[Closed] The Dark Knight Rises

we are 🙂

batman begins last night.

dark knight tonight.

TDKR tomorrow..........

chris nolan is a genius.

i'm REALLY hoping that one or two of my patients decide they still want to go to the cinema this afternoon and watch it, fingers crossed they let me know before 10:30 so i can try and get the last couple of un-booked seats as it'd be great to watch it before people get out of work this evening and start posting all over facebook and twitter about it

Bonus points if you can spot the bits shot in Scotland. Just a pity they didnt get permission to land on the A9!

I went to see it today.
Good film and doesn't deserve the panning it's had from some critics. The last one was the best of the trilogy but (IMHO) this one is a close second.

Seeing tomorrow lunchtime...

Thanks to Prometheus my expectations have been lowered.

Watched Batman Begins last Friday, watching The Dark Knight tonight...

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Watched it this morning. Great film, thoroughly enjoyed it.

I'm watching it at the O2 tonight. Can not wait.

Only neg comments that I have heard is that bane is difficult to understand.

But another said he is so scary you don't actually have to hear the words to know the sentiment!

Off to see it this afternoon. Should be good, but I'm always a bit hesitant to see big films on the opening night because the cinema will generally be packed with braying human livestock that can tend to spoil the experience...

Booked in at the IMAX at Crawley tomorrow night - properly excited! I've had to stop myself reading the Empire (or any other reviews) as want to go in completely un-blemished of how I think it will be (although we all know it will be ace!).

got today and tomorrow off work (cinema 😉 ) to avoid the nutters going in droves to see it early...in fact im dreading wednesday!

philconsequence - Member
i'm REALLY hoping that one or two of my patients decide they still want to go to the cinema this afternoon and watch it, fingers crossed they let me know before 10:30 so i can try and get the last couple of un-booked seats as it'd be great to watch it before people get out of work this evening and start posting all over facebook and twitter about it

If you'll excuse me the impertinence Mr Consequence, but what kind of patients are they, my mind quite boggles at the potential outcome if they were of the er what can I say 'disturbed' variety?

Just asking.

psychiatric patients, adult males with schizophrenia and other schizo type disorders 🙂 all living in the community

got tickets booked for the giant screen in brum (ex-imax), not till Thursday though. YAY!

Seeing it in a few hours at my local cinema. Can't wait.

Not sure where the idea that critics have panned it have come from. I've only read one sniffy review and that was from the Daily Mail (who gave Katy Perry's movie 4 stars out of five).

21:00 tomorrow!! Extremely excited!

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18921492

2:20 this afternoon with a patient, seats booked and everyfink.

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I know imagine Vader being Luke's father

Well, I've not long been back after seeing it this afternoon. For what it's worth, I was absolutely blown away by it. A perfect finale to the trilogy.

A far more complete and enthralling film than the Dark Knight IMO. An epic if ever there was one.

I went to watch it this morning. I thought it was great. One of those that you want to go straight back in and watch it again.

Its very good, the best one so far imho.

Just back. A bit predictable. Far too long. But very good despite that. Worth seeing IMO

Sorry, it's a grown man that dresses up like a bat to fight crime. It's stupid.

Kevevs - Member
Sorry, it's a grown man that dresses up like a bat to fight crime. It's stupid.

So says someone on a website for ageing middle class men who dress up in baggy shorts and ride bikes around in the mud all weekend

Kevevs - Member
Sorry, it's a grown man that dresses up like a bat to fight crime. It's stupid.

So says someone on a website for ageing middle class men who dress up in baggy shorts and ride bikes around in the mud all weekend

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Kevevs - Member
Sorry, it's a grown man that dresses up like a bat to fight crime. It's stupid.

So says someone on a website for ageing middle class men who dress up in baggy shorts and ride bikes around in the mud all weekend

😀

enjoyed it muchly

my enjoyment was slightly diminished by having my patient eat half my popcorn, ask questions most of the way through etc lol, mrsconsequence wants to see it though so i'll happily go to the cinema again 🙂

nolan doing a superman film though.... i didn't like batman before the nolan films and i don't really like superman, but that trailer made me want to go see it 8)

So says someone on a website for ageing middle class men who dress up in baggy shorts and ride bikes around in the mud all weekend

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Nolan is only producing man of steel, Zach synder is directing... So I'm expecting an amazing film to look at... The flying sequence reminded me of Chronicle.... Looks like we are starting a journey that will end with a jla movie..

