mr Freeze
Bane
the Penguin
Scarecrow
Catwoman
Two Face (he needs to come back)

and my personal favorite, Hush, though I know that own't happen
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Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: The Mikado on October 28, 2010, 01:04:08 PM
Any chance of "Two Face" returning for the third installment? Also, what about Dr. Hugo Strange, Bane, and Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins? There's plenty of interesting Batman villians.

Also, in the name of all that is holy, no Mr. Freeze or Penguin. The directors of those respective movies killed those characters for the rest of forever.

Two Face is SO dead, as is Ra's al Ghul.  (He doesn't seem to be immortal in this film trilogy)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on October 28, 2010, 02:07:09 PM
Why rule Hush out? I bet Nolan could make Thomas Elliot's story pretty interesting.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 28, 2010, 02:13:59 PM
Why rule Hush out? I bet Nolan could make Thomas Elliot's story pretty interesting.

Hush is one of my favorite villains, but the story itself required the fifty or sixty years of backstory that had developed by then, what with all the villains and flashbacks, such as references to Harold, and Oracle.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on October 28, 2010, 02:23:31 PM
Why rule Hush out? I bet Nolan could make Thomas Elliot's story pretty interesting.

Hush is one of my favorite villains, but the story itself required the fifty or sixty years of backstory that had developed by then, what with all the villains and flashbacks, such as references to Harold, and Oracle.

Obviously several things would have to be changed or removed but it wouldn't be impossible to do.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 28, 2010, 02:50:07 PM
Why rule Hush out? I bet Nolan could make Thomas Elliot's story pretty interesting.

Hush is one of my favorite villains, but the story itself required the fifty or sixty years of backstory that had developed by then, what with all the villains and flashbacks, such as references to Harold, and Oracle.

Obviously several things would have to be changed or removed but it wouldn't be impossible to do.

If Nolan changed or removed several things, then I think the story might end up too warped for it to be any good.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on October 28, 2010, 10:18:36 PM
Anyway, after reading other suggestions, these are some good villain ideas:

Scarecrow

He already played a major role in the first (yet was still kind of one of the weakest parts), and had a short cameo bit in the second (where it was quite obvious that he was arrested), so why? He's obviously out.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on October 28, 2010, 11:43:25 PM
Who's really left that isn't ruined or unfeasible besides the Riddler and Catwoman?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Dr. Cynic on October 29, 2010, 12:00:59 AM
I want the Riddler!

Also, it would be inspired casting to have Phillip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Psychic Octopus on October 29, 2010, 12:05:55 AM
Yeah, pretty sure that Catwoman will get a major role. Something tells me that there will be several villains, like last time. I'm personally hoping that Bane gets in it, too.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on October 31, 2010, 02:42:28 PM
Anyway, after reading other suggestions, these are some good villain ideas:

Scarecrow

He already played a major role in the first (yet was still kind of one of the weakest parts), and had a short cameo bit in the second (where it was quite obvious that he was arrested), so why? He's obviously out.

I honestly forgot about it and was just throwing around the names of villains I like. I was thinking more about the villains in the second movie.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on October 31, 2010, 08:52:32 PM
Hush would be amazing.  I've never been a big fan of the Riddler, personally.  Bane doesn't work as a major villain; maybe in a secondary role.  Clayface could be cool.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on January 19, 2011, 01:00:09 PM
Big Announcements!

Anne Hathaway is playing Selina Kyle (and presumably Catwoman)

Tom Hardy is playing Bane

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/113998-anne-hathaway-to-play-selina-kyle-in-the-dark-knight-rises

Kind of surprising. I hope there's at least one other major villain in it.




Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on January 19, 2011, 06:42:33 PM
Big Announcements!

Anne Hathaway is playing Selina Kyle (and presumably Catwoman)

Tom Hardy is playing Bane

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/113998-anne-hathaway-to-play-selina-kyle-in-the-dark-knight-rises

Kind of surprising. I hope there's at least one other major villain in it.

I'm hoping for a calculating villain to be in it....Bane just seems too....brute strength to me to fill that role.

And I find it funny that the title of the film seems to be the exact opposite of the word Knightfall.  Nolan certainly has some twisted sense of humour.:P


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on January 19, 2011, 09:35:36 PM
I don't see how Hathaway manages to play Catwoman.  She just doesn't give off that kind of vibe.  I'm still holding out hope for Hush.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on January 20, 2011, 12:05:30 AM
Horrible


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on January 20, 2011, 05:06:33 AM
Big Announcements!

Anne Hathaway is playing Selina Kyle (and presumably Catwoman)

Tom Hardy is playing Bane

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/113998-anne-hathaway-to-play-selina-kyle-in-the-dark-knight-rises

Kind of surprising. I hope there's at least one other major villain in it.

I'm hoping for a calculating villain to be in it....Bane just seems too....brute strength to me to fill that role.

And I find it funny that the title of the film seems to be the exact opposite of the word Knightfall.  Nolan certainly has some twisted sense of humour.:P

Yeah I really still feel like he should throw either the Riddler or the Penguin in there. I guess that's not gonna happen though. Maybe Hugo Strange?

I bet Nolan's take on Bane will be pretty cool though. Hopefully he'll have a pretty epic fight in it with Batman... and let's not forget, the character is a genius in the comics.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on February 02, 2011, 02:19:43 AM
Some news and rumors:

JGL is apparently going to be in the movie... but as who?
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/125364-joseph-gordon-levitt-joining-the-dark-knight-rises-

Anne Hathaway Catwoman costume test said to be "phenomenal".
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/125274-anne-hathaways-dark-knight-rises-costume-test-qphenomenalq

Robin Williams may play Hugo Strange. (This would be very cool but it's just a rumor at this point.)
http://batman-news.com/2011/01/28/robin-williams-as-hugo-strange-in-the-dark-knight-rises/

Also apparently an office has been setup for TDKR in NYC. :)

Man, it'd be awesome if they shot it over here!


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on February 02, 2011, 02:22:18 AM
Anne Hathaway as Catwoman!?!

Potential miscast, but we'll see


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Iosif on February 02, 2011, 11:54:12 AM
Where's Robin?

I don't like Nolan's serious Batman. It's a comic book! It's meant to be camp and ridiculous. Not pretentious and humourless.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on February 02, 2011, 11:56:42 AM
Where's Robin?

I don't like Nolan's serious Batman. It's a comic book! It's meant to be camp and ridiculous. Not pretentious and humourless.

Uh, most comics aren't camp and ridiculous. The Batman comic was originally quite dark. Just until now people associated it mostly with that silly Adam West TV show.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on February 02, 2011, 12:23:34 PM
I used to agree that Batman would be better if it was more ridiculous like the 1960s series. That remains my favorite Batman because I grew up on the reruns. That being said, while I was never a fan of the "dark" comic series, the dark movies are great. Try watching The Dark Knight and then a 1960s Batman episode (either on YouTube or TV. Some new network airs reruns). The one has a deep point and the other is...well...you know.

That being said, I'd love to see a remake of the 1960s movie. That one was a let down. Plus, doing a retro Batman movie just one time would be a huge hit.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on February 02, 2011, 06:23:32 PM
Where's Robin?

I don't like Nolan's serious Batman. It's a comic book! It's meant to be camp and ridiculous. Not pretentious and humourless.

Uh, most comics aren't camp and ridiculous. The Batman comic was originally quite dark. Just until now people associated it mostly with that silly Adam West TV show.

Correct... and of course it is a fairly dark comic today and has been since the 70s. It really only became childish and ridiculous in the 50s and 60s because of the power of the Comic Code Authority.

Don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoy the Adam West show and some of the other silly versions of the character/story but at the end of the day I certainly prefer the more serious versions offered up by Bob Kane, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Chris Nolan, etc.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on February 02, 2011, 06:35:12 PM
Some news and rumors:

JGL is apparently going to be in the movie... but as who?
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/125364-joseph-gordon-levitt-joining-the-dark-knight-rises-

I'm going with either Riddler or Robin....just because those would make me happy. :)

Levitt would work well as a villain though, one positive aspect of GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra was Levitt's portrayal of the Doctor/Cobra Commander.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on February 02, 2011, 07:15:28 PM
Some news and rumors:

JGL is apparently going to be in the movie... but as who?
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/125364-joseph-gordon-levitt-joining-the-dark-knight-rises-

I'm going with either Riddler or Robin....just because those would make me happy. :)

Levitt would work well as a villain though, one positive aspect of GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra was Levitt's portrayal of the Doctor/Cobra Commander.

Nolan has essentially ruled those characters out though. I agree that he would make an awesome Riddler though.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on February 02, 2011, 08:39:39 PM
Robin has pretty much been written off as the Cousin Oliver of the comic book world.  I doubt any serious film will ever include him.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: courts on February 03, 2011, 06:13:09 PM
Where's Robin?

I don't like Nolan's serious Batman. It's a comic book! It's meant to be camp and ridiculous. Not pretentious and humourless.

Uh, most comics aren't camp and ridiculous. The Batman comic was originally quite dark. Just until now people associated it mostly with that silly Adam West TV show.

Correct... and of course it is a fairly dark comic today and has been since the 70s. It really only became childish and ridiculous in the 50s and 60s because of the power of the Comic Code Authority.

Don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoy the Adam West show and some of the other silly versions of the character/story but at the end of the day I certainly prefer the more serious versions offered up by Bob Kane, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Chris Nolan, etc.

That and the whole flying saucers and b-movie monsters craze. Amusingly most of that is canon again though.

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Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on February 03, 2011, 10:58:07 PM
Where's Robin?

I don't like Nolan's serious Batman. It's a comic book! It's meant to be camp and ridiculous. Not pretentious and humourless.

Uh, most comics aren't camp and ridiculous. The Batman comic was originally quite dark. Just until now people associated it mostly with that silly Adam West TV show.

Correct... and of course it is a fairly dark comic today and has been since the 70s. It really only became childish and ridiculous in the 50s and 60s because of the power of the Comic Code Authority.

Don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoy the Adam West show and some of the other silly versions of the character/story but at the end of the day I certainly prefer the more serious versions offered up by Bob Kane, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Chris Nolan, etc.

That and the whole flying saucers and b-movie monsters craze. Amusingly most of that is canon again though.

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Enter Grant Morrison.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 05, 2011, 07:29:44 PM
While we're on the subject of "darker" Batman, what's everyone's opinion of "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on February 06, 2011, 04:58:17 PM
While we're on the subject of "darker" Batman, what's everyone's opinion of "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller?

It's a classic, of course. Also check out Batman: Year One.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on February 06, 2011, 05:07:35 PM
While we're on the subject of "darker" Batman, what's everyone's opinion of "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller?

It's a classic, of course. Also check out Batman: Year One.

Don't forget The Killing Joke.  And in a non-comic format, Batman: The Animated Series is one of the greatest interpretations of Batman ever.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on February 06, 2011, 05:18:33 PM
While we're on the subject of "darker" Batman, what's everyone's opinion of "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller?

It's a classic, of course. Also check out Batman: Year One.

Don't forget The Killing Joke.  And in a non-comic format, Batman: The Animated Series is one of the greatest interpretations of Batman ever.

Yeah, I just mentioned that one because it was also by Miller.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: courts on February 06, 2011, 06:09:53 PM
Long Halloween and Dark Victory were much better than anything Miller's written.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on February 06, 2011, 11:11:25 PM
While we're on the subject of "darker" Batman, what's everyone's opinion of "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller?

It's a classic, of course. Also check out Batman: Year One.

Don't forget The Killing Joke.  And in a non-comic format, Batman: The Animated Series is one of the greatest interpretations of Batman ever.
Yeah, I just mentioned that one because it was also by Miller.

Ah, of course.  Well, I never miss an opportunity to plug BTAS
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Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on February 07, 2011, 09:33:54 AM
Long Halloween and Dark Victory were much better than anything Miller's written.

Miller has written a boatload of crap in recent years but I really can't agree with that. Those are great stories though.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 09, 2011, 11:50:02 PM
Long Halloween and Dark Victory were much better than anything Miller's written.

Miller has written a boatload of crap in recent years but I really can't agree with that. Those are great stories though.

