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Being a fan of the whole "Knightfall" series of Batman comics, and with the rumours going-around that Christian Bale is hanging-up the cowl after this next movie, it might be kinda cool to have Bane effectively "win" this upcoming story. For the first time, it might be possible to continue the canon of a series of Batman movies while simultaneously changing the actor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Grierson, from linked Yahoo! news report
Then again, 99% of people who see these Batman movies probably couldn't handle the sheer confusion of a "Batman" not being Bruce Wayne, anyway. Closed-minded bastards, I tell 'ya!
TDK was overrated.
Aren't they rebooting Batman again after this one and the working him into a JLA movie.
Green Lantern looks fucking amazing btw.
I'm inclined to agree with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zero Satori
They can't handle any movie featuring the same main character that doesn't build upon or is a direct sequel to a previous film. Except maybe James Bond...only film I can think of.
I wouldn't mind watching any superhero flick that had no relation to any previous movies featuring that same character. Why not just do a bunch of one shot films, or alt-universe stories.
I guess it's all about the money at the end of the day and creating a franchise.
co-sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoDragoN
give me spiderman 2 or 3 any day.
Come on Sage not 3. Seriously not 3.
3 was Franco at his finest. Although the first time I saw 3, I was so disappointed. I was just, "maannnn. Are you serious?"
Then I watched it a few more times and each time I started to like it a bit more.
I always loved the scene of Peter walking down the street fingerbanging everyone, because back when it came out I did the same shit to pretty girls...
Although now that Spidey's getting rebooted, it sucks that it ended on a sad note.
Spidey 3 sucked, but James Franco WAS awesome in it.
"How is the pie?"
"Sooooo good!"
Not by much.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoDragoN
I don't know where that comes from or why it is an area of concern. Nolan already made it pretty clear that this will end as a trilogy and bale is on board. I don't believe it was ever suppossed to be anything more than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zero Satori
Bale leaving as Batman falls second to a change of directors.
I only consider DK to be an average movie. Probably because I'm comparing it to Begins, which I consider an absolute masterpiece. Ra's al Ghul has long been my favorite batman villain, so that had a huge part in it. Before Begins I'd given up on him ever being used in a movie.
but honestly the bond films are hardly sequels. Mostly just alternative universes with the same character.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lagduf
Tom Hardy (my last avatar) is a bad bad man.
He's going to be a great Bane.
Bales Batman voice.
I rest my case.
In TDK, I didn't know Bale's Batvoice was shit until I went to the internet.
I couldn't stand it in BB but I thought it had the perfect amount of grit and menace in TDK.
I still like Batman (1989) the best. :emb:
Yup, me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by T.A.P.
Let me mess with things further and say, in my mind:
Batman > Dark Knight > Batman Returns > Batman Begins (yeah, I know I know) > Schumacher.
But where does Adam West's Batman movie fit in that? :conf:Quote:
Originally Posted by Broback
I was surprised by how much I liked Returns upon rewatching it recently. It was a lot better than I remembered.
On a semi-related note, you can get the Blu-ray of it for $10 at Wal-Mart now.
I love watching batman and robin.
It's so bad that it's great.
The one liners are so groan worthy.
Plus it had bane.
My money is that it remains the definitive portrayal of him.
(jk, but the leaked photo looks dumb)
Oh, so you don't like his movies but you'll hire him as your wedding planner, ok Bob, ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Broback
I liked TDK. The plot was all over the place, it could have been cut down (that whole HK sequence) and the movie would have been better. Still, I enjoyed TDK because Ledger was just amazing (and not because he died afterwards). I didn't like Two-Face, thought it didn't need another villain in the end, again, remove that and put it in 3 would have made TDK even better.
Spiderman 3 was a diaster. I didn't give a crap about Sandman and the way they BS that for spidey was ridiculous. I hated Peter Parker during the entire movie, and thank god for Franco, otherwise, it should have been a direct to dvd movie.
I think I'm to the point where I don't really care about super hero movies any more.
I'll go see this (probably), but I think this will be the last one I go to.
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrochiEddie
Directors should approach Superhero movies in this fashion.
Batman: The Animated Series is my favorite screen version of Batman.
Batman: Arkham Asylum is better than a lot of the Batman films :emb:
Watching TDK right now. I think it's freaking great. I like it more each time I see it.
Also the Visuals/sound are stellar, particularly the IMAX scenes. It's jarring though when the shots switch back and forth.
Didn't I read The Dark Knight Rises is going to shoot more scenes in IMAX or use the new Digital IMAX cameras instead of 70mm??? Going to look that up...
Here's what Wiki has to say... Digital IMAX projection, still standard IMAX cameras.... They really need to get this shit ironed out. ;)
Quote:
Nolan has chosen not to film in 3-D but, by focusing on improving image quality and scale using the IMAX format, hopes to push technological boundaries while nevertheless making the style of the film consistent with the previous two.[35] Nolan has had several meetings with IMAX Vice-President David Keighley to work on the logistics of projecting films in digital IMAX venues.[36] The Dark Knight Rises will feature more scenes shot in IMAX than The Dark Knight.[36] Cinematographer Wally Pfister had expressed interest in shooting the film entirely in IMAX,[37] but because of the considerable noise made by IMAX cameras, 70mm cameras may have to be used for shooting the film's dialogue scenes.[36]
Yeah. Bale is leaving with Nolan as director. I think Nolan will continue to produce, but they'll reboot the series.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoDragoN
For me: Begins/Returns > '89 > Adam West/TDK > Batman & Robin >>>>>>>>> Forever.