Watched it tonight. It started slow and didn't get a lot better. It's alright, but struggled a bit in places. Hathaway isn't a great actress in this film but she sure looks good in a PVC catsuit. I'm assured by mrs Samuri that Mr Bale looks equally good in the film. 😉

I enjoyed it, a few clunky bits but good entertainment. Bane is a class baddy and I thought Hathaway did ok looks good, had the femme fatale thing going on a treat.

Wife dragged me to see it yesterday. Can't tolerate Christian Bale for a second. On the upside - cinema very comfy so slept through most of it. 🙂

I watched it last night, thought it was pretty good.

I would like to welcome the haters to the thread, the type of people who actually probably enjoyed it but aren't man enough to admit it.

I cant quite put into words how much I hated this film.

Can't tolerate Christian Bale for a second.

I loved the Tim Burton depiction of batman last decade, or was it before? Anyway, I'm a bit picky with my movies so I gave the first (bale) batman film as 6-10. The second 6-10. The third 6-10. Watched inglorious basterds again 2 days ago, now that's a 9-10 film

Thought it was very good, did fell a bit drawn out in the middle and acting couldve been better in places- hatahaway!
cast was generally ace and i thought 3rd rock kid is great grown up though i could see his storyline coming a mile off!

but very enjoyable, not the happiest film ever

i really enjoyed it, its long, but i wasnt bored at any point.
bane character was a bit unfair on lip readers.
thought the cast was pretty good, I do like Christian Bale anyway.
If they carry on the last character to a fourth film, i do hope they fix his outfit.

Its not The Dark Knight and it could have been 10-15 minutes shorter (and lost some of the supporting cast) but it was an enjoyable romp.
It also bookends the trilogy nicely and brings it to a close but still leaves open an option to continue in another vein.
Not sure about the other viewers but I thought Bane got the short straw here, I was actually rooting for him at the end!

I'm a bit picky with my movies . Watched inglorious basterds again 2 days ago, now that's a 9-10 film. I loved the Tim Burton depiction of batman

Not picky enough by the looks of it. 😉

Films are completely subjective anyway, arguing with someone over whether they liked a film or not is largely pointless.

the tim burton one was rubbish, jokers goons spray painting the word 'joker' onto a wall whilst prince provides the soundtrack... painful to watch

[i]Not sure about the other viewers but I thought Bane got the short straw here, I was actually rooting for him at the end! [/i]

Like in the Dark Knight, heath totally owned the film and was briliant as the Joker. I can't even remember who played the Batman in that film.

Not picky enough by the looks of it.

Lol. I'm old enough to have enjoyed Batman in the 60's and Tim Burton did them with the same kind of humour

No, Burton got a lot of flack at the time for NOT going down the light-and-campy sixties tv route, but doing something (relatively) darker - it was Shumacher who introduced a bit more "holy rusting metal batman" to the franchise

No, Burton got a lot of flack at the time for NOT going down the light-and-campy sixties tv route, but doing something (relatively) darker - it was Shumacher who introduced a bit more "holy rusting metal batman" to the franchise

This is true - but watching again now the Tim Buton Batman films seem pretty camp, especially when compared to the recent ones.

Having said that I still really like Batman Returns.

TDKR was kind of good, I think. I liked bits of it, but of the whole trilogy the second one is the best by quite a large margin

Tim Burton took Frank Millers 'The Dark Knight Returns' graphic novel and used it as the foundation for his interpretation of Batman(Dark and gothic)and removed it from the campy, 60's version.

Joel Schumacher returned it to it's campy roots with Batman Forever and the horrible Batman and Robin. Thankfully Nolan looked again at 'The Dark Knight Returns' for his inspiration but also wanted to put Batman in the 'real' world.

I think this trilogy has really captured the essence of Batman and I thought this third one was a perfect finale to the series.

