superhero movies were a mistake
You mean she didnt actually hit him??
Dammit movie ruined.
Why are we judging super hero movies like this again?
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Marion Cotillard talks about her death scene in The Dark Knight Rises
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You mean she didnt actually hit him??
Dammit movie ruined.
Why are we judging super hero movies like this again?
George Oscar Bluth II
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I remember watching TDK and laughing when coming out of the cinema because my friend was just elbowing the air randomly in a (spot on) attempt at copying Batman's fighting style.
TickleMeElbow
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There's also that one scene where Bane punches that pillar for no reason while fighting Batman.
Even if there was a better justification for it from a character standpoint, beyond being Bane's breaking point as far as his patience with Batman was concerned, it's a clear "because it looks cool" moment that photographed really well.
superhero movies were a mistake
Why is no one noticing the cheeky smile on the likely lad before he's ponytailed. What a LAD.
Discotheque
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The ending was fantastic though. And it really did feel like a scene Nolan had in his head since he began the franchise
shira
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Did we get the shot? Chris?
Chris?
Jesus, Marion. I said I'm busy.
But he didn't take the big DCCU payday.
He poisoned it by tapping Snyder
George Oscar Bluth II
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Needed better buildup IMO.
Dude can basically make whatever he wants now thanks to his Batman trilogy. He won.
Wow really?
I think there was a time that one got posted more often than madmaxthatsbait.gif.
It's really annoying when nerds seriously judge film scenes based on 3 second low quality image loops.
Eh, elbows are a pretty essential part of tactical close quarters combat. More useful and realistic than kicks or haymakers and safer than a jab with your fist in many circumstances...
PHOENIXZERO
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Pretty much all the hand to hand related action in the Nolan Batman movies was shit from the way it was shot to Baleman not having the greatest mobility but mainly how it was shot and the direction of it... Also reminded how "meh" I was on Hathaway being cast as Selina and how the movie did nothing to make me change my mind.
Haha wtf
kingkaiser
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There is a lad in that gif?
Oh, right, now I can see him...was a bit distracted...*cough*
itwasTuesday
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Don't understand why cg never is given a budget for small scale fist fights. Only for world ending destruction.
Composite the body closer to make contact will improve all of these .5 second film sequences when we look back at them in slowmo looped gifs.
Composite the body closer to make contact will improve all of these .5 second film sequences when we look back at them in slowmo looped gifs.
Freeza Under The Shower
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internet echo chamber.
Also, she's in Macbeth (2015), which is really overlooked for some reason.
nhlducks35
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Man of Steel does this
Wait, you're asking to CG small fight action sequences?
Never had a problem with most movies and decades of martial arts movies.
I say if your fist fight action shots require CG all the time to make them believable in context of a movie you're doing something wrong.
Digital-Hero
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No .gif of her character dying with over done head shake? Come on GAF. Hehe
I think that's what's actually different about Dark knight rises. Instead of those fast cuts he does a lot more steady, wide and long shots during fights which just completely reveals the bad choreography. The fights were also bad in Begins and dark knight but at least were they trying to hide it more.
Fast cuts during a fight also don't have to be bad. Zack snyder does a ton of them as well but instead of hiding the fight they bring dynamic into it
She is calmly speaking without any kind of overly emotional al response. Your comment makes no sense.
superhero movies were a mistake
Everyone's eyes were on the bottom half of the screen when they first saw this in theaters tbh
The Lone Courier
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Her death scene never really bothered me. The one scene that literally made me say what the fuck was Cat-woman's cartwheel.
Say what you will about Nolan choreography. Sequences in TDK were great.
Batman in the Nolanverse is lucky henchman always run up to point the gun at his face.
A little of this, but Batman's techniques are noticeably better in Begins and TDK from a tactical perspective (one of the things I appreciated about the films). I think there were more cuts because realistic techniques don't necessarily look as impressive or flashy on camera so you have to pick your moments through editing to make it look more impactful, have rhythm and flow. Not sure why they suddenly made Batman into a novice haymaker thrower in Rises though... and yes there was less cutting and wider shots so you had henchmen waiting around to be hit. No excuses for that except that they probably shot a lot of this stuff on location in IMAX instead of a closed green screen set so I'm sure both time and saftey was a bigger concern.
Batman in the Nolanverse is lucky henchman always run up to point the gun at his face.
The action scenes in TDK are wooden and overtly choreographed. Speaking of chase scenes, the action in the Joker/Gotham caravan would be fine if not for the terrible editing.
The nightmare future fight was complete garbage in BvS.
Nolan Batman fights were better in Begins because it wasn't just about action. The warehouse scene was pretty cool in BvS though.
I can definitely identify what's he's talking about. It's not emotional but she does see like she's been deeply troubled by it for years. When I saw the video, my first response was "Damn, that shit really been eating her up huh?" It kinda appears that way, but I don't know if the interview is a good measure. It's silly that this was even brought up, but she certainly doesn't look happy. Expecially in that rap clip. Looks like she wanted to cry.
Stumpokapow
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because they're all shallow spectacles with nothing to say, so the only thing you can judge is the alleged "quality" of the cg-enhanced fight scenes, which unsurprisingly are also bad.
TDKR just had horrible death scenes all around. Bane randomly blown away by Selina on the bike, Thalia's scene. Just very questionably directed all around. Calling Marion Cotillard a bad actress for that scene is very dumb, I didn't know that was even a thing. Even though her performance in that particular scene wasn't great, I mean, not like she had lots to work with. Plus if this interview is correct they had better takes.
I love all 3 of the Nolan Batman movies but the action in them really isn't great.
Compare them to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyVPh3Usrho
it's night and day.
Her death scene never really bothered me. The one scene that literally made me say what the fuck was Cat-woman's cartwheel.
Hahaha
Yeah I remember people dismissing Star Wars like that back in the day.
They were wrong, too.
That is a very good fight scene (although the last fight scene in that movie is absolute trash if I remember correctly, copious amounts of bad cgi). However, to me the dark knight films do tension, car chases and spectacle really, really well. Partly because of its commitment to practical effects and a fitting score.
Lionel Richie
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the_batman
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bruh the hallway scene was incredible.
Of course but where they fail is the action scenes.
itwasTuesday
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All in camera is great, but I feel a good mix can also achieve greatness.
And I'm not talking about a full computer generated person fighting either. An approach similar to the perspective tricks used in the Hobbit films they used to show the size differences. Small enhancements.
An example I'm thinking of a good blend is the stabbing scene in Zodiac at the park. The entire knife blade and blood is faked in post. Or any of the fight scenes in Scott Pilgrim.
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