The Dark Knight Rises (Batman 3) - No Riddler

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If I can understand what Bane is saying in a shitty audio bootleg, what the hell happened on Thursday? A lot of the media were reacting like Bane was speaking in another language. Was there a problem with the theater's audio system?
 
DMczaf said:
If I can understand what Bane is saying in a shitty audio bootleg, what the hell happened on Thursday? A lot of the media were reacting like Bane was speaking in another language. Was there a problem with the theater's audio system?
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I found him easier to understand than the
CIA Agent(?)
. To be honest, it was so hard to hear what was going on in that recording, that I didn't feel like anything was spoiled. It's unlikely I'll see the prologue anyway, the nearest IMAX theatre is a fair trek away.
 
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011...ource=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=63378

New Nolan interview with Guzim's favorite LA Times writer.

“It’s terrific, to have people that interested in something. It reminds you that it is a real honor to work on something that means so much to people,” Nolan said. “I’d love to be able to claim that I invented the whole thing and that’s why they’re interested. I did not. I’ve been given a very precious thing to do my best with, to look after and not to let people down. There’s a certain amount of fear that comes with it and intimidation but it’s also a great privilege. [As for the fans], they want it to be great, they want to go enjoy it and they’re fascinated by it. You know, there’s always controversy regarding things that people will disagree with but hopefully they appreciate the effort of trying to make something good.”
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I wish Michael Bay felt the same about the Transformers franchise...

The “Rises” opening sequence takes place
mostly in the air; it shows hooded prisoners being transported on a CIA plane and it reveals that this film’s evil mastermind, Bane, played by Tom Hardy, is not to be underestimated no matter the setting or situation. The sequence required some intense aerial work for Nolan and company and, as always, the director’s emphasis was on in-camera effects and stunt work as opposed to the pixelated painting that is the norm in today’s computer-generated Hollywood.

“We had a lot of fun on it,” Nolan said. “It was a tricky sequence to shoot but a lot of very talented people worked very hard on it. And I’m thrilled with the result. We shot it in Scotland. We braved the weather — it rains all the time there, a terrible place to do an aerial sequence, which is why no one has sort of done it before. You usually wind up in the desert or something for very practical reasons. But it really came off. We got very lucky with the weather and a lot of good planning went into it. I think it had a very unique look.”
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The director said it was Goyer who provided him with a four-color education in Bane.

“I didn’t know him very well,” Nolan said. “David Goyer got me a bunch of stuff on him and we looked into him. I only knew him by name, I wasn’t familiar with his back story. He’s a very cool character. And getting an actor like Tom to take it on, you know you’re going to get something very special. Tom is somebody who really knows how to put character into every gesture, every aspect of his physicality in the way that great actors can. He’s a very, very physical actor. He transforms himself and it’s there in every movement. He’s not afraid to look at a character from the outside as well as the inside so there’s a deep psychological branch to the character but also a very, very specific awareness of how he’s going to use his body and his appearance to express that character too. Christian is like that too, very much.”
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“With Bane, the physicality is the thing,” Nolan said. “With a good villain you need an archetype, you know, you need the extreme of some type of villainy. The Joker is obviously a particular archetype of diabolical, chaotic anarchy and has a devilish sense of humor. Bane, to me, is something we haven’t dealt with in the films. We wanted to do something very different in this film. He’s a primarily physical villain, he’s a classic movie monster in a way — but with a terrific brain. I think he’s a fascinating character. I think people are going to get a kick out of what we’ve done with him.”
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As for moving the action ahead eight years, Nolan said that it was a way to give true gravity to the events that were portrayed at the end of “The Dark Knight,” when Batman essentially took the blame for the crimes of Harvey Dent and became a fugitive from justice instead of a tacitly approved vigilante.

“It will make a lot more sense to people when they see the film,” Nolan said of the leap forward. “But it’s not a great mystery — it’s the jumping-off point for the film — but it’s hard for me to articulate it. I think the mood at the beginning of the film will make a lot of sense. If I had to express it thematically, I think what we’re saying is that for Batman and Commissioner Gordon, there’s a big sacrifice, a big compromise, at the end of the ‘The Dark Knight’ and for that to mean something, that sacrifice has to work and Gotham has to get better in a sense. They have to achieve something for the ending of that film — and the feeling at the end of that film — to have validity. Their sacrifice has to have meaning and it takes time to establish that and to show that, and that’s the primary reason we did that. It’s a time period that is not so far ahead that we would have to do crazy makeup or anything — which I think would be distracting — but it gave them something to get their teeth into, particularly Christian in terms of [portraying] this guy who has been frozen in this moment in time with nowhere to go. He really has done an incredible job figuring out how to characterize that and express that.”
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The true mystery is what Hollywood will make of Nolan — and vice versa — after he has truly left Gotham behind. Those are questions for another day but for the time being, the filmmaker seems pleased by the rare sensation of a sentimental journey: “It was pretty emotional as we would finish these characters and say goodbye to Alfred for the last time and say goodbye to Commissioner Gordon and eventually, with Christian, fairly close to the end, saying goodbye to Batman … it was a big deal,” Nolan said. “And with these newer characters too, finishing with Anne and all these guys. It was quite touching, I must say.”
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DMczaf said:
As for moving the action ahead eight years, Nolan said that it was a way to give true gravity to the events that were portrayed at the end of “The Dark Knight,” when Batman essentially took the blame for the crimes of Harvey Dent and became a fugitive from justice instead of a tacitly approved vigilante.