I think the problem is that The Dark Knight was SO good, that anything Nolan did with TDKR had to be either as good or better than TDK or face it being called a 'flop' by various critics (and forum readers....).

Personally, whilst it wasn't as good as TDK, I still think that in the grand scheme of things it was a great film. The best part of 3 hours really didn't seem like the best part of 3-hours - you just got engrossed in what was going on. Unlike some, I actually thought the middle bit with essentially no Batman in it, was one of the strongest parts. At some points, there really was a 'how in hell are they going to get out of this' feeling when Bane really took control of Gotham. The ending maybe let it down a little, but still good and some quite clever bits there as well (some sequel bait, although I would doubt if there will be one...). So yeah, probably a good 8.5-9/10 for me. Watching it in IMAX was ace as well!

am i the only person in the world that thought heath ledger was a bit to hammy in the dark knight?

havent seen that much cheesey over acting since ermm....

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I for one loved it. Shame Nolan and Bale said they won't do another one. 🙁

dont think heath as the joker was over-acted at all, he played chaos and mental illness in a way that made me feel like i wasn't watching an actor play a role. 🙂

I for one loved it. Shame Nolan and Bale said they won't do another one.

Quit while he's ahead... I think Nolan has potential to be one of the great directors.

EDIT - There's only one film I've not seen of his & I have enjoyed everything I've seen.

Visually, technically, imaginatively he is amazing. I just wish he'd stop relying on exposition so much. TDKR was pretty bad for this, Inception is just full of actors talking to each other explaining everything

Show, don't tell Chris

Inception is just full of actors talking to each other explaining everything

To be fair - even with all that explanation a fair few people had no idea what was going on.

As much as I enjoy his big budget popcorn pics like the Batman trilogy I still think the relatively small claustrophobic Memento is my favourite film of his.

I saw it with my 9 year old son and his friend today and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.

The visuals and sound effects were great and as for the more detailed story and other stuff like that, well, to be honest, I just went to be entertained by a summer blockbuster 🙂

Not seen it yet, but Tookey in The Mail gave it two stars, so it's got to be worth seeing, and the bloke from Empire really rated it on LaLa's 6Music show, so that clinches it for me. I'll accept a review from people who don't have an agenda, but not the likes of Tookey.

I saw it today with my son and thought it a good movie. Not a disappointment like another recent film. TDKR is quite long however the film was absorbing enough to make the time pass fine. My only difficulty is accepting Christian Bale as not being that nice little lad from Empire of The Sun.

The incredibly talented and charming Daniela Denby-Ashe would have been perfect for the role of Catwoman. Daniela gave compelling performance in Tourchwood, and North and south. Kate Winslet got recognized after sense and sensibility. Daniela is more charming than these Hollywood actresses. The fact is Daniela Denby-Ashe can act variety of roles. She can express emotions without speaking. whereas Anna Kathaway has one facial expression. Daniela Denby Ashe is the most underrated actress in British film society and also in the Hollywood. Hopefully, Steven Spielberg and David Cameron will recognize the talent of this talented actress - Anne, Canberra, Australia

An amazing comment from the Daily Mail site - just checked out Tookey's review, it sounds like he wants to like it but spends the review slagging it off before awarding it 2 stars...

Well I enjoyed it. Not as good as the Dark Knight, but to be fair that was a tough one to follow IMHO. First time in a long while i have left the cinema fully entertained.

Nolans genius is that he doesn't patronise his audience. His 'blockbusters' are smart (inception, Batman trilogy). He assumes that his audience are as smart as he is. More of the same please.

Watched it yesterday on Brum Giant screen, 3 hours of awesome-ness, we could quite happily have gone to watch it again straight away & still may...

Great movie which did not feel like a 2h 40m film

Very dark, very loud and the baddie is ace - but sounds silly!

Catwoman was also very very good 😀

I enjoyed it, don't think Ledger hammed it up. This is where his performance came from:

Finally watched it on Sunday. It was about as dark as one of trout's lights. Overall, pretty disappointed. Worst of Nolan's efforts.

I loved it 🙂 That is all.

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