I've read Dar Knight Returns, Year One, Long Halloween, Dark Victory. They're all good but I love the epic Batman vs Superman battle. Miller's drawing, IMO has been crap for at least ten years, same goes for his writing style. While Dark Knight Strikes Again was mostly trash, there were some good qualities, same goes for the Batman and Robin thing he did a couple years ago. The best part of that was Jim Lee's drawing.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on February 10, 2011, 12:21:21 PM
Long Halloween and Dark Victory were much better than anything Miller's written.

Miller has written a boatload of crap in recent years but I really can't agree with that. Those are great stories though.

I've read Dar Knight Returns, Year One, Long Halloween, Dark Victory. They're all good but I love the epic Batman vs Superman battle. Miller's drawing, IMO has been crap for at least ten years, same goes for his writing style. While Dark Knight Strikes Again was mostly trash, there were some good qualities, same goes for the Batman and Robin thing he did a couple years ago. The best part of that was Jim Lee's drawing.

Did he ever even finish that thing? Usually an issue comes out every year or so.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on February 12, 2011, 08:30:04 PM
Long Halloween and Dark Victory were much better than anything Miller's written.

Miller has written a boatload of crap in recent years but I really can't agree with that. Those are great stories though.

I've read Dar Knight Returns, Year One, Long Halloween, Dark Victory. They're all good but I love the epic Batman vs Superman battle. Miller's drawing, IMO has been crap for at least ten years, same goes for his writing style. While Dark Knight Strikes Again was mostly trash, there were some good qualities, same goes for the Batman and Robin thing he did a couple years ago. The best part of that was Jim Lee's drawing.

Did he ever even finish that thing? Usually an issue comes out every year or so.

From what I heard, it was meant to go to 12 issues, but ended at like 10 or 11.

that brings me to the subject of "Holy Terror! Batman!" graphic novel that Miller was supposed to release December 2008. I wanted to read it to find how bad it was, but it was never released/finished.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: exopolitician on March 20, 2011, 05:29:49 AM
http://movies.ign.com/articles/115/1156585p1.html

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is going to play Alberto Falcone.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on March 20, 2011, 02:12:20 PM
http://movies.ign.com/articles/115/1156585p1.html

Jason Gordon-Levitt is going to play Alberto Falcone.

Joseph.

So I guess we'll be seeing him in Nolan movies from now on.  The scary part in the article is this:

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Variety reports that "indie sensation Juno Temple is being eyed for a supporting role as a street-smart Gotham girl"

Indie street-smart Gotham girl is potential shark jumping territory, if Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as villains weren't already.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: exopolitician on March 20, 2011, 02:16:57 PM
http://movies.ign.com/articles/115/1156585p1.html

Jospeh Gordon-Levitt is going to play Alberto Falcone.

Joseph.

So I guess we'll be seeing him in Nolan movies from now on.  The scary part in the article is this:

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Variety reports that "indie sensation Juno Temple is being eyed for a supporting role as a street-smart Gotham girl"

Indie street-smart Gotham girl is potential shark jumping territory, if Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as villains weren't already.

Whoops :P


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Dancing with Myself on March 20, 2011, 02:19:15 PM
I got a feeling this movie is going to be the Batman and Robin of the Nolan movies.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on March 20, 2011, 05:34:52 PM
I got a feeling this movie is going to be the Batman and Robin of the Nolan movies.

It's not like Nolan really wanted to do a third film anyways. :P


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: RI on March 20, 2011, 06:21:17 PM
So is this a Dark Knight-Inception crossover? We just need DiCaprio or Ellen Page. :P


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Dancing with Myself on March 20, 2011, 06:23:24 PM
So is this a Dark Knight-Inception crossover? We just need DiCaprio or Ellen Page. :P

It's going to be a Nolan movie with Batman thrown in. This has happened before, Batman Returns was a Burton movie with Batman in it


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on March 21, 2011, 08:44:57 PM
NOT SO FAST

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/21/joseph-gordon-levitt-dark-knight-rises/

Good. I hope this means he's somebody more interesting than Falcone is.



Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on March 21, 2011, 09:47:21 PM
NOT SO FAST

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/21/joseph-gordon-levitt-dark-knight-rises/

Good. I hope this means he's somebody more interesting than Falcone is.



Wait, Tom Wilkinson is in it, too?

Either this movie is going to be 6 hours long or most of these guys are just going to have 1-2 lines of dialogue.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on March 21, 2011, 11:09:46 PM
It seems like he'll most likely be Black Mask now. I can't really get too excited over that prospect either to be honest.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: RI on March 21, 2011, 11:33:31 PM
It seems like he'll most likely be Black Mask now. I can't really get too excited over that prospect either to be honest.

What if he's Jean Paul Valley, like come of the comments in that article speculate?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on March 22, 2011, 02:31:40 AM
It seems like he'll most likely be Black Mask now. I can't really get too excited over that prospect either to be honest.

What if he's Jean Paul Valley, like come of the comments in that article speculate?

Oh Christ. I hope not. Horrible character.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on May 08, 2011, 04:03:54 PM
So now apparently Josh Pence is playing the Ra's al-Ghul. (30 years before Liam Neeson) His Lazarus Pit was found being filmed in India.

So yeah....

http://www.cinemaspy.com/movie-news/the-dark-knight-rises-purported-lazarus-pit-raises-questions-about-verisimilitude-5954/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 08, 2011, 04:17:35 PM
Is this movie going to be 5 hours long?  There's a new character added every week.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on May 08, 2011, 04:29:30 PM
This movie really isn't sounding very good...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 08, 2011, 04:33:24 PM
This movie really isn't sounding very good...

I don't know if it's bad, but it feels more like Batman Begins "forgettable good" than Dark Knight "instant classic."


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on May 08, 2011, 04:54:58 PM
I don't know. I'm getting a pretty heavy Spiderman 3 vibe at the moment.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: courts on May 08, 2011, 05:18:31 PM
This movie really isn't sounding very good...

I don't know if it's bad, but it feels more like Batman Begins "forgettable good" than Dark Knight "instant classic."

I actually much preferred Begins.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on May 08, 2011, 05:33:59 PM
Still sorta hoping that this is one huge red herring and there's still going to be a calculating villain.  It just doesn't seem that strong of a story yet.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 08, 2011, 09:13:13 PM
Still sorta hoping that this is one huge red herring and there's still going to be a calculating villain.  It just doesn't seem that strong of a story yet.

I have a sneaking suspicion (which some would call a horrible apocalyptic vision) of Batman being seen as the calculated villain for most of the movie (based of the ending TDK), Joseph Gordon-Levitt to be a complex Robin character who takes credit for all the Batman deeds (this fact being hidden so fans won't commit suicide), and the ensemble of other official villains just being plot filler.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 09, 2011, 02:51:55 AM
Hmm, well I'm guessing that most of the people who are posting in this thread know this by now but:

http://batman-news.com/2011/04/19/joseph-gordon-levitt-is-john-blake-marion-cotillard-is-miranda-tate-in-the-dark-knight-rises/

I remain a bit skeptical about who these two really are though, especially in Cotillard's case considering this other piece of news:

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/04/11/josh-pence-cast-as-young-ras-al-ghul-in-the-dark-knight-rises/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 12, 2011, 06:42:34 PM
$250+ million dollar budget.

http://batman-news.com/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 12, 2011, 06:50:50 PM
$250+ million dollar budget.

http://batman-news.com/

Didn't Wally Pfister want to shoot the whole thing in IMAX?  Is that still going down?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 12, 2011, 09:09:20 PM
$250+ million dollar budget.

http://batman-news.com/

Didn't Wally Pfister want to shoot the whole thing in IMAX?  Is that still going down?

I believe so.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 12, 2011, 09:16:32 PM
I don't have an IMAX near me I believe so I won't get to see it's supposed beauty, but it's better than a movie shot in crapmospheric 3D.

Also $250 mil, if they build things like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB0PyyLNIV4) on $160 mil for Inception, should at least include some bad ass special effects.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on May 15, 2011, 12:44:10 AM
Still sorta hoping that this is one huge red herring and there's still going to be a calculating villain.  It just doesn't seem that strong of a story yet.

I have a sneaking suspicion (which some would call a horrible apocalyptic vision) of Batman being seen as the calculated villain for most of the movie (based of the ending TDK), Joseph Gordon-Levitt to be a complex Robin character who takes credit for all the Batman deeds (this fact being hidden so fans won't commit suicide), and the ensemble of other official villains just being plot filler.

If this happens I have lost respect for Nolan.  Seriously, how the hell do you screw this up that badly?  Well, then again, he hates third films so maybe he's just doing this to screw over WB.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 15, 2011, 01:02:54 AM
Still sorta hoping that this is one huge red herring and there's still going to be a calculating villain.  It just doesn't seem that strong of a story yet.

I have a sneaking suspicion (which some would call a horrible apocalyptic vision) of Batman being seen as the calculated villain for most of the movie (based of the ending TDK), Joseph Gordon-Levitt to be a complex Robin character who takes credit for all the Batman deeds (this fact being hidden so fans won't commit suicide), and the ensemble of other official villains just being plot filler.

If this happens I have lost respect for Nolan.  Seriously, how the hell do you screw this up that badly?  Well, then again, he hates third films so maybe he's just doing this to screw over WB.

Rumors suggest I am wrong, so don't worry.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on May 15, 2011, 02:11:04 PM
http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/186043

Another one.  lol.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 15, 2011, 02:17:15 PM
This is Nolan's secret scheme to win his Oscars.  He's going to cast as many members of the Academy as possible in this thing.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Cincinnatus on May 15, 2011, 02:36:33 PM
Big Announcements!

Anne Hathaway is playing Selina Kyle (and presumably Catwoman)

Tom Hardy is playing Bane

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/113998-anne-hathaway-to-play-selina-kyle-in-the-dark-knight-rises

Kind of surprising. I hope there's at least one other major villain in it.

I'm hoping for a calculating villain to be in it....Bane just seems too....brute strength to me to fill that role.

And I find it funny that the title of the film seems to be the exact opposite of the word Knightfall.  Nolan certainly has some twisted sense of humour.:P

Actually, in the comics Bane is both strong and highly intelligent.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 20, 2011, 09:34:27 AM
The official TDKR site is online but so far this is all that happens when you click on it:

http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/

I'd have to say that that's legitimately creepy... and awesome.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 20, 2011, 10:20:38 AM
Well... we now have our first look at Tom Hardy as Bane!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167341-activity-on-the-official-the-dark-knight-rises-site


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 20, 2011, 05:04:07 PM
Well... we now have our first look at Tom Hardy as Bane!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167341-activity-on-the-official-the-dark-knight-rises-site

I'm guessing this means Bane is going to the main villain then with that kind of marketing strategy.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on May 20, 2011, 10:58:20 PM
Well... we now have our first look at Tom Hardy as Bane!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167341-activity-on-the-official-the-dark-knight-rises-site

I'm guessing this means Bane is going to the main villain then with that kind of marketing strategy.

I wouldn't know who else could be the main villain at his point. :P

But does this mean Azrael makes an appearance?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 20, 2011, 11:41:23 PM
Well... we now have our first look at Tom Hardy as Bane!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167341-activity-on-the-official-the-dark-knight-rises-site

I'm guessing this means Bane is going to the main villain then with that kind of marketing strategy.

I wouldn't know who else could be the main villain at his point. :P

But does this mean Azrael makes an appearance?

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman?  Though I guess that's not really much of a villain as opposed to a bitch.

I'm not really familiar with the Bane story, is there a reason the twitter feed was called TheFireRises?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 21, 2011, 12:23:22 AM
Bane's backstory in the comics is actually kind of vague so I'm guessing Nolan is going to have some fun with it.

Also I'm far from convinced that Bane is the main villain. In fact, I'm really starting to think that it might be Ra's al Ghul again.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on May 21, 2011, 12:43:06 AM
Bane's backstory in the comics is actually kind of vague so I'm guessing Nolan is going to have some fun with it.

Also I'm far from convinced that Bane is the main villain. In fact, I'm really starting to think that it might be Ra's al Ghul again.

How would that possibly work though?  I mean, sure, it brings things full circle, but it seems very disjointed.

