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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Aug 18, 2016 9:07:28 GMT -5
Explaining how someone gets somewhere at that point in a movie is anti-climactic unless that journey is integral to the plot. So I don't really care about how Wayne got back. Stopping action and interslicing scenes of him hitch hiking or catching a bus to an airport isn't as sexy as building the tension back in Gotham I liked the film a lot. I watch it every time it's on tv. Bane was great, I liked his voice. Talia was as transparent a twist as you can get. Anyone who has ever so much as watched Batman the animated series saw that coming.Hell Ray Charles could have seen that coming Now I'm imagining Bruce Wayne doing Trains, Planes, and Automobiles to get back to Gotham. "Youre messing with the wrong guy!" "I want a f***ing Batmobile."
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Aug 18, 2016 9:09:42 GMT -5
Now I'm imagining Bruce Wayne doing Trains, Planes, and Automobiles to get back to Gotham. "Youre messing with the wrong guy!" "I want a f***ing Batmobile." I'm imagining this scene entirely in the terrible Bat-voice.
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Post by g1megatronfan on Aug 18, 2016 11:14:10 GMT -5
Well...it's better than The Amazing Spider-Man movies...lol. Honestly I hated this movie when I seen it in theatres but when I later got it in the Trilogy collection I liked it better.
I think a large part of why I didn't like it was how long it went on for while sitting in uncomfortable theatre seats. It felt like it went for about 3 hours or close to it. I haven't watched it recently but it's definitely the weakest of the bunch. I would have liked to see more of Catwoman in it because she really doesn't do much of anything in the version we got. Bane...he was ok but trying to follow the Joker from the pervious movie?...no where as good.
They should have went with Riddler or someone else in Batman's cast of villains.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 18, 2016 13:50:55 GMT -5
"Hellopmf.....Vatmanpmf......and nowmpff....you havempff....my permishhhhionmpf......to die!"
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Post by bob on Aug 18, 2016 19:07:25 GMT -5
still my favorite of the Nolan Batman trilogy, still my favorite Batman film and still one of my favorite films
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Post by xCompackx on Aug 18, 2016 19:33:51 GMT -5
Pretty easily the weakest of the Nolan movies, but I didn't even really like it at the time. (and honestly I only really liked The Dark Knight of the 3.) For a movie series based on a "Realistic" take on Batman there is a lot of shit in DKR that breaks my suspension of disbelief. Pretty much every time money is handled makes me think that Nolan doesn't even have a basic understanding of how it works. The Nuke going off with no consequences... being the main things I can think of off the top of my head. Talking about money for a minute, why the hell were those stock transfers allowed to stand? Like, Bane publicly took over the Stock Exchange and Batman (IIRC) had the device that was used in those transfers.
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Post by dav on Aug 18, 2016 20:03:32 GMT -5
Pretty easily the weakest of the Nolan movies, but I didn't even really like it at the time. (and honestly I only really liked The Dark Knight of the 3.) For a movie series based on a "Realistic" take on Batman there is a lot of shit in DKR that breaks my suspension of disbelief. Pretty much every time money is handled makes me think that Nolan doesn't even have a basic understanding of how it works. The Nuke going off with no consequences... being the main things I can think of off the top of my head. Talking about money for a minute, why the hell were those stock transfers allowed to stand? Like, Bane publicly took over the Stock Exchange and Batman (IIRC) had the device that was used in those transfers. They did say that the trades were going to get reversed, it'd just take time to do so. I also didn't think that him appearing in Gotham was a problem since his backstory is basically shown as wandering through various countries without getting noticed in the first film.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Aug 18, 2016 20:18:04 GMT -5
It was awful the first time I watched it, it must be a steaming pile all these years later.
End of TDK: "He'll be who we need because he can take it."
Start of TDKR: "Eh, he quit immediately, like, the second the credits started rolling, f*** anyone who liked the last movie."
EAD with your inconsistency, Nolan. Not just for that, but for making TDK so good that a hack like Snyder tried to emulate you and f*** over Superman, f*** over the greatest crossover story and position Snyder and his garbage pail wife in a spot where they corporate speak about how their own shit don't stink and how wonderful their trash stories are.
Batman Begins is solid, TDK is fantastic, watching TDKR is the equivalent to chewing on tinfoil.
