The Dark Knight Rises The TDKR General Discussion Thread - Part 123 (NO SPOILERS)

[TheSmoothKnight]

I asked fauxmarrese on his thoughts on Bane, and he replied:

So, he already had his mind made up about Catwoman before watching it.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I asked fauxmarrese on his thoughts on Bane, and he replied:

The Riddler over Catwoman?

 

[Marvolo]

The riddler wouldnt have fit this movie. Like Nolan said, this is a disaster movie and Bane represents the intelligent destructive force. Riddler would have no purpose in this film and we would have most likely had a "venom" fiasco on our hands.

For me personally the riddler wouldnt have been a step up after the Joker. Especially since Nolans Joker had some Riddler traits in his character.

 

[Kansiov]

The Riddler over Catwoman?

He's obviously a male chauvinist who laughs at kitchen jokes.

 

[elgato]

I asked fauxmarrese on his thoughts on Bane, and he replied:

 

[ThreadPool]

Yea, everyone go to the review thread and look at that...and then come back here and discuss (since we are not supposed to discuss there. I don't get it either...wtf?

I think they did that because the original reviews thread turned into a nightmare of trolls and legit and fake spoilers. It was absurd.

Bingo! It was terrible. You don't even wanna know.

Hathaway-Haters are inevitable. I guess that's the first critic to give a 'negative' review on Anne. Thus far, every critic has been raving about her performance.

Oh well. Haters gonna hate.

This is one thing I don't get. Several people I've talked to are anticipating the movie, but have it made up in their mind that Anne will be horrible.
Um, I'm pretty sure she's been proven to be a more than capable actor.
Some can not, for some reason or another, can't seperate not liking an actor and the person's abililty.

 

[The_Joker_hahah]

I have a question. Why dont we get any interviews from Tom Hardy? He seems like such a fun kinda person, and it would be sweet hearing him talk about his character in the movie.

 

[elgato]

So, he already had his mind made up about Catwoman before watching it.

Yeah, basically that, if he had not liked the performance without a made up idea he would have said something like "Hathaway's performance was weak/over-the-top/loose" or anything in those lines, not "Hathaway ruined the movie for me"

 

[ThreadPool]

I have a question. Why dont we get any interviews from Tom Hardy? He seems like such a fun kinda person, and it would be sweet hearing him talk about his character in the movie.

I heard he's busy with Mad Max.

 

[Ramsay Snow]

I'd definitely prefer a female Riddler over Catwoman. More seductive and more complex like a jigsaw puzzle.

 

[redfirebird2008]

The Riddler over Catwoman?

Yeah, no thanks. Riddler is Joker-lite. At least Catwoman brings a new dynamic to the trilogy.

 

[The_Joker_hahah]

I heard he's busy with Mad Max.

Aw that sucks. I mean with Heath it was so unfortunate that we couldnt hear his thoughts about playing the character, and the whole process that he went about creating an Iconic character like the Joker. But now, it seems like we're not going to hear from the actor who plays the Villian yet again. The little bit that i saw of Tom talking about Batman in the featurette, the way he talked about the character as if he were a giddy fanboy sounded so cool

 

[BuddhaWasABat]

This GIF is perfect for so many things. Thank you, Anne Hathaway... Thank you.

 

[moviefan!]

Miami Herald

http://www.miamihera...brings-the.html

Don't read the article as it contains spoilers, ill paste the non spoilery parts

One of the most striking things about The Dark Knight Rises, the third entry in director Christopher Nolan’s trilogy of Batman movies, is how bold and confident and precise it is — as if the filmmaker had always known how the story that started in 2005’s Batman Begins and continued in 2008’s The Dark Knight would turn out.
The truth is, Nolan was making it up as he went along.

Nolan’s previous two Batman films were celebrated for grounding the superhero genre in a grittier, darker reality. But The Dark Knight Rises pushes things even further

The film plunges into the abyss instead of just peering into it, and Nolan works the audience over with the confidence he’s gained from making risky, daring movies ( Memento, Inception, The Prestige) that found mainstream acceptance. He knows just how long he can push without turning off the viewer.

There are moments in The Dark Knight Rises that generate a furious surge of emotion that The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man combined couldn’t muster. But even at its most heated, the movie remains elegantly cool.

 

[Art Damage]

Lol dragon posted someone's reaction to the movie who said it was awesome....

Then a tweet later said Anne ruined the movie for him..


How does that make any sense? Lol

And considering this guy already made up his mind about Catwoman going in, if you don't like the character...I'm pretty sure Anne's true portrayal of the character might not win you over. I'm sure it will for some people but even I can agree that I've never really been a huge Catwoman fan but I understand her role in this film and why she's necessary. When you've got such a dominating force like Bane you almost need an inbetweener like Selina Kyle in the film to give it so much more depth. I hate the fact that I have to argue why The Riddler wouldn't work for this movie...and this guy also seems to be in that minority. The Riddler wouldn't have been appropriate for this type of story and I'm glad he's not in it. Some people you just can't win over I suppose.

The other day at work, I was talking to a friend of mine about The Dark Knight Rises and some older lady said to us "Yeah, I would be more excited for that film is Anne Hathaway wasn't in it. I don't like her. Now Halle Berry, THERE'S a Catwoman. She was great."

I stared at her like and went about my business. The sad thing is I think there's a lot of people who just don't know too much about Catwoman to understand how awesome what Anne is doing is, hopefully it's another Heath Ledger affect in which any concerns you have before the film will be gone by the performance winning you over.

 

[Travesty]

So I guess no HBO special?

 

[kvz5]

Miami Herald article was awesome. Nice to read that Nolan is a Malick fan. I know a lot of Nolan fans who hate Malick.

 

[BuddhaWasABat]

I like Malick but thought Tree of Life was a disgrace to storytelling. I knew Nolan was a Malick fan though.

 

[SpideyFan866]

So I heard Christopher Nolan used the LOTR trilogy as inspiration for constructing his trilogy.

That is very good to hear.

 

[Brother Jack]

I'd definitely prefer a female Riddler over Catwoman. More seductive and more complex like a jigsaw puzzle.

Female Riddler? Do what now?

 

[Ramsay Snow]

Female Riddler? Do what now?

Yeah. Female Riddler would tell Batman to solve a puzzle and when he does, he would reward him with something good *wink* *wink*

 

[kvz5]

So I guess no HBO special?

It doesn't look like it. I guess that's what the 13 min featurette was for?

 

[SpideyFan866]

It doesn't look like it. I guess that's what the 13 min featurette was for?

That was a Comcast special but I guess they opted for that instead of the HBO one which, as we know, have been a bit spoilerish in the past.

 

[Travesty]

It doesn't look like it. I guess that's what the 13 min featurette was for?

 

[kvz5]

There's a lot of things we didn't get this time around or were extremely late in getting compared to TDK. Not sure if it's because of WB's marketing or because of the added secrecy of the movie.