I am becoming convinced that Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Azrael...though I don't get how any of this makes sense considering that Robin isn't even in the story.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 24, 2011, 01:04:51 AM
Nolan woke up again this morning and decided he needed more characters: A judge and a priest. (http://screenrant.com/dark-knight-rises-cast-brett-cullen-chris-ellis-benk-116968/)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on May 24, 2011, 01:06:15 AM
I'm really starting to believe everyone in this film will only get 10 min of screen time.  Each.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 29, 2011, 01:44:25 AM
TDKR was getting a little boring, so let's get Matthew Modine in here, too.  http://www.avclub.com/articles/matthew-modine-is-the-nowobligatory-80s-actor-in-t,56492/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on June 15, 2011, 07:29:41 AM
I was just thinking, I wonder if Nolan will finally be able to overcome the curse of the third superhero movie?

I mean, has there ever been a third superhero film in a series that critics and fans have greatly enjoyed? Think of what has come before... Superman III, Batman Forever, Blade: Trinity, X-Men: The Last Stand, Spider-man 3, etc.

That is quite the rogues gallery.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on June 15, 2011, 01:41:16 PM
I was just thinking, I wonder if Nolan will finally be able to overcome the curse of the third superhero movie?

I mean, has there ever been a third superhero film in a series that critics and fans have greatly enjoyed? Think of what has come before... Superman III, Batman Forever, Blade: Trinity, X-Men: The Last Stand, Spider-man 3, etc.

That is quite the rogues gallery.

I think he can.  Critics rarely enjoy Superhero movies to begin with.  The 2000s Spiderman and Batman sagas are the only ones that received the acclaim of "real movies" and not just "kinda sucks, but is a superhero flick so 3.5 stars."

One thing that might help is I don't think Nolan will settle on a happy ending to this.  Building plots that lead to cheesy George Lucas whimsical endings are what doom most of these third part trilogies.  It wouldn't surprise me if Wayne dies or something less uplifting, but conclusive.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on June 15, 2011, 06:00:54 PM
One thing that might help is I don't think Nolan will settle on a happy ending to this.  Building plots that lead to cheesy George Lucas whimsical endings are what doom most of these third part trilogies.

The death of the Jedi, Padme, Yoda failing and the rise of the Empire was a whimsical ending? :P

That being said, Revenge of the Sith was the best prequel film.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on June 15, 2011, 06:51:59 PM
One thing that might help is I don't think Nolan will settle on a happy ending to this.  Building plots that lead to cheesy George Lucas whimsical endings are what doom most of these third part trilogies.

The death of the Jedi, Padme, Yoda failing and the rise of the Empire was a whimsical ending? :P

That being said, Revenge of the Sith was the best prequel film.

Revenge of the Sith couldn't have a whimsical ending because it was trying to bridge the gap to the original Star Wars.  A real third piece like Return of the Jedi had freaking Ewoks.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on June 16, 2011, 01:11:12 AM
Potentially huge news (this could be considered spoilerish so fair warning):

http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/14644/film-news-liam-neeson-spotted-on-the-dark-knight-rises-set

I had personally suspected this might happen.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on June 16, 2011, 01:43:54 AM
Potentially huge news (this could be considered spoilerish so fair warning):

http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/14644/film-news-liam-neeson-spotted-on-the-dark-knight-rises-set

I had personally suspected this might happen.

I was hoping he wouldn't rehash him. :(


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 11, 2011, 11:02:10 PM
The teaser poster:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167817-the-teaser-poster-for-the-dark-knight-rises

The first trailer will be attached to Harry Potter.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 11, 2011, 11:59:56 PM
The teaser poster:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167817-the-teaser-poster-for-the-dark-knight-rises

The first trailer will be attached to Harry Potter.

Likely to be a 30 second trailer of muddled sentences that make no sense to anybody but will we'll all look back on it years of now as "awwwesome trailerrr"


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on July 12, 2011, 12:05:33 AM
The teaser trailer for TDK was pretty pointless, so I expect this one to be as well.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 12, 2011, 12:40:10 AM
The teaser poster:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167817-the-teaser-poster-for-the-dark-knight-rises

The first trailer will be attached to Harry Potter.

Likely to be a 30 second trailer of muddled sentences that make no sense to anybody but will we'll all look back on it years of now as "awwwesome trailerrr"

It is confirmed to be 1 minute and 26 seconds. That is significantly longer than even Batman Begins first trailer which contained quite a bit of actual footage. I think we will get something serious.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 12, 2011, 12:46:01 AM
The teaser poster:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167817-the-teaser-poster-for-the-dark-knight-rises

The first trailer will be attached to Harry Potter.

Likely to be a 30 second trailer of muddled sentences that make no sense to anybody but will we'll all look back on it years of now as "awwwesome trailerrr"

It is confirmed to be 1 minute and 26 seconds. That is significantly longer than even Batman Begins first trailer which contained quite a bit of actual footage. I think we will get something serious.

They're still filming though... what could they possibly have to show this weekend?  Definitely no fight scenes without any post production.   Probably just a conversation between Bale and Caine/Oldman.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 12, 2011, 01:23:24 AM
The teaser poster:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167817-the-teaser-poster-for-the-dark-knight-rises

The first trailer will be attached to Harry Potter.

Likely to be a 30 second trailer of muddled sentences that make no sense to anybody but will we'll all look back on it years of now as "awwwesome trailerrr"

It is confirmed to be 1 minute and 26 seconds. That is significantly longer than even Batman Begins first trailer which contained quite a bit of actual footage. I think we will get something serious.

They're still filming though... what could they possibly have to show this weekend?  Definitely no fight scenes without any post production.   Probably just a conversation between Bale and Caine/Oldman.

We shall soon see. I think it may deal with Bane.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr. Pres. Duke on July 12, 2011, 04:51:44 PM
So who's the villain in this? Is it really cat woman? I'm sure it'll be a good film, but I'd be shocked if it outdid the Dark Night.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 12, 2011, 05:17:38 PM
So who's the villain in this? Is it really cat woman? I'm sure it'll be a good film, but I'd be shocked if it outdid the Dark Night.

Bane is the main villain.  Catwoman appears to be the Harvey Dent/Two Face of this story.

I just hope Anne Hathaway doesn't chew the scenery too much.  She seems dangerously capable in that regard.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on July 12, 2011, 05:50:40 PM
So who's the villain in this? Is it really cat woman? I'm sure it'll be a good film, but I'd be shocked if it outdid the Dark Night.

That shouldn't be too hard:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0867150/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on July 13, 2011, 12:47:30 AM
omg omg omg omg http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50347


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 13, 2011, 08:24:31 AM
omg omg omg omg http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50347

Hell yes


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 13, 2011, 01:00:52 PM
omg omg omg omg http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50347

So, a cheap clip of Bale and Oldman talking and rehashed footage from the first two movies?  I was close in my prediction.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 13, 2011, 04:28:06 PM
Trailer has leaked. Fair warning: it is a bootleg an the quality is awful. You may want to wait for the
official release.

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2011/07/first-look-the-batman-the-dark-knight-rises-trailer-leaks-to-the-internets/

This is the first blog I found where the video hadn't been ripped down already.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 13, 2011, 06:16:09 PM
Trailer has leaked. Fair warning: it is a bootleg an the quality is awful. You may want to wait for the
official release.

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2011/07/first-look-the-batman-the-dark-knight-rises-trailer-leaks-to-the-internets/

This is the first blog I found where the video hadn't been ripped down already.

Doesn't exist anymore, huh?

I hope Bruce Wayne doesn't go all emo Peter in this one like SM3.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on July 13, 2011, 06:21:05 PM
Trailer has leaked. Fair warning: it is a bootleg an the quality is awful. You may want to wait for the
official release.

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2011/07/first-look-the-batman-the-dark-knight-rises-trailer-leaks-to-the-internets/

This is the first blog I found where the video hadn't been ripped down already.

Doesn't exist anymore, huh?

I hope Bruce Wayne doesn't go all emo Peter in this one like SM3.

It's par for the course in the third comic book hero film for the hero to take a break for a little.

Let's remember that the line is probably taken out of context. He could be referring to Harvey.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 13, 2011, 06:22:39 PM
Trailer has leaked. Fair warning: it is a bootleg an the quality is awful. You may want to wait for the
official release.

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2011/07/first-look-the-batman-the-dark-knight-rises-trailer-leaks-to-the-internets/

This is the first blog I found where the video hadn't been ripped down already.

Doesn't exist anymore, huh?

I hope Bruce Wayne doesn't go all emo Peter in this one like SM3.

It's par for the course in the third comic book hero film for the hero to take a break for a little.

Let's remember that the line is probably taken out of context. He could be referring to Harvey.

Well, if Ra's Ah Ghul can come back to life, maybe Batman can take Dent's body to the same indian burial grounds.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: The Mikado on July 13, 2011, 08:16:52 PM
Ras al-Ghul is goddamn immortal, the same rules don't apply.



Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 15, 2011, 02:42:13 AM
So I saw the teaser in wonderful HD... I think Catwoman was shown for a millisecond behind Bane.  But I'm not sure.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 15, 2011, 03:34:56 AM
So I saw the teaser in wonderful HD... I think Catwoman was shown for a millisecond behind Bane.  But I'm not sure.

I somehow managed to catch the trailer twice tonight in the zoo that was my theater. I'm about 99.9% certain that Catwoman was not shown anywhere in the trailer but I will probably get a chance to see it several more times tomorrow night, so I will take another look.

Anyway, I enjoyed it! It was mostly build up but what can you expect from a teaser trailer for a movie over a year away? The best part was easily the little scene at the very end with Batman backing away (with his fists up?), seemingly hurt, as Bane moves forward to follow him. Nolan's Bane is going to be a beast. Hardy looked huge.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 15, 2011, 04:59:06 PM
Maybe I just saw Batman's cape and thought it was the kitty.

But I'm 99% certain this thing is going to end with Batman dying.  The only way for there to be a final conclusion.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 18, 2011, 11:49:33 AM
The official HD trailer is now online.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167883-the-dark-knight-rises-teaser-trailer-is-now-online


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 18, 2011, 11:59:28 AM
The official HD trailer is now online.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167883-the-dark-knight-rises-teaser-trailer-is-now-online

:D


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on August 05, 2011, 08:55:32 AM
Guys, I'm beginning to lose faith here...

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Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Dancing with Myself on August 05, 2011, 12:15:59 PM
I think they are going back with the whole Selina is a cat burglar theme.

I still prefer Michelle Peiffier though by a mile, so maybe this can help make her performance well known again


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: courts on August 05, 2011, 12:54:49 PM
That teaser they have circulating around is such a bore.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on August 05, 2011, 01:31:18 PM
That teaser they have circulating around is such a bore.

Have you seen the teaser for THE DARK KNIGHT? It's a logo and dialogue.

I still prefer Michelle Peiffier though by a mile, so maybe this can help make her performance well known again

I recall people saying the same thing about Jack Nicholson's Joker before TDK came out. That changed quickly after the release. Wait it out.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on August 05, 2011, 03:55:44 PM
Unless this is an early picture of her still mostly as Kyle, there's nothing about here costume that is particularly cat-like and this worthy of calling Catwoman.  In this series, Batman never calls himself batman.  The people of Gotham identify him as "the Batman" and it sticks.

There's nothing in this costume that makes me say "I just saw a catwoman go by!"

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Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Grumpier Than Uncle Joe on August 05, 2011, 03:59:14 PM
They're filming here in DaBurgh all month.....thanks for the local economy boost but I'm sick of seeing it every day in the news.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on August 05, 2011, 04:00:24 PM
They're filming here in DaBurgh all month.....thanks for the local economy boost but I'm sick of seeing it every day in the news.

Did Chicago not have enough rotting industrial stockyards or something?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Grumpier Than Uncle Joe on August 05, 2011, 04:03:17 PM
They're filming here in DaBurgh all month.....thanks for the local economy boost but I'm sick of seeing it every day in the news.

Did Chicago not have enough rotting industrial stockyards or something?

Ha ha, well they've been loitering mostly in the Oakland section where Pitt and Carnegie Mellon are......some downtown and less in the local neighborhoods.....

And the Steelers get a cameo?  WTF?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on August 05, 2011, 04:07:21 PM
They're filming here in DaBurgh all month.....thanks for the local economy boost but I'm sick of seeing it every day in the news.

Did Chicago not have enough rotting industrial stockyards or something?

Ha ha, well they've been loitering mostly in the Oakland section where Pitt and Carnegie Mellon are......some downtown and less in the local neighborhoods.....

