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Jul 21, 2012 11:52 AM
The Equalizer;1230479 wrote:Nothing like a fucked up spoiler tag to ruin an ending.
Jordo? If so, he probably did it on purpose... Notice how close the Spoiler is to his "SPOILER" warning... SMH.
Jul 21, 2012 11:52am
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Jul 21, 2012 11:58 AM
hoops [SP]I agree with you. I think we might get a robin movie with maybe a batman appearance. JGL is an actor that Nolan loves to work with as well making it even more likely.[/SP]
Jul 21, 2012 11:58am
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Jul 21, 2012 12:16 PM
hoops23;1230483 wrote:Jordo? If so, he probably did it on purpose... Notice how close the Spoiler is to his "SPOILER" warning... SMH.
Wouldn't be surprised...

Anyway

[SP]I think the Nolan era of Batman is done. I really hope they don't make a Robin movie. I am not a fan of him at all, but if anyone could make that a huge box office hit, it would be Nolan. With that being said, Nolan said he was done, I believe him. He is the producer of the Superman reboot that is coming out next year. I think as far as comic movies go, his focus will be with Superman.

Whenever they do a reboot of Batman (lets hope it's longer than spiderman, doubt it though), they have some tough shoes to fill. Nolan set the bar VERY high not just for Batman, but for any comic movie/series/trilogy.
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Jul 21, 2012 12:16pm
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Jul 21, 2012 2:25 PM
[SP]Didn't Nolan say he wouldn't make a batman movie if Robin was in it? If he lied about that I'm sure he was lying when he said this was the end of his Batman (and spinoff) movies[/SP]
Jul 21, 2012 2:25pm
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Jul 21, 2012 2:28 PM
[SP]Although they said that JGL's name was Robin at the end of the movie, I could easily see them making him Night Wing. I can't see them making an entire movie based on Robin.[/SP]
Jul 21, 2012 2:28pm
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Jul 21, 2012 2:44 PM
Saw it last night and really enjoyed it.
Jul 21, 2012 2:44pm
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Jul 21, 2012 2:47 PM
like_that;1230501 wrote:Wouldn't be surprised...

Anyway

[SP]I think the Nolan era of Batman is done. I really hope they don't make a Robin movie. I am not a fan of him at all, but if anyone could make that a huge box office hit, it would be Nolan. With that being said, Nolan said he was done, I believe him. He is the producer of the Superman reboot that is coming out next year. I think as far as comic movies go, his focus will be with Superman.

Whenever they do a reboot of Batman (lets hope it's longer than spiderman, doubt it though), they have some tough shoes to fill. Nolan set the bar VERY high not just for Batman, but for any comic movie/series/trilogy.
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To be fair, Nolan's Batman reboot came 8 years after the last Burton Batman movie... Spiderman was 5... Not really that big of a deal, IMO.
Jul 21, 2012 2:47pm
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Jul 21, 2012 8:54 PM
Agree with most of the others. TDKR is very good but not as good as TDK.

That airplane scene was fucking incredible...especially after I learned that there was very limited CGI in that scene.
Jul 21, 2012 8:54pm
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Jul 21, 2012 9:51 PM
I've gone to a movie theater 2 times in the past 8 years, and this wasn't one of those times.

hope this helps
Jul 21, 2012 9:51pm
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Jul 22, 2012 12:20 PM
GoPens;1230710 wrote:Agree with most of the others. TDKR is very good but not as good as TDK.

That airplane scene was ****ing incredible...especially after I learned that there was very limited CGI in that scene.
It was the best scene of the film. Overall, I'd give it a solid 3 out of 4 stars. Fans of the first two Nolan films will enjoy the references and continuity. The action scenes were ambitious and definitely the biggest (and loudest) of the trilogy, if not taking away from the plot at times. Problems were the absolute non-shocking "plot twists" given how everything was signaled often, and lazy and cliched dialogue. We went with a couple (one German, one Brazilian), who made the comment that it seemed every aspect of the film (aside from the first scene) was borrowed from other movies, like Fight Club, 007 movies, etc. Theater was 90% packed, I think most people enjoyed it but there was never any cheering, clapping and barely any laughter. It was a satisfying, but not overwhelming success to a great trilogy. IMO it was the least successful of the 3 films.
Jul 22, 2012 12:20pm
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Jul 22, 2012 12:42 PM
Just curious as to why the couple being German and Brazilian had anything to do with your story?
Jul 22, 2012 12:42pm
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Jul 22, 2012 1:02 PM
Because they aren't American and aren't familiar with the Batman legacy and don't really care about some of the social commentary references because it doesn't apply to them.

