The Dark Knight Rises 6 Minutes of TDKR footage attached to Mission Impossible 4! - - Part 11

[Marvin]

It's hard to think of two more dissimilar directors than Michael Bay and Christopher Nolan.

There's actually a bunch of similarities...
From the practical shooting, to the stunt team work to the job creation to the love of film and the technicalities...etc.

yes, Nolan doesn't make action comedies, that's great.

...for the most part he'll pop up here as some sort of conquest for non fans. Why him, probably because he's not successful.
The biggest difference is probably that Bay can sell a film even without a script.

Personally the practical wing suit sequence is some of the best use of practical and effects cinema I've seen in years. I'm hoping that football stadium sequence every ones talking about isn't the closest Nolan comes to topping it.

 

[Anita18]

Uwe Boll and Chris Nolan?

I'll say. At least Bay's movies have high production quality.

 

[DKDetective]

I really want to know if Bane literally murders Ward with his bare hands. It would be a pleasure to watch him die brutally instead of being shot or something.

We all know he's dead meat after that ****. I'm sure NFL fans will love seeing him perish lol...especially me.

My friend who is a big football fan has made up his mind that if Nolan kills off Ben Rosethlisberger, TDKR is automatically better than Begins or TDK.

 

[Schlosser85]

Nolan's movies aren't 2 hour blurs of mindless action, cleavage, and "comic relief".

 

[Marvin]

Nolan's movies aren't 2 hour blurs of mindless action, cleavage, and "comic relief".

no that would be the Crank films actually.
oh wait this is the land of hyperbole...carry on.

 

[Anita18]

My friend who is a big football fan has made up his mind that if Nolan kills off Ben Rosethlisberger, TDKR is automatically better than Begins or TDK.

 

[oleander]

The biggest difference is probably that Bay can sell a film even without a script.

I would say that the biggest difference is more fundamental than that: Nolan wouldn't make a film without a script.

 

[Spideyfan93]

Well Big Ben has been allegedly reported of doing some ****** up **** outside of the league in his social life.

Can't complain with your friend there.

 

[Anita18]

I would say that the biggest difference is more fundamental than that: Nolan wouldn't make a film without a script.

Very true, but keep in mind...Nolan sold WB on BB and TDK without a script in hand either.

Don't underestimate that British sweet-talker!

 

[Marvin]

I would say that the biggest difference is more fundamental than that: Nolan wouldn't make a film without a script.

Writers strike hit, no script in place, paramount screwed, dozens of hundreds of contract jobs on the line, executive release window set. Bay to the rescue. And unlike any other "Writers strike film" TF2 goes on to make the most money that year and makes a lot of fans happy.

Legend Mr. Wayne.

It's actually really simple. Nolan wouldn't make an Action Comedy.

 

[Doc Samson]

Finally got off work and caught it....

Wow! Bravo to Nolan & co., contrary to some beliefs, he really does make movies for a living. Lol, the man knows what he's doing, it looks spectacular without showing us really anything. That being said, the music, the chant, really makes the whole thing for me, I didn't really feel any way about it when I first heard it, but seeing it in context with the Prologue and now the trailer, it's splendid!

 

[DKDetective]

Very true, but keep in mind...Nolan sold WB on BB and TDK without a script in hand either.

Don't underestimate that British sweet-talker!

Yeah, more and more I think about it, I can't believe they took that chance on Begins with him. Imagine what the world would be like if they hadn't. It would be very reasonable for them not to. He was more of an artfilm director at the point, having only really done Memento and Insomnia. Hollywood could be very different right now.

 

[Spideyfan93]

When Hollywood stops taking serious risks and chances with major projects, cinema dies.

And yea, without these Nolan films...who knows how the movie world would be and what would exist in place. That's a scary thought.

 

[oleander]

Writers strike hit, no script in place, paramount screwed, dozens of hundreds of contract jobs on the line, executive release window set. Bay to the rescue. And unlike any other "Writers strike film" TF2 goes on to make the most money that year and makes a lot of fans happy.

Legend Mr. Wayne.

It's actually really simple. Nolan wouldn't make an Action Comedy.

Good for Michael Bay for doing his part in keeping people employed and the economy afloat, but we're talking about apples and oranges here. My point stands: Nolan wouldn't make a film without a script. Actually, let me expand upon that: Nolan wouldn't make a film without a script he believes in.