And the Steelers get a cameo?  WTF?

According to some Googling, there is a plot to attack Gotham's football team/stadium, which for some reason will be the Steelers and Heinz Field and not the Bears and Soldier.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on August 05, 2011, 04:35:06 PM
They're filming here in DaBurgh all month.....thanks for the local economy boost but I'm sick of seeing it every day in the news.

Did Chicago not have enough rotting industrial stockyards or something?

Ha ha, well they've been loitering mostly in the Oakland section where Pitt and Carnegie Mellon are......some downtown and less in the local neighborhoods.....

And the Steelers get a cameo?  WTF?

According to some Googling, there is a plot to attack Gotham's football team/stadium, which for some reason will be the Steelers and Heinz Field and not the Bears and Soldier.

It's a fictional team named the Gotham Rogues.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on August 05, 2011, 08:04:46 PM
Gotham Generals would have been a better name.

I hope they play Metropolis.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 10, 2011, 02:11:06 AM
I'm hoping that isn't the final suit. She should at least have the ears, I mean really...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: bullmoose88 on August 10, 2011, 02:12:03 AM
Unless this is an early picture of her still mostly as Kyle, there's nothing about here costume that is particularly cat-like and this worthy of calling Catwoman.  In this series, Batman never calls himself batman.  The people of Gotham identify him as "the Batman" and it sticks.

There's nothing in this costume that makes me say "I just saw a catwoman go by!"

()

Biggest mistake...letting her drive.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on August 10, 2011, 10:46:23 AM
The official HD trailer is now online.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167883-the-dark-knight-rises-teaser-trailer-is-now-online

:D


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 11, 2011, 03:56:01 AM
The official HD trailer is now online.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167883-the-dark-knight-rises-teaser-trailer-is-now-online

:D

A bit late to the party, huh? ;)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Grumpier Than Uncle Joe on August 11, 2011, 09:34:34 AM
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11223/1166588-60.stm


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fuzzybigfoot on August 11, 2011, 10:04:41 AM
Unless this is an early picture of her still mostly as Kyle, there's nothing about here costume that is particularly cat-like and this worthy of calling Catwoman.  In this series, Batman never calls himself batman.  The people of Gotham identify him as "the Batman" and it sticks.

There's nothing in this costume that makes me say "I just saw a catwoman go by!"

()

I love how the SWAT guy is just beating on some guy, rather than doing it the easy way by gunning down all the bankrobbers.  ;D


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on August 11, 2011, 10:29:40 AM


I love how the SWAT guy is just beating on some guy, rather than doing it the easy way by gunning down all the bankrobbers.  ;D

"Some guy" actually looks like he's a member of the military. That's...interesting.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 12, 2011, 12:39:49 AM
Bane's voice sounds incredibly weird here. He sounds more like The Penguin than Bane.

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2011/08/hear-banes-wacky-voice-in-new-dark-knight-rises-set-video


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on August 12, 2011, 01:14:50 AM
Bane's voice sounds incredibly weird here. He sounds more like The Penguin than Bane.

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2011/08/hear-banes-wacky-voice-in-new-dark-knight-rises-set-video

I'm calling it right now: this movie is going to suck.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Joe Republic on August 12, 2011, 01:33:58 AM
They can always re-dub his voice if it sounds too ridiculous in production.  Have faith that Nolan knows what he's doing.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on August 12, 2011, 02:26:39 AM
They can always re-dub his voice if it sounds too ridiculous in production.  Have faith that Nolan knows what he's doing.

Nolan used a deep pitch autotune to make Bale's Batman voice that ridiculous raspy deep in the last movie.  Perhaps Bane is going to have a deep version of what he was speaking in.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 12, 2011, 02:30:35 AM
Bale's Batman voice stands as one of the biggest failures of this series.

Nobody will ever match Kevin Conroy anyway though.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on August 12, 2011, 02:32:44 AM
Bale's Batman voice stands as one the biggest failures of this series.

Nobody will ever match Kevin Conroy anyway though.

It was fine in Batman Begins.  The only time it really failed was when he was saying his final lines to the Joker on top of that building.  "You're gonna be in a bowl jello forever"


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on August 19, 2011, 12:25:06 AM
Nobody will ever match Kevin Conroy anyway though.

Amen.  Really, nothing will ever match BTAS in general.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on September 21, 2011, 05:32:00 PM
In strange rumor/news, the entire last scene of the film is going to be done in post production so nobody on set knows how it will end: http://www.movieweb.com/news/the-dark-knight-rises-ending-will-be-100-visual-effects


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on September 21, 2011, 06:27:23 PM
Maybe it was all a dream!


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on September 25, 2011, 06:52:54 PM
http://movies.ign.com/articles/119/1196529p1.html


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on September 26, 2011, 12:06:09 PM
^^^^^^

More photos of the full Catwoman suit here:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/168470-hathaway-in-full-catwoman-costume-on-the-dark-knight-rises-set

Looks good. At least she has the ears now... and, umm, she certainly fills out the suit nicely.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on November 22, 2011, 06:26:43 AM
The movie will take place 8 years (!) after TDK.

http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/the-dark-knight-rises/338471-batman-the-dark-knight-rises-christopher-nolan-tom-hardy

Liam Neeson either does a great job playing dumb or is truly clueless about what's in the movie.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674449/liam-neeson-dark-knight-rises.jhtml


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on November 22, 2011, 11:32:23 AM
The shark has been jumped.  No one is safe.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on December 09, 2011, 01:34:01 PM
Reactions to the early prologue screening are coming out now.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/169007-weve-seen-the-dark-knight-rises-imax-prologue


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on December 13, 2011, 03:13:10 PM
()

First full trailer hits Friday.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on December 15, 2011, 07:39:59 PM
Watched bootleg version of the trailer today. Pretty epic. Good luck finding it at this point though.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on December 16, 2011, 11:49:22 PM
Okay, here are very solid quality bootleg versions of the trailer and the prologue:

Trailer:

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=217796404965606

Prologue:

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=217835761628337

Comments plz.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on December 17, 2011, 12:25:29 AM
fine, fine, I'll be incredibly excited for this movie again. Jeez.

Though Tommy Carcetti being in it is distracting.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on December 17, 2011, 12:31:40 AM
I really didn't have any trouble understanding what Bane was saying for the most part (many people have been complaining about not being able to understand him) but does anybody else think he sounds like he's doing a Sean Connery impersonation? Odd.



Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on December 17, 2011, 02:44:15 AM
Saw the trailer tonight. Sicckkk as fukkkk.  I think Nolan is gonna lay some pretty heavy political messages in this film for 2012. Wasn't he filming Occupy WS for some scenes?  Hathaway certainly deilvered some dialogue in the trailer that suggests it.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on December 17, 2011, 02:48:14 AM
Oh and Bane sounds like dracula with a megaphone.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Psychic Octopus on December 17, 2011, 11:52:24 AM
Wow. That was epic!


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on December 17, 2011, 02:05:19 PM
"What do they mean?"

"Rise."

Anybody else have a guess as to who's going to be rising... :P


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on December 19, 2011, 02:37:33 PM
So eight years into the future and no sign of a Robin. I am disappoint.

Does anyone have new links to the trailer/prologue? The FB links are dead.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on December 19, 2011, 04:23:11 PM
Trailer has been officially released online now:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/169081-the-trailer-for-the-dark-knight-rises-officially-online


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on December 20, 2011, 03:57:46 PM
God this movie looks great.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on December 20, 2011, 04:20:24 PM
Warner Brothers is apparently freaking out over Bane's voice.

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a356885/dark-knight-rises-warner-bros-scared-to-death-about-bane-voice.html


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on December 20, 2011, 05:03:20 PM
Not too surprising, although Nolan's response is also quite predictable.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fuzzybigfoot on December 22, 2011, 10:12:49 PM
OMG the football field.  :o  So epic!


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on April 22, 2012, 12:25:44 AM
The third (and probably final) trailer will be attached to The Avengers. Holy Fanboygasm, Batman!

http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/dark-knight-rises-trailer-to-pair-with-marvels-avengers-release/



Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on April 24, 2012, 10:37:26 PM
It never bothered me as much as it did some other people but Bane's voice has apparently been "fixed"! About five minutes worth of new footage was shown at CinemaCon today.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683797/dark-knight-rises-hobbit-cinemacon.jhtml

Also, in unrelated news, the reaction to The Hobbit footage shown was, err, pretty terrible.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on April 30, 2012, 10:27:09 PM
http://tdkr07202012.com/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 01, 2012, 03:20:01 AM

What do you guys think? I think I'm still formulating my opinion.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on May 01, 2012, 09:07:59 AM
Looks good to me.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on May 01, 2012, 05:28:48 PM
jesus peter


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Boris on May 01, 2012, 08:17:22 PM

What do you guys think? I think I'm still formulating my opinion.

()


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 01, 2012, 09:33:39 PM
Haha, glad you guys liked it. I was actually a tad disappointed by it. I think I liked the last trailer a little bit better. Maybe I let the hype get to me. Still, it did have plenty of awesome stuff in it.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on May 01, 2012, 10:10:38 PM
I still think this movie is going to be pretty mediocre. None of the trailers are really doing it for me and it seems like it'll be a lot less interesting than TDK. But I hope I'm pleasantly surprised.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 01, 2012, 10:18:36 PM
I like the second trailer better, but I think it was because the music in this one was weird and soft and mostly un-Batman.  The shots all look incredible.  It got better the second time I saw it.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on May 01, 2012, 10:54:02 PM
They're really trying to push this "Batman dies" theory eh?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 01, 2012, 11:32:08 PM
I like the second trailer better, but I think it was because the music in this one was weird and soft and mostly un-Batman.  The shots all look incredible.  It got better the second time I saw it.

So true! That music just doesn't work right there. It just seems... off. But whatever.

And I agree. It got better with repeat viewings.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 07, 2012, 04:08:38 PM
Well, Batman certainly has his work cut out for him now! I'm not sure if TDKR can hope to replicate what The Avengers just did in terms of its box office (especially without the 3D boost). This will definitely be the epic showdown of the summer though. Poor Spider-man...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: courts on May 07, 2012, 08:31:59 PM
i'm still not feeling it guys...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 21, 2012, 05:58:11 PM
New poster:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/the-fire-rises-on-explosive-new-poster-for-the-dark-knight-rises/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 22, 2012, 03:33:01 PM
Six new character posters. There are two each for Bane, Catwoman and Batman. These are pretty cool.

http://collider.com/the-dark-knight-rises-character-posters/168015/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 22, 2012, 09:38:43 PM
There's something a bit dull about all the main characters dressing in black.  That's part of the charm the Joker brought to the last one, but I'll buy it.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on May 24, 2012, 10:34:51 AM
The first TV spots. Pretty cool.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/170731-the-first-tv-spot-for-the-dark-knight-rises-is-here

More new images:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/170735-more-images-from-christopher-nolans-the-dark-knight-rises

The marketing is definitely ramping up.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on May 24, 2012, 04:07:39 PM
The banter between Alfred and Bruce in those TV spots have boosted my hope for this movie. 


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on June 11, 2012, 02:48:22 AM
Tickets go on sale today.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on June 19, 2012, 04:24:14 AM
Alright this new TV spot is pretty awesome; Batman and Bane beating the sh.it out of each other:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/171183-the-dark-knight-rises-reveals-a-new-tv-spot


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on June 19, 2012, 05:01:13 PM
New trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASQqjK47c04&feature=player_embedded

Badass! I love the shot of Bane catching Batman's fist!


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: courts on June 19, 2012, 05:14:56 PM
this is much better than the lame one they had before.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on June 19, 2012, 09:24:30 PM
New trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASQqjK47c04&feature=player_embedded

Badass! I love the shot of Bane catching Batman's fist!

Four trailers? Why I never...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on June 23, 2012, 12:20:49 AM
Alex Jones on Nolan's Batman series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ryV1_lxF8&feature=player_embedded#!

Needless to say, it's an illuminati conspiracy.



Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on June 26, 2012, 08:19:03 PM
Alex Jones on Nolan's Batman series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ryV1_lxF8&feature=player_embedded#!

Needless to say, it's an illuminati conspiracy.