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Post by Red Impact on Aug 18, 2016 21:08:23 GMT -5
The part of him appearing in Gotham again could have been one long cut of like, grappling hooks under the bridge, some beat up guards, and finally the bat graffiti, so I didn't mind too much about that.
That's because I was still rolling my eyes over how balls out stupid the entire prison plot was.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 18, 2016 21:14:28 GMT -5
There are a lot of things you just gotta kinda shrug off and go 'well, he's Batman'. A friend of mine was trying to have me defend a few punches to his spine fixing his broken back, and it was just like: "I can't defend that. Still like the movie though."
My one major disappointment is in the marketing it was made out like the chants were something for Bane, and sounded absolutely badass. Then you get to the movie and it's just the dudes in the jail and you're kinda like: "oh,okay then."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2016 21:21:56 GMT -5
It's the weakest of the trilogy and it's pretty sloppy as hell in some parts and it kind of feels like more Christopher Nolan is trying to fulfill a studio contract with most of his plans and passions gone with Heath Ledgers death.
But Christopher Nolan is such a talented as f*** director and writer that he still makes something good even if he's phoning it in. But in a weird way I don't think Batman Begins or this movie has aged very well but The Dark Knight has aged incredibly well.
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Post by StuntGranny® on Aug 18, 2016 22:13:05 GMT -5
I've yet to make it through this movie. When I watched it in theaters, I fell asleep about an hour into it. I bought the blu-ray when it was released and made it a bit longer before dozing off.
So yeah, maybe I'll chug a pot of coffee, a Monster energy drink, and possibly make it through this thing one day.
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Post by ookkie on Aug 18, 2016 22:47:09 GMT -5
I'll echo the opinion that it's the weakest of Nolan's three Batman films, but it is still enjoyable. It did feel like a letdown after The Dark Knight.
At the very least it gave us these:
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Post by Jiren on Aug 18, 2016 23:00:41 GMT -5
I'll give DKR one thing, I did give us this
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 8:41:23 GMT -5
It was...okay.
I loved Bane. I think the "just a henchmen" criticism is a silly one. People can BOTH be the big bad. People can lead an army together.
I disliked giving Batman a solid ending where he retires. Batman's whole thing is never ending obsession.
Also, the entire movie starts over again in the middle.
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Post by Dub H on Aug 19, 2016 9:18:17 GMT -5
Never really enjoyed any of the movies , they villains always.carried then , this one is no exception
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Aug 19, 2016 10:57:36 GMT -5
WHURS DA TRIGGHER?
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Post by mizerable on Aug 19, 2016 11:04:54 GMT -5
I thought it was okay at best.
The fact they set up a bunch of things in Dark Knight and then immediately redo ALL of it. It felt like a different timeline, especially since they fast forwarded for no good reason.
Bane sucked. Talia was weak. Hostage Gotham was just ridiculous.
That said, it had it's moments and the end piece to Bruce retiring was pretty well done. Nonetheless, I've never wanted to revisit it after seeing it in the theater. There's just not much to look forward to.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 19, 2016 11:30:01 GMT -5
I loved Hardy's Bane. I did not like that he turned out to be a henchman. The Talia twist could have been handled better so that Bane was either an equal partner with her or she was his dragon (I prefer the equal partner thing). Still, I don't like the role Talia played anyways because I vastly prefer her as the lover that Batman cannot make himself trust but really, really wants to. That, and this portrayal meant that Damien cannot be a thing in the Nolan setting, which is a bit of a shame.
In short, the film had its weak points and some very strong points. I can rewatch it again for Bane alone.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 19, 2016 11:45:56 GMT -5
Pretty easily the weakest of the Nolan movies, but I didn't even really like it at the time. (and honestly I only really liked The Dark Knight of the 3.) For a movie series based on a "Realistic" take on Batman there is a lot of shit in DKR that breaks my suspension of disbelief. Pretty much every time money is handled makes me think that Nolan doesn't even have a basic understanding of how it works. The Nuke going off with no consequences... being the main things I can think of off the top of my head. The nuke did not bother me as much since it was a neutron bomb. They are designed to not affect as large an area as other weapons of similar destructive capacity. Getting it out over the ocean like that would severely mitigate the harm it could do. If he got a few miles out then there should not be anyone that was killed by the blast and because neutron bombs are actually of lower yield compared to their destructive capabilities, it might have been a preferable thing to set off as far as the citizens of Gotham are concerned.
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