Buba Big Guns
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Overall an amazing movie other than the rushed ending.
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God! Nolan's Dark Knight Rises is such a terrible movie!
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I recall him talking about it prior to The Dark Knight Rises, specifically with Bruce Wayne's reclusiveness being similar to Howard Hughes. I specifically remember that being a passionate interest of his.
entremet
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I wouldn't call it amazing. Decent and good, but hard to followup TDK.
TissueBox
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The worst of TDK trilogy would still be the creme de la creme of the likes of the MCU.
Yup. I came to post this. Nolan came back on his own because he wanted to. People saying his "vision" was destroyed do not understand that THIS was his vision.
JigglesBunny
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The fight choreography is laughably terrible at times and there are some gaping plot holes but it's far from being anything less than great regardless. It's epic, it wraps up the trilogy in a satisfying way and it contains some of the best Batman moments ever put to film.
Hell, I would argue it's far more enjoyable than Interstellar and Dunkirk but I understand that I'm in the minority there.
Hell, I would argue it's far more enjoyable than Interstellar and Dunkirk but I understand that I'm in the minority there.
BassForever
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Is it that time of month again already? We just need two sticky ot threads, one about dark knight rises and one about batman v superman.
It's the weakest of his Batman films but I've never thought of it as a bad film whatsoever. Nolan decided to approach it with a unique "disaster movie" sort of angle -- it just turned out hokey-er than what he probably thought. Nevertheless, it's still a superhero movie and overall trilogy that I'd prefer to see than most material these days.
Davey Cakes
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Same. It was one and done for me, and I didn't even hate it.
Lumpy Onion
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It was kinda messy but I enjoyed it. Opening plane scene in IMAX still one of my favorite theater experiences I've ever had. Took my breath away.
AlexFlame116
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Disagree. That's all I'll say.
Careful not to burn yourself on that hot take.
Japanmanx3
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Great movie. Fantastic trilogy. Feel like we've had at least 4 Nolan threads this week smh...
Gabriel_Logan
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The movie is dumb but no lie I almost stood up in the theatre and pumped my fist when that giant flaming bat signal lit up.
Dash_Riprock
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Well, the dude who kept White Knighting (ha!) for Chris Nolan got banned so maybe we can have a thread that doesn't degrade into petty personal attacks this time.
I'm taking Guardians and Winter Soldier in a heartbeat over TDKR.
Thornton Reed
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I watched this about 2 months ago. Really enjoyed it. I've no idea why the "internet" has decided to hate the film. The biggest achievement was cat women. Fantastic performance from Hathaway.
johancruijff
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you see 3 three movies in the same night you gonna hate regardless
it's not the best for sure
Well Lucious destroys it at the end, so I took it more like, "We need this at the moment, but it needs not to be abused" type of deal
pfft yeah right. Better than Thor 2, Hulk and Iron Man 3 for sure but not even touching the others. DKR isnt even remotely in the league of The Dark Knight.
Probably not a popular opinion, but my enjoyment of the Nolan films is dampened by his depiction of Batman - moreso his visual appearance rather than his character, which is fine.
I can't get past how clunky and over-detailed the suit looks, how dumb the growl-y voice is (why would a high-tech superhero not use a voice filter or eye lens?), and how awkward he looks and moves as a whole in all three movies.
I can't get past how clunky and over-detailed the suit looks, how dumb the growl-y voice is (why would a high-tech superhero not use a voice filter or eye lens?), and how awkward he looks and moves as a whole in all three movies.
Dash_Riprock
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Fixed that for ya.
It was the worst out of the three movies. But i will take it any day of the week over any of the recent DC garbage that has been released. If you want a truly bad super hero movie look no further than Batman V Super Man or Suicide Squad.
As it stands Rises is not a bad movie its only a disappointing movie when compared to the previous two Nolan Batman films.
As it stands Rises is not a bad movie its only a disappointing movie when compared to the previous two Nolan Batman films.
Dynamite Shikoku
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It was so bad I thought another director had made it. Nolan must have been preoccupied at that time
DarkJediKnight
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Android auto correct. Didn't realize it.
Astral Dog
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Looking back the plot with the bomb was dumb and Thalia almost ruined the movie by herself. Hathaway was great and Tom Bane did what he could but he was no Joker :'(
I think he meant to say "rewatched".
Alright kids, let's get back on the bus.
What did he mean by this?
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I feel for War For The Planet of The Apes how you feel about TDKR
I wouldnt hesitate to call it horrible and trilogy soiling
TDKR is great though
I wouldnt hesitate to call it horrible and trilogy soiling
TDKR is great though
Rhomega Beta
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TDKR was written before Occupy Wall Street was formed though.
DarkLordMalik
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I still get emotional when I watch the end although it is the lowest out of his trilogy.
Comrade Crunch
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I thought it was a pretty solid movie until the last 20 or so minutes, then it just pulled out all the stops to make me dislike it.
The sudden weak killing off of bane, the reveal of the "true" Villian, and the scene at the end with Alfred looking up to see bruce still alive pretty much ruined the film for me, which is a shame, because for 2.5 hours it's a great successor to TDK.
The sudden weak killing off of bane, the reveal of the "true" Villian, and the scene at the end with Alfred looking up to see bruce still alive pretty much ruined the film for me, which is a shame, because for 2.5 hours it's a great successor to TDK.
Gordon, in particular. When he figures it out towards the end of the movie I was like "seriously?" especially given how quickly other people managed to figure it out. Until then I figured it was a "he knew but pretended not to" sort of thing.
reelbigtink
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Nah, TDKR is great.
Fancyarcher
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Another TDKR bashing thread? We have like a million of those already. TDKR is definitely a "flawed film", but I still think it's a magnificent movie nonetheless. For one thing I always saw it as logical conclusion to his trilogy. Bruce's character journey throughout the film makes sense for a story perspective, yes there are contradiction and it's not always the most concise of tales, but I think it fits well into the narrative.
Also I don't think the performances are terrible. In fact Hardy was a great Bane, even if he was in-name only, and you could barely understand him, but he did bring the physicality and was "rough" in the role, for example.
He abandoned the Howard Hughes film after Scorsese made The Aviator, that was supposed to be his follow-up to Insomnia. In fact Jim Carrey was set to play Howard Hughes.
Also I don't think the performances are terrible. In fact Hardy was a great Bane, even if he was in-name only, and you could barely understand him, but he did bring the physicality and was "rough" in the role, for example.
He abandoned the Howard Hughes film after Scorsese made The Aviator, that was supposed to be his follow-up to Insomnia. In fact Jim Carrey was set to play Howard Hughes.
Turbo Killer
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Agreed.