Dark Knight Rises - Now that we know the cast — Page 10

TV's Frink said:

Someone missed an ot.com meme,lol.

I'm not familiar with that one.  Isn't there a thread for that?

darth_ender said:

By the way, which Batman film is your favorite?  ;)

Fave Live-action film: Batman Begins

Fave live-action Batman: Adam West

Fave animated film: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker*

Fave animated Batman: Kevin Conroy

*Has anyone but me noticed that Mark Hamill has starred in two films which have the letters "ROTJ" ?

This movie is going to rock, no doubt. Nolan is very talented and has a good sense of storytelling. I think TDKR will give us possibly the first satisfying conclusion to a superhero saga in a quite awhile.

So many trilogies seem to end with disappointment. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Return of the King, and The Bourne Ultimatum are a couple of strong finishes I can think of. I still think ROTJ, despite its flaws, is a very solid movie but I know there are people who don't like it.

Godfather 3, Spider-Man 3, The Matrix Revolutions, X-Men 3, and others left people disappointed. If you look purely at the superhero genre, there hasn't been a single well-concluded trilogy. TDKR will give us that and hopefully culminate the superhero era which I have enjoyed but has long run its course.

On the other hand, The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man look terrible. Man of Steel could be interesting with Nolan producing.

Nolan is one of the next generation of directors that I actually like. When I see his films come out, I try to avoid all trailers, posters, etc because I don't need to be convinced and I want to walk into the film with no idea of the plot twists that are so often given away in trailers (why they do this is beyond me). I do a similar thing with Darren Aronofsky.

It makes me excited that we are seeing the rise of these directorys (yes I realize that neither of the above directors are that new) because for a long time I thought, "man, when Martin Scorsese dies we are fucked!"

I will say that I am not excited about Anne Hathaway being in this film. Sure I'd throw it in her, but I'm not impressed with her acting OR her choice in movies to perform in (stay away from Jake Gyllenhaal, he is acting kryptonite).

I really shouldn't question Nolan's decisions though. Once upon a time, I thought Heath Ledger playing the Joker was the worst idea ever. :)

georgec said:

Man of Steel could be interesting with Nolan producing.

Mmmmhhh, well producers have a very wide range on a film's making, and it's almost impossible to truly decipher how much influence they have on the finished product; can't say too much about Nolan's producing job on this.

With that said, Zach Snyder directing - in my opinion - will make for a movie that is fifty percent slow-motion, with overused high-contrast cinematography, and shots all taken from existing comic book panels. In other words, from what the man has done before, it sounds like a hacky-hack movie of modern cinematic cheese.

But Dark Knight Rises looks pretty exciting, despite Hathaway being in it. One of my favorite things about this movie is the fact that the studios are actually okay with it being the final film in this (for lack of a better term) "Nolan Trilogy". That just gives it so much more gravitas, and could very well bring out the best in their efforts to make it an actually good movie especially on the heels of "The Dark Knight"

...as opposed to some other comic-book adaptations that were made purely to advertise another one and had less than satisfactory results... *cough*CaptainAmerica,IronMan2,Thor*cough*cough*

DuracellEnergizer said:

Almost all of Nolan's films feel - for lack of a better term - constipated, constipated and unnecessarily convoluted, to me. So far, the only films of his I've actually found enjoyable are Batman Begins and The Prestige.

YES!! Every single one of his films I've seen is disconnected from its own story. I agree with all of his filmmaking theories and commitment to quality films, but so far the only one I actually enjoyed to a degree was Batman Begins. And even then the novelization was much better.

Regardless, though, The Dough Dark Knight Rises will probably still be a far better film than anything connected to those overrated CG turds Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Thor.

Yes, but I know that I probably won't enjoy it very much.

It just felt darned empty. I felt like I was reading an interesting Batman graphic novel that was highly acclaimed but sorely lacking in a well defined story arc, and just got too convoluted for its own good. Add in the overlong run time, messy editing, weird color scheme and "HOCKEY PADS" and I guess that about sums it up for me. It's not a bad film, just not the great movie everyone claims it to be.

I'm going to revisit it tonight anyway and see what I think all this time later. And I still haven't seen Inception, which of course will get me ignored by some people...

Warbler said:

captainsolo said:

It just felt darned empty.

doesn't seem empty to me.