THE DARK KNIGHT RISES REVIEW THREAD [SPOILERS]

[YouMadd?]

the city never feels "under seige for months" it goes from normal weather to winter in a matter of minutes. you never really feel the city is in dire straights. Catwoman seems to not give a shyt for the most part and the city doesnt really feel like its in a desperate, last legs stand against bane and the others.

Take children of men for example , the pacing and direction of that movie suggest that situation is dire and any sort of help would be a huge relief to a suffering world.

the police operating seemingly with free will seemed off to me as well, they did as they pleased when they had the resources to do so. it didint make sense to keep them around, planning and plotting.

Banes death was anticlimactic as hell, also, Batmans relationship with the mercenearies daughter is supposed to add to this supposedly huge plot twist but their relationship feels so forced to me, their relationship wasnt organic or natural at all IMO. Also, it was a wasted moment not to elaborate on banes true relationship with the mercs daughter, he seemed to be crying for more than just "oh i protect her" he was clearly in love, Catwoman jumping in and killing him was lame as hell and really took away from the movie.

Catwomans lines and her entire getup was corny as hell, again, it felt forced.

Like I said the main problem with this movie is pacing, things move from scene to scene without enough time to give a shyt about the characters. Thats why i feel the pacing is off. You never have time to feel that Bane is this unstoppable monster, you never have time to invest in the mercs daughter so the plot twist is meaningful. Oddly enough Private Joker (aka matthew modine)'s character was one of the best because you see his evolution from self centered jerk to hero willing to sacrafice himself for the sake of the force and the city.

Why should I care about Catwoman as Ann Hathaway belts out cheesy one liners? Why should i care about batman as he gets his back broken and comes back better than ever in an unknown prison in a faraway land. You never feel bruce wayne has "lost it all"

thats what i feel is wrong with the movie

Wow, You just articulated exactly how I feel about this movie... I couldn't put it into words before... I just knew there was something about it, that just didn't really "win me over".... Aside from the "city under siege" analysis, These are my exact gripes....

You can tell Nolan "exhausted" the series and he is smart for making it a trilogy....

 

[YouMadd?]

the thing that pissed me off the most about this movie was the dialogue and some of the corny ass acting. But the dialogue really brought this movie down like 3 points. Bane has all of the cool lines. but for starters, like when the police dude is trying to catch batman and he asks the cops "how did he get away?" and they say "he has alot of firepower" "oh and you dont?" it just sounded so fukkin stupid. Than catwomans wack line after she shoots bane "i dont strongly agree with the no gun thing". And the scene where catwoman is getting locked up than she just randomly grabs some guys hand and does a flip and breaks it and the guards just say "he'll be ok" that was so fukkin corny. Oh like when catwoman is leaving the bar and the guy says "call me". or one of the worst at the end when bane says "so you came back to die for your city?" and batman says "no, im here to stop you." really? that was the best line u could think for batman right before he gets into the fight for his life? it was just SO many corny ass lines that it ruined this whole movie. they had the right idea, HORRIBLE execution and im really sick of hollywood even allowing this weak ass script writing in films. and last but not least, what the fukk is up with batmans voice when hes screaming "WHERE IS THE TRIGGER???!!!" his mouth looked all dry and shyt, i hated that scene as well. and the random flashbacks to the other batman movies was HELLA CORNY. the only good things about this movie was the scenes involving bane, everything else is a waste of time, flat out.

That happens with Christian Bale alot because he is trying to hide his UK accent

 

[Fatboi1]

Some of yall in here is really fukking crazy with your dkr opinions.

 

[The G.O.D II]

Just saw this. I enjoyed the movie but in all honesty I felt it was the weakest out of the trilogy. I felt it tried to do too much and a lot of the shyt was kinda of rushed. And while I thought Anne Hathaway was better than I expected playing Catwoman I felt her character wasn't warranted in this movie. I did enjoy Bane and the intelligent ether he was dropping throughout the film

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[NSSVO]

Pacing.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Pacing.

was flawless.

 

[Midwest]

Scust at what this thread has become.... You A.D.D ass nikkas dont appreciate shyt no more. "Yall made it out to be a masterpiece" You clowns are looking at this movie as a stand alone and not as a whole. This is the conclusion of a trilogy. A masterpiece at that. Bout to dish out some neg reps you nikkas fukked up a good thread.

 

[NSSVO]

was flawless.

 

[Filthy McNasty]

Scust at what this thread has become.... You A.D.D ass nikkas dont appreciate shyt no more. "Yall made it out to be a masterpiece" You clowns are looking at this movie as a stand alone and not as a whole. This is the conclusion of a trilogy. A masterpiece at that. Bout to dish out some neg reps you nikkas fukked up a good thread.

You have Batman as an avatar and we're supposed to believe you're unbiased? I should neg you for overrating this fukking movie.

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

i thought the movie was simply good, not on the level of TDK, although the action sequences were better, watching this movie you felt like Joker should've been apart of this movie, all the blueprints were there to have a conflict between Bane and Joker and Batman, not having him even mentioned was a blow to the franchise as he was the important piece to batman's psyche

imagine Bane freeing Joker, then Joker being all
"I'll take it from here" and shyt

one thing i hated was looking at Gotham City like looking at the J train in the background, Brooklyn bridge, Central park, QB housing projects
Nolan didnt even try masking NYC as Gotham city i was basically watching Batman in New York

oh and the fight scenes


the next batman reboot needs fight scenes on the level of the animated movies, and Marvel movies because this shyt was horrible to watch

7.5/10

 

[YouMadd?]

Really close to neggin this fool..

Some of us work 50 hours a week and have a life outside of sitting at home, jerking off, and watching 9 hours worth of films.... When I get around to watching it... I'll watch it...

Im off of work and AMC has their little Mobster week going, so maybe I'll watch it then... Or who knows, maybe i'll drive to Malibu with my girl and have sex with her on the beach and I end up NEVER watching it EVER

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Some of us work 50 hours a week and have a life outside of sitting at home, jerking off, and watching 9 hours worth of films.... When I get around to watching it... I'll watch it...

Im off of work and AMC has their little Mobster week going, so maybe I'll watch it then... Or who knows, maybe i'll drive to Malibu with my girl and have sex with her on the beach and I end up NEVER watching it EVER

I've been to Malibu...

You ain't sayin nothin slick to a can of oil..

 

[Killakidkano]

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[MAKAVELI25]

The movie could have been a classic, definitely had all the makings for it. It just needed a few changes:

1. No John Blake. No one should ever take over for Batman, you could show that the police force has rookies we look up to Gordon and WILL protect Gotham in the future, but either introduce Robin or don't. Screw all that open ending crap

2. No Miranda Tate. Pointless character, wasn't even in the movie long enough for anyone to care about "the twist".

3. Lots more Batman, Catwoman, and Bane. Hathaway was great, Hardy was great, Bale was great, but too much Bruce and not enough Batman. I know this is supposed to be the most emotional/personal story of the trilogy, but still, less pointless shyt (like the orphanage).

4. Bane's reign was never felt at all. There should have been more time devoted to showing how his takeover effected the citizens. They should also have shown more attempts by the government to rescue Gotham. You're telling me a major US city gets taken over for SIX MONTHS and the best the government can send is three special ops agents?

5. The orphanage. Who cares?

6. The plot by Bane doesn't make sense if you think about it. He didn't even know about Harvey Dent before he got to Gotham, what would he have done if he hadn't found Gordon's letter? Why not just blow up Gotham immediately?