The Dark Knight Rises |OT| The Legend Ends (Warning: Unmarked Spoilers Within)
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Sapiens
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October around Halloween.
EDIT: Dark knight came out second week of december. Damn that's far
I want the trilogy box set to be something cool/dumb and come with a bazillion extras. But knowing Nolan it will only be the same stock extras he always does. Make the boxset a 1/6th replication of the tumbler.
SCULLIBUNDO
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NullPointer
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And yet even on my rewatch earlier today I saw more subtle hints at post 9/11 fear and hysterics and analysis that I didn't notice on other viewings. Maybe they're not all intentional and I'm connecting some of these dots myself, but the film covers so much ground that its rife with different meanings. And at the same time its a fast moving action thriller regardless.
Its pretty close to perfection in my book even with its issues.
brianjones
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youve resorted to memes?
shira
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Too soon
Anton Sugar
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The scene where Joker hires Gamble's henchmen would never have had the same impact if they actually showed us what happened during the three way fight with the pool cue.
TheKaeptain
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That's because BB is the beat comic book movie.
Yeah, I agree with that. I mean stuff like when the joker shoots the banker in the opening scene, you see him react but no blood or bullet holes.
PhoncipleBone
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I was with you until Dark Knight Rises. That goes into the "Good" tier for me.
Word. I am curious to see the movie again to see if my opinion changes, but I still have this feeling of disappointment running through me from the midnight showing. Perhaps a matinee or just wait for the Blu.
It does confuse me that a movie 10 minutes longer than TDK is far too long.
True, I actually noticed this when I rewatched it. That guy would have been bleeding out like crazy from that many gunshots. It's a little distracting.
How violent/dark is TDKR compared to TDK? Anything resembling the pencil trick or the ball cue scene?
Nope. Godfather III is just too awful.
PhoncipleBone
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Nowhere near as violent. It just never felt as brutal or unsettling in the violence as TDK did. Too many cut aways to something else only to go back to seeing a body or something. It just cheapened a lot of the stuff.
Superimposer
This is getting weirder all the time
Not really. Bane's style is just pure power
You mean like the famous "Let's put a smile on that face" scene, where the camera cuts away and we just see Gambol fall dead because a cut to the mouth is instantly fatal?
Superimposer
This is getting weirder all the time
True. It went by even quicker the second time. I mean the fact that I went to see this again the next day says something. I love TDK as much as the next guy but I only ever saw that once at the cinema. I was not bored at all seeing it for the second time in under 24 hours
Superimposer
This is getting weirder all the time
Speaking of which (very mild TDKR spoilers)
When Daggett's neck is broken, what's up with him screaming after? Wouldn't he die instantly?
Not sure.
I would assume Bane took his time with Daggett, since the movie had no problem showing him snap several necks.
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In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
not necessarily better but, great trilogy
PhoncipleBone
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not necessarily better but, great trilogy
Agreed. And one where the final part was stronger than the preceding part. But of course, the last two were a different director, so Greengrass avoided the third movie curse. He only had 2.
Kydd BlaZe
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You're not alone. I absolutely hated Begins but loved TDK as well as TDKR. I still hate Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne/Batman...but ive warmed up to it a bit over the years.
Discotheque
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You liked Ultimatum more than Supremacy?
No numbers are going to run from any studio until Monday in respect of hte shooting. Anyone saying they have BO numbers are lying.
Messypandas
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so it outdid TDK. But what about the Heath effect? People don't really care about Batman
ViewtifulJC
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Because it's nowhere near cohesive an experience as TDK. Even with the somewhat superfluous HK sequence, the minutes just fly by in that movie. With the TDKR, there's a slow beginning introducing all the various characters and their sub-plots, then there's the long, long, LONG middle section of Bane setting up his fake dictatorship.
The shooting absolutely had an impact here.
Frankly I don't expect it to show much legs either.
PhoncipleBone
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Yeah. Loved them both, but liked Ultimatum more. It just felt more focused and polished. Also loved the reveal of when Ultimatum took place.
Most of it occurred in the middle of Supremecy. Spoiler tagged for those few that have not seen it. And this is not a Bourne thread.
A fairly disappointing estimate, but it's expected considering the murders. We'll see if the movie recovered a bit on Sunday with WB's actuals.
And the second weekend for this should be pretty impressive.
I am sorry, your argument is invalid.
God. MJ was so joyless in the Raimi trilogy. It was hard to care about her and Peter's relationship when it was so obvious that they should NOT be together.
Discotheque
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I'm frankly offended that Solo is putting BB over Spiderman 2 and ignoring Spiderman 1 in the "good" tier.
He's a Frrreak
He's a Frrreak
PhoncipleBone
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But sold less tickets if the numbers are accurate.
And the horrible shootings did have an effect on the opening weekend, but I also think that the fact that it was just not as good as the previous movie didn't help it either. Second weekend will be interesting, but not as huge as many think.
Solo alternates between BB and Spidey 2.
Discotheque
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And JJJ right? Right?! And the great villains (from the first two) and the Campbell cameos and the humor and the action scenes etc.
But yeah. Dunst gets a lot of shit on GAF for being "ugly" but she was so fine in Spiderman 1 in the rain. GOD DAMN
Not sure if the general audience agrees with you (I do). This movie's a huge crowd-pleaser. If anything, I'd expect this to have longer legs with more casual film fans.
ViewtifulJC
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Dunst was cute in SM1, but she was never the knock-out stunner she was in the comics.
Far better then Rachael, though.
Far better then Rachael, though.
Very
Well at least I've been using the site for a decade and it seems alright to me, we'll see
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