The Dark Knight Rises |OT| The Legend Ends (Warning: Unmarked Spoilers Within)
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Probably already posted, but some more articles up at Empire
http://www.empireonline.com/features/the-dark-knight-effect
Other directors talking about The Dark Knight and it's effects on film.
http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1536
Q&A with Gotham's Mayor, Richard "Eyelashes" Alpert!
http://www.empireonline.com/features/the-dark-knight-effect
Other directors talking about The Dark Knight and it's effects on film.
http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1536
Q&A with Gotham's Mayor, Richard "Eyelashes" Alpert!
SuperAndroid17
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The new OST was taken down from youtube... all of the videos. Damn you UMG!
-Pyromaniac-
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amazing. So overloaded with hype.
It's amazing how badly they don't want our money.
ALERT: Ebert sees it Tuesday. Time for everyone to get in my panic room.
https://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/224233353199628289
https://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/224233353199628289
Hell yeah, I wanna see Hardy swag down the red carpet.
I hope Hans does another live performance at the premiere.
What's the date of the premiere?
Monday night in NYC.
Yes, you're right. I'm getting my days mixed days.
ViewtifulJC
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I forget, why the heck did Jim Gordon have to pretend to be dead, again?
Its not the why that is baffling, its the how. Cop buddy even took his pulse, lolz.
He loves Nolan's Batman movies. I will just look for his star rating and that's it. The man spoils the shit out of movies.
WB trying to delay Ebert's spoilers as much as possible
They should send him to a private screening and then show him Batman Forever or something. He won't remember seeing it before.
soundscream
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He had to protect his family!
They must have thought if he said that enough we would overlook that there was no good reason.
Dumbest thing in the Nolan films.
Time for a rewatch then.
Because his wife hadn't been rough with him for years.
XANDER CAGE
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"Who's the guy with the covered face who never talks?"
"Who cares? He's a cop and he's alive!"
"NO MORE DEAD COPS!"
Seriously, if they had implied that even ONE other cop knew he was still alive I would buy the whole scenario a bit more, but they don't appear to know. That whole "plan" had to have so many things go exactly right for it to work, it's one of the only ideas out of the movies I just can't wrap my head around.
MrPink93485
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I thought it was implied that Det. Stevens knew, since he was the first to check his pulse and everything. Guy's a 20 year man.*
*I wish he was back for TDKR. Maybe he is, I don't know.
Pfft, it was worth it for the awesome WE GOT YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH moment in the theater. Deal with it!
Now defend James Bond faking his death and being turned into a Japanese man!
I like how the "this is NOT good" guy just keeps talking to Gordon as the driver even though Gordon never says anything back.
I think Stevens was supposed to be in on the plot since he was the one who checked Gordon' pulse and went to see the family. I guess Gordon just played Xbox in the dude's basement or something in the meantime. I dunno. Was he even really wounded? Was he wearing a bulletproof vest? Maybe we should ask Gary Oldman; I'm sure he could make something up. Livestream!
Then have like one line of dialog in the cell where Stevens says to Gordon, "The plan worked, Jim", or something to that effect so we know there was more people involved. As it's laid out in the movie, I thought it was a plan between Batman and Gordon the first time I saw it. Then I realized Batman wasn't in on it at all, so what was the end game for Gordon? I guess you have to assume he was just biding his time to reveal himself to catch the Joker when he would least expect it.
It was in a film that contained a scene where a hollowed out volcano rocket launch base was the scene for a battle between ninjas and members of an international terrorist organization led by a bald man and his cat.
Bond's faked death and Japanese disguise fit in alongside that madness.
It was the late 60's and Bond had hit its camp stride. Done!
I always thought it was to protect his family as he clearly said. The Joker was seen to be rather merciless in his attacks. There's no guarantee that the judge was going to get into that car alone (what if she had her kid with her) and there was no guarantee that the commissioner would be the first to sip that drank (what if his kid had sipped first). He also dropped Rachel out of a window rather willy nilly.
He waited in that truck for his moment.
How the hell did he even get that assignment. He faked his death, joined the SWAT team and got to be the escort for a high ranking official? THIS STORY'S FULLAHOLES!
Watching it on Showcase?
What people are also forgetting is that Gordon's death faking was not planned. He saved the mayor and got knocked out. The GPD Cheif is already dead and the next in line guy is also "dead", it gave Joker a false sense of control. Atleast that is what they thought, until it turns out Joker's plan was to get captured to get Lau.
Same here. Watching the Inception performance on Ustream was pretty awesome.
Also, not sure if posted, but I enjoyed this TDKR trailer remix with the cover of "Immigrant Song" from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNuoQtL_ckQ
Nope, watching a Stephen King movie where a car kills people.
Ah, Christine.
Foreign Jackass
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So technically TDK gets even more backlash than BB around these parts? Can't wait to rewatch it!
Yup, can't wait to read your impressions on TDKR btw.
ViewtifulJC
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Stupid Jim Gordon death sub-plot. But I'll be honest, for the first viewing I got pretty hyped when "We got you, you son of a bitch!" happen
It was all about the dramatic effect really. Nolan, like most film makers, do things that will gain some sort of emotional response whether or not the circumstances actually make sense.
Like toward the end, instead of trying to sneak and get the jump on the Joker (and two dogs) he just sort of... walked up to him. Even in the theaters I was like "huh". Especially after the party scene where he just kind of appeared out of nowhere.
Stupid Nolan.
Like toward the end, instead of trying to sneak and get the jump on the Joker (and two dogs) he just sort of... walked up to him. Even in the theaters I was like "huh". Especially after the party scene where he just kind of appeared out of nowhere.
Stupid Nolan.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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I knew Gordon won't be dead since he wasn't a commissioner yet, and with commissioner Loeb dying, it got a bit obvious.
The dogs would have alerted Joker of Batman being in the room anyway.
Those dogs will end up being the biggest pain in the ass of Batman over the entire trilogy, they always won. Although he did kill one of them by chucking it over the side. Dogs are not part of the One Rule!
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