The Dark Knight Rises

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I must admit I hope TDKR doesn't break any of The Avengers' records, just to shut up Nolan fanboys. All while simultaneously hating on The Avengers every chance I get, despite not seeing it.

Guess that makes me the Ron Paul of this box office season

The only thing about The Avengers that pissed me off is that Joss Whedon won't be going anywhere.

TDKR won't break The Avengers records because it won't be in 3D.

[Positive Touch]

I must admit I hope TDKR doesn't break any of The Avengers' records, just to shut up Nolan fanboys. All while simultaneously hating on The Avengers every chance I get, despite not seeing it.

Guess that makes me the Ron Paul of this box office season

bitch no

[Mr. Gundam]

I'm excited to see TDKR, but good lord, internet Batman fans are insufferable fucks.

[Mandark]

PD's just a hater.  But we knew that.

[Phoenix Dark]

I really liked TDK!

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except for the lol worthy ending and general cheesy dialogue of course

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[Mandark]

So basically he's a Kobe-stan, and Cameron or Nolan are guys like Wade or LeBron?

Yes!

I was actually going to use that exact comparison but didn't think it would translate.  Gotta stop underestimating the Bore.

[ManaByte]

Manabyte hates the Nolan Batmans if I remember correctly.

Nope. I just like Begins more than TDK. Seeing Rises in a few hours.

[Eel O'Brian]

does batman fuck catwoman in ths one or does he just go home and bitterly masturbate while still wearing his costume

[Mupepe]

I'm seeing TDKR in 8 hours.

[bork]

Obligatory for super-hero movies:

[MrAngryFace]

Half the reason I watch Get Smart is to see Anne Hathaway in the trip-laser scene. JEEESUS.

Also its a funny movie.

[Mr. Gundam]

does batman fuck catwoman in ths one or does he just go home and bitterly masturbate while still wearing his costume

We don't get the sex scene we want, but the sex scene we deserve.

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Goes home and bitterly jerks it.

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[Phoenix Dark]

Half the reason I watch Get Smart is to see Anne Hathaway in the trip-laser scene. JEEESUS.

Also its a funny movie.

Good but she's hottest in Princess Diaries

[Trent Dole]

How Spidey 3 should've ended

This is some amazing life changing shit right here. My eyes welled up a bit from laughing so much.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

seeing this tomorrow at work

could not POSSIBLY care less

[CajoleJuice]

seeing this tomorrow at work

could not POSSIBLY care less

 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

mandatory movie day, forced to see Batman against my will

fuck this gay earth

[Himu]

fuck this gay earth

[Phoenix Dark]

It's the movie you deserve and need right now

[Howard Alan Treesong]

fuck this gay earth

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Well, that was a movie.

[Phoenix Dark]

What would you give it on a scale of one Batman Grunt to five

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I would give it a WARSDATAGGAR

[Shaka Khan]

Real non-spoilerific impressions please.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I like Michael Caine as Alfred. I LOVE Anne's ghetto booty in that catsuit, esp. whilst riding a motorcycle. I like the new Batgadgetry. Bane is fairly well handled - I like that they focused to the psychological side of his assault on Batman and didn't just play him as a big bruiser.  Plot is better than TDK but still has some GINORMOUS plot holes and impossible tech macguffins. Dent is a presence; Joker is not. Levitt's character has a nice GPCD vibe (street-level coppery in the world of Batman).

The dialogue is still a bunch of portentous bullshit about what it means to be a hero and sacrifice and dedication and fear and something bigger than just me and and and...

If you have read Knightfall and No Man's Land, you are not going to be surprised by anything that transpires. It's kinda awkward that Arkham City borrowed so heavily from No Man's Land already; that's gotta chap Nolan's ass.

I liked it more than TDK, but I do wish Nolan could learn how to smile. It's telling that the only joke in Inception is the one they chose for all the trailers.

Everyone else loved it more than me because it was "so serious" and "took itself seriously" and "didn't joke around like the Avengers" and "Batman is real." If you think Batman, even Nolan's Batman, is realistic then BOY you have some issues with reality.

[Phoenix Dark]

One SPOILER question DO NOT LOOK UNTIL YOU SEE THE FILM

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Does Batman say "I'm too old for this shit" at any point?

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[Howard Alan Treesong]

One SPOILER question

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Does Batman say "I'm too old for this shit" at any point?

