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[SCULLIBUNDO]

I still can't believe you could even bring up Shia in Indy 4 when talking about JGL, Sculli.

Our Hook Fellowship is really being tested here!

That is exactly how it felt to me.

There is only one goddamn Indiana Jones, so the idea of somebody being tailored by the movie to assume the mantle is downright insulting.

I feel the same way about Bruce being Batman. As soon as JGL entered the cave I was upset. When he started walking around with that flueorescent bulb ala BB and is then swarmed by bats I felt bad inside. I couldn't believe Nolan would do that. The whole thing reeked of Indy's hat rolling down the wedding aisle toward Shia, only at least Spielberg had Indy pick the hat back up and say 'LOL YEAH RIGHT MAYBE NEXT TIME!' to at least let me delude myself into thinking what was happening wasn't actually happening.

I felt like one of the Lost Boys waking up on the street and finding that Neverland wasn't real and I had to get a job as an accountant. WHY YOU GOTTA SHATTER MY DREAMS, NOLAN?

 

[Rokam]

I think I'm ready for another Catwoman movie, GAF.

Heist movie.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Wow, this is the shit Nolan has been so secretive about all this time. This is the big spoiler he had to tell the actors in person. Fucking lol.

Nolan is going to take you to the beach to tell you that you suck.

 

[hlhbk]

Wow, this is the shit Nolan has been so secretive about all this time. This is the big spoiler he had to tell the actors in person. Fucking lol.

Um it was a very big thing that I am glad was kept quiet. I (and the rest of the crowd based on the standing ovation when it was revealed he was alive) thought Batman had died.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Gafception.

Inceptioned?

I was going to go with stupid.

 

[Cloudy]

Mind you I think Nolan is bad at directing action. Totally reasonable fault there. The way people approach this stuff though...

Watching TDKR and TDK in 2 days, I noticed that Batman's fight stance is pretty repetitive. What's up with the constant 2 hands up in defensive position for EVERY fight. Even when he's the aggressor lol. Dunno if it's the director but the fight choreographer is a one-trick pony.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

yes it is bruce, but ( hate to suggest inception) but we don't know if this is another visualization of alfred's imagination or an actual event

with that said, bruce ending up with catwoman is really nice

yes we do. The first visualization showed someone that wasnt Bruce


plus the autopilot and Bat signal being fixed along with the GPS coordinates for Blake show you that he was still alive

 

[zethren]

That is exactly how it felt to me.

There is only one goddamn Indiana Jones, so the idea of somebody being tailored by the movie to assume the mantle is downright insulting.

I feel the same way about Bruce being Batman. As soon as JGL entered the cave I was upset. When he started walking around with that flueorescent bulb ala BB and is then swarmed by bats I felt bad inside. I couldn't believe Nolan would do that. The whole thing reeked of Indy's hat rolling down the wedding aisle toward Shia, only at least Spielberg had Indy pick the hat back up and say 'LOL YEAH RIGHT MAYBE NEXT TIME!' to at least let me delude myself into thinking what was happening wasn't actually happening.

I mean, I don't think we're meant to believe that JGL is about to become Batman. Just a new masked vigilante that now has access to Batman's resources. Its not like Blake could just don the suit as is, anyway. He needs one tailored to his body type. No doubt Fox would do so, but again I feel like he would become his own symbol. Nightwing, perhaps.

I was going to go with stupid.

Stupiception?

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Yup. JGL was a baws in this movie. I've never seen Shia able to sell being a badass.

You try digging that many holes.

 

[DMczaf]

I think I'm ready for another Catwoman movie, GAF.

 

[_Xenon_]

Watched it last night.

+ ending was perfect
+ scenes from previous movies (kid wayne, two face, Harvey's funeral)
+ catwoman > batman
+ robin > batman
+ bane > batman


- fighting was horrible (left punch x 3 + right punch x 3 + low kick) <-- repeat it 20 times
- long hair catwoman
- batman fighting at daytime (11am was the time the core exploded I believe)
- wayne + miranda sex scene. they only met each other twice and all of sudden they were having hot sex ... it feels like miranda was selling her body for the nuclear core
- bane broke batman's back --> bane + batman straight teleported to some pit prison in middle east
- everybody know bruce wayne is batman now, including those thugs watched the 1st bane batman fighting

overall: 7/10

 

[demosthenes]

That is exactly how it felt to me.

There is only one goddamn Indiana Jones, so the idea of somebody being tailored by the movie to assume the mantle is downright insulting.

I feel the same way about Bruce being Batman. As soon as JGL entered the cave I was upset. When he started walking around with that flueorescent bulb ala BB and is then swarmed by bats I felt bad inside. I couldn't believe Nolan would do that. The whole thing reeked of Indy's hat rolling down the wedding aisle toward Shia, only at least Spielberg had Indy pick the hat back up and say 'LOL YEAH RIGHT MAYBE NEXT TIME!' to at least let me delude myself into thinking what was happening wasn't actually happening.

