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But yeah, I can totally get people not going to the movies this weekend. In, I'd be lying if I didn't say it was in my head when I saw the movie. Completely subconsciously, the first thing I did when we sat down in the theatre was scan around the audience.

I was at the IMAX dome yesterday, and I will be honest, I looked around me from up top and thought if someone was to come in and started shooting, we were all fucked
 
People thinking this trilogy is above stuff like LotR, Star Wars, etc are crazy. TDK was the only one that was more than great.

TDK > BB > TDKR.

I certainly like it more than either Star Wars trilogy. But I think ESB was the only one that was great.
 
Man Bruce was so badly fucked up in this movie. Bale really brought his acting chops. Has there ever been another superhero that has take quite such an emotional and physical beating?
 
People thinking this trilogy is above stuff like LotR, Star Wars, etc are crazy. TDK was the only one that was more than great.

TDK > BB > TDKR.

Does anyone think the Batman trilogy will be considered movie classics? I kinda fell into an argument with my friend over their legitimacy.
 
But yeah, I can totally get people not going to the movies this weekend. In, I'd be lying if I didn't say it was in my head when I saw the movie. Completely subconsciously, the first thing I did when we sat down in the theatre was scan around the audience.

The first thing I did was sit down in a packed crowd and realized there would be no where to run if shit happens as its so packed even on 12:30pm in the afternoon. Then I scanned for exit doors and realized there is no exit door in IMAX room so no one is entering from backdoor.

Yeah, it was in my head in the beginning.
 
Man Bruce was so badly fucked up in this movie. Bale really brought his acting chops. Has there ever been another superhero that has take quite such an emotional and physical beating?

Physical beating? Superman got his shit handed to him in SR, but then he was a soulless robot so there was no emotional beating there.
 
Rises=dark knight>begins

I want to see the movie again. I loved Alfred but I can't beleivring he left for the second half. I expected him to be in the pit with Bruce.
 
Does anyone think the Batman trilogy will be considered movie classics? I kinda fell into an argument with my friend over their legitimacy.

You can't judge that in the now. If we're still talking about them in 5 years, 10 years, etc. then yes, they will have become classics.
 
There is no way a man without money or gadgets could've realistically gone from where the hell the pit was AND snuck into locked down warlord-Gotham in the time that was given to Bruce within the context of the movie. This is a plothole.

It's a really minor nitpick in all honesty.
 
People thinking this trilogy is above stuff like LotR, Star Wars, etc are crazy. TDK was the only one that was more than great.

TDK > BB > TDKR.

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There is no way a man without money or gadgets could've realistically gone from where the hell the pit was AND snuck into locked down warlord-Gotham in the time that was given to Bruce within the context of the movie. This is a plothole.

Dude could have prepare some emergency bank account or some set up just in case, how he got there I never thought was such a big deal. Because he's the god damn Batman.
 
Now that the trilogy is over, what are we gonna do for our horrible fanart poster fix?

WHAT DO WE DO NOW, DM?

WHAT DO WE DO?

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Physical beating? Superman got his shit handed to him in SR, but then he was a soulless robot so there was no emotional beating there.

I am talking about the cummulative physical toll being Batman has taken and yes, the particular beating he got at the hands of Bane. No one snapped Supes over their knee !
 
I know Solo said that it would be awesome if he wore BB suit, but technically he did wear a spare suit i.e. from the abandoned underground lair in TDK. I really liked that touch that he had to go back there to get some weapons and the suit.
 
So I'm sure out of respect for Heath Ledger there was no mention of Joker, but everybody else from the previous films was either in this or referenced. Hell even Scarecrow. Joker wasn't killed, what did they end up doing with him? I thought there would at least be some reference when they broke the prisoners out of Blackgate.

In any case film was a masterpiece. I'm kind of sad that Nolan won't do anymore Batman films. Tom Hardy was amazing playing Bane and the scene they first fight, holy shit what a battle. So fucking brutal.

I was hoping that Batman would give him a more spectacular / fitting death, but I guess getting kerploded by Selina on the Bat Pod is a pretty gnarly way to go out.

Very surprised we didn't see him without the mask or no reference to venom.

9/10 for me, bring on the fucking blu-ray.


Question for the rest of you, I saw it on Imax I thought there was supposed to be a Superman trailer, it just went straight to the movie, was there one?
 
BTW they did a really good job of making Bale look like shit at the beginning of the film. He looked gaunt, pale and sickly when we first saw him.
 
"I never escaped the pit."


Bane, all talk!

I thought about that too and it annoyed me.
I decided that, like Talia, maybe Bane was born in the prison as well (obviously long before Talia) but unlike Talia he didn't escape by making the climb.
Maybe that's why Bane protected Talia, sympothy for another child born there like he was?
 
So I'm sure out of respect for Heath Ledger there was no mention of Joker, but everybody else from the previous films was either in this or referenced.

Nolan said that out of respect of Ledger, the Joker would not be brought up in DKR.

Just imagine he was taken somewhere far away to sulk.
 
Rises=dark knight>begins

I want to see the movie again. I loved Alfred but I can't beleivring he left for the second half. I expected him to be in the pit with Bruce.

I wasnt happy with how long Alfred and Bruce disappeared. I thought the treatment of Alfred in the movie was a little cruel actually.
 
I'll take this over LOTR any day of the week.

I think that's pretty crazy. I don't think any of the Batman movies hold up on repeat viewings.

I certainly like it more than either Star Wars trilogy. But I think ESB was the only one that was great.

Does anyone think the Batman trilogy will be considered movie classics? I kinda fell into an argument with my friend over their legitimacy.