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No, though he is definitely getting too old for this shit.

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[Tasty]

BB had quite a few jokes, but that might be because it was still trying to be comic booky. As for Inception, which joke? "I'd hate to see out of control" or "Mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling"?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

the latter, I don't consider the first a joke

[Great Rumbler]

Come on now, Treesong, don't be disingenuous! Inception had TWO jokes, "Mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling" AND Arthur kissing Ariadne.

[TakingBackSunday]

Fuck wanting this Batman series a jokey cheesefest.  Nolan had a dark vision that fit with some of the darker books in the comics, so anything sly or jokey just seems offputting.  I don't care if it still boils down to a doofus in a bat suit beating people up; I want emo and dark dawg

[Phoenix Dark]

Come on now, Treesong, don't be disingenuous! Inception had TWO jokes, "Mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling" AND Arthur kissing Ariadne.

And the part where the Indian guy maneuvers the bus through a gun fight, then turns around to receive some dap only to realize they're all sleep

[Howard Alan Treesong]

There's a wide spectrum between "jokey cheesefest" and "none of the characters enjoy anything, ever." A world where things are still serious and dramatic, but you don't want to slit your wrists all the goddamned time.

I was unable to convince my coworkers that TIME-TRAVELLING PIRATE-PUNCHING BATMAN is the best thing ever and obvious foundation for the next Batman franchise.

[Eric P]

sounds like we need a new batman movie directed by Michael Haneke for you grimdark fans

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Put another way: If I had to choose between living in the Marvel Movie Universe and the Nolan Batman Universe, JESUS FUCK I would hightail it to the Baxter Building ASAP.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Film Spoiler:

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So, someone was spoiling the movie for me and told me that there's a guy named John Daget that plays a business rival to Bruce Wayne. I know it isn't Black Mask but was there anything preventing that character being Roman Sionis?

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He's definitely not Black Mask/Sionis. More like this character: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Daggett

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[Shaka Khan]

If I had to choose between living in the Marvel Movie Universe and the Nolan Batman Universe, JESUS FUCK I would hightail it to the Baxter Building ASAP.

UNF, we went straight to "which world do I wanna live in" argument.

And now I've got a nerd-boner.

[Shaka Khan]

Inb4 Himumu's FFVIII answer.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

INCREDIBLY SPECIFIC spoiler regarding the movie's ending:

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I can't believe Nolan ripped off the ending of The Iron Giant lolololol. "Superman..."? No, Batman!!

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[Himu]

Everyone else loved it more than me because it was "so serious" and "took itself seriously" and "didn't joke around like the Avengers" and "Batman is real." If you think Batman, even Nolan's Batman, is realistic then BOY you have some issues with reality.

ahahahahaha

can someone explain this "it has to be serious because goddamit i'm a grown up!!!!!" shit that goes on these days? is this recent? i don't get it. how can you take issue with the avengers and still CLAIM to be a comic book fan?

[Phoenix Dark]

There are no smiles in art!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Yeah, I REALLY don't want to turn this into an Avengers vs. TDKR thread. But I was really surprised by the amount of Avengers hate from people who were happy their cool serious comic book movie for grown-ups was out now.

[Himu]

I'm seeing TDKR tonight and I'm expecting to like it, because I like all of Nolan's Batman flicks but my expectations aren't really high because all the media hasn't been great.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

"Happy" is not the right word. They were deeply satisfied that their cool serious comic book movie for grown-ups was out now.

[Himu]

Also, Catwoman is a shit character and has been a waste of screen and panel time in every single Batman related media she has been sans The Animated Series and Batman Returns. Catwoman sucks and her only purpose is overt and obvious sex appeal. She is such a shit character.

[Robo]

Everyone else loved it more than me because it was "so serious" and "took itself seriously" and "didn't joke around like the Avengers" and "Batman is real." If you think Batman, even Nolan's Batman, is realistic then BOY you have some issues with reality.

ahahahahaha

can someone explain this "it has to be serious because goddamit i'm a grown up!!!!!" shit that goes on these days? is this recent? i don't get it. how can you take issue with the avengers and still CLAIM to be a comic book fan?

I get it—it's like a petition for intellectual sustenance.  It's nice that someone wants to make an austere statement in a mass media form.  But it's Batman.