“It will make a lot more sense to people when they see the film,” Nolan said of the leap forward. “But it’s not a great mystery — it’s the jumping-off point for the film — but it’s hard for me to articulate it. I think the mood at the beginning of the film will make a lot of sense. If I had to express it thematically, I think what we’re saying is that for Batman and Commissioner Gordon, there’s a big sacrifice, a big compromise, at the end of the ‘The Dark Knight’ and for that to mean something, that sacrifice has to work and Gotham has to get better in a sense. They have to achieve something for the ending of that film — and the feeling at the end of that film — to have validity. Their sacrifice has to have meaning and it takes time to establish that and to show that, and that’s the primary reason we did that. It’s a time period that is not so far ahead that we would have to do crazy makeup or anything — which I think would be distracting — but it gave them something to get their teeth into, particularly Christian in terms of [portraying] this guy who has been frozen in this moment in time with nowhere to go. He really has done an incredible job figuring out how to characterize that and express that.”
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Well that answers that then.
The 8 year jump will establish that Gotham has healed and become relatively safer. Bane comes and fucks shit up.
 
Having second thoughts about going to the preview. Most of my friends are busy or not interested in driving two hours to see less than ten minutes of a movie. I still think it'd be cool, but a two hour drive without anyone to talk with seems a little much. Maybe a friend will pull through for me.
 
Lionel Mandrake said:
Having second thoughts about going to the preview. Most of my friends are busy or not interested in driving two hours to see less than ten minutes of a movie. I still think it'd be cool, but a two hour drive without anyone to talk with seems a little much. Maybe a friend will pull through for me.
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Same boat here. Feeling my age a bit, I did everything there was to do in the DK viral campaign.
 
Just listened to that leaked audio. He does sound powerful and intimidating. And BIG. His choice of words are similar to that of Ra's Al Ghul's. There is no hint of fear and he seems very wise.
 
The Xtortionist said:
Are there any IMAX theaters in Las Vegas showing the prologue with MI4? Or a website I can go to check?
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so, for those who've taken part in this gofobomo shit before, how early are you supposed to show up? if the thing is at 10 and I show up a little past 9, am I going to be stuck behind a thousand nerds in joker make up? do people poop sock these things?
 
DMczaf said:
This Friday with all screenings of Sherlock Holmes 2 and Digital IMAX screenings of MI:4 (because Digital IMAX won't get the Prologue).

It'll be on Apple.com on Monday or Tuesday next week.
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I'm looking forward to watching bootlegs of the trailer. Thankfully people have iPhone 4's with 720p video to record it now, and not those crap flip phone cameras cam corders when TDK was out.
 
Dany M said:
Don't worry. The video will look like shit.
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LOL, I know. There is a bit of a thrill watching bootleg footage of something you're anticipating. I think I still have the bootleg footage of the TDK prologue on my old computer. It had audience gasps and cheers in the captured as well, which made it even better, imo.
 
ezekial45 said:
I'm looking forward to watching bootlegs of the trailer. Thankfully people have iPhone 4's with 720p video to record it now, and not those crap flip phone cameras cam corders when TDK was out.
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...are you forgetting the TDKR teaser was bootlegged first at that shitty 2005 quality?

And now the first TDKR Prologue bootleg is audio only. We are actually going in reverse in terms of quality as time goes on.
 
DMczaf said:
...are you forgetting the TDKR teaser was bootlegged first at that shitty 2005 quality?

And now the first TDKR Prologue bootleg is audio only. We are actually going in reverse in terms of quality as time goes on.
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No, I just had fonder memories of the TDK prologue.
 
I wish there was a movie, any movie, being shown afterwards. There's still that sane part of me that thinks: "Hmmm, drive 30 miles, to sit in line hoping to get in, to watch 6 minutes of footage"

Though, I've traveled farther distances for less.
 
Lonestar said:
I wish there was a movie, any movie, being shown afterwards. There's still that sane part of me that thinks: "Hmmm, drive 30 miles, to sit in line hoping to get in, to watch 6 minutes of footage"

Though, I've traveled farther distances for less.
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Yeah I thought of this too.

Am I really going to line up for a few hours to catch a 6 min prologue?

But then I rationalize it as well I am a nerd/geek, love Batman, the screening is free, and I work in Manhattan 2-3 subway stops away from the theater.
 
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