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The Dark Knight Rises |OT2| The Legend... Continues

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SJRB said:
You thought we could be decent men in an indecent thread.
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I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
 
http://www.indiewire.com/article/ch...nter-5-things-learned-about-batman-and-beyond
On the evolution of Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning Joker, and seeing it for the first time.

"We casted him before the script was even written, so he had a very long time to obsess over what he was going to do. I sent him some material -- I had him read "A Clockwork Orange" for example. When I finally sent him the script it was very scary, because by this time he was so committed and knew what a high wire act it would be and if he hadn't liked it I think...it would have been extremely bad. But he breathed a sigh of relief, I breathed a sigh of relief, and he really felt it delivered what we talked about, so we started talking about things like costume fittings. Like a lot of artists, he would sneak up on something. You couldn't really sit him down and say "Ok, today you're going to do the Joker." You'd have to say "Let's read this scene, and act it," and he'd read it with Christian Bale and there would be a line or two where you heard him doing something with his voice that was a little different, or he'd throw in a little bit of a laugh, while never saying "Ok, this is it!" And then we'd film hair and make-up tests and try different looks and different versions of the make-up, and with that he'd start to move. We would have some rubber knives and he'd pick up the knives and choose what weapon he'd use. We'd film these tests with handheld cameras so they weren't so stiff and we'd circle around him while he did his thing. We didn't record any sound, so he felt able to start talking and show us what he was going to do. That's when he started sneaking up on me and, as with any great performance, he was showing me something very different.

"The voice certainly frightened me because of its weird shift in pitch, and with this character you never quite know where the pitch is going to go in the voice, just as with his physical movements you never know how he is going to move, what he is going to do with his hands. It's always a surprise. The actual tone of his voice was always a surprise too -- sometimes it would go incredibly low and threatening, and other times it would be kind of sing-song. The first scene we shot was IMAX prologue, the bank robbery, where he had a mask on. I think that freed him up not worry too much because the stakes weren't so high. When you see the physicality of the scene its very much like Buster Keaton or Chaplin. You manage to see the character in the gestures, and I just love what he did with it. Then there's this tremendous moment where he takes this mask off, and it was the first time we shot with the IMAX cameras so it came out a bit out of focus. So I just rescheduled, but I got this horrifying phone call from him, like a "What have I done?" It was the first time he ever showed us the voice, and we wanted to reshoot it! I told him "No, no, no, it was great!", but he never quite believed me. He reshot it very graciously because he was a tremendous professional, and I think he was delighted that we ended up using the out of focus one because it was just magic."
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Phaethon0017 said:
Batman had some sort of device that messed with tech. Since they stole Wayne tech guns I just assumed he had the master key or what have you.

And I thought JGL was helping in that scene! Can't tell if he grabbed him or not from the gif.
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You're joking, aren't you. Judging from your Rowan Atkinson avvy you should be joking.


It's just one of those things. Nolan's Bruce may be realistic, deep, well-defined, but he never makes you think: 'Oh, he's obviously a trained martial artist'. Bane made me think so though....
 
The more I think about this movie, the more it reminds me of skyfall. Way too long and ruined by stupid shit that isn't believable in the world of the movie itself.
 
g0tm1lk said:
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Why this was allowed to stay. Does Nolan not notice this stuff? Does he not look over every scene meticulously to make sure everything is right? I don't understand. I like his movies but I just can't comprehend how you miss stuff like that, or he notices but just doesn't care which I would find really odd.

Slow motion makes it look worse and most of the stuff is passable in normal motion but why would Nolan settle for passable, especially on such a big budget.
 
Such a great trilogy and I've enjoyed each instalment more than previous ones. Every other superhero movie looks so silly in comparison.
 
Charles Foster Kane said:
I absolutely love how that guy chooses to hit batman with his gun instead of shooting him and the other guy just falls. Priceless.
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Hollywood is pure crap when it comes to fight scenes. Even the best ones are mediocre at most. Which is weird, considering some american choreographers make 10 times better stuff for straight to DVD genre movies.
 
Angry Fork said:
Why this was allowed to stay. Does Nolan not notice this stuff? Does he not look over every scene meticulously to make sure everything is right? I don't understand. I like his movies but I just can't comprehend how you miss stuff like that, or he notices but just doesn't care which I would find really odd.

Slow motion makes it look worse and most of the stuff is passable in normal motion but why would Nolan settle for passable, especially on such a big budget.
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Nobody's perfect.

Silly question, but does it bother anybody else that the best part of the track Imagine the Fire (4:00-5:30) is played when Blake is trying to get the kids off the bridge? It's the favourite part of the OST to me, and to me it's just wasted on that scene. :(
Bugs me everytime I rewatch the film.

Similar situation to the track War in Avatar. They cut the best part out of the film.
 
Okay. Finally watched it for the first time. Loved Bane until 30 minutes from the end. Hated Catwoman through most of it. The last 2 minutes were incredibly ham fisted and over done. Thought the Steelers looked ridiculous. Roflburger looks like a rapist

Still not as good as Begins.
 
Even worse on rewatch. :(

And man does this thing fucking draaaag.

After this shit I hope Nolan seriously mixes up his next movie. No more of these mass crowd pleasing handjobs. I want the man to get dangerous again.
 
Scullibundo said:
Even worse on rewatch. :(

And man does this thing fucking draaaag.

After this shit I hope Nolan seriously mixes up his next movie. No more of these mass crowd pleasing handjobs. I want the man to get dangerous again.
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What is it you hate about it?

Is there something you like?
 
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