The Dark Knight Rises Scenes that let you down

[Deserana]

There are several, but mainly Batman's return. There were some great visuals, but I just thought it was kind of anticlimactic and a little silly...kind of never really went anywhere.

Yeah to me Batman's return felt more like "Oh. There's Batman!" than "Thank god Batman is back". Unfortunately that was more because of Gotham's situation never looking that desperate they just seemed mildly ticked off by Bane's occupation.

 

[Liam_H]

Definitely the Wayne/Gordon hospital scene. Basically everything we saw was in the teaser, clunky transitioning and editing took away a lot of the emotion.

Also the lead up before Batman gets trapped in the sewer fight before Bane. Didn't mind Batman doing some detective work and teaming up with Selina to find him. But it was just so rushed.

 

[The Guard]

No, that was pretty lousy.

"Take me to Bane".

"Okay".

 

[JackWhite]

i was very hyped for a few scenes for this movie and while many of them were awesome, i
i couldnt help but feel how dissapointed i was with how some of these scenes played out

1. The Jim Gordon/Bruce Wayne hospital scene...the way how the scene just rushes in and cuts away...it was amazing that a scene like this lacked any emotional weight to it...the teaser footage had more emotional impact than the real thing...also the reason how Gordon got hospitilazed was a let down...in the teaser trailer Gordon looks damn near on his death bed n it got most people thinking that Bane did something really bad to jim but that was not the case at all.

2.The Bat and Cat team up in the sewer to Banes lair was also a letdown for me because of how quick it went by and of how most of that scene was already in the trailers..when the gate shut behind batman i couldnt believe that whole sequence was over..wish we got more

I still can't get my head around how quick the hospital scene was. I did expect Bane's men to have something to do with him almost drowning, but I liked how it was his own doing do to his desperation to get out of a sticky situation.

I'm still not sure about the Bat/Cat team up. When I first saw the film, yeah it felt real fast. But on my second viewing it actually gelled better with me. It will be interesting to see how it feels when I see it again on Blu-Ray.

But yeah, my only real letdown was the hospital scene. It totally left me feeling angry, upset, sad, incredulous, and above all dissatisfied.

 

[spidermanJLA!~]

I think with Bane's death, they thought the crowd would just say "Kill him already!" because of how much he beat up Batman. For moviegoers, maybe, but not for people who really got into it. I could tell because when Bane said, " You know I have to kill you now.", someone next to me was like "Oh no not again!".

 

[Marvolo]

Definitely the cops chasing Batman on the Batpod. It was mostly straightstreches and tv clips on the night news. I was expecting something as crazy and awesome as the BB chase. The cinematography was great and the and thr batpod drifting into the alley was badass but the rest was very ho hum and much less than i was expecting. They have helicopters, 40+ cars, and swat on his ass and they couldnt even put up a spike strip or anything? Thats the best they could do?

Plus did anyone else notice how obvious Bales stunt double was. When it would cut to a close up while he was riding you could tell it wasnt Bale. The stunt drivers lips and chin are a big giveaway.

 

[aeioulul]

1. The hospital scene
2. Bats/Cops chase scene
3. The final fight: Bane/Bats and Cops/Mercs
4. Pit scene

Reason: Too short

5. Not so much Alfred scenes

 

[infamous]

The way the Ra's/Bruce scene ended.. I wanted Bruce to let out that huge scream and let it all out then fade to black or something like that.. not SCREAA/*feet*.....

 

[kvz5]

Nolan is pulling a Tarantino with his love for Bale's feet. I think I saw it like 3x.

 

[PSYLENTGuardian]

Gotta agree with the way Bane got offed. Like someone said previously, it felt anti-climactic.

 

[The Guard]

I still can't get my head around how quick the hospital scene was. I did expect Bane's men to have something to do with him almost drowning, but I liked how it was his own doing do to his desperation to get out of a sticky situation.

Yeah, that was pretty cool.

But yeah, my only real letdown was the hospital scene. It totally left me feeling angry, upset, sad, incredulous, and above all dissatisfied.

It's just...the previous scene, with all of Bruce's physical ailments, almost gets more screentime. You'd think they would have dealt with all Gordon had lost and Bruce's recognition of that at that point. Some semblance of Bruce being sorry.

 

[Mob1423]

To be honest, Johnathan Crane being the Corrupt Judge. I felt like I was watching Murphy play some random guy and not anything close to how he acted as Scarecrow. He could've at least worn the mask or sprayed some guy trying to make a break for it with fear gas

 

[The Guard]

It was kind of pointless.

 

[PyroChamber]

The chase scene.

I guess it's mainly because, after the chases in BB and TDK this one wasn't as epic.

 

[Ravage]

Final fight moments.

Everything felt extremely rushed but cant blame Nolan, his time was limited.

