Quoted from dogglebe

May that fan hang his head in shame for that obvious gaffe.  

As for NPH as Riddler, I hope it never comes to pass in the new crop of Bat-films in the years to come. Not if the plan is to play it like the late Frank Gorshin or Jim Carrey in Bats Forever. If Joker is open for interpetation, (and Bane, for that matter) why not The Riddler?


On a side note: if I were to have a reboot of Batman, I'd pitch up a version of the Gotham By Gaslight graphic novels.

I'm sorry Darren.  Your what hurts?

I can see NPH as a Gorshin-esque Riddler, more classy than cartoony (Carrey-esque).  An egotistic villain with OCD and a need to win.  

Jim Carrey sucked the big one in this role.

and here's another poster by the same artist (not as cool, though):




Phil

Darren is I think referring to the persistent misspelling of Mr. Freeman's name.

"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history." -- Morgan Freeman

My bad on the Freeman misspelling (I didn't notice it until you pointed it out).  Darren did express his didsapproval of NPH in the role.  I think he'd nail it.


Phil

Quoted from Heretic Darren is I think referring to the persistent misspelling of Mr. Freeman's name.

And let's not leave out poor Philip Seymour.
He's got an extra letter too!

E.D.

Quoted from sniper 10 out of 10. Nuff said.

This.

Loved it, great movie.

Curious if any who watched this and didn't enjoy it have had a second view and changed their minds? It's certainly a movie that rewards you for subsequent views.

Also have to recommend the soundtrack - excellent, and the titles of the tracks perfectly describe the requisite moments in the film.

Have to say that the Bruce climbing out of the prison (the crucial moment in the film) is the most impressive thing I've seen in a long while in any movie. Beautiful filmmaking, wonderful scene.

Quoted from Andrew Curious if any who watched this and didn't enjoy it have had a second view and changed their minds? It's certainly a movie that rewards you for subsequent views. Also have to recommend the soundtrack - excellent, and the titles of the tracks perfectly describe the requisite moments in the film. Have to say that the Bruce climbing out of the prison (the crucial moment in the film) is the most impressive thing I've seen in a long while in any movie. Beautiful filmmaking, wonderful scene.

I've tried to watch the film now... twice.
And I never make it through it without dozing off.
Everything feels so rushed and convoluted.
Over stuffed with ham-fisted symbolism when all I want is a clear story.

Why did we spend so much time with those two corporate weenies that hired Bane?
Did we really need them to be in that much of the film?

This most accurately sums up my feelings on the film...

Ha!  That's great.  Really funny, and actually thoughtful, too.  I'll have to look up more of those.

Quoted from Electric Dreamer I've tried to watch the film now... twice. And I never make it through it without dozing off. Everything feels so rushed and convoluted. Over stuffed with ham-fisted symbolism when all I want is a clear story. Why did we spend so much time with those two corporate weenies that hired Bane? Did we really need them to be in that much of the film? This most accurately sums up my feelings on the film...

Horses for courses!

Can't say I agree with the idea of ham-fisted symbolism, but that's the beauty of film. One man sees nuance, another man sees ham-fistedness.

Quoted from Electric Dreamer I've tried to watch the film now... twice. And I never make it through it without dozing off. Everything feels so rushed and convoluted. Over stuffed with ham-fisted symbolism when all I want is a clear story. Why did we spend so much time with those two corporate weenies that hired Bane? Did we really need them to be in that much of the film?

i nearly choked to death... you fell asleep during TDKR?? twice ?
seriously? do you have a pulse? do you feel emotion?
how do you fall alseep during that movie?

smh

Did you find the Exocist to be a Comedy and The Fly to be Romantic?


lol

thats probably one of my favorite movies of the last 5 years.... by far the best movie this year. and its not even close

Quoted from Penoyer79 do you feel emotion? how do you fall alseep during that movie?

Personally, I've never seen any emotion in a Nolan film (I've seen all of them). There's nothing wrong with that, really. I'm just surprised to see it mentioned. To me the films are utterly bereft of that kind of stimulation, or the attempt at it. To me, Nolan makes films about huge ideas -- and bless him for it -- in which the pesky problem of human emotion is abstracted and manipulated at the intellectual level.

It's been a while since I saw the film now but if I were to use one word to sum it up it would be... Underwhelming.

Maybe it was simply the fact that every review I saw or heard was always so positive it was almost impossible to live up to the expectations I had. But saying that it feels good to see on here there are others it didn't work for and I'm not just broken.

One of the reasons I didn't enjoy it so much was Bane. I'm a big fan of Tom Hardy and I just felt like he was wasted. It may as well of been any guy with some muscles playing the role. Because I couldn't see his face he just didn't feel very menacing, not to mention the stupid voice he has. He also seemed to have been reading the 'Bond villain guide' that states instead of killing your enemy just put him in a situation he can get out of eventually to come back and inevitably defeat you.

In fairness he did have one moment where I did like him, if I remember correctly, in the plane he's escaping from he tells one of his minions to stay on board while it crashes (can't remember why), but the minion has absolutely no problem with it. That to me was the sign of a great leader that a guy was willing to die for him no questions asked. That was at the beginning too so I did want to love Bane, in the end I just didn't.

Alfred is a right whiny little girl through the whole movie too.

As Andrew suggested above I might have to see it again, sometimes a second viewing can change my opinion, my problem now is I just don't really want to see it again.

Arty.

Quoted from Penoyer79 Did you find... The Fly to be Romantic?

Color me weird, but I think the Fly is mainly a love story..and yeah, it's romantic. Up until the baby maggot dream sequence, anyway The ending when Geena Davis finally deals with Brundlefly makes me cry. She still loves him. That's why it works on a higher level than most 'body-melt' movies.  It's a classic love story for me.

I saw TDKR on blue ray just before Xmas. I thought it was really entertaining piece of mainstream movie making. I will rewatch it, which I can't say about the recent barrage of Marvel movies. I thought Hathaway was outstanding.  I wasn't bored once, and considering the nearly 3 hour duration, that's rare for me. Bane did sound weird, though. I did giggle at his expressions a few times.

Quoted from Heretic Personally, I've never seen any emotion in a Nolan film (I've seen all of them). There's nothing wrong with that, really. I'm just surprised to see it mentioned. To me the films are utterly bereft of that kind of stimulation, or the attempt at it. To me, Nolan makes films about huge ideas -- and bless him for it -- in which the pesky problem of human emotion is abstracted and manipulated at the intellectual level.

if you werent moved by Michael Cain's performance.. or Batman/Bruce Waynes overall arch in the film.... i really dont know what to tell you.


Chris Nolan has been one of if not the best and original Directors/film makers of the last decade...memento/inception

to see this board responding negatively to his movies is astounding... and makes me wonder.