I like how he says he's got some leaked information about the movie but ends up just rambling about scenes from the trailers and then talking about Jaws for some reason.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Peeperkorn on July 02, 2012, 05:03:45 AM
Alex Jones on Nolan's Batman series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ryV1_lxF8&feature=player_embedded#!

Needless to say, it's an illuminati conspiracy.



Well, Zîzek has been doing things like these for years with lacanian nonsense and he's quite successful.

This movie will kick ass.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 02, 2012, 03:48:05 PM
I'm confident the movie will be very good.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 03, 2012, 02:54:23 AM
Saw the latest trailer on the big screen tonight. Killer.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 05, 2012, 06:35:25 PM
Saw the latest trailer on the big screen tonight. Killer.

Yep.  I'm getting more and more excited, although still less excited than I was for TDK.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 07, 2012, 02:10:58 AM
They screened it today for a select few. Needless to say, the early reactions have all been extremely positive.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr President & Senator Polnut on July 07, 2012, 02:16:29 AM
Saw the latest trailer on the big screen tonight. Killer.

Yep.  I'm getting more and more excited, although still less excited than I was for TDK.

Yeah, but TDK had Joker and he's my favourite Batman character...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 08, 2012, 10:13:47 PM
Yeah, but TDK had Joker and he's my favourite Batman character...

Exactly.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 10, 2012, 02:20:27 PM
Because four trailers wasn't enough. (http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/movies/The-Dark-Knight-Rises/216393/2250462197/Preview%3A-The-Dark-Knight-Rises%3A-Journey/videos#)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Joe Republic on July 10, 2012, 02:32:37 PM
What I'd really like to see in this film is a scene in which a football player is running towards the camera while the field collapses into its foundations behind him.  Anybody know if that's likely to happen at all?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 10, 2012, 02:41:54 PM
What I'd really like to see in this film is a scene in which a football player is running towards the camera while the field collapses into its foundations behind him.  Anybody know if that's likely to happen at all?

lol there is no football in the Batman universe don't you even read the millions of comics omg stfu.



Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on July 10, 2012, 06:35:46 PM
What I'd really like to see in this film is a scene in which a football player is running towards the camera while the field collapses into its foundations behind him.  Anybody know if that's likely to happen at all?

The worst part about that is that they had to give Hines Ward an appearance.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr. Pres. Duke on July 10, 2012, 07:21:10 PM
Jesus. I had no idea The Avengers made that much. I didn't think the movie was that great. It had a lot of action that was to be expected, but it didn't really stand out to me.

TDK in 2008 was one of the best movies I had ever seen in theater. I hope TDKR lives up to the hype. Nolan usually does good work so I trust it will, but I don't expect it to be as good as TDK with the Joker.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Negusa Nagast 🚀 on July 10, 2012, 11:10:19 PM
I'm feeling the hype! Looking forward to the midnight premiere.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 11, 2012, 12:57:45 PM
Still no official reviews. WB seems dead set on keeping information about the ending as contained as possible.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr. Pres. Duke on July 11, 2012, 02:16:42 PM
Will this be in 3D? I know Nolan, like any sane person, hates 3D movies, but if it wants to break The Avengers record it almost has to be.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: danny on July 11, 2012, 04:34:09 PM
Will this be in 3D? I know Nolan, like any sane person, hates 3D movies, but if it wants to break The Avengers record it almost has to be.

It won't be.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 11, 2012, 08:23:59 PM
Anybody try the new Batman Mountain Dew flavor, "Dark Berry"? Pretty good.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 12, 2012, 07:51:23 AM
They really should have let Adam West have a cameo in one of these. He could have been a bank teller or something in TDK.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Joe Republic on July 12, 2012, 01:39:59 PM
Anybody try the new Batman Mountain Dew flavor, "Dark Berry"? Pretty good.

Ok, this is getting ridiculous.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr. Pres. Duke on July 12, 2012, 02:27:02 PM
Anybody try the new Batman Mountain Dew flavor, "Dark Berry"? Pretty good.

No, but I plan on trying it this weekend when I watch the first two Nolan films on Xfinity On Demand ™ app on my XBox 360™. Have you seen the exclusive trailer, only available via Comcast™?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 12, 2012, 06:12:06 PM
They really should have let Adam West have a cameo in one of these. He could have been a bank teller or something in TDK.

Agreed. Maybe he'll pop up for a second in this one though, you never know...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 13, 2012, 01:18:50 AM
Patrick Leahy stole the perfect Adam West cameo in TDK.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 13, 2012, 02:03:18 AM
Patrick Leahy stole the perfect Adam West cameo in TDK.

And (SPOILER ALERT) he'll be in this one too:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/10/sen-leahy-democrat-of-gotham-city/

Also, guys, we have yet another new trailer (sort of):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdb2w1Yu97E

Clearly the best one yet!


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 13, 2012, 07:34:17 AM
Patrick Leahy stole the perfect Adam West cameo in TDK.

Yeah, I had that in mind, too. He'd be a far better fit for the "You look familiar." statement.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 16, 2012, 09:31:41 AM
Review embargo broke last night. 100% (with a 9.0 average rating) so far on Rotten Tomatoes. 15 reviews are up as of now. Beware of spoilers in some of them.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight_rises/



Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr. Pres. Duke on July 17, 2012, 01:56:39 PM
Some of these reviews are ridiculous. Nolan can't help Ledger died and the joker isn't in this one. It's down to 86% now which is lower than I expected.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 17, 2012, 02:13:12 PM
The Riddler should have been in this one.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 17, 2012, 02:22:09 PM
It's pretty hilarious some of the fanboy ravage over the early negative reviews.  Marshall Fine apparently received death threats.  The review count is under 50, which means each negative vibe counts as 3% on the meter.  About as accurate as a Zogby poll.  The average rating is 8.7.  Far more important.  It means everyone that liked it loved it and everyone that didn't only thought it to be okay.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 17, 2012, 03:38:34 PM
Rush Limbaugh on TDKR:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Dark-Knight-Rises-Anti-Romney-Conspiracy-Says-Rush-Limbaugh-31980.html

Uh, yeah...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 17, 2012, 05:45:08 PM
Monstrous tracking numbers for the opening weekend. It might actually have a shot at taking down The Avengers even without the added 3D surcharge.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-dark-knight-rises-tracking-avengers-20120716,0,4678609.story


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 17, 2012, 05:50:58 PM
Got my ticket for the midnight showing - so excited!


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on July 17, 2012, 05:58:49 PM
Planning on seeing it with some friends next week.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr. Pres. Duke on July 17, 2012, 06:29:40 PM
Sadly, I will be at a wedding this weekend so I will have to find a way to get tickets to the midnight showing Thursday since it's in a rural coastal town in NC. I might not get to see it till Sunday which pisses me off.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 17, 2012, 08:21:32 PM
Had some time to read a few reviews.  I really think this film will become a favorite of the Atlas.  If not for just the positive reviews, but the Daily Mail's (lol) scathing opinion of how pretentious it was.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 18, 2012, 08:25:34 AM
Rush Limbaugh on TDKR:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Dark-Knight-Rises-Anti-Romney-Conspiracy-Says-Rush-Limbaugh-31980.html

Uh, yeah...

I'm so glad the author of the above article pointed out something I have been saying about TDK: the narrative seemed favorable towards Bush regarding terrorism ("He's the hero Gotham deserves but not the one it needs right now.").


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 18, 2012, 12:42:40 PM
Rush Limbaugh on TDKR:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Dark-Knight-Rises-Anti-Romney-Conspiracy-Says-Rush-Limbaugh-31980.html

Uh, yeah...

I'm so glad the author of the above article pointed out something I have been saying about TDK: the narrative seemed favorable towards Bush regarding terrorism ("He's the hero Gotham deserves but not the one it needs right now.").

Although when Batman beats (or tortures) information out of The Joker, it turns out to be false, and his girlfriend dies as a result. Then there is the whole debate over monitoring people in the city between Batman and Lucius Fox which is sort of nuanced and basically presents both sides of the argument.

I've already seen reviews for this one calling it both left-wing and right-wing. I think the whole point is to be somewhat vague about the true meaning so that people can come up with their subjective interpretations.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 18, 2012, 12:57:57 PM
Then there is the whole debate over monitoring people in the city between Batman and Lucius Fox which is sort of nuanced and basically presents both sides of the argument.

Well, yeah but Batman is clearly Pro Bush in that argument. ;)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 18, 2012, 01:05:52 PM
Then there is the whole debate over monitoring people in the city between Batman and Lucius Fox which is sort of nuanced and basically presents both sides of the argument.

Well, yeah but Batman is clearly Pro Bush in that argument. ;)

I suppose I will have to concede that point. :P

Btw, just so Rush is aware, not only did Bane first appear in the comics almost twenty years ago but his two creators are politically conservative:

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/18/chuck-dixon-rush-limbaugh-bane-bain-and-the-dark-knight-rises/

Epic fail, Rush.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 18, 2012, 01:14:06 PM
Oh, you guys are taking Rush seriously? That's cute. He's laughing his ass off at everyone that takes his accusation seriously. I mean, some idiots would probably believe Bane was created recently to bash Romney but Rush very likely knows better and is doing what he does best: getting attention.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: ask_not on July 18, 2012, 01:28:13 PM
wish they would use christine lakin as the catwoman.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 18, 2012, 01:36:58 PM
Oh, you guys are taking Rush seriously? That's cute. He's laughing his ass off at everyone that takes his accusation seriously. I mean, some idiots would probably believe Baine was created recently to bash Romney but Rush very likely knows better and is doing what he does best: getting attention.

Even if he's not serious, the irony is enjoyable. And of course, many of his listeners take all of his accusations seriously.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on July 18, 2012, 03:31:43 PM
The difference between TDK and Bush is that at the end of the movie when the emergency was over, they destroyed the monitoring system. But the PATRIOT Act, etc. still exists.

I am currently on post-dental surgery painkillers so I apologize if this post is bad.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 18, 2012, 04:27:44 PM
I am currently on post-dental surgery painkillers so I apologize if this post is bad.

Ok, what explains the other 22,470 posts?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 18, 2012, 09:15:55 PM
Boxofficemojo's opening weekend prediction seems a little out there to me but okay:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3490&p=.htm

Remember, there's no 3D surcharge...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on July 18, 2012, 09:31:46 PM
Jon Stewart had a great point about how ironic it is that Romney's Bain business comes around with a movie about Bane. Ha.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on July 19, 2012, 07:29:21 AM
Just got back from the movie.  Greatly enjoyed it.  Won't get into spoiler territory, but as is obvious from the trailers, there's some clear echoes of Occupy Wall Street in the movie, so I'm sure there'll be plenty of political debate about the movie for some time.

Oh, and Bane's voice sounds exactly like a cross between Darth Vader and Darrell Hammond's impersonation of Jack Perkins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nff3qG5Rm4g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KgacHOHscg&feature=related

EDIT:

Also, there are some fun surprises in this movie, and I've just noticed that Wikipedia spoils some of them with no warning.  If you want to go in unspoiled, avoid the Wikipedia article both for the movie itself, and for the actors starring in the movie, until after you've seen the movie.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Holmes on July 19, 2012, 10:31:05 AM
I am currently on post-dental surgery painkillers so I apologize if this post is bad.

Ok, what explains the other 22,470 posts?

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Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on July 20, 2012, 04:36:56 AM
Shooting at a Denver area TDKR screening:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-naw-colorado-theater-shooting-20120720,0,6920356.story


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: dead0man on July 20, 2012, 05:49:30 AM
uggg

RIP to the victims


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 20, 2012, 06:12:37 AM
I saw it at midnight. I thought it was brilliant. I have a lot more to say but I ended up working a 12 hour shift prior to watching it so I'm pretty beat.

Also, I can't believe the news about the shooting... pretty horrifying.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 20, 2012, 08:33:10 AM
I figured the shooting happened outside of the theater as people stood in line. Just found out it happened in the theater. And the gunman tossed tear gas so people thought it was part of the 3D effects. Now this guy is going to think he's just like a villain from the movies. There are some truly disturbing people on this planet.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 20, 2012, 08:53:33 AM
The movie was absolutely amazing.  The shooting is a tragedy, however.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: BaldEagle1991 on July 20, 2012, 12:23:53 PM


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on July 20, 2012, 02:30:36 PM
Ok back to the movie:

I'm still gathering my thoughts on it. Of course I loved it but there's a lot to think about.

