I don't really like Christopher Nolan's films too much in general. Inception and Memento, two films of his that I really like, are almost entirely held up by the cool concepts they are built around, not really the execution as much.

As for The Prestige, which I also like- David Bowie.




Anyways, I just came back from watching TDKR, and I would have to say it (along with the rest of the trilogy) is from being the "10/10 masterpiece" I see people calling it (imo!), but still a p good film. The ending (Everything from Bats flying the bomb away, to the credits) was pretty phenomenal though!

I think I'd give it a 8/10, though even that may be a tad too generous.


In relation to the rest of the trilogy, I'd say this one was the best. I really didn't enjoy The Dark Knight too much, for me it's just a 7 out of 10. And Batman Begins was just a few levels above forgettable superhero schlock.

Dylan. I respect your opinion. But I feel that you missed a few things
1. The military did confirm it was radioactive. That's it. So they knew not to fuck around with this guy because he wasn't joking. There was no part about understanding it was a time bomb.
2. Not all police went into the tunnels. Just a majority of them.
3. I think you way overead the OWS comparison. I saw it more of an anarchist style society.

I hope you had even worse things to say about Transformers.

I liked it more than the first but not as much as the second. It got a little corny in parts and forced. like Batman and Bane finding one another in the battle.

Though Catwoman was the best version on the screen yet. She was a bit cliche as mentioned, and there wasn't enough time spent with building up her character's change of heart.

Personally I think they should have made it two partner, like the last Harry Potter. End the first one with Bane Breaking Batman and leaving him in the Prison.

Oh and it was hard to hear in the theater.

hahaha its funny how everyone is ripping on batman begins, I think its my favorite of the 3 then dark knight and then this one. the biggest problem I had with this was the total lack of batman for most of the film. when I saw begins in theaters I was just about shitting my pants with glee the 1st time I saw him yank falcone outta the car and say "Im batman!" and proceed to give him a savage headbutt.

or the whole "its not who I am on the inside, but what I do that defines me" and then leap off the building and spread the cape.....gave me chills. there was none of that really in this one for me (well a little bit when he made the ledge jump and the bats flew out the hole in the wall and shit but it was minor)

Originally Posted by PixelMasher

hahaha its funny how everyone is ripping on batman begins, I think its my favorite of the 3 then dark knight and then this one. the biggest problem I had with this was the total lack of batman for most of the film. when I saw begins in theaters I was just about shitting my pants with glee the 1st time I saw him yank falcone outta the car and say "Im batman!" and proceed to give him a savage headbutt.

or the whole "its not who I am on the inside, but what I do that defines me" and then leap off the building and spread the cape.....gave me chills. there was none of that really in this one for me (well a little bit when he made the ledge jump and the bats flew out the hole in the wall and shit but it was minor)

Agree 1000000000000000%, but I personally prefer TDKR to TDK.

Batman was cool. I was mostly happy to see Mayor Carcetti find a new job outside of politics and that Bunny Colvin managed to get back into what he loved.

I liked it. lol

Just got back from the cinema.... Sooooooooo good.

went to see it today,tried to keep my head out of this topic for the last few days to stay neutral. Havnt read the discussion yet but i`ll catch up later.

I found the movie very enjoyable, i cant say if i liked it better than the second one but it did get me dragged into the story quite well.
The casting/acting was great, seriously no bad word about from my end.
some inconsistencies did bother me during the film but not enough to ruin it.
2 examples


The batman burned logo on the bridge made no sense/ they didn't have any spare time to waste at that point.
He takes 8 years to barely recover from his TDK wounds but recovers from a dislocated spine in a few months and doesn't seem to need the leg devices any more either.


small nitpicks but really liked it overall

Shit you guys you ruin movies. Was just going to post in here how much I liked it. Fuck that. The movie sucked. You guys suck too.

Not really reading into the robin thing much, but it would be interesting to see him become "Batman Beyond" and have Bruce come back as a mentor. I mean, there's really not a whole lot of room for anything further to happen, although I'm sure it could be forced in some way since Batman is such a cash cow. The problem is, Bruce has no money at the moment due to fraud, there's a god damn orphanage being run out of Wayne Manor now. Just to name a few. Can't say I would enjoy a Batman Beyond spin to things, but it does fit a little. "Robin" needs Wayne's money, at the very least, to continue being batman. Especially since Bane took most of his stuff.

Finally saw it, was fucking amazing! Anne Hathaway was so badass, loved Bane, really well done overall. Would have preferred a slight update to the batsuit helmet to make it more frank miller... But whatever. Awesome movie, would watch again

I loved Caine's performance throughout- he made me well up twice. Good film all round and I didn't come out feeling that it was especially long which was great for nearly 3 hours worth!

On a side note, Hathaway was extremely sexy, her voice! I want to marry her. Now.

Edit: One thing that did stick out to me was Wayne's recovery from the spinal injury- surely he'd be unable to climb, never mind fight- even after months of recovery!

It's a good movie.

In my opinion Nolan tried to pack in too many characters and their story archs, and bounced between them all so much that all of them come across as under developed and the movie is left feeling schizophrenic. The previous ones felt more solid because there was a clear main character, Batman Begins was about Batman, Dark Knight was about Joker, this one was about....Batman, Selena Kyle, 'Robin', Bane and a lot more times where the supporting cast brings the storyline to a halt.

Again, I enjoyed it but it was so packed with jumping between characters that it took away from the movie being FUN. It would have been nice if it had been chopped into two movies, allowing for less frantic pacing and more focused storytelling.

http://www.jest.com/video/186034/bane-cable

Bane VS the Cable Guys! Pretty funny.

I saw this movie about a week ago, forgot to visit this thread though. I liked the movie, it didn't disappoint me like the first one did because I knew what to expect.

It's pretty far from the Oscar-material people say it is though, the movie tries to be serious and smart but silly lines and weird-ass scenarios removes all of that. I found the soundtrack to be great, the setting as well. The story was good too, it was nice to see Batman get beaten up and then rise to become the hero he is. Not sure if he became stronger though, seemed like everyone else got weaker because they realized it was the end of the movie. There were some other things such as the whole brawl on the street between the police-men and the league of shadows, catwoman's cheesy lines and Batman's quiet growl-voice in the middle of the battle which made me laugh.

I take the movie for what it is though, there is only so much a comic-book movie can do.