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Dr.Jonesy said:When I was little, the two fictional guys that were my heroes were none other than Batman and Indiana Jones.
*high five*
Dr.Jonesy said:When I was little, the two fictional guys that were my heroes were none other than Batman and Indiana Jones.
kongisking said:*high five*
Montana Smith said:"This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object."
Dr.Jonesy said:
And the last thing I want to see is the fans of two characters I've loved since I was a kid put up against eachother and argue.
Dr.Jonesy said:Hey...wanna know the irony of this topic?
SPOILERS FOR 'THE DARK KNIGHT RISES' AHEAD!!!
Batman somehow survives a nuclear blast at the end of 'The Dark Knight Rises'.
FIRST REVIEW: The Dark Knight Rises might be spectacular to look at... but it's humourless and too long
By Chris Tookey
PUBLISHED: 17:07, 16 July 2012 | UPDATED: 11:13, 17 July 2012
The Dark Knight Rises (12A)Verdict: Spectacular - but overlong and often incomprehensible
Rating:
Director Christopher Nolan has done an intelligent job of assembling a blockbuster finale that brings back a few previous supervillains and makes a neat, emotionally satisfying conclusion to the trilogy of Batman films he has directed.
He also has the courage to grapple, however superficially, with two big themes - the fear of terrorism and economic collapse.
The bad guy of the picture, Bane (Tom Hardy), is like a French revolutionary of the 18th century, hoping to unite the oppressed masses against the capitalists, police and authorities who have kept them under control for so long
A 'people’s court' dispenses death sentences to anyone deemed reactionary. That’s me done for, then.
I wouldn’t go so far as to claim the film is a political heavyweight, but there are echoes of Dickens’ big novels about rioting masses and political anarchy, Barnaby Rudge and A Tale Of Two Cities.
The bad news is that it lasts two hours 45 minutes, which is astonishingly bloated – and unforgivable in a film that spends a long, ponderous hour getting started.
Another fault is that Bane is a boring villain. Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight was a creepily memorable figure. Bane is just Darth Vader in a Hannibal Lecter mask, and his words are practically inaudible.
For the first time in a blockbuster this year, an over-enthusiastic effects track, poor diction (not only by Hardy) and what sounds like hundreds of crazed Japanese drummers make large stretches of dialogue incomprehensible.
And in case you think I’m going deaf, my 21-year-old son sitting beside me found the dialogue just as difficult to hear.
As with all recent Batman films, the tone is humourless, bordering on reverential. There are even self-consciously mythic echoes of Jesus Christ coming to save humanity, and it’s a tribute to Christian Bale’s acting that he endows the title role with agonized sincerity, even when asking us to believe in the wildly incredible.
Anyone who can’t see enough big, loud movies that don’t make sense can safely disregard this review. But the first of the trilogy, Batman Begins (which received four stars from me), remains the creative high point.
The Dark Knight Rises is not as repellently sadistic as its immediate predecessor, but it has pretensions vastly beyond its capabilities, and the special effects drown out the narrative.
Montana Smith said:I'm expecting TDKR to be the weakest of Nolan's trilogy, since Bane is played by a guy who looks more like the German Mechanic than the beast who broke the Bat.
Nolan may have just have followed Lucas in making one too many...
Montana Smith said:I'll take Nolan's Joker, Scarecrow and Two-Face, but he can stick his Bane where the sun doesn't shine.
Dr.Jonesy said:
Not that Bane was ever my favorite Batman villain, but what's so bad about him?
Montana Smith said:Just don't like the look of him.
Knightfall was a great storyline, and Bane was a visually impressive character.
So I'm buying two of the new 1/6 Hot Toys' Nolan Jokers, and zero of Hot Toys' Nolan Bane. If Sideshow continue with their 1/6 DC comic book line and make Bane, that's the one I would stand alongside Nolan's Joker.
Dr.Jonesy said:
I understand. Not everyone digs Nolan's "realistic" take on characters. I find it to be a blight on creativity at times and a bit too sacrificial to canon, but that's just me. I do like Bane in the comics, but not as much as I do the more traditional Batman-Rogues. It's a shame that Riddler, Penguin and others don't exist in this version of Batman's world.
Dr.Jonesy said:On a side note...wow those Hot Toys sculpts are amazing. Some of the things they do, the realistic look of these things blows my mind. Gary Oldman's looks amazing.
We have our share of knee-jerk defenders (no less irritating than the knee-jerk Indy 4 haters) but they're nothing like the thugs who got the Rotten Tomatoes comments shut down indefinitely. Over a hero movie... such irony.We haven’t seen a BATMAN movie that kicked RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK’s ass. But we could. One day. BATMAN deserves so much more style and flourish than this drab flick.
Moedred said:
I put SPOILER WARNINGS ALL OVER THIS – BECAUSE I HAVE TO DISCUSS THE ATROCIOUS END OF THIS TRAVESTY….
Montana Smith said:Undecided whether or not to read all his spoilers. But these are the feelings I was getting about TDKR just from behind the scenes stills. I think Nolan blew his load on BB and TDK, leaving little to give for the last.
One day I'll see it for myself.
michael said:He blew his load with the TDKR.
It can't be topped by him.
See it.
Since 'blowing his load' has been mentioned: Can you guys, please, put your Batman boners back in your pants? Why *** to this thread to discuss the new, Dick Night Rise / Rising Dick film when there is already a thread dedicated to it?michael said:He blew his load with the TDKR.
It can't be topped by him.
See it.
Stoo said:Since 'blowing his load' has been mentioned: Can you guys, please, put your Batman boners back in your pants? Why *** to this thread to discuss the new, Dick Night Rise / Rising Dick film when there is already a thread dedicated to it?
The appropriate thread, which was created exactly 4 years + 2 days ago (and has remained active ever since), is: The Dork Dick Rises at Night