I'm kinda disappointed they missed a perfect opportunity to use "Sometimes you just can't get rid of a bomb."


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 20, 2012, 02:55:26 PM
Headed to work. Wish me luck. I'm not really sure what the hell to expect now.

Btw, they are pulling advertisements for the movie off television.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on July 20, 2012, 03:10:22 PM
Btw, they are pulling advertisements for the movie off television.

Dumb.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Simfan34 on July 20, 2012, 04:20:31 PM
So, will it be a flop for this?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on July 20, 2012, 05:11:07 PM

uh No.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 20, 2012, 06:44:04 PM
I'm at the theater now!


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr President & Senator Polnut on July 20, 2012, 07:37:23 PM
Horrible, horrible news.

But the movie was amazing, much more like Begins than TDK.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on July 20, 2012, 08:22:04 PM
Just saw it. Absolutely incredible movie. I'm still in shock.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on July 20, 2012, 09:46:54 PM
Sold out. :(

(Will not read thread due to possible spoilers)

Might have to catch a Sunday matinee.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on July 20, 2012, 11:09:08 PM
Great movie.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Tender Branson on July 20, 2012, 11:50:20 PM
It starts here only on the 24th, but I'll probably watch it on the 28th - which is a Saturday.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 21, 2012, 12:41:21 AM
Without getting too into spoilerish stuff, I just have to say that the fight scenes between Batman and Bane were so damn good. Nolan's ability to film a fight has improved markedly since Batman Begins.

Anyway, how do you guys rank the three movies?

For me, I'm thinking:

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins

Very small gaps between each of them though.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on July 21, 2012, 01:10:33 AM
I was actually just thinking about how to rank all of Nolan's movies, and my first draft ranking was this:

1) Memento
2) The Dark Knight
3) Inception
4) The Dark Knight Rises
5) Batman Begins
6) The Prestige
7) Following
8 ) Insomnia

But they're all good, and all fairly close in quality, so I could probably be talked into just about any possible reordering combination.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: HagridOfTheDeep on July 21, 2012, 01:15:20 AM
Inception belongs right at the bottom. :P

Everything about it was great... except the ending. I think it totally undermined everything about the movie. Maybe that's immature, but I'm still not over it.

Anyhow, I'm glad TDKR is good. Sounds very topical. I'm excited to see it.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: milhouse24 on July 21, 2012, 01:43:02 PM
Without getting too into spoilerish stuff, I just have to say that the fight scenes between Batman and Bane were so damn good. Nolan's ability to film a fight has improved markedly since Batman Begins.

Anyway, how do you guys rank the three movies?

For me, I'm thinking:

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins

Very small gaps between each of them though.

I think your signature comparing Romney to a murderer is disrespectful to the victims of the murders in Colorado. 


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on July 21, 2012, 01:45:43 PM
Without getting too into spoilerish stuff, I just have to say that the fight scenes between Batman and Bane were so damn good. Nolan's ability to film a fight has improved markedly since Batman Begins.

Anyway, how do you guys rank the three movies?

For me, I'm thinking:

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins

Very small gaps between each of them though.

I personally enjoyed "The Dark Knight Rises" the most, probably thanks to all the mind-screws that happened in it. Sadly enough, I can't go back to that night in 2008 when I first saw "The Dark Knight" to give an equal comparison. So from my current vantage point, the latest one, though I can totally see why one would put "The Dark Knight" above that.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Joe Republic on July 21, 2012, 02:01:21 PM
I think your signature comparing Romney to a murderer is disrespectful to the victims of the murders in Colorado. 

Haha, wtf?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on July 21, 2012, 04:50:50 PM
Without getting too into spoilerish stuff, I just have to say that the fight scenes between Batman and Bane were so damn good. Nolan's ability to film a fight has improved markedly since Batman Begins.

Anyway, how do you guys rank the three movies?

For me, I'm thinking:

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins

Very small gaps between each of them though.

I think your signature comparing Romney to a murderer is disrespectful to the victims of the murders in Colorado. 

Bane is a fictional character who didn't murder anyone in Colorado.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 21, 2012, 08:07:19 PM
This film feels like something that will only get better with time. 


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 22, 2012, 12:21:25 AM
Without getting too into spoilerish stuff, I just have to say that the fight scenes between Batman and Bane were so damn good. Nolan's ability to film a fight has improved markedly since Batman Begins.

Anyway, how do you guys rank the three movies?

For me, I'm thinking:

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins

Very small gaps between each of them though.

I think your signature comparing Romney to a murderer is disrespectful to the victims of the murders in Colorado. 

That's nice. I can't say I really care. I am slightly curious to know what the hell Mitt Romney has to do with the victims in Colorado though? You are aware Bane is a fictional character and it's just a joke too, right?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: tmthforu94 on July 22, 2012, 12:29:43 AM
^^^

Watched it tonight - amazing. My favorite thus far.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 22, 2012, 04:27:45 AM
The shooting appears to have impacted the box office for this in a very, very negative way. It'll still be big but it certainly won't be challenging most of the major records including The Avengers opening weekend.

It's a far better movie than The Avengers in my opinion. Bummer.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Beet on July 22, 2012, 06:54:09 PM
Well I just saw The Dark Knight for the first time yesterday, and saw the The Dark Knight Rises today. And while they're both kind of blurring in my head right now, I'd have to say TDK was the "better" film, in that it presented more of an ethical dilemma. TDKR didn't really present the same kind of ethical problem, it seems as if instead, the loose ends from TDK were wrapped up. Second films in trilogies are often the best because they're the darkest. The writer isn't under pressure to provide a complete, satisfying ending, nor the need to introduce the characters and the world. It's the time of maximal freedom in the trilogy structure. The Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy also fits the same pattern, IMO.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 22, 2012, 08:25:40 PM
The strangest thing about this trilogy is that all three movies are incredibly different.  I think that's why TDKR has gotten a few more bad reviews.  TDKR isn't a crime drama.  It's... it really is an epic film.  This will be remembered as a true classic ten years from now.

I'm going to see it again in real IMAX on Wednesday.  I hope those scenes are good.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on July 22, 2012, 08:44:12 PM
Saw it. I realize I should've probably rewatched Batman Begins instead of The Dark Knight before it since it has more to do with Batman Begins. I probably will watch Batman Begins before rewatching it. Looks like one of AndrewBerger's "suggestions" after The Dark Knight for the third movie came true as well.

Did anyone notice that Bale had surprisingly low screentime? Probably less than Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he arguably was the true main character.

Also if it's eight years after the last movie, wouldn't that make it set in 2016? That would make Catwoman 30 rather than 26, closer to Anne Hathaway's real age (she can easily pass for either though so no big deal.)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Simfan34 on July 22, 2012, 10:48:59 PM
All I have to say is after being let down like that, Gotham ought to declare independence.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr. Pres. Duke on July 22, 2012, 11:14:12 PM
Well I saw it in IMAX today for the second time. I went to the midnight premiere, but ended up getting way too drunk beforehand and hardly remembered a thing.

This time, I thought it was a classic. It is far different than TDK and has a more Begins type feel to it, but I really loved it. I'm actually surprised people have given it as many negative reviews as it has gotten, but that is to be expected with Ledger no longer in it and how long it was. I plan to see it again. The biggest surprise to me was how good Anne Hathaway was. I remember being a bit disappointed when I heard she was going to be catwoman, but she blew me away.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on July 23, 2012, 12:02:35 AM
There is one thing that kind of really bugged me (big spoiler so I'm white texting it):

The death of Bane. When I saw it I just kind of assumed he died because Batman was harming his mask and he was going crazy, but thought the film never addressed it. It wasn't until afterwards when I read some other things when I realized Catwoman killed him when she rescued Batman, but that's basically a blink and you miss it scene. I'll pay more attention next time I see it, but I'm surprised by the lack of focus on such a big deal.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on July 23, 2012, 04:53:56 AM
Also if it's eight years after the last movie, wouldn't that make it set in 2016? That would make Catwoman 30 rather than 26, closer to Anne Hathaway's real age (she can easily pass for either though so no big deal.)

Actually, I believe that in TDK, they say that it's only been about a year since Batman Begins, so I guess the timeline would be something like:

2005 Batman Begins (at least from the time Bruce returns to Gotham and becomes Batman)
2006 The Dark Knight
2014 The Dark Knight Rises

But when do they say what Catwoman's age is?  I don't remember that.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: afleitch on July 23, 2012, 06:54:56 AM
There is one thing that kind of really bugged me (big spoiler so I'm white texting it):

The death of Bane. When I saw it I just kind of assumed he died because Batman was harming his mask and he was going crazy, but thought the film never addressed it. It wasn't until afterwards when I read some other things when I realized Catwoman killed him when she rescued Batman, but that's basically a blink and you miss it scene. I'll pay more attention next time I see it, but I'm surprised by the lack of focus on such a big deal.

Yes, given how big a character he was his death was almost missed. While he got thrown to the wall when Selina burst in, that hasn't stopped him before, so it seemed as if a scene was missing.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on July 23, 2012, 11:51:47 AM
Also if it's eight years after the last movie, wouldn't that make it set in 2016? That would make Catwoman 30 rather than 26, closer to Anne Hathaway's real age (she can easily pass for either though so no big deal.)

Actually, I believe that in TDK, they say that it's only been about a year since Batman Begins, so I guess the timeline would be something like:

2005 Batman Begins (at least from the time Bruce returns to Gotham and becomes Batman)
2006 The Dark Knight
2014 The Dark Knight Rises

But when do they say what Catwoman's age is?  I don't remember that.

Her date of birth was on the screen when Bruce pulled up her file. It was something September 1985.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Tetro Kornbluth on July 23, 2012, 12:28:29 PM
Haven't seen it... probably not going to see it. First two films were terrible rubbish tbh. Can anyone tell me if for the first time ever in a Christopher Nolan film there is even a semi-convincing female character in it?

Oh yeah, and just to rile everyone up this (http://jacobinmag.com/blog/2012/07/the-dark-knight-/is-no-capitalist/).

EDIT: Oh, and having read the Frank Miller link in the article, I now want BRTD to instantly apologize to me for slagging me off for everything I ever said about 300.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 23, 2012, 03:02:47 PM
What's a semi convincing female?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Beet on July 23, 2012, 04:45:05 PM
Superhero myths definitely have a right-wing tint, in that they ask us to believe in a fantasy superman(or men, or occasionally women) to save us and protect us from evil. If anything it can even be compared to being 'saved' by Jesus. He must die so that we may live, the corrupt people do not deserve the noble hero, yet he must give everything, and so on and so on. The only exception I would say might be X-Men, because the whole humans vs. mutant dynamic they have going on there. But the traditional superheroes- Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, fall into this pattern.

In any case, after this, I can hardly see how anyone could accuse Hollywood of being uniformly liberal. This is going to be the second-highest grossing film of the year, possibly the highest grossing, and it is unambiguously right-wing. There's even an apologia for the bank bailouts in there.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 23, 2012, 05:00:37 PM
I don't really agree that the film is unambiguously right-wing but I can see how one might interpret it that way. Also, there is no chance of it being the highest grossing film of the year now. It barely beat The Dark Knight's OW with an extra four years of inflation behind it. The shooting had a major impact on it. The Avengers will be #1 for the year.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on July 23, 2012, 05:14:38 PM
Avengers will be #1 for the year, and TDKR will most likely be #2.  It's possible TDKR slips to #3 if The Hobbit does significantly better than expected.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Napoleon on July 23, 2012, 05:16:36 PM
Its not bad by any measure but I think it ranks as the weakest of the series.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: they don't love you like i love you on July 23, 2012, 06:09:28 PM
Interestingly I had the Gangster Squad trailer, which I heard was being pulled before it because of the scene shooting up a movie theater.

Gully and Beet really like to overanalyze comic book movies, and Frank Miller's politics obviously don't drive every work he creates.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 23, 2012, 06:57:10 PM
Interestingly I had the Gangster Squad trailer, which I heard was being pulled before it because of the scene shooting up a movie theater.

Gully and Beet really like to overanalyze comic book movies, and Frank Miller's politics obviously don't drive every work he creates.