They didn't grow up with Batman, it didn't really convert them to loving the trilogy. I do think they enjoyed the technical aspects. But it was a clunky film plot wise. I can see how some people would rate it higher if they really loved Hathaway's character (I didn't, but it didn't detract from my enjoyment), I can also see how some critics would give it a negative rating even if I wouldn't. The plot was nonsensical at times.
Jul 22, 2012 1:02pm
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Jul 22, 2012 1:05 PM
Fucking loved it.
Jul 22, 2012 1:05pm
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Jul 22, 2012 1:08 PM
Worst of the three, but still very good.

I still like begins the best.
Jul 22, 2012 1:08pm
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Manhattan Buckeye

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Jul 22, 2012 1:11 PM
hoops23;1230944 wrote:Just curious as to why the couple being German and Brazilian had anything to do with your story?
Also, I probably should have mentioned this earlier but they agreed that the entire film was predictable without even possibly knowing about spoilers. All of the plot twists weren't just alluded to, they were beaten over our heads. At the 1.5 hour mark I whispered to my wife that I knew exactly what the last scene would be - everyone should have. It was obvious.

Technically beautiful, good acting, just a bit too ambitious.
Jul 22, 2012 1:11pm
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Jul 22, 2012 1:15 PM
I was telling fab4, this movie had a pet peeve in it that fucking annoys me....the passionate kiss when you are up against it, with things to do.
Jul 22, 2012 1:15pm
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Manhattan Buckeye

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Jul 22, 2012 1:21 PM
With things to do...

possible spoilers so I'll post this down a bit:






















one wouldn't think someone would take the time to set up an elaborate demolition and civil engineering symbolic maneuver that served no purpose other than making a cool visual that the audience is supposed to react to - our audience didn't.
Jul 22, 2012 1:21pm
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Jul 22, 2012 1:27 PM
I'd say TDKR was my 2nd favorite of the series. TDK is far and away the best... Batman Begin was good, but didn't interest me as the other two.

I'll say, IMO, I enjoyed the Amazing Spider-Man more so than TDKR. Again though, I'm a much bigger Spider-Man fan than Batman.

With that said, I'll rank my top comic book movies as such:

1) TDK
2) The Avengers
3) The Amazing Spider-Man
4) The Watchmen
5) Spider-Man 2

That's off the top of my head, so I may be forgetting one.
Jul 22, 2012 1:27pm
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Jul 22, 2012 3:42 PM
God do I hate all the Spider Man movies.

Also here's a great gif of the end of the movie, [SP][/SP]
Jul 22, 2012 3:42pm
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Jul 22, 2012 4:38 PM
hoops23;1230998 wrote:I'd say TDKR was my 2nd favorite of the series. TDK is far and away the best... Batman Begin was good, but didn't interest me as the other two.

I'll say, IMO, I enjoyed the Amazing Spider-Man more so than TDKR. Again though, I'm a much bigger Spider-Man fan than Batman.

With that said, I'll rank my top comic book movies as such:

1) TDK
2) The Avengers
3) The Amazing Spider-Man
4) The Watchmen
5) Spider-Man 2

That's off the top of my head, so I may be forgetting one.

V for vendetta is my number one I think.
Jul 22, 2012 4:38pm
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Jul 22, 2012 4:49 PM
Are we counting graphic novels? Because if so 300 and Sin City are probably on my list.
Jul 22, 2012 4:49pm
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Jul 22, 2012 5:48 PM
I really enjoyed it, thought it was just as good as the last one.

I might be in the minority but I liked Bane more than I liked the Joker.
Jul 22, 2012 5:48pm
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Jul 22, 2012 5:50 PM
KR1245;1231118 wrote:I really enjoyed it, thought it was just as good as the last one.

I might be in the minority but I liked Bane more than I liked the Joker.

Loved the bane character, but I did struggle to understand him sometimes
Jul 22, 2012 5:50pm
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Jul 22, 2012 6:24 PM
wes_mantooth;1231121 wrote:Loved the bane character, but I did struggle to understand him sometimes
Yeah, you're right. I couldn't quite make out what he was saying a lot of the time. Otherwise, I agree with Manhattan_Buckeye's analysis. Of the trilogy, this was my least favorite.
Jul 22, 2012 6:24pm
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Jul 22, 2012 7:22 PM
I loved it entirely. I thought the story was great and I really enjoyed the acting. I thought it was Christian Bale's best performance of the three and I also really loved JGL and Anne Hathaway's performances. And I swear Michael Caine made me tear up every time he was on screen. I loved Bane and I actually didn't have much trouble understanding him. I know someone who has seen it twice and he said it's much easier the second time.

I won't say it was better than TDK but for me it's really, really close. I think all three movies together are pretty much perfection.
Jul 22, 2012 7:22pm