Great film 10/10
What I noticed with the reactions to TDKR is the following:
Amongst regular moviegoers, the film is loved. Almost every single person that I have talked to about the film has said the following:
1. It's the best of the trilogy
or
2. TDK is still the best, but TDKR is very close.
Only amongst geeks and devoted fans have I seen such polarization. Will the film hold up over time? We'll see.
Made a lot sense to me. His father was a revolutionary in the comics, that's why Bane had to serve his sentence.
I'd say so. He was once in a plot with Ra's, Talia and the League to unleash a virus that would have killed 90% of the world's population.
Obviously by now you need to just accept that this is not the comics...this is Nolans version of Batman...and IMO Nolans way of using Bane was far more effective in the movie...right down to the much needed costume change...but has he done anything remotely in the comics to scale that was TDKR?
I watched it for the third time , and the truth is , I think I liked it better the second time. I dunno, there are parts of it which are really great and it has alot of good ideas. At the same time it has alot of bad and half baked ones as well. I think the problem is that it tries to do to much and ultimately Bruce imo, is kinda a spectator to his own story while everyone lectures to him. I actually realized that Bruce/Batman really doesn't say all that much in the film. Most of it is him listening or reacting to other character's angst and issues.
There's alot of exposition, which many of times doesn't really amount to anything because there are too many ideas and characters being thrown around to really have to have a payoff. Ultimately this a case where less could have been more. That said, it does tie everything up and does end the trilogy in a satifactory way.
I still give it a solid B grade.
Glad to hear you still enjoy it JackWhite.
Yeah, the beginning of the siege has become one of my favorite parts of the whole film. The ominous score as the bridges are getting destroyed is just incredible. So sparse, but says so much. Really makes you feel dread for Gotham.
While this film juggles a lot more, and introduces some more comic booky elements I don't think it ever "jumps the shark", if you will. There is still a very strong anti-cheese factor that helps ground the events of the film in a way the first two did. Tonally it's very consistent with the first two.
Obviously by now you need to just accept that this is not the comics...this is Nolans version of Batman...and IMO Nolans way of using Bane was far more effective in the movie...right down to the much needed costume change...
... and? lol i accept that, which is why it's a good movie. I just don't think it's a great "Batman" movie
I think it's a good movie. Definitely breaks the superhero threequel curse, but it's a big step down from BB and TDK. Watching TDKR made me appreciate them even more for being better movies.
Yup and just watch and see this happen the more people watch it the more they'll see how flawed it is.
Time ain't gonna be kind to this one like it was toi the first two.
I agree. I'm glad Bruce got happiness at the end of this trilogy. But as as a whole, when the character is stuck in his rut of being Batman forever ala the ongoing comics, I love the paranoid, reclusive side of him. And we definitely got that.batman is a hero, but he's not exactly a character people (especially kids) should "want" to be