I definitely think that after the next round of Batman movies people will probably be more open to criticism of the Nolan Batman movies. TDK is the only one that elevates itself above its source material. I would actually make the point that TDK, for being a comic book movie, is hardly a comic book movie as its established. And I mean that in the most complimentary manner I can give it.

I also don't see how anyone could put this over the original Star Wars trilogy. For being an original movie production it certainly shaped an entire generation of geek culture and will have an impact on history.
 
People thinking this trilogy is above stuff like LotR, Star Wars, etc are crazy. TDK was the only one that was more than great.

TDK > BB > TDKR.

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There is no way a man without money or gadgets could've realistically gone from where the hell the pit was AND snuck into locked down warlord-Gotham in the time that was given to Bruce within the context of the movie. This is a plothole.

There is a way that a man without money and gadget have a savings account or a locker elsewhere in the world.

Remember, the prison in comic book is originally is in South America. They don't tell in the movie where it is so it's safe to assume he hitchhiked.
 
BTW they did a really good job of making Bale look like shit at the beginning of the film. He looked gaunt, pale and sickly when we first saw him.
Yep. We saw him through the same eyes as Alfred did. Bruce had already lost that Bane fight from the beginning.
 
Question for the rest of you, I saw it on Imax I thought there was supposed to be a Superman trailer, it just went straight to the movie, was there one?

I saw it in a regular cinema, saw the Superman trailer.
It was garbage, you aren't missing anything.
 
I wasnt happy with how long Alfred and Bruce disappeared. I thought the treatment of Alfred on the movie was a little cruel actually.
It made sense but his spearhead, made me do sad. The when bruce work up without Alfred, ugh. It was very hit wrentching.
 
He did look noticeably thin at the start. Im not sure what trickery was employed, but it worked. By the end he was straight up beasting again.
What's the point of all those push ups if you can't lift yourself out of a bloody hell hole?
 
I went and saw it again. I liked it the first time but the sense of dread that I was feeling that they might actually kill Batman made me a little too anxious on first viewing.

Watching it again today was awesome. I was able to focus on the batman 2.0 storyline. Really relish both the fights. Bales grunts and the weight of each punch. I really really really enjoyed it the second timearound.

I think its my fav of the three.

Welcome to the "Second Viewing Makes It Best of the Series" Club. I am in the EXACT page as you. Definitely better than TDK and BB. It had that Inception magic going on where the first half is story and second half is mindfuck action.
 
I also don't see how anyone could put this over the original Star Wars trilogy. For being an original movie production it certainly shaped an entire generation of geek culture and will have an impact on history.

I wasn't comparing the two on their cultural impact. Nolan's films are already part of a well established franchise, so individually they could never have the impact that the Star Wars films could, and did have. That said, I enjoyed Nolan's trilogy far more than Star Wars.
 
Welcome to the "Second Viewing Makes It Best of the Series" Club. I am in the EXACT page as you.
Once all the weirdness and expectations are set aside, the 2nd viewing just blows you away. You're totally in sync with what the tone and feel of the movie is and you are there for the ride 100%.
 

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What track on the soundtrack played during Bruce's climb out of the pit? When the prisoners were shouting Deshi Bashara (one of the best scenes in the whole trilogy).

Man, I loved that scene. I thought the whole time that Deshi Bashara was Bane's theme, but it's not at all... Bruce makes it his own kinda, I loved that.
 
There is a way that a man without money and gadget have a savings account or a locker elsewhere in the world.

Remember, the prison in comic book is originally is in South America. They don't tell in the movie where it is so it's safe to assume he hitchhiked.
I assumed they were somewhere in the middle east since their chanting was in Morracan Arabic? Dunno if I have geography right on that one.
 
Speaking of which, the TDKR funeral scene totally made me think of Sherlock.
Half expected a camera pan with Bruce standing behind a tree

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Pretty much. It would be almost exactly the same. By the way, I have always felt Catwoman and Irene Adler are very similar anyway. Both like to steal, both like to live on the extreme side of life, get into trouble with the wrong crowd, have an on-and-off relationship with the protagonist, who also can't help but be attracted to the person
 
I wasn't comparing the two on their cultural impact. Nolan's films are already part of a well established franchise, so individually they could never have the impact that the Star Wars films could, and did have. That said, I enjoyed Nolan's trilogy far more than Star Wars.


Fucking this! Star Wars episodes 1 - 3 were shit and tainted the franchise for me. Lucas should have left it at with episodes 4, 5 and 6. Nolan's Batman trilogy is one of my favorite movie triologies of all time. Better than Star Wars, better than LOTR.

But to each his own.
 
Goddammit. I want to see it again, but my second viewing MUST be in IMAX. Can I wait long enough for seats to become available?
 
The sound mixing or whatever at navy pier was shit. The damn music was too intense and front-and-center. I really want to watch it again, mostly because the non IMAX shots looked so terrible.


Nola has be able to turn a superhero film into something else. This is one of my favorite trilogies. The third film isn't shit. Nolan did it!
 
Justice League.
Coming Summer 2014.

I just don't see how they expect that to work without the buildup the Avengers had unless it can piggy back on the success of other franchises.

They'll not only have to use a new batman, but the batman from Nolan's universe doesn't really fit in such a group film.
 
Maybe Alfred flew him back to Gotham like he did in Begins.

Bruce has contacts and like Ra's said in Begins the world is too small for a man like Bruce Wayne to disappear in.

Plus even if it appeared in the movie that he got to Gotham instantly, it was actually closer to a month/20 days before he reached Gotham. I know they should've probably explained his return or added a few more shots to the movie to cement this but the explanation is most likely trivial.
 
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