The Dark Knight Rises Duration of movie

[Doctor Jones]

Fincher directing a Batman film would equate to sex for me.

 

[itsthebatman]

I still think Nolan is in a class of his own, continually improving as a filmmaker.

I've never been big on Fincher's films... i'm not sure he'd have the foresight to make it work quite in the same vein as Nolan.

And Aronosky seems to intent on changing Batman waaaay too much... give him an elseworlds comic. t:

Fincher>>Nolan
As a body of work, Fincher's outshines Nolan's so far. Fight Club and Seven were two of the best movies of the 90's, and Zodiac was fantastic also. Nolan's best (Memento, BB, TDK), just aren't in the same league.
But they're still great.

 

[itsthebatman]

Fincher directing a Batman film would equate to sex for me.

What kind of sex, though?

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Fincher>>Nolan
As a body of work, Fincher's outshines Nolan's so far. Fight Club and Seven were two of the best movies of the 90's, and Zodiac was fantastic also. Nolan's best (Memento, BB, TDK), just aren't in the same league.
But they're still great.

Meh, I was never a fan of 'Fight Club'. Se7en was great and so was Zodiac.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Fincher>>Nolan
As a body of work, Fincher's outshines Nolan's so far. Fight Club and Seven were two of the best movies of the 90's, and Zodiac was fantastic also. Nolan's best (Memento, BB, TDK), just aren't in the same league.
But they're still great.

Don't forget Inception and The Prestige. Personally I enjoy Nolan's stuff more, but I would love to see Fincher's take on Batman. At least we would continue to get films with the right tone, which is a big deal considering the Schumacher disaster.

 

[itsthebatman]

Don't forget Inception and The Prestige. Personally I enjoy Nolan's stuff more, but I would love to see Fincher's take on Batman. At least we would continue to get films with the right tone, which is a big deal considering the Schumacher disaster.

I'm not. I like, not love, The Prestige, but Inception was a big fat disappointment to me. All that exposition that bugs you in BB and TDK? Here's a whole movie about exposition. Meh.

 

[itsthebatman]

Meh, I was never a fan of 'Fight Club'. Se7en was great and so was Zodiac.

First time I saw Fight Club? Meh.
Second time?

 

[redfirebird2008]

All that exposition that bugs you in BB and TDK?

I don't recall criticizing them that much for it. I would criticize BB for the constant use of the word "fear," but that's not really criticizing the use of exposition. That's just criticizing the rehash of a word over and over. Inception is loaded with exposition but it works for me. By age 40 it is difficult to argue that Fincher had built a more impressive resume than Nolan. It will be interesting to see where Nolan is at age 48.

 

[20thCenturyBoy]

I'd imagine roughly the length of TDK, probably a bit longer. Gill mentioned the script being very long and needing to be trimmed and that gives me the impression its probably going to be fairly long. Unlike most people who disliked TDK's length I thought it could easily have used twenty minutes to take its time. Some stories deserve a long length to explore them to their fullest.

I personally love long movies and stories as long as there's enough material to fill it. If its a 3 hour story, it should be a 3 hour movie, if its a 2 hour and 20 minute story, it should be a 2 hour and 20 minute movie. The length shouldn't be messed with for the sake of either "brevity" or "an epic feel". It should have what it needs to tell the story best.

 

[itsthebatman]

All that exposition that bugs one, not you personally (and TDK in particular still gets criticised for telling, not showing).

 

[Figs]

I hope it's about as long as TDK, just with better pacing I guess. The runtime for TDK never bothered me before, but I guess after watching it so many times, it can be tedious to get through now.

 

[itsthebatman]

Better editing in particular. Some scenes just get cut off right at the knees.
Duration wise, TDK length would do fine.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Better editing in particular. Some scenes just get cut off right at the knees.

Yep. Lots of choppy transitions from scene to scene. It would have had better flow if they just went ahead and let it go to 2:40ish instead of cutting out a minute here, a minute there and so forth.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Fincher>>Nolan
As a body of work, Fincher's outshines Nolan's so far. Fight Club and Seven were two of the best movies of the 90's, and Zodiac was fantastic also. Nolan's best (Memento, BB, TDK), just aren't in the same league.
But they're still great.

Meh... I just think Fincher is the definition of over-rated.