-Bane and Batman's fight felt so easy and pathetic. Even if you are prepared, that is not how Batman handles Bane. Sure you will eventually put the mask out but should been a longer tiring fight.
-It would've been awesome to see Bane going feral with immensive pain. He punched through the column and never gave a single damn. They showed him panicking all right, but where is that "extreme pain for you" he was talking about? Batman should took some serious beating back there and still get up to shock Bane to show how he bested him.
-Catwoman killing Bane and then two rushing out...seemed so weird and out of picture. I wanted Batman to beat Bane personally without exposing his weakness, not leave it out hanging. Hell I was even in for a cliche ending like Bane falling down over a burning edge to his death or getting impaled by some pole...but Catwoman death? Extremely rushed. No second look at him. If you cant do anything, least go and take a final look at the man that almost destroyed you. That would be a very good reason to add even more humanity to Bane.
-Nuke was a silly idea. I was like...A mushroom cloud around Gotham? Feels so weird.

As in short, Talia was never needed for this movie. It should've added Bane more monstriosity and left all the humanity feelings out. Love interest for Bruce? How about goddamn Catwoman who did nothing but standing there the entire movie and kill Bane? But I blame bad writing...A good scenario writer should definitely know about the time limit. Producers cut a lot of movie to add such small twist and it feels very wrong for me. If Talia was out of scene, they should've won least 30-40 good minutes for better things.

 

[Doc Holliday]

I will echo sentiments about the Gordon/Wayne hospital scene, but for me Bane's death took the cake.

All this movie building and building to a climactic showdown, and then they fight and it seems like Batman is winning. Then Talia stabs him. Oh snap, it's going to be harder to fight Bane now. But no, it's fine, because Catwoman shows up and kills him with the Batpod. Really?

Two thumbs down.

 

[serb7]

The scene where Fox introduces the Bat to Bruce. I thought it would be cool and it wasn't imo.

 

[Zatanna]

I expected something more emotional for the hospital scene as everyone else did, as it was the very first peak of the film I had ever seen. I can't remember what film I was sitting in the theater for when I saw the preview...

As in short, Talia was never needed for this movie. It should've added Bane more monstriosity and left all the humanity feelings out. Love interest for Bruce? How about goddamn Catwoman who did nothing but standing there the entire movie and kill Bane? But I blame bad writing...A good scenario writer should definitely know about the time limit. Producers cut a lot of movie to add such small twist and it feels very wrong for me. If Talia was out of scene, they should've won least 30-40 good minutes for better things.

How about not having Catwoman as a love interest for once? She isn't the end-all-be-all of love of Batman love interests. Of course, Bat/Cat romance was barely the case here, but I used to be excited about the possibilities for Talia, which included her scenes with Bruce in this film, because this was the general public's first impression of her in a Batman film.

Can't change what Nolan decided to do with Talia, though, so I'm trying to accept it.

 

[Zatanna]

All this movie building and building to a climactic showdown, and then they fight and it seems like Batman is winning. Then Talia stabs him. Oh snap, it's going to be harder to fight Bane now. But no, it's fine, because Catwoman shows up and kills him with the Batpod. Really?

Two thumbs down.

This, basically.

The way the Ra's/Bruce scene ended.. I wanted Bruce to let out that huge scream and let it all out then fade to black or something like that.. not SCREAA/*feet*.....

Very strangely edited lol.

 

[kthevs]

I expected something more emotional for the hospital scene as everyone else did, as it was the very first peak of the film I had ever seen. I can't remember what film I was sitting in the theater for when I saw the preview...


How about not having Catwoman as a love interest for once? She isn't the end-all-be-all of love of Batman love interests. Of course, Bat/Cat romance was barely the case here, but I used to be excited about the possibilities for Talia, which included her scenes with Bruce in this film, because this was the general public's first impression of her in a Batman film.

Can't change what Nolan decided to do with Talia, though, so I'm trying to accept it.

Except that she has always been the main love interest for Batman. There's been other girls, sure, but it always goes back to Selina. The Bat/Cat relationship is just as iconic and well known as the Batman/Joker relationship. After the Nolan bros decided that they wanted Bruce to end up with a girl at the end, it could only be Selina. Never Talia. Even in the comics, Talia could never choose Bruce over her father. She always flipflopped about who she loved more. I did like the fact that both girls asked him to run away with them, but as we find out by the Talia reveal, only one meant it.

 

[BatZiLLa54]

-Talia not saying "Goodbye, my beloved" and instead says friend. Annoys me as does her death scene acting (the last breathes and then her eyes closing and head dropping, just awful lol)

-Batman escaping the cops. Would have preferred more of a scene like from the MOTP. While trying to escape the batpod gets destroyed and he has to escape on foot and barely escapes.

