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Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-30T10:39:18-06:00

All I can say is I nearly walked out of the theater half way through the movie. Yes, I was that disappointed.

The first time I heard Bane speak I thought to myself "WTF were they thinking?!" In no way did this movie live up to The Dark Knight, which is the best comic adaptation flick ever.

Let me count the ways...

1. Bane was so boring. Wow a terrorist with a mask. How original. Again, his voice was so distracting. I know I can't be the only one on who was bothered by this.
2. Catwoman. She was introduced in order to have the final scene of Batman and her walking off into the sunset. This was not necessary.
3. Robin. He didn't do anything cool enough to make me believe he's the heir apparent. This part of the movie was also forced.
4. Did I mention the plot was boring and unoriginal? A bomb is going to go off in Gotham? Wow that's never happened! Who needs Bane? They could've used some terrorist from Pakistan instead. Bane does not inspire fear or terror alone. (The Joker did.)
5. The cops getting stuck underground was just weird and unrealistic.
6. Then the final shoot-out where the terrorists had tanks and automatic rifles...the cops had pistols. That fight is over in 10 seconds. Yet somehow the cops take them all prisoner.
7. Boring prison scene.
8. The movie was not dark and, thus, did not resemble in any way the Batman mystique. 9. The action was ok.
10. Too many new characters went undeveloped even though the movie lasted almost 3 hours.
11. Slow pacing drove the weak story into the ground. (The Dark Knight was non-stop bullet train ride and incredibly unpredictable.)

I paid to watch the Dark Knight 4x in the theaters. I am happy to say that I will never spend a cent to see this one (again).

Statistics: Posted by mizzoucoug — Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:39 am

Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-24T15:30:23-06:00

I think when it's that obvious you are prohibited from referring to it as foreshadowing

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Ha!

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Statistics: Posted by Metal Bubba — Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:30 pm

Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-23T20:19:04-06:00

I think when it's that obvious you are prohibited from referring to it as foreshadowing

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Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:19 pm

Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-23T20:14:40-06:00

Too long and too busy. Could only understand about 3/4 of what Bane said. Hathaway looked great in the suit, but she's a mediocre actress. I guessed the twist at the end long before it happened. I'd tell you how I knew, but my explanation would act as a spoiler. I'd grade the individual movies in the trilogy thusly:

Batman Begins B
Dark Knight A
Dark Knight Rises B-

For comparison's sake, I'd grade the other comic book movies of 2012 like this:

Spiderman B
Avengers B

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I have to agree here, the foreshadowing felt a little heavy handed and ham fisted. But I still liked the movie a lot.

Statistics: Posted by hawkwing — Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:14 pm

Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-23T18:51:44-06:00

Too long and too busy. Could only understand about 3/4 of what Bane said. Hathaway looked great in the suit, but she's a mediocre actress. I guessed the twist at the end long before it happened. I'd tell you how I knew, but my explanation would act as a spoiler. I'd grade the individual movies in the trilogy thusly:

Batman Begins B
Dark Knight A
Dark Knight Rises B-

For comparison's sake, I'd grade the other comic book movies of 2012 like this:

Spiderman B
Avengers B

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Statistics: Posted by Metal Bubba — Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:51 pm

Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-22T00:30:08-06:00

I thought it was fantastic, though I admit checking the exits far more frequently than I ever have before. Tied all three movies together in a phenomenal fashion, and Nolan did a good job of tipping his hat to Batman lore throughout.

Anne Hathaway was a pleasant surprise in that she did not suck. I don't know that I liked her in the role, but she didn't ruin anything.

A few inconsistencies, but that's hard to avoid in a three-film series you are trying to wind up.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:30 am

Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-21T21:45:27-06:00

Wow. I thought this movie was phenomenal. And that Avengers kinda sucked. Space ships with mouths?

Statistics: Posted by Mars — Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:45 pm

Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-21T17:06:07-06:00

I think I enjoyed the Avengers more. The Avengers was more fun in my mind, even though TDKR was probably a better movie.

I agree. The Avengers was definitely more fun and I'm sure I'll watch it more tha the Dark Knight Rises.

Statistics: Posted by hawkwing — Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:06 pm

Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-21T16:00:00-06:00

I think I enjoyed the Avengers more. The Avengers was more fun in my mind, even though TDKR was probably a better movie.

Statistics: Posted by SpiffCoug — Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:00 pm

Re: Rate the Dark Knight Rises

2012-07-21T15:41:44-06:00

I saw it this morning. Thought the movie was really good, but not great. Bain's look was amazing but the voice was hard to understand at times and I missed a few lines of his dialog because I just couldn't understand what he said. That said, he was a very solid badguy and I enjoyed his performance very well. Of course, speaking of crazy voices Batman's voice is not quite as over the top as the last movie but it's still a little cheesy for me.

Anne Hatheway as the catwoman was great, in fact, in terms of female actors, this movie had the best of the previous dark knight movies, which was very nice.

I really enjoy the actor that Joseph Gordon-Leavitt has become and he does not disappoint at all in this movie. He's going to do some really great things.

Over all, a good, solid movie. Very enjoyable. It will probably land in my top 5 movies of the year, but certainly not as the #1.

Statistics: Posted by hawkwing — Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:41 pm