Nolan would put Inception on the back-burner for a decade and pull off a real-life Batman gambit in order to gain the studio confidence/financial backing it took to get Inception made in a way that did justice to the script and the story. I'm not terribly familiar with Michael Bay's body of work, but I'm reasonably assured that he does not quite do passion projects in a similar manner, where the story and how it's told takes precedence over almost all else.

To me, that's the fundamental difference between them as directors.

 

[Anita18]

Yeah, more and more I think about it, I can't believe they took that chance on Begins with him. Imagine what the world would be like if they hadn't. It would be very reasonable for them not to. He was more of an artfilm director at the point, having only really done Memento and Insomnia. Hollywood could be very different right now.

Absolutely.

 

[Marvin]

Good for Michael Bay for doing his part in keeping people employed and the economy afloat, but we're talking about apples and oranges here. My point stands: Nolan wouldn't make a film without a script. Actually, let me expand upon that: Nolan wouldn't make a film without a script he believes in.

No, when you see Nolan cancel WB big batman project because a writing strike hits(ignoring the fact that he's partially responsible for scripting of course). Then you will have your comparison. At that time TDK Nolan simply wasn't that dude quite yet so I don't see him pulling rank no. But I get it, some people don't feel strong without a solid piece of writing backing them up. When you're making drama's that's the safe bet.

Nolan would put Inception on the back-burner for a decade and pull off a real-life Batman gambit in order to gain the studio confidence/financial backing it took to get Inception made in a way that did justice to the script and the story. I'm not terribly familiar with Michael Bay's body of work, but I'm reasonably assured that he does not quite do passion projects in a similar manner, where the story and how it's told takes precedence over almost all else.

To me, that's the fundamental difference between them as directors.

Well you're fundamental difference is ill informed. Apparently Bay has put numerous passion projects on the back burner one in particular during this whole successful TF ordeal. He might even be doing it for one more TF picture simple to get studio backing. I mean if that's your measure of cred than so be it.

Moreover the budget for Inception is a little wild as far as passion projects go nowadays but that's relative I suppose. Bays "passion project" is actually pretty cheap reports claim.

Either way, the two film directors have a lot in common as much dismay as that may bring to film fans.

 

[flickchick85]

Wow, Spideyfan assumed you were a guy despite your username.

Nah, he didn't. His comment was a blanket statement that wasn't at all directed at me (I can be sure of this since I hadn't mentioned football at all before that), I just decided to post a general response to it anyway.

 

[JAK®]

Nolan's movies aren't 2 hour blurs of mindless action, cleavage, and "comic relief".

Yeah, Nolan doesn't direct action scenes that are hard to follow. Nobody has ever complained about that.

 

[Secret Fawful]

That's not what he said.

 

[DACrowe]

Having now seen the leak for this too....I wish I had the incentive to see MI4 for $24 for two tickets this weekend...but I don't (nor MI4 at all). Which is too bad, because once Bane's plan started I have no idea WTF was going on. That, plus an actual shot of Catwoman, would've been nice to see.

 

[DACrowe]

P.S. The scene looked more like something out of a Roger Moore or Pierce Brosnan Bond movie than Michael Bay per se. Think the openings of either Moonraker or GoldenEye to get what I mean.

 

[Bat-Gasm]

When Hollywood stops taking serious risks and chances with major projects, cinema dies.

And yea, without these Nolan films...who knows how the movie world would be and what would exist in place. That's a scary thought.

I don't think "superhero" movies would be the same. I remember reading interviews from The Favs when Iron Man was about to be released and he kept going back and talking about Batman Begins, same with Iron Man II and TDK. So I think Iron Man would have been different for sure. Then maybe the rest of the marvel movies as well....then again....WHAT IF....we lived in a world where Nolan ended up doing Green Lantern!......."what a twist!"

 

[MrBane]

The audio version of the prologue was quickly posted on youtube yesterday before it got taken down. Must say Banes voice sounds awesome, but without captions it might be a lil hard to understand him.

 

[DigitalKill]

Who runs like that away from an explosion? Honestly?

 

[CuppaJoe07]

Who runs like that away from an explosion? Honestly?

Implosion. Plus, he didn't know it was happening. I'm guessing he heard the screams from the crowd and assumed he was being cheered or something.