-Not enough of the final battle shown. Not talking about Batman vs Bane but rather the cops vs the people of Gotham/mercenaries.

-Foley getting destroyed by the tumbler being cut. I remember seeing this on youtube and was just like holy ****, I can't wait to see what it looks like on an imax camera and then its just completely cut.... If I was the stunt man I'd be pissed lol.

-Not showing how Bruce gets back to Gotham or even mentioning it. I get he had 23 days to get back but would have been nice to see Bruce be stealthy again without the suit.

-The Bat didn't really do much for me in the final chase. And I still don't understand how its dodging missiles from the tumbler when its being shot point blank when its not even moving.

As for those saying Banes death was a let down, how else could he have been defeated? Batman was just stabbed and if it wasn't for the one shot he got in where he disconnects the tubes with his gauntlet, Batman wasn't exactly winning the rematch either. I see some of you expected a third fight but how exactly would Batman even come close when hes now bleeding all over the place? Bane would have killed him, easily. Banes lines "I broke you, how did you come back?" were so perfect that I didn't need there to be another fight.

 

[The Batman]

Except that she has always been the main love interest for Batman.

Not really.

At the end of the day, Batman dosen't HAVE a main love interest. One poster on another board described Catwoman best:

"She's not his greatest romance. She's his longest running distraction".

At the end of the day, Batman's main love interest is Gotham City. All of his girlfriends, INCLUDING Selina, come and go.

That said, if it came between developing Bruce/Talia more than Bruce/Selina in this movie, I would've preferred that, as it would've made the twist better, and we've already seen Bruce/Selina onscreen. I really hope they don't focus on Bruce/Selina too much in the next franchise. Great love interests like Silver St. Cloud have yet to be put onscreen.

 

[kthevs]

Not really.

At the end of the day, Batman dosen't HAVE a main love interest. One poster on another board described Catwoman best:

"She's not his greatest romance. She's his longest running distraction".

At the end of the day, Batman's main love interest is Gotham City. All of his girlfriends, INCLUDING Selina, come and go.

That said, if it came between developing Bruce/Talia more than Bruce/Selina in this movie, I would've preferred that, as it would've made the twist better, and we've already seen Bruce/Selina onscreen. I really hope they don't focus on Bruce/Selina too much in the next franchise. Great love interests like Silver St. Cloud have yet to be put onscreen.

That's one way of looking at it, but if he has to end up with someone, it has to be selina. It shouldn't be vicki or Talia or St Cloud or any of those women. I'm not sure if it was Emma Thomas who said this, or Jonah Nolan, but the quote was that she's the yin to his yang. They clearly didn't want to do the whole Bruce will be Batman forever and never get a life route. They didn't want him to turn into the bitter old man from Batman Beyond, so he left Gotham behind and got a life. And he got it with someone else who wanted a fresh start.

Out of curiosity, The Batman, I know you were against the idea of them ending up together in this movie, but how did you feel when you actually saw it happen? Did you feel that Nolan went too overboard by, in addition to everything else, also having Bruce give her his mother's pearls?

 

[Drizzle]

I had no problem with Catwoman killing Bane, but what I had a problem with was the fact that it was way too abrupt.

 

[The Batman]

That's one way of looking at it, but if he has to end up with someone, it has to be selina.

If I was biased shipper of fictional romances, yeah, maybe I could see it that way. But I'm not. And I don't.

It shouldn't be vicki or Talia or St Cloud or any of those women.

How much of Bruce's romances with other women have you actually read or know much about? The problem with this and other Bat/Cat shipper arguments is that people seem to think Catwoman is entitled to a happily ever after with Batman...JUST because she's more popular than Batman's other love interests. Not only that, you guys fail to acknowledge that Catwoman's popularity is tied to her being MORE than just Batman's love interest, unlike someone like Talia or Vicki Vale. You guys think she's entitled due to an unfair advantage, and you guys don't even judge the relationships on their own merits.

I'm not sure if it was Emma Thomas who said this, or Jonah Nolan, but the quote was that she's the yin to his yang. They clearly didn't want to do the whole Bruce will be Batman forever and never get a life route. They didn't want him to turn into the bitter old man from Batman Beyond, so he left Gotham behind and got a life. And he got it with someone else who wanted a fresh start.

Yes, I know this. I saw the movie. And I am aware of Bruce and Selina's dynamic. Dosen't mean she's the only woman Bruce Wayne can settle down with.

Out of curiosity, The Batman, I know you were against the idea of them ending up together in this movie, but how did you feel when you actually saw it happen? Did you feel that Nolan went too overboard by, in addition to everything else, also having Bruce give her his mother's pearls?

It was as lame as I thought it'd be, if only because their entire relationship was underdeveloped, and I knew it'd feed into the assumption that Selina was Bruce's only good love interest. I was glad that Bruce was alive more than anything else.