I felt like one of the Lost Boys waking up on the street and finding that Neverland wasn't real and I had to get a job as an accountant. WHY YOU GOTTA SHATTER MY DREAMS, NOLAN?

I don't think it was implied at all that he was going to become Batman. If anything it'd be Robin/Nightwing. Someone else that could come along and protect the people if needed.

Awesome ending was awesome.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

- wayne + miranda sex scene. they only met each other twice and all of sudden they were having hot sex ... it feels like miranda was selling her body for the nuclear core

He gave her the nuclear core alright.

 

[DMczaf]

He gave her the nuclear core alright.

Are you saying they had sexual intercourse?

 

[Rokam]

- everybody know bruce wayne is batman now, including those thugs watched the 1st bane batman fighting

Not thugs, League of Shadows members, and they already knew.

 

[spats]

Watched it last night.



overall: 7/10

edit: lol nevermind, didn't notice I'm in the spoiler thread.

 

[hlhbk]

Watched it last night.

+ ending was perfect
+ scenes from previous movies (kid wayne, two face, Harvey's funeral)
+ catwoman > batman
+ robin > batman
+ bane > batman


- fighting was horrible (left punch x 3 + right punch x 3 + low kick) <-- repeat it 20 times
- long hair catwoman
- batman fighting at daytime (11am was the time the core exploded I believe)
- wayne + miranda sex scene. they only met each other twice and all of sudden they were having hot sex ... it feels like miranda was selling her body for the nuclear core
- bane broke batman's back --> bane + batman straight teleported to some pit prison in middle east
- everybody know bruce wayne is batman now, including those thugs watched the 1st bane batman fighting

overall: 7/10

While I will grant you the passage of time is not really reflected well in this movie it was obvious that there was a passage of time from the breaking of the back until they ended up in the prison.

 

[Dahbomb]

Is there any indication of where the prison is geographically in the movie? I know the scene was shot in India but it's not supposed to be an Indian prison in the movie (at least that's not how you say Rise in Hindi).

Someone said South America based on where the prison would be according to the comics.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I don't think it was implied at all that he was going to become Batman. If anything it'd be Robin/Nightwing. Someone else that could come along and protect the people if needed.

Awesome ending was awesome.

I don't care what he calls himself. It's the same idea that he can do what nobody else can. That he was somebody fit to take up the mantle which is why Bruce gave him the coordinates. I would have preferred Bruce give fucking Gordon the coordinates and tell him his top secret google tech was all his. Just don't have somebody new assume the job that was Bruce's. Because only Bruce Wayne could do it.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

1- batman fighting at daytime (11am was the time the core exploded I believe)
2- wayne + miranda sex scene. they only met each other twice and all of sudden they were having hot sex ... it feels like miranda was selling her body for the nuclear core
3- bane broke batman's back --> bane + batman straight teleported to some pit prison in middle east
4- everybody know bruce wayne is batman now, including those thugs watched the 1st bane batman fighting

1 He didnt have a choice on the time of day. Core was going to explode
2 He was vulnerable and she needed to get close to him so he would trust her. She seduced him with talk of saving the world
3 edited for time
4 Leagueeee of Shadows always knew who Batman was

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Are you saying they had sexual intercourse?

He parked the tumbler in the bat cave.

 

[hlhbk]

Not thugs, League of Shadows members, and they already knew.

Totally agree. To the guy you are quoting if you are going to bash/criticize a part of the movie the guy please watch the first one before doing so.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

GAF's worse nightmare: Nolan getting $100 million to make prequel movies.

Batman Episode 1: Ras Al Ghul Begins

Batman Episode 2: Joker Begins

Batman Episode 3: Batman Begins

Batman Episode 4: Gotham Knight (Full-length movie)

Batman Episode 5: The Dark Knight

Batman Episode 6: The Return of Joker

Batman Episode 7: Oracle Begins

Batman Episode 8: The Return of Killer Croc

Batman Episode 9: Catwoman Begins

Batman Episode 10: Bane Begins

Batman Episode 11: Talia Al Ghul Begins

Batman Episode 12: The Dark Knight Rises

 

[DMczaf]

I don't care what he calls himself. It's the same idea that he can do what nobody else can. That he was somebody fit to take up the mantle which is why Bruce gave him the coordinates. I would have preferred Bruce give fucking Gordon the coordinates and tell him his top secret google tech was all his. Just don't have somebody new assume the job that was Bruce's. Because only Bruce Wayne could do it.

It's alright, man. Spielberg had his chance to make JGL his next Indy, and he chose poorly.

