re: Dark Knight Rises

Posted by xxKylexx

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 6:42 pm to RLDSC FAN

The topic at discussion is the Dark Knight Rises. If this topic were about Avengers, I'm sure people would post their gripes about it. However, like I said, Avengers doesn't try to be anything but a comic book movie (which I feel needs to be emphasized for some here) where as Nolan tried to make more out of Batman. In one interview with him, he even stated that they really tried to stay away from the comics. In my opinion doing this lead to some really big holes. However, I give much respect to Nolan for not using CGI. That alone makes me respect these films.

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Posted by Rittdog

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 7:12 pm to xxKylexx

At the end of the day...

Nolan's Non Batman movies > Nolan's Batman movies.

Posted by craigbiggio

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 7:29 pm to xxKylexx

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In one interview with him, he even stated that they really tried to stay away from the comics

Link? All 3 of his movies took plot elements straight from the comics.

Posted by Carson123987

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 7:33 pm to Rittdog

ritt, im 60 pages into my screenplay. you wanna be a previewer?

Posted by kingbob

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 8:38 pm to swagsurfin7

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I'm in the minority, but I still really enjoyed it.

Same here, I see the discrepancies and plot holes that others see, but I really don't get the hate for this movie. It's just fantastic.

Posted by PowerTool

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 8:39 pm to ColaTiger

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It's truly annoying how this board will break down a Nolan film like it's a goddamn Fellini movie or something. Zomg did the top really keep spinning? Is Bruce really dead? Good god, this board is atrocious for film discussion.

I was wondering if you still posted here, that answers my question.

Posted by Jazzbass13

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:03 pm to RLDSC FAN

why does avengers get a pass. and the dark knight rises is very entertaining, but flawed too. the definitive version of batman will always be the animated series

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Posted by DMagic

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:04 pm to Jazzbass13

Just like I prefer Mark Hamil's joker over the rest

Posted by WhoDats10

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:06 pm to Jazzbass13

even in the animated series, he uses gadgets to fight bane.

Posted by cas4t

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:06 pm to Clark W Griswold

I liked it

Posted by Black

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:11 pm to cas4t

Hines Ward is fricking fast

Posted by Antonio Moss

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:36 pm to Tactical1

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From the moment Bruce became Batman the city of Gotham only got worse, and he is responsible for a lot of it.

That's simply not true. Prior to TDKR, Wayne had completed his mission - to rid Gotham of the institutionalized corruption. He only returns when Bane appears to reignite a fire he thought he had extinguished when he killed Ras Al Ghoul.

Posted by Antonio Moss

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:38 pm to Jazzbass13

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why does avengers get a pass.

It shouldn't. It wasn't very good.

Posted by Patrick_Bateman

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:40 pm to DanglingFury

Nvm.

Basically, I liked TDKR less than the other two Batman movies, but I liked it more than any other superhero movies in the past few years.

This post was edited on 7/6/13 at 9:46 pm

Posted by RollTide1987

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:42 pm to xxKylexx

Posted by Antonio Moss

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 9:43 pm to Patrick_Bateman

The one flaw I can really see is how Batman gets back into Gotham after having no money and the city is completely on lockdown.

Posted by RollTide1987

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 10:01 pm to Antonio Moss

Which is a flaw I don't see. Bruce Wayne trained with the League of Shadows, an organization that prides itself on the art of invisibility and deception. Not only that...in Batman Begins we saw he could walk and fight on ice without any problems. It stands to reason that he could have snuck into the city without being seen.

Also...he traveled the world for seven years in Batman Begins with little to no money. You don't think he could have figured out a way back to Gotham in the same vain?

Also...the person who said Nolan was trying to stay as far away from the comics as possible doesn't know what they are talking about. Batman Begins took a lot of its inspiration from Batman: Year One - one of the greatest Batman graphic novels ever written (perhaps THE greatest). The Dark Knight took much of its material from Batman #1, The Killing Joke and The Long Halloween - the two latter titles being among the most influential Batman stories to come in the last quarter century. The Dark Knight Rises was obviously inspired by Knightfall, No Man's Land, and The Dark Knight Returns - once again, three of the most celebrated Batman graphic novels.

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Posted by PowerTool

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Posted on 7/6/13 at 10:08 pm to RollTide1987

True Confession: I've never seen TDK all the way through.