Miller was a liberal when he was creating his best work in the 80s anyway. Something as inconsequential as 300 is definitely not worth arguing over.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Simfan34 on July 23, 2012, 07:01:51 PM
I don't even (http://jacobinmag.com/blog/2012/07/the-dark-knight-is-no-capitalist/)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 23, 2012, 07:31:25 PM
I don't even (http://jacobinmag.com/blog/2012/07/the-dark-knight-is-no-capitalist/)

This article/review is much better.

http://www.salon.com/2012/07/18/the_dark_knight_rises_christopher_nolans_evil_masterpiece/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on July 23, 2012, 07:57:23 PM
Interestingly I had the Gangster Squad trailer, which I heard was being pulled before it because of the scene shooting up a movie theater.

Gully and Beet really like to overanalyze comic book movies, and Frank Miller's politics obviously don't drive every work he creates.

Miller was a liberal when he was creating his best work in the 80s anyway. Something as inconsequential as 300 is definitely not worth arguing over.

Is there a debate over Frank Miller I missed? 'Cause I want in.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Tetro Kornbluth on July 24, 2012, 10:51:15 AM
Interestingly I had the Gangster Squad trailer, which I heard was being pulled before it because of the scene shooting up a movie theater.

Gully and Beet really like to overanalyze comic book movies, and Frank Miller's politics obviously don't drive every work he creates.

Miller was a liberal when he was creating his best work in the 80s anyway. Something as inconsequential as 300 is definitely not worth arguing over.

I'm not really interested in 300, more so in showing the awfulness of the films associated with Frank Miller and the Comic book genre spawn that he helped so much fostered into the world. (It wouldn't bother be so much really if it weren't for the fanboys).

Already quoted the Jacobin piece earlier... I think it rather amusing as long as you realize what exactly they are trying to say...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on July 24, 2012, 04:31:07 PM
I think it's better than BEGINS but not as good as TDK. It clearly has it's own issues and problems but there's a lot of great stuff in it. I definitely have to see it again soon.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr President & Senator Polnut on July 25, 2012, 06:31:30 AM
It's clearly meant to be a book-end with Begins, if you consider the tone and structure. TDK is much more a typical superhero film, so I think it's a bit unfair to compare BBor TDKR to TDK, since they are such different films.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on July 25, 2012, 12:27:24 PM
It's clearly meant to be a book-end with Begins, if you consider the tone and structure. TDK is much more a typical superhero film, so I think it's a bit unfair to compare BBor TDKR to TDK, since they are such different films.

Being that they're part of the same trilogy, I think it's OK to compare them.


I'd also argue that BEGINS was the most typical superhero movie of all of them.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Fmr. Pres. Duke on July 25, 2012, 01:06:43 PM
I think so too. Begins seemed the most stereotypical of them all as a super hero movie. TDK was a crime drama/thriller and TDKR was just an epic film. They all three seem so different in terms of how they feel but they are all great films. I'm looking forward to seeing it again this week.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on July 25, 2012, 10:36:21 PM
I saw this film in 15/70mm IMAX today and... IT WAS A DISASTER.  Bane and Gordon were completely inaudible.  What I could understand of them, I already knew they said from when I saw it the first time.  I would blame the theater, but I know a lot of people couldn't make heads or tails of it in IMAX.  

Sound mixing is definitely the biggest weakness of this film.  Followed by it probably needed 30 minutes more of prologue to introduce Blake, Kyle, and Tate.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 25, 2012, 11:08:59 PM
You may want to white out that last bit, King (although I guess most of us who wanted to see this have seen it at least once by now).


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY on July 26, 2012, 10:05:09 PM
I just saw it, and am I the only one here who was disturbingly reminded of opebo when Bane was giving his speech on the football field and during the sentencing of that guy? Also, that Batman statue they unveiled at the end looks like the JFK portrait.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: HagridOfTheDeep on July 26, 2012, 10:35:29 PM
I have a queston.

Bane told Batman that he was born in the dark. Except we all know that he is not the child of the pit. So why did Bane seem to suggest he was. I didn't get the feeling that Tate/Bane were actively trying to trick Bruce into thinking Bane was the pit-child, because it doesn't really matter that much to their plan. So was it just a continuity error? Am I missing something?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: dead0man on July 26, 2012, 11:21:25 PM
I think I'll be taking the boy to see this Sat morning.  $4.50 for regular, $8.50 for IMAX....is the IMAX version worth it?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on July 26, 2012, 11:25:43 PM
I think I'll be taking the boy to see this Sat morning.  $4.50 for regular, $8.50 for IMAX....is the IMAX version worth it?

Jesus Christ movie tickets are cheap in Nebraska...


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: dead0man on July 26, 2012, 11:31:19 PM
That's the pre-noon price.  Between noon and 5, they are $6.75 and $10.75.  After 5 they are $9.50 and $13.50.  Still probably cheaper than yours, but probably closer.  But most everything else is cheaper here too...but then again we have to live in Omaha. ;)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on July 27, 2012, 02:06:09 AM
You guys would never believe how expensive movie tickets are in Sydney.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Smid on July 27, 2012, 06:51:38 AM
You guys would never believe knew how expensive movie tickets are in Sydney.


It wasn't all that long ago they had "Cheap Tuesdays"at $5 for any session, any movie, any time on a Tuesday.

That said, have you done Gold Class yet?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on July 27, 2012, 08:03:55 AM
You guys would never believe knew how expensive movie tickets are in Sydney.


It wasn't all that long ago they had "Cheap Tuesdays"at $5 for any session, any movie, any time on a Tuesday.

That said, have you done Gold Class yet?

No, isn't that like $35 or something?

Many years ago, when I lived in Minnesota, I did once go to a theater where you sat at tables and had food delivered to your seat, which I guess is like Gold Class.  But this one wasn't nearly as expensive, because it was a budget theater, showing movies that had already been in wide release for about 5 months or so.

Btw, I had another thought about TDKR.  If something like the nuclear hostage crisis happened in real life, how do you think the US government would handle it?  Have some snipers covertly make their way into Gotham, and then try to assassinate Bane and as many of his henchmen at once as possible, in the hopes that you'll get whoever it is that has the trigger?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Smid on July 28, 2012, 04:59:07 AM
Yeah, $35 is probably right, maybe $40? More once you've paid for food and a glass of wine or two, or beer, or whatever takes your fancy. When we do it, we usually make a night of it - cocktails in the bar area outside the actual cinema first, nachos or pizza, (or both!) Or something like that once we're in, plus a champagne once the movie starts, followed by a glass our two of red half an hour or an hour into the movie. I think it is the seating, rather than the ability to eat regular food and drink booze, is what really sets it apart from regular movies, however. The recliners are just so much more comfortable than normal cinema seating. Consequently, they have fewer seats - I think two, four, four, two, for four our five rows. We only do it once out twice a year, though, for very big movies, because it's so much more expensive.

Palace/Dendy cinemas are also licensed to serve alcohol, but I don't think it's seat service, like in Gold Class, and just regular seating. They also tend to show more artsy movies and foreign films.

In Melbourne, there is The Astor. It's old and just the one screen, all 1920, art deco style, and generally shows older movies. Great place, though, and cheap. They typically have two movies on the night, and an intermission in between. If you're ever in Melbourne, you should check it out.

On topic  I loved the French Revolution aspects, and therefore I particularly enjoyed the Tale of Two Cities quote, it seemed so relevant. Bane playing with the string during the mock trial... do you think that was a reference to the old ladies knitting under the guillotine?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 28, 2012, 07:50:37 AM
I have a queston.

Bane told Batman that he was born in the dark. Except we all know that he is not the child of the pit. So why did Bane seem to suggest he was. I didn't get the feeling that Tate/Bane were actively trying to trick Bruce into thinking Bane was the pit-child, because it doesn't really matter that much to their plan. So was it just a continuity error? Am I missing something?
Well, the thing is, in the comics Bane really was born in a prison. He was the son of an English mercenary too. Only the mercenary was a character called King Snake, not Ra's Al Ghul. So my interpretation of it was that Bane's background was very similar to Talia's and that was part of the reason why he bonded with her and became her protector in the prison. They really should have done a better job of clarifying that though.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: HagridOfTheDeep on July 28, 2012, 12:40:04 PM
Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the answer. :)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 28, 2012, 02:17:19 PM
Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the answer. :)

You're welcome. :)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Antonio the Sixth on July 28, 2012, 02:57:05 PM
Just watched it. It wasn't bad, but for some reason I was expecting something different. There are some interesting ideas, but I felt the characters weren't as developed as they could have been. Bane just looks like some random Unabomber, just a bit more sadist, and the "woman behind the man" doesn't have any actual motivation apart from following her father's legacy (and since I don't know the Batman universe very well, I would have appreciated a bit more explanations about Raz Al Gul and the Shadow League Whatever). Otherwise, the plot was interesting and suspenseful enough. Good movie overall.

From time to time, I felt the movie sounded like a strawman against lefties. :P I mean, even discounting Batman's whole premise (a philantropic billionaire who acts outside of the legal framework)... It's just that Bane's speeches about the people rebelling against their exploiters and taking what belong to them, the opening of jails, and the whole "people's tribunals" makes it look like the villains are basically evul soshulistz. :P I know I'm over-interpreting, but still that was awkward.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: RI on July 28, 2012, 03:14:23 PM
I have a queston.

Bane told Batman that he was born in the dark. Except we all know that he is not the child of the pit. So why did Bane seem to suggest he was. I didn't get the feeling that Tate/Bane were actively trying to trick Bruce into thinking Bane was the pit-child, because it doesn't really matter that much to their plan. So was it just a continuity error? Am I missing something?
Well, the thing is, in the comics Bane really was born in a prison. He was the son of an English mercenary too. Only the mercenary was a character called King Snake, not Ra's Al Ghul. So my interpretation of it was that Bane's background was very similar to Talia's and that was part of the reason why he bonded with her and became her protector in the prison. They really should have done a better job of clarifying that though.

I got the sense that it was a Darth Vader-esque "true from a certain point of view" quote. That is, the masked villian "Bane" was created in the prison, even if the person he was before wasn't born there.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on July 28, 2012, 06:08:49 PM
Planning on seeing it a second time in about an hour and a half.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 28, 2012, 06:09:10 PM
I have a queston.

Bane told Batman that he was born in the dark. Except we all know that he is not the child of the pit. So why did Bane seem to suggest he was. I didn't get the feeling that Tate/Bane were actively trying to trick Bruce into thinking Bane was the pit-child, because it doesn't really matter that much to their plan. So was it just a continuity error? Am I missing something?
Well, the thing is, in the comics Bane really was born in a prison. He was the son of an English mercenary too. Only the mercenary was a character called King Snake, not Ra's Al Ghul. So my interpretation of it was that Bane's background was very similar to Talia's and that was part of the reason why he bonded with her and became her protector in the prison. They really should have done a better job of clarifying that though.

I got the sense that it was a Darth Vader-esque "true from a certain point of view" quote. That is, the masked villian "Bane" was created in the prison, even if the person he was before wasn't born there.

That's definitely a possibility too.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Tender Branson on July 29, 2012, 12:29:26 AM
It starts here only on the 24th, but I'll probably watch it on the 28th - which is a Saturday.

Watched it yesterday. An amazing movie, but the sound system of our new cinema in Zell am See was so extremely loud that our ears almost started to bleed, considering Bain's voice and the action scenes.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Tender Branson on July 29, 2012, 12:34:14 AM
You guys would never believe how expensive movie tickets are in Sydney.

My ticket was 9.50€, which is about 11.70$ - in the 9th row.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on July 29, 2012, 05:47:39 AM
You guys would never believe how expensive movie tickets are in Sydney.

My ticket was 9.50€, which is about 11.70$ - in the 9th row.

The normal evening ticket price for adults at the theater on my street is $18.50.  And that's Australian dollars, so it's even a bit more if you convert to US $.  If you go to a 3D showing, it's even more.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: They put it to a vote and they just kept lying on July 30, 2012, 10:14:11 PM
MOTHER OF GOD I JUST SAW IT AND
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Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY on July 30, 2012, 10:25:57 PM
Was anyone else a little off-put by Bane's voice?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 30, 2012, 10:49:54 PM

Not in the slightest.  I rather enjoyed it.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 30, 2012, 11:25:27 PM

Not in the slightest.  I rather enjoyed it.