 

[Discotheque]

OMG I'm so hammered but I wrote a pretty damn good argument as to why TDK and BB are better than this film...much better (even though I enjoyed this).

And I fucking deleted it like an idiot somehow because of my drunkenness. Blah. Hopefully I rewrite it tomorrow when I wake up.

All I can say right now is that I loved the ending and some individual scenes. But at times it felt like a retarded Nolan fanboy wrote/directed this instead of the man himself. The throwbacks and the sloppy writing reinforced it for me.


Great ending, but TDK is the TRUE ending of the series like "you bow to noone" is for ROTK.

It's alright, man. Spielberg had his chance to make JGL his next Indy, and he chose poorly.

Armie Hammer is the next young Bruce Wayne. Don't even deny it brah. The square jaw, the handsome face, the physicality.

Great ending for TDK trilogy but Armie Hammer IS BATMAN

 

[ryutaro's mama]

He parked the tumbler in the bat cave.

When the Tumbler overheated, did he launch the Batpod?

 

[DMczaf]

He parked the tumbler in the bat cave.

He doesn't have a Tumbler anymore. It was destroyed in TDK.

 

[Rokam]

GAF's worse nightmare: Nolan getting $100 million to make prequel movies.

Batman Episode 1: Ras Al Ghul Begins

Solo already has the rights.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

I don't think it was implied at all that he was going to become Batman. If anything it'd be Robin/Nightwing. Someone else that could come along and protect the people if needed.

Awesome ending was awesome.

Well there was definitely nothing that implied he would be Knightwing. And Robin would make a shit super hero name, if it's his real name. And Bruce leaves Gordon a new bat signal...

 

[zethren]

I don't care what he calls himself. It's the same idea that he can do what nobody else can. That he was somebody fit to take up the mantle which is why Bruce gave him the coordinates. I would have preferred Bruce give fucking Gordon the coordinates and tell him his top secret google tech was all his. Just don't have somebody new assume the job that was Bruce's. Because only Bruce Wayne could do it.

But not only Bruce Wayne could do it, as evidenced by the Batman fiction. Why would this trilogy be any different?

Personally I'm with you, mostly, in that I have a strong connection to Bruce in this trilogy and I am very glad that Robin hadn't been introduced earlier and that he wasn't introduced in TDKR in a traditional Robin way. If he had donned a Robin outfit half way through the movie I might have walked out.

They some how managed to include Robin in this trilogy and not infuriate me, and for that I give them props.

 

[demosthenes]

I don't care what he calls himself. It's the same idea that he can do what nobody else can. That he was somebody fit to take up the mantle which is why Bruce gave him the coordinates. I would have preferred Bruce give fucking Gordon the coordinates and tell him his top secret google tech was all his. Just don't have somebody new assume the job that was Bruce's. Because only Bruce Wayne could do it.

Agree to disagree. I don't have an issue w/ it as in cannon Batman isn't the only one that can do it

 

[ryutaro's mama]

GAF's worse nightmare: Nolan getting $100 million to make prequel movies.

Batman Episode 1: Ras Al Ghul Begins

Batman Episode 2: Joker Begins

Batman Episode 3: Batman Begins

Batman Episode 4: Gotham Knight (Full-length movie)

Batman Episode 5: The Dark Knight

Batman Episode 6: The Return of Joker

Batman Episode 7: Oracle Begins

Batman Episode 8: The Return of Killer Croc

Batman Episode 9: Catwoman Begins

Batman Episode 10: Bane Begins

Batman Episode 11: Talia Al Ghul Begins

Batman Episode 12: The Dark Knight Rises

You forgot:

Batman Episode 5 1/2: Return Of Real Rachel

 

[Dahbomb]

They some how managed to include Robin in this trilogy and not infuriate me, and for that I give them props.

Agreed and I am a Robin hater too.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

When the Tumbler overheated, did he launch the Batpod?

Prematurely. But hey it's been 8 fuckin years get off his back!

I wonder if Bruce jacked off during that time though.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

But not only Bruce Wayne could do it, as evidenced by the Batman fiction. Why would this trilogy be any different?

Personally I'm with you, mostly, in that I have a strong connection to Bruce in this trilogy and I am very glad that Robin hadn't been introduced earlier and that he wasn't introduced in TDKR in a traditional Robin way. If he had donned a Robin outfit half way through the movie I might have walked out.

They some how managed to include Robin in this trilogy and not infuriate me, and for that I give them props.

And this is where I check out. I don't care what has been in Batman fiction. I wanted Nolan to stay consistent with the universe he has been playing in so far. It's the fan service that hurts this film the most.

Rather than once again given fans what they didn't know they wanted, he just served up the shit the rambling hordes have been sweating for.

 

[ThatCrazyGuy]

Hey guys, I just watched TDK on TNT. Damn I hated batman voice in that movie.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Hey guys, I just watched TDK on TNT. Damn I hated batman voice in that movie.

