Jazzman
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Post by Jazzman on Jun 3, 2012 23:32:17 GMT -5
See though, Nolan knows how to pace a movie. Every movie he's directed since taking over the Batman franchise has gone over 130 minutes and that includes The Prestige and Inception, and his films before BB were nearly 2 hours, but they always feel shorter than that.
You're going to have a lot of action to be driven throughout this movie and Nolan drives plot better than most every other director. It's going to feel short in the theater, but that's just my opinion.
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Beast Army Ass
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Post by Beast Army Ass on Jun 3, 2012 23:34:20 GMT -5
Whatever, I sat through the entirety of Grindhouse which was like at least 3 hours 15 minutes...BRING IT ON.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 3, 2012 23:48:22 GMT -5
I dont mind the length but I'm strangely not excited to see the next batman. Which is weird because I'm a massive fan of the comic books,have batman action figures,enjoyed the animated series and enjoyed the movie. I even am starring right now at a batman snowglobe that is on my dvd shelf. It just feels like its gonna be a letdown. I dont know why. I hope im wrong. I really do. Yeah... I have that feeling too, and the trailer I saw before Avengers didn't do much to assuage it. Unlike when I saw the trailer for the Dark Knight. But I'll end up seeing it anyway.
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andrewgilkison
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Post by andrewgilkison on Jun 4, 2012 0:47:08 GMT -5
To those who are planning on going to the theater to see this, don't think about the running time. Just watch the movie and judge it on it's own merits in terms of the storytelling and pacing. That is how movies should be enjoyed and judged on anyway.
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Post by Bravo Echo November on Jun 4, 2012 1:43:06 GMT -5
Yay! That means more Batman/Bane/Catwoman goodness!
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jun 4, 2012 2:49:24 GMT -5
Note to Self: Don't get a Extra Large Beverage from the snack bar.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 4, 2012 3:27:27 GMT -5
Wait, why is this a board announcement?
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TCA
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Post by TCA on Jun 4, 2012 4:00:40 GMT -5
Wait, why is this a board announcement? Duh, this is Batman we're talking about! It deserves top spot. Everyone needs to know the running time
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Post by Starshine on Jun 4, 2012 5:13:08 GMT -5
f*** yeah!
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Dave at the Movies
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jun 4, 2012 5:26:19 GMT -5
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Post by -Lithium- on Jun 4, 2012 5:30:01 GMT -5
I could have watched Two Face and The Joker for literally another hour. I doubt I'll feel that way about Bane and Catwoman.
I think this will be alot more like Begins. Slower. Not bad, but slower. Dark Knight hit the ground running because Batman was established in Begins and it was like there was no time between the end of Begins and the start of DK. I know it was suppose to be months or whatever, but you know what I mean.
I think The Dark Knight was a perfect movie. TDKR will be incredible, but flawed, like Begins. Better than Begins though.
You know what, I hate them all...
...not really.
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Post by Herman The Tosser on Jun 4, 2012 5:34:26 GMT -5
When I went to see the Avengers flick, they showed the TDKR trailer before it.
Frankly, it excited me a bit more than Avengers did. It's sounding to me like a lot of people online have somehow decided before the film's even out that it's failed already.
Screw you guys. Every little scrap I see makes me more excited for this film.
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Post by The Peoples Elbow on Jun 4, 2012 6:09:17 GMT -5
I will be there on opening day. It was filmed primarily in Pittsburgh, where I live and I'm sure the place will be packed!
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JDviant
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Post by JDviant on Jun 4, 2012 7:16:03 GMT -5
You do realize that almost everyone you just named is one of the most powerful characters in Marvel , Right? Seriously outside of Norman Osborn , that's basically a large percentage of the top two hundred most powerful characters in marvel. Popularity does not equal Strength. The Saint Of Killers could annihilate superman yet he's less popular. Hell , Swamp Thing once almost caused superman to burn through all of his powers. Yeah, and if you have power its very easy to kill things. How many of those are 'vital' villains? Was Crazy Iron Man THAT vital? Teen Tony's not around. Akhenaten? He was in what, one story? The Bloodaxe certainly changed Marvel forever. Thor's reign as lord of the earth was simply erased from continuity. No where in the post I replied to did it say popular, so what are we talking about who's the more popular character? Unless the original quote was talking about vital as in vitality, but I didn't take it as such. Maybe I was wrong and he was just saying Thanos was strong. As for being the most powerful characters, the people killed one the list include The Thing, Hulk, and Thor, so its not like jobbers were the only ones dying. My point; killing Avengers is easy. But speaking of how power doesn't equal popularity, lets all remember the time Spider-Man and Hellcat owned Thanos when he had the freakin Cosmic Cube.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2012 9:30:48 GMT -5
Dark Knight was too long as it was by like a half hour. 2hr 45mins will likely be overkill for this movie, but Nolan will at least make it a somewhat entertaining longwinded film.
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Post by Mr Snrub on Jun 4, 2012 10:26:14 GMT -5
Well if I'm spending nearly 30 dollars to go to a movie, i better get my moneys worth, so this is good with me
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mizerable
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Post by mizerable on Jun 4, 2012 10:38:07 GMT -5
I think The Dark Knight was a perfect movie. TDKR will be incredible, but flawed, like Begins. Better than Begins though. How was Begins flawed? It is up to this point, the best movie about Batman. That's the big flaw that Dark Knight had, Batman was just there, not a good back story to drive him like the first one. That said, I do agree DKR is going to be like Begins, it looks like we're getting flashback scenes of when he was in prison...so I really assume it's going to go full circle with Ra's Al Ghul, which is fine. I also hope to God that Catwoman was just a cover and that Hathaway ends up revealing herself as Talia. That would be a much better ending.
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Legion
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Post by Legion on Jun 4, 2012 11:03:22 GMT -5
I think the thing is with TDKR is that the whole realistic, underplayed superhero universe that seemed cool in Batman Begins and perfected in TDK, just doesn't seem as interesting now that we have stuff like Avengers which literally looks like it came off a comic book. Pretty much this. It's going to be a decent enough movie, of course it will be, but after seeing how a comic book movie can be done, sitting and seeing 'holy realism Batman' for this long might grate......we'll see after actually seeing it
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Post by Mr Snrub on Jun 4, 2012 11:21:02 GMT -5
I think the thing is with TDKR is that the whole realistic, underplayed superhero universe that seemed cool in Batman Begins and perfected in TDK, just doesn't seem as interesting now that we have stuff like Avengers which literally looks like it came off a comic book. Pretty much this. It's going to be a decent enough movie, of course it will be, but after seeing how a comic book movie can be done, sitting and seeing 'holy realism Batman' for this long might grate......we'll see after actually seeing it Batmans spinning plane in the trailer isnt exactly realistic
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Legion
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Post by Legion on Jun 4, 2012 11:31:22 GMT -5
Pretty much this. It's going to be a decent enough movie, of course it will be, but after seeing how a comic book movie can be done, sitting and seeing 'holy realism Batman' for this long might grate......we'll see after actually seeing it Batmans spinning plane in the trailer isnt exactly realistic Having some cool accessories isn't the same
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