The Dark Knight Rises

[Beantown]

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In this he runs off with Catwoman leaving...far as he knows...no one to protect Gotham.

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Huh? As far as he knows he left Blake everything he needed to get into the Batcave and take over for him.

[BlueNGold]

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Huh? As far as he knows he left Blake everything he needed to get into the Batcave and take over for him.

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Speaking of this, there's a part of me that really, really wants a movie set in this universe with JGL as Batman and a lot of the other characters like Gordon, Alfred, and Fox being maintained. The part of me that doesn't want it wonders how the hell JGL would be able to pull off a "Batman voice". I'm sure they're not going to go that route because all indications are Nolan is done, but that doesn't mean his brother couldn't take over because I'm pretty sure he directs as well.

Also, there's something about that one scene where Bane reveals the truth about Harvey Dent and Gordon and Blake are watching it. Some of the shots of Blake/JGL standing there are so "angular"(?) and gives him that hero vibe that it made me feel like he was supposed to become Nightwing the first time I watched it. It's hard to explain but hopefully someone gets it.

[Goffs]

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Am I the only one bothered by how batman looked? Not costume wise...I still can't get over how skinny he is and makes his head look big due to the mask part. If Bale had wider shoulders then it would look alright but each time he would appear on screen the first thing I would notice is his huge head. lol

I was also pleasantly surprised with Anne Hathaway as catwoman. She really portrayed her real well...

I wish the Nolan Batman costume was available to use in the Batman games...

[Theschill38]

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I think many people need to take this Trilogy away from the Comics. This is Nolan's Batman Universe, which in my opinion has absolutely nothing to do with any comic or previous movie/cartoon/tv show.

[Goffs]

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I think many people need to take this Trilogy away from the Comics. This is Nolan's Batman Universe, which in my opinion has absolutely nothing to do with any comic or previous movie/cartoon/tv show.

huh? Nolan followed the source material and story wise its exactly like the movie/cartoon/tv show.

What do you mean that it had absolutely nothing to do with any comic?

There were actually some nods from past comic stories....
http://kotaku.com/5928688/the-comics...rk-knight-rise

[Beantown]

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huh? Nolan followed the source material and story wise its exactly like the movie/cartoon/tv show.

What do you mean that it had absolutely nothing to do with any comic?

There were actually some nods to the comic version...
http://kotaku.com/5928688/the-comics...rk-knight-rise

I think he's saying that, while the inspiration and nods from the comics and cartoons are there, everything that changed (Bane's venom and all that) is because this isn't an adaptation, it's an interpretation. Nolan took those ideas and storylines from the comics and turned it into his own Gotham Universe with his own takes on the characters and stories and such.

[Blzer]

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The Talia death was laughable because of how it's acted out. Really ruins the scene and probably the worst acting job in the trilogy.

Marion Cottilard was still super hot though.

This kind of sucks, because I was hoping this wasn't the case. The audience seemed to tolerate it the first time, but next time I take my sister to see it, I hope this doesn't become an obvious issue where it can't just be treated lightly.

[Beantown]

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This kind of sucks, because I was hoping this wasn't the case. The audience seemed to tolerate it the first time, but next time I take my sister to see it, I hope this doesn't become an obvious issue where it can't just be treated lightly.

It was hands down the worst acted moment of the trilogy, taking the crown over pretty much every one of Maggie G's lines from TDK.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I think he's saying that, while the inspiration and nods from the comics and cartoons are there, everything that changed (Bane's venom and all that) is because this isn't an adaptation, it's an interpretation. Nolan took those ideas and storylines from the comics and turned it into his own Gotham Universe with his own takes on the characters and stories and such.

Which is the way movies should be approached rather than taking things straight from the pages of the comics.

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Yeah, Talia's death was all kinds of bad. The audience around me didn't seem to care, though so who knows.

[Blzer]

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I think many people need to take this Trilogy away from the Comics. This is Nolan's Batman Universe, which in my opinion has absolutely nothing to do with any comic or previous movie/cartoon/tv show.

I think he's saying that, while the inspiration and nods from the comics and cartoons are there, everything that changed (Bane's venom and all that) is because this isn't an adaptation, it's an interpretation. Nolan took those ideas and storylines from the comics and turned it into his own Gotham Universe with his own takes on the characters and stories and such.

Somebody please tell this to my friend. We had a long Facebook IM exchange last night, and the guy gave the film a 2 out of 5 because of the things that were inconsistent with the comics. I will spare you the lengthy conversation, but trust me when I say that this guy was a bit loopy with his "shoula/coulda/woulda" talk.

[thaima1shu]

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It was hands down the worst acted moment of the trilogy, taking the crown over pretty much every one of Maggie G's lines from TDK.

I didn't think it was a great moment either, but good lord I hated Maggie G. Don't think anything was worse than her for me.

[Blzer]

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Here's a direct comparison of the two Bane voices... the one from the original prologue, and the one from the theatrical version:

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cZmxmG46cvk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Beantown]

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Voice sounds cooler in the original format but there would be a lot more complaints had they kept it. Would've been much more difficult to understand since there were still people as I left both showings saying they wish they could've seen subtitles.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Damn that original voice is chilling.

I agree with Beantown even though the theatrical does give it a megaphone effect.

[Blzer]

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Voice sounds cooler in the original format but there would be a lot more complaints had they kept it. Would've been much more difficult to understand since there were still people as I left both showings saying they wish they could've seen subtitles.

Well, again... I wonder if there was a way Nolan could have just worked on the clarity of the voice without completely redoing it. When people complained they couldn't understand the voice, there really wasn't any other way about going around retaining the voice itself? Lowering the ambient sounds would have helped.

However, just watching that, it is much clearer in both versions outside of the IMAX version that I saw, including everybody else's voice. I can't wait to see this again in a regular theater or on Blu-ray, and see how much dialogue I actually missed from any and all characters.