Wait, there's a TNT when it's not basketball season?!?!?!

:O

 

[demosthenes]

And this is where I check out. I don't care what has been in Batman fiction. I wanted Nolan to stay consistent with the universe he has been playing in so far. It's the fan service that hurts this film the most.

Rather than once again given fans what they didn't know they wanted, he just served up the shit the rambling hordes have been sweating for.

Why in this Nolan-verse is it only Bruce Wayne that can do it?

 

[Anth0ny]

Is there any indication of where the prison is geographically in the movie? I know the scene was shot in India but it's not supposed to be an Indian prison in the movie (at least that's not how you say Rise in Hindi).

Someone said South America based on where the prison would be according to the comics.

Wasn't it somewhere in the middle east? I thought I saw Arabic subtitles on the TV.

 

[Dahbomb]

Rather than once again given fans what they didn't know they wanted, he just served up the shit the rambling hordes have been sweating for.

I don't remember many people asking for Robin in TDKR. Most people are still firmly in the anti-Robin crowd. In fact I would say that incorporating Robin's character went against a lot of Batman fan wishes. I think Nolan just wanted to give his own perspective on what a Robin character would be as this is his last say on the whole Batman universe.

 

[Mononofu]

She retired too.

Catwoman: Origins, summer 2015

Make it so Nolan

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I don't remember anyone asking for Robin in TDKR.

Yet we got the best one yet.

 

[hlhbk]

And this is where I check out. I don't care what has been in Batman fiction. I wanted Nolan to stay consistent with the universe he has been playing in so far. It's the fan service that hurts this film the most.

Rather than once again given fans what they didn't know they wanted, he just served up the shit the rambling hordes have been sweating for.

The films are for the Batman fans first and foremost. He needs to stay to the fiction of the character. If you don't agree you aren't a Batman fan.

 

[ThatCrazyGuy]

Wait, there's a TNT when it's not basketball season?!?!?!

:O

I went looking for dumb shaq. I got the joker!

 

[Ninja Scooter]

And this is where I check out. I don't care what has been in Batman fiction. I wanted Nolan to stay consistent with the universe he has been playing in so far. It's the fan service that hurts this film the most.

Rather than once again given fans what they didn't know they wanted, he just served up the shit the rambling hordes have been sweating for.

you mean the Nolan-verse where since the beginning Bruce's goal was to inspire others to defend their city?

 

[Totakeke]

And this is where I check out. I don't care what has been in Batman fiction. I wanted Nolan to stay consistent with the universe he has been playing in so far. It's the fan service that hurts this film the most.

Rather than once again given fans what they didn't know they wanted, he just served up the shit the rambling hordes have been sweating for.

Wouldn't it be kind of pointless to the theme of Batman being a symbol, being more than a man, if only a single man can end up being Batman? You're just disappointed that you didn't make the movie.

 

[zethren]

And this is where I check out. I don't care what has been in Batman fiction. I wanted Nolan to stay consistent with the universe he has been playing in so far. It's the fan service that hurts this film the most.

See, again I'm mostly with you. One of the things I love about this trilogy is that it's not quite as fantastical as the basic Batman fiction is. If Bane had crawled out of the rubble after Catwoman blasted him away and was pumped up on (venom? Can't remember the drug he's addicted to that powers him up) whatever that stuff is, then it would have been awful. Because it isn't consistent at all with the universe Nolan has presented us thus far. So I agree with that basis. However I don't think having a successor really flies in the face of that universe. Sure, Blake didn't go through the hell or training that Bruce did, but he'll find his own way. I doubt he would ever be as good as Bruce, for many reasons including that lack of Ra's ninja training.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Hey guys, I just watched TDK on TNT. Damn I hated batman voice in that movie.

when I recall watching it in the theater I think only at the end when he had Joker hanging upside down and they were talking about the citizens in Gotham did I really notice he was trying to hard


After that it was easy to go back and make fun of it after it became the in thing to do

 

[The Storyteller]

I think I'm ready for another Catwoman movie, GAF.

Yes, please. Preferably with at least ONE actual cat in it, because guys, wtf.

And this is where I check out. I don't care what has been in Batman fiction. I wanted Nolan to stay consistent with the universe he has been playing in so far. It's the fan service that hurts this film the most.

Rather than once again given fans what they didn't know they wanted, he just served up the shit the rambling hordes have been sweating for.

Not being a fan of the source material, I noticed very little fan service. And I'll assume that's the experience of most.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Why in this Nolan-verse is it only Bruce Wayne that can do it?

Because he's the only one whose tragic history, wealth and years of deathly ninja training has forged him into being the hero that Gotham needs.

Being an orphan cop who isn't corrupt isn't enough.