People seem to have split on it. I liked it for the most part. It sounded better in some scenes than others though. For instance, it sounded a lot better in the scene where he's whipping Batman's ass than it did during the plane heist.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 30, 2012, 11:35:44 PM
I thought it sounded amazing during the heist.  I really never had a problem with it.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: HagridOfTheDeep on July 30, 2012, 11:44:24 PM
Loved Bane's voice. Just found it a little tough to understand at points. But I think that added to the experience, in a way.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Tender Branson on July 31, 2012, 12:09:53 AM

Don't know how it sounds in English, but his German one was quite fitting for the movie. Just that our new cinema here had extremely loud speakers. But otherwise, Bain's voice sounded like it belongs to Till Lindemann from Rammstein (maybe he actually dubbed it ... ? :P)


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on July 31, 2012, 01:20:35 AM

Don't know how it sounds in English, but his German one was quite fitting for the movie. Just that our new cinema here had extremely loud speakers. But otherwise, Bain's voice sounded like it belongs to Till Lindemann from Rammstein (maybe he actually dubbed it ... ? :P)

You should hear it in the French version. He sounds like a demon in that.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: dead0man on July 31, 2012, 06:08:32 AM
I certainly was at first, but I think it worked for the movie.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Antonio the Sixth on July 31, 2012, 08:06:25 AM

I watched the movie dubbed but, yes, in French too he sounded a bit silly.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on July 31, 2012, 08:23:21 AM

At first, but in the second viewing, it just seemed awesome.

And looking at 20RP12's signature: They have Gotham license plates!?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: They put it to a vote and they just kept lying on July 31, 2012, 08:46:05 AM

I thought it was really odd. Like Eraser said, it was better in some scenes than in others.



And looking at 20RP12's signature: They have Gotham license plates!?

It looks that way. That's really rad.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Silent Hunter on July 31, 2012, 01:32:25 PM
Just seen this. Got to say:

You'd have to take that nuke a clean 30 miles away at least to minimise the damage


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on July 31, 2012, 01:46:56 PM

They look like Illinois plates that just say Gotham instead.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 01, 2012, 05:34:04 AM
Just seen this. Got to say:

You'd have to take that nuke a clean 30 miles away at least to minimise the damage

The movie was certainly not without some plot holes and logical leaps.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on August 01, 2012, 11:25:51 AM
I've not seen the film and probably never will, but to continue with the trolling, here be Crooked Timber's take:

http://crookedtimber.org/2012/07/24/the-dark-knight-rises/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: RI on August 02, 2012, 03:08:56 PM
Did anyone else think that the agent in the very first scene looked like a younger, slightly more attractive Rick Santorum?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Keystone Phil on August 03, 2012, 07:36:28 AM
Did anyone else think that the agent in the very first scene looked like a younger, slightly more attractive Rick Santorum?

It didn't stand out to me so I guess not. :P


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mechaman on August 03, 2012, 12:32:46 PM
Well, I had a lengthy review written out for this film.  But then I realized this isn't imdb.com so I'll just leave a few sentences worth of summation:

This is a really good film guys.  You should go see it.  It doesn't suck.  I'd rank it either #3 or #4 for "Best Batman Ever".

Thank you Mr. Nolan sir.  You gave me back my faith in humanity.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Mr. Morden on August 04, 2012, 02:42:05 AM
Did anyone else think that the agent in the very first scene looked like a younger, slightly more attractive Rick Santorum?

Wasn't that Aiden Gillen from Game of Thrones?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fAOOJpaKaU


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 04, 2012, 03:49:06 AM
Well, I had a lengthy review written out for this film.  But then I realized this isn't imdb.com so I'll just leave a few sentences worth of summation:

This is a really good film guys.  You should go see it.  It doesn't suck.  I'd rank it either #3 or #4 for "Best Batman Ever".

Thank you Mr. Nolan sir.  You gave me back my faith in humanity.

Which ones do you put ahead of it?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Joe Republic on August 04, 2012, 04:24:40 AM
Just saw it.  Okay, I was impressed.  And yes, I thought it was better than the last one, which frankly I found difficult to follow and was put off by its strange, episodic format.  This one was far more... holistic.  It did seem like Batman himself didn't really get as much screen time though.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 05, 2012, 05:06:59 AM
Just saw it.  Okay, I was impressed.  And yes, I thought it was better than the last one, which frankly I found difficult to follow and was put off by its strange, episodic format.  This one was far more... holistic.  It did seem like Batman himself didn't really get as much screen time though.

Interesting. I've met very people who put it ahead of The Dark Knight. What did you think of Batman Begins?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Dancing with Myself on August 06, 2012, 03:14:32 PM
I watched it two weeks ago, and I enjoyed it like I thought I would. I still rate The Dark Knight ahead of it, but it's the second best of the trilogy. Begins was not a bad movie though, it's one of those few series where it's sequels get better.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Comrade Funk on August 06, 2012, 03:38:09 PM
Good, but the weakest of the three imo.

TDK
Batman Begins
TDKR


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: RI on August 06, 2012, 06:40:24 PM
I've only seen it once, but Rises was my favorite, with Begins number two. The Dark Knight just isn't very interesting honestly. Ledger did a great job, but the movie's rather mediocre beyond that; it's just a bit boring and drags on forever (Rises is longer, but it doesn't feel long. In fact it feels like it could have easily been longer). As far as Rises goes, I think Hardy did a marvelous job too, and I actually preferred Bane as a villian due to him actually being threatening. If Batman wanted to, he could have snapped the Joker's neck, but, for most of Rises, it felt like Batman had no shot against Bane. Plus the stakes were so much higher in Rises, and I tend to enjoy more grandiose movies with the highest (reasonably) possible stakes. Hathaway, Caine, and JGL did pretty great jobs as well in Rises, plus I think Bale had to actually act as opposed to most of the rest of the series.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Snowstalker Mk. II on August 06, 2012, 08:34:30 PM
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=157033.msg3375872#new

Finally got to see it (matinee :P). Great overall, but some parts were a bit silly (Batman shouting about the trigger in that voice was total Narm), and Hathaway, despite her ass, was a bit weak (Michale Caine was probably the best actor).


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 07, 2012, 09:43:05 AM
Obama (who is known to be something of a comic book fan) saw it and really dug Catwoman:

http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/08/06/the-dark-knight-rises-president-obama-likes-catwoman/


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Antonio the Sixth on August 08, 2012, 08:21:10 PM
Finally watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, found them both better than this one. The Dark Knight is by far my favorite.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Politico on August 10, 2012, 12:36:04 AM
I have not read any of this thread, but I would like to point out that it is insane how many views/pages it has.

Good movie, BTW. I preferred the last one, though (And Inception is Nolan's masterpiece thus far). My favorite part in the entire series was the time he took out the Joker's semi and the ensuing "hit me! HIT ME!" Seeing the bike for the first time probably had a lot to do with it. That is one of the few times I've ever been on the edge of my seat in a movie.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Citizen (The) Doctor on August 14, 2012, 12:46:51 PM
Finally watched this. I thought that Anne Hathaway was fantastic as Catwoman, and really the entire cast was brilliant. My only qualm was that while they tied in Dent and Ra's (TDK and BB), they didn't make a reference to the Joker directly. Yes, I know that there's the respect issue, but in terms of storytelling, I felt that they should've tied in something for continuity's sake.

Anyways, best third movie ever, and the perfect way to end the series.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: anvi on August 15, 2012, 03:00:57 AM
Saw this last evening, and enjoyed it, but thought The Dark Knight was more interesting.

I'm not very familiar with the comic and the history of the villains.  I understand how Bane and Talia are tied together, but I didn't really understand the storyline behind Talia's father and how she is fulfilling his mission or dream by doing all this.  Can someone help me connect the dots there?  Thanks!


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 15, 2012, 06:24:26 AM
Saw this last evening, and enjoyed it, but thought The Dark Knight was more interesting.

I'm not very familiar with the comic and the history of the villains.  I understand how Bane and Talia are tied together, but I didn't really understand the storyline behind Talia's father and how she is fulfilling his mission or dream by doing all this.  Can someone help me connect the dots there?  Thanks!

Have you seen Batman Begins?


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: anvi on August 15, 2012, 07:38:43 AM
Batman Begins was the one in the trilogy I missed.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on August 15, 2012, 08:22:48 AM
Batman Begins was the one in the trilogy I missed.

Well there ya go. In it, Ra's tries to destroy Gotham.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: anvi on August 15, 2012, 09:16:18 AM
Got it, thanks.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 15, 2012, 02:35:27 PM

I would definitely check it out. Your enjoyment of this last movie will likely increase after you see it... and it's a great movie in its own right.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: anvi on August 15, 2012, 03:07:10 PM
I'll definitely check it out.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Joe Republic on August 15, 2012, 09:13:30 PM
No offense to anvi whatsoever, but I genuinely cannot understand how anybody can watch a latter part of a trilogy without having seen an earlier part first.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on August 17, 2012, 05:00:32 AM
No offense to anvi whatsoever, but I genuinely cannot understand how anybody can watch a latter part of a trilogy without having seen an earlier part first.

And yet, he's clearly not alone. Just compare the box office grosses for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: anvi on August 17, 2012, 08:52:56 AM
No offense taken, Joe.  I think in my case, I loved the Batman series and tv comics when I was a kid, even though I don't remember much detail from them now in my middle age, and I watched some superhero movies when I was in my teens.  But from my twenties to early forties, I just lost interest in them--I watched the first of the previous Batman film series installments and didn't care for it, and when this trilogy started, I just said to myself: "oh God, another one" and skipped it.  When Dark Knight came out, the girlfriend dragged me out to see it, and I thought it was absolutely outstanding, so I went to see this one too.  So, my bad entirely, I should have known Nolan would do a much better job with it than others, and now that I've been properly educated, I'll gladly go back and watch the first one.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: King on March 04, 2013, 01:43:17 PM
We might not be done with Nolan Batmans yet, folks.  Nolan is going to make a Justice League movie if Man of Steel proves a success.

http://collider.com/justice-league-christopher-nolan-christian-bale/

Which means the ending was Blake just becoming Robin not the next Batman and they didn't actually settle on the ridiculed idea of Bruce spending his entire life unnoticed in Europe.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Eraserhead on March 05, 2013, 08:31:12 AM
We might not be done with Nolan Batmans yet, folks.  Nolan is going to make a Justice League movie if Man of Steel proves a success.

http://collider.com/justice-league-christopher-nolan-christian-bale/

Which means the ending was Blake just becoming Robin not the next Batman and they didn't actually settle on the ridiculed idea of Bruce spending his entire life unnoticed in Europe.

Or perhaps Blake is Gotham's Batman now and Bruce is the world's Batman.

Anyway, I won't believe this rumor until there's some kind of official announcement. I have a hard time believing Nolan would want to take all of this on (even if he's just the producer). I think he's probably done with superhero movies for the foreseeable future. It would be awesome though, for sure.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Lief 🗽 on March 05, 2013, 10:12:55 AM
A Nolan Justice League movie would be bizarre. Batman pretty much worked, because the basis of the character is at least somewhat realistic, but the Justice League is full of ridiculous cartoon characters.


Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Warren 4 Secretary of Everything on March 05, 2013, 05:21:14 PM
We might not be done with Nolan Batmans yet, folks.  Nolan is going to make a Justice League movie if Man of Steel proves a success.

http://collider.com/justice-league-christopher-nolan-christian-bale/

Which means the ending was Blake just becoming Robin not the next Batman and they didn't actually settle on the ridiculed idea of Bruce spending his entire life unnoticed in Europe.

Or perhaps Blake is Gotham's Batman now and Bruce is the world's Batman.

Anyway, I won't believe this rumor until there's some kind of official announcement. I have a hard time believing Nolan would want to take all of this on (even if he's just the producer). I think he's probably done with superhero movies for the foreseeable future. It would be awesome though, for sure.
My sentiments exactly, except for the Blake part. I think this is a rumor, but sincerely hope its true. There's a reason Marvel's movies turned out so great: Joss Whedon has a hand in all films. I also hope they choose the cartoon line-up.
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Title: Re: The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)
Post by: Paul Kemp on March 05, 2013, 07:10:49 PM
I don't see it happening. I'm not even sure the movie will ever actually get made, which probably is for the better.