[Huff]

Also, Catwoman is a shit character and has been a waste of screen and panel time in every single Batman related media she has been sans The Animated Series and Batman Returns. Catwoman sucks and her only purpose is overt and obvious sex appeal. She is such a shit character.

I'm hoping for a glorious sex scene of batman and catwoman while in their costumes.

[Himu]

Also, Catwoman is a shit character and has been a waste of screen and panel time in every single Batman related media she has been sans The Animated Series and Batman Returns. Catwoman sucks and her only purpose is overt and obvious sex appeal. She is such a shit character.

I'm hoping for a glorious sex scene of batman and catwoman while in their costumes.

reason 999 why catwoman is a shit character

[TakingBackSunday]

I don't want a serious Batman film because I'm a grown up, I want a serious Batman film because it fits Nolan's vision and connects to my favorite Batman novels.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

out of curiosity what are your favorite Batman "novels" (sic)

[TakingBackSunday]

I'm not trying to start a shitslinging, I'm generally just fucking with you, but I find both arguments (Batman has to be super-realistic!!! and It's just a fucking dude in a bat suit, why so serious???) to be equally as fucktarded.  But what I refer to:

-Year One
-Killing Joke
-The Man Who Laughs
-Dark Knight Returns

Also really like Loeb and Sale's run

meh it's not worth fighting about, I just like a serious tone with these films; it feels much more authentic to the Batman that I grew up liking

[ManaByte]

When did the Killing Joke movie come out?

Of that list, the only one Nolan's movies is remotely like is Year One with Begins. There's a bit of Long Halloween in TDK though.

[Himu]

I'm not trying to start a shitslinging, I'm generally just fucking with you, but I find both arguments (Batman has to be super-realistic!!! and It's just a fucking dude in a bat suit, why so serious???) to be equally as fucktarded.  But what I refer to:

-Year One
-Killing Joke
-The Man Who Laughs
-Dark Knight Returns

Also really like Loeb and Sale's run

meh it's not worth fighting about, I just like a serious tone with these films; it feels much more authentic to the Batman that I grew up liking

I like serious Batman too, but I don't understand how someone think less of something like Avengers BECAUSE it's not serious.

[CajoleJuice]

I thought the Avengers hit a pretty perfect tone for a movie full of SUPERHEROES AND ALIENS. But I'm also cool with Nolan's vision of Batman. Not surprised about Treesong's complaints about the dialogue, though. TDK was pretty bad in that sense.

[Tasty]

Everyone else loved it more than me because it was "so serious" and "took itself seriously" and "didn't joke around like the Avengers" and "Batman is real." If you think Batman, even Nolan's Batman, is realistic then BOY you have some issues with reality.

ahahahahaha

can someone explain this "it has to be serious because goddamit i'm a grown up!!!!!" shit that goes on these days? is this recent? i don't get it. how can you take issue with the avengers and still CLAIM to be a comic book fan?

It was the double whammy of Batman Begins and Casino Royale both giving the source material a more realistic bent within a year of eachother.

I mean, I still don't see people saying comics movie HAVE to be grown up. People were still hyped for X3, still hyped for Spidey 3, although in fact those movies letting camp get the better of them right before TDK came out may have sealed the deal.

The Avengers is good for showing people once again that comic bookies don't HAVE to be serious/realistic, but the growing backlash against Nolan's Bat-realism is becoming annoying because it's only because the trilogy is popular. If BB was the only film in the franchise we wouldn't even be talking about this.

[ManaByte]

The reason why Nolan went the realistic route was because up until Avengers, the belief was that you had to ground comic book movies in reality to appeal to the general public. $1 billion says you don't.

That's why we're getting Rocket Raccoon in two years.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Rocket Racoon is gonna set comic book crazy back 15 years. ;_;

(I just read a blog that pointed out Rocket Raccoon is going to hit the big screen before Wonder Woman )

[Phoenix Dark]

I will see Rocket Racoon just for the possibility of the end credits scene saying "To Be Coontinued"

[Great Rumbler]

The reason why Nolan went the realistic route was because up until Avengers, the belief was that you had to ground comic book movies in reality to appeal to the general public.

Uh-huh.

[ManaByte]

Guardians of the Galaxy leads directly into Avengers 2. The Thanos scene was a teaser for both movies.