I'd take Nolan anyday. But thats just me.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Meh... I just think Fincher is the definition of over-rated.

I'd take Nolan anyday. But thats just me.

I would have to agree with you on this, though I admire Finchers work and I like some of his films I would prefer good ol Chris anyday.

Chris Nolan is up and coming, David Fincher is good but kinda old news.

 

[Laderlappen]

Fincher>>Nolan
As a body of work, Fincher's outshines Nolan's so far. Fight Club and Seven were two of the best movies of the 90's, and Zodiac was fantastic also. Nolan's best (Memento, BB, TDK), just aren't in the same league.
But they're still great.

Didnt like The Social Network? Personally its my fav Fincher movie.

 

[Miranda Fox]

Meh... I just think Fincher is the definition of over-rated.

I'd take Nolan anyday. But thats just me.

I'm with you on this, DK. I like some of Fincher's work, but I don't find him as interesting as Nolan.

 

[TheIncredibleSk]

A good 2 and 30 minute epic please and thank you.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I would have to agree with you on this, though I admire Finchers work and I like some of his films I would prefer good ol Chris anyday.

Chris Nolan is up and coming, David Fincher is good but kinda old news.

Plus... I find Chris is only over-hyped by Bat-fans. The general public have yet to completely fall in love with him.

Fincher does some good work... but he peaked a long time ago. And even his stuff that was always considered groundbreaking... left me feeling kinda meh!. That said Fight Club is a very good movie.

 

[scifiwolf]

What's everybody's obsession with duration all the time with every movie? Gimmie a good, rich, thorough story, plenty of action and spectacle, and leave me feeling satisfied when the lights go up (I want to be left wanting more, but from the next movie). If that happens in 90 minutes, then give me that duration. If it happens in 3 hours, give me that.

Now, since Nolan seems to like a roughly 2:30 long movie, I'm expecting something similar for TDKR.

 

[American_Idiot]

I'd be perfectly happy with the guy who brought us Fight Club and Se7en in the director's chair for the next Batman franchise, with Nolan producing it. I'd love to see a "dual identities" theme, the way he nailed it with FC; Batman struggling with his, while dealing with whackjob mob boss, the Ventriloquist, and his friend Harvey Dent fighting with his dark side in the meanwhile. Picture that.

 

[Miranda Fox]

Plus... I find Chris is only over-hyped by Bat-fans. The general public have yet to completely fall in love with him.

They respected him enough to go see Inception, which was hardly a film with instant mainstream appeal. I'm still amazed at how well it did, and this is coming from a pretty hardcore Nolan fan.

 

[itsthebatman]

Didnt like The Social Network? Personally its my fav Fincher movie.

Haven't seen it yet. Two kids under two years old makes movie watching difficult.

 

[GregComicFan]

The Dark Knight Rises is going to be 89 minutes long. The movie really isnt as complicated as you all might think. It starts off with Batman running from the police. Bane suddenly appears and says "I'm gonna break you!" They fight, Batman loses, but escapes. Cut to: Bruce is at Wayne Enterprises and Miranda Tate asks him if he's okay since Rachel died. Bruce says "no". Tate then suggests he focus on rebuilding Gotham like his father once tried to do. Cut to: John Blake meets Commissioner Gordon inside his office at Gotham Police Department. Blake states "I don't like Batman" and joins Gordon's task force. Cut to: Batman is then out and about fighting crime. He encounters Bane again. Bane tells Batman his background, and it includes Ras Al Ghul (a young version), recruiting him for the League of Shadows. Bane is pissed Batman killed Ras. Batman and Bane fight again. Batman is losing but a Catwoman jumps in and saves him. Catwoman and Batman then beat Bane. Tate never reveals herself to be Talia Al Ghul... Gordon never catches Batman because he doesn't really feel like it... and the movie ends on that note. It's 89 minutes long. Minus trailers 77 minutes long.

 

[BigEggo]

the movie will be split into 2 2 and 1/2 hour long movies,one in which batman looks for bits of banes soul with alfred and catwoman in the english countryside,one with bane and all of arkham laying seige to wayne manor with batman,gordon,fox,the mayor etc. all inside.after batman breaks into the jail from TDK and escapes on a blind...uh...man-bat that was chained up in there for some reason.