Dark Knight Rises spoilers thread

[Brue]

Oh and bane did sound like Sean Connery......

Oh My Goodness - I was thinking the same thing throughout the movie. Or more like a Saturday Night Live imperssonation of connery

[Brue]

whoops i double posted

well in replace of the original text

I thought this was better than 1, not as good as 2.

Why does it not make top grade? I realize Batman is Dark. But this was too dark for my super hero senses. A little too much mayhem and collateral damage.

[Hector]

I saw it last night and came away with very mixed feelings. When I was leaving the theatre I just felt kind of empty. The film just didn't have any impact on me and I'm not sure why. I felt there were a lot of unnecessary points to the story. Why was Batman away for eight years? Seemed far too lengthy, and no one from Bruce, to Gordon, Alfred or Lucius looked any older than in the previous film.
I did really enjoy Hathaway as Catwoman...she reinvented the character and made it her own. I would actually LOVE to see her in a solo film. FAR less impressed with Bane. The two fight scenes with Bane and Batman were very underwhelming, and then for him to simply be shot by Catwoman made his death very sudden and anti-climactic.
Did not like the ending AT ALL. Bruce faking his death, giving away all his remaining assets and moving to Europe with Selena? WOW, didn't see that coming. It seemed very uncharacteristic of Bruce, and much too final. I would have preferred a more ambiguous ending with Batman still being out there.
Finally, throughout the entire film, I was surprised at how little screentime Batman even has. He's hardly in it. They gave more screentime to John Blake, which just wasn't right IMO. I wanted to see a Batman movie not a John Blake movie.
After the awesome acheivement that was TDK, I feel this last one just had too much to live up to, and failed.

I just saw the flick today...lol.

I actually agree with you on most everything...except the fights between Batman and Bane...to me...that was the best part about DKR.

I do agree with your assessment of Bane's death being sudden and anti-climatic. After all that scheming from Bane (and I actually felt kinda sorry for him despite all his murdering and mayhem)...Catwoman just shoots him with the Batcycle...and that was that...I was like "IS THAT IT?" "THAT'S HOW BANE EXITS THIS MOVIE???" Bane's death was just lame, lol.

And you are right about the lack of screen time for Batman...it almost felt like a Gordon Levitt movie, lol.

Overall...a decent movie...but kinda over the top...too much stuff going on...felt kinda bloated.

Hathaway's Catwoman was perfectly acted...but her fight scenes were lame...she's just not a good athlete...she's kinda stiff and slow...but she looked good as Catwoman...as long as she was not fighting, lol.

Dark Knight with Ledger was waaaaaaaaay better (dark but fun)...I love that movie. This one...not so much....this one was sort of...well...it just felt claustrophobic to me.

I enjoyed The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man a LOT more.

The Avengers = FUN
The Amazing Spider-Man = HEART
Dark Knight Rises = DEPRESSING

[Earth 2 Chris]

I didn't feel like Bane's death was anti-climatic. Batman had already handed him his arse earlier in that scene. Talia's exposition gave him his second wind, and here he came again. I thought it was refreshing that Catwoman just rolled in and shot him instead of Batman/Bane Round 3.

I need to see it again,but I didn't feel that Bale/Batman was in the movie much less than in The Dark Knight. DK serviced a lot of characters and a dense plot as well. There were good stretches of the film with no Batman. Since DKR hinged on his absence, it was understandable that he would be out of the picture at times.

Chris

[Hector]

Batman didn't hand Bane's arse...he bloodied friggin'downright cheated and just got lucky dislogging Bane's mask, lol.

[Earth 2 Chris]

But that's how Batman always beats Bane. He also cheats when he uses Kryptonite, but he still hands Superman his arse, too.

Chris

[Hector]

You Batman groupies should stop yapping about him handing Superman's arse, beating him with Kryptonite is the most overrated accomplishment in comic book history...beating Supes with Kryptonite is no big deal, even a little girl can do that...

[Hector]

Once you bring Supes into the discussion, all gloves are off, and I go medieval...

[Earth 2 Chris]

I know. I was just trying to get a rise out of you. Pun intended!

Chris

[Brue]

Batman didn't hand Bane's arse...he bloodied friggin'downright cheated and just got lucky dislogging Bane's mask, lol.

I have no problem with dislodging he mask.

my problem is - why does teh "world's greatest detective" resort to fist a cuffs -TWICE when i smarter choice could be made