The Dark Knight Rises

[Kashanova]

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The more it's had time to sink it, the more I want to see this again. My wife and I watched the first two again yesterday, and I can honestly say this is right up there with TDK for me. Ledger's Joker still puts out the best performance, but Hardy as Bane was so powerful and intimidating. This was actually my wife's favorite of three. Great storytelling, great acting, and a great score. And honestly, I lot of the things some of you didn't like (flashbacks), I thought were very well done.

Just a phenomenal movie IMO, and my favorite trilogy ever.

agreed I loved the flashbacks....

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Especially at the beginning when Commissioner Gordon is about to talk about Harvey Dent and he starts getting two face flashbacks..... I thought that was well done...

[Blzer]

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agreed I loved the flashbacks....

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Especially at the beginning when Commissioner Gordon is about to talk about Harvey Dent and he starts getting two face flashbacks..... I thought that was well done...

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It was the silence that did it for me IMO.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Slash Film's 15 Things That Bothered Us

And I thought Jmood and 13 were being nitpicky, but damn.

I hate attempting to conjecture things in a real world, logical manner when its a movie involving a guy dressing up as a Bat, riding in a tank that hops across rooftops, and etc etc.

[thaima1shu]

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Slash Film's 15 Things That Bothered Us

And I thought Jmood and 13 were being nitpicky, but damn.

I hate attempting to conjecture things in a real world, logical manner when its a movie involving a guy dressing up as a Bat, riding in a tank that hops across rooftops, and etc etc.

Some valid things brought up in there, but in the end still nothing that bugs me all too much.

[Kashanova]

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Slash Film's 15 Things That Bothered Us

And I thought Jmood and 13 were being nitpicky, but damn.

I hate attempting to conjecture things in a real world, logical manner when its a movie involving a guy dressing up as a Bat, riding in a tank that hops across rooftops, and etc etc.

This guy is reaching a whole lot.....

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First off why does he need to develop something before he has sex with miranda? I mean how many times does a guy just sleep with a grl with little to no development at all. I think that was a huge reach by the author of the article. Bane taking a break to make bruce suffer is pretty easy. I Mean it's obvious he wanted to make him suffer while gotham blows up... I mean I don't even want to keep going, that article was giving me a headache

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Agreed, some valid points, but I think the article is reaching a great distance for a lot of them.

[Beantown]

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Agreed, some valid points, but I think the article is reaching a great distance for a lot of them.

Pretty much agree with those feelings as well.

I do wonder why everyone seems so concerned with...

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How Bruce gets from the Pit back to Gotham. It took him, what, 22 days or something to get back? I don't get why the "HOW" matters so much with that?

None of the time lapses bothered me at all, though, so maybe that's just me.

[Blzer]

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Pretty much agree with those feelings as well.

I do wonder why everyone seems so concerned with...

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How Bruce gets from the Pit back to Gotham. It took him, what, 22 days or something to get back? I don't get why the "HOW" matters so much with that?

None of the time lapses bothered me at all, though, so maybe that's just me.

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How he got back never bothered me. Trying to figure out how long each time lapse was the instant it happened was a bit bothersome, though. Aside from the snow on the street, there were times when I merely assumed things were still happening within the same hour.

I will be seeing it again to confirm these issues, though. They may become non-issues on a second viewing.

[Cutter15]

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Doesn't he say something about his head looking like a walnut, and being crushed like a walnut?

I honestly have no clue but the next time I see it I'll be sure to concentrate on some key words lol.

[thaima1shu]

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One complaint I've seen is that the score is too overbearing and loud. I actually really liked that it was. I've always loved the score for this trilogy, and I thought it really added a sense of urgency to everything. I was feeling so stressed out the first time I was watching the movie unfold, and the music was one of the reasons why.

[Blzer]

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One complaint I've seen is that the score is too overbearing and loud. I actually really liked that it was. I've always loved the score for this trilogy, and I thought it really added a sense of urgency to everything. I was feeling so stressed out the first time I was watching the movie unfold, and the music was one of the reasons why.

Like I said in my long-winded set of impressions, Nolan used music to perfection in Inception. It was in the middle of the film as they were planning the job, and they sequenced through what felt like a "montage" of scenes with one uninterrupted score, demonstrating how they will pull off everything. It works perfectly in that instance.

In The Dark Knight Rises, they put together a montage of scenes very early in the film, and as I called it, this is an example of poor film-writing. I can almost guarantee you that Nolan did not write it this way, and he extended the scenes and wrote much more complete transitions. When it came down to truncating time, this is where he deemed it most necessary, and it certainly added stress for viewers trying to keep up with the plot's build.

[DakkoN]

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Watched it again yesterday.. Still hear "Bane is awesome, awesome" for the Rise chants.. Can't get it out of my head.. Every time I heard the beat start up and/or the chants, I just kept saying to myself "Bane is awe-some, awe-some.. Bane is awe-some, awe-some"..

Exactly like this:

[weeeeeeez]

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That article summed up most of my feelings for this movie. Still stand by my 6/10 for this movie after seeing it again today. It's just downright sloppy for Nolan.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Thought this comment on that article was funny:

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I think Bruce Wayne used the same motorcycle to get back to Gotham that Bruce Banner used to get back to New York City in "The Avengers."

[Shortsinator]

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I think part of the reason I enjoyed this and Batman: Begins more than TDK was that Bruce Wayne was more Bruce than Batman. In TDK it was mostly about stopping a villain and not the story of Bruce Wayne.

However, this is not saying TDK didn't have background story because Rachel dieing was very impactful