Forever is the only one I really have a hard time sitting through, and I actually just watched the blu-ray two days ago. It was interesting listening to them talking about the production of the movie in the documentaries. Of all the things they did that made the movie horrible, none of them happened by unfortunate accident. They were all conscious decisions the movie makers thought people would think were improvements. Amazing. The level of delusion that went into the making of that movie at every turn on every level is fucking dumbfounding. Which, of course, only increased when they came back to make Batman & Robin.
Should I pull a Spinmaster thread and start throwing a hissyfit about stuff being personal (for the record, I wasn't the person who posted those photos)? Haha, just kidding.Quote:
Originally Posted by LoneSage
Seriously, though: just because they can light and dress a room doesn't automatically make them a wedding planner --and thusly just because a guy can put together flashy sets doesn't automatically make them a good director.
Just saw something neat on the Dark Knight special features about IMAX.
During the Dark Knight they said there were only 4 of these IMAX camera's in the world. During the chase scene, they smashed one. At $300,000 each this is a big deal.
I'm really curious to see if they're using these same exact 3 cameras, have new ones, or new systems. They made a big deal about the special rigs they had to build to make the as versatile as 35mm.... There is some seriously high tech stuff going on right now during shooting, pushing film to it's absolute breaking point.. It's all very exciting.
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le...ri0vo1_500.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Gigaton Chode
I think DK and BB are the two best in the entire "series" and also the best super hero movies released. Very well done, and almost make the whole insane concept seem plausible.
For those saying they like the first one best.... uh, have you SEEN that thing lately? I couldn't watch the whole thing last time I tried to watch it. It's not nearly as good as I remember. I never understood how people liked Keaton as Batman. He's a nice guy, and he's a good actor.... but there's a part of me that just says "oh come on, how can you guys not beat the fuck out of Micheal Keaton?"
batman TAS>returns>89>BB>TDK
the animated series was in my opinion the best iteration of batman's story on the screen (barring the graphic novels) and it really told the story of batman as closely and best as it can be told. returns and the 89 batman movie were great in their own right, namely the portrayal of the penguin, and the joker. showing how joker went from a small time gangster to a disfigured nutcase is really what made the 89 movie great, and showing the beginning of cat woman, and the penguin was fantastic. being born into rich aristocracy, but unwanted, thrown away, and left for dead in the sewers of gotham. the man has a lot of hate, and danny de vito pulled it off well, probably one of his best roles. up with jack the bear.
the two newest ones were good i'll give them that. but i don't like the psychotic murderer joker. and i don't like the two face character lacking the involvement of "big, bad, harvey" and no rupert thorne with his finger on the pulse of harvey's political career really take away from the two face story. had they given batman not only the joker to deal with, but rupert thorne it would have been a better movie. hell in some iterations rupert thorne hired joe chill to kill bruce wayne's parents. making batman an impossibility without thorne. and according to some stories two face would be nonexistent were it not for thorne. he'd have just been harvey dent, DA, son of an abusive father, with a repressed angry side who would likely snap somewhere down the line, or go into therapy and be able to exorcise his demons on his own.
i think they had they included thorne these new batman movies would have benefited from the prospect of another bad guy in the story, and from showing a bit more of the depth behind two face. plus they could include some of the mob wars, political kick backs, and problems that plague gotham, not just comic book villains but the mafia, corrupt cops, and crooked politicians. also the heath ledger joker didn't work for me. i prefer the joker who will set up an entire elaborate scheme all to throw a pie in batman's face. i prefer the joker who covers gotham in laughing gas, for a laugh. that's my joker, the funny one.
In order of personal enjoyment...
TDK>89>BB>Returns>66>Schumacher
Exactly this. I think he still wants some kind of revenge for Newsies.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoDragoN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si4L_VcpADg
That to this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohU16OiduUs
I can't decide if he's trying to channel Val Kilmer and not getting it, or if he's trying to stick it to the audience for some kind of perceived karmic retribution.
I still stand by the fact that Heath Ledger was a fantastic Joker.
Your encyclopedic knowledge of terrible movies constantly amazes me.Quote:
Originally Posted by KagerouSama
Thanks, Watson.
Thorne and "Big Bad Harvey" are such late additions to the mythology that I certainly don't need them and didn't miss them. Englehart's run is well-regarded and one of the primary influences of TAS, but Thorne seems so interchangable to me. You practically could have called Falcone in Begins "Thorne" and been fine. Whatever. And in NO itterations of the Batman story did Thorne hire Chill. You're thinking about the original '89 screenplay maybe, that used Englehart characters Thorne and Silver St Cloud. And only in TAS did Thorne have anything to do with the creation of Two-Face.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Terry
And I flat out don't like "Big Bad Harvey". I think it cheapens the character when they try to add all these explanations for why he was so ready to go crazy. He was abused, he already had multiple personality disorder, blah blah blah... all unnecessary.
I happen to be the Sherlock of this partnership, friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by KagerouSama
Okay then. Do you haz what it takes to get to the bottom of a mystery surrounding giant explosions, a T-Rex, a giant squid, and your half-robot half-brother?Quote:
Originally Posted by rarehero
BB>TDK>Returns>'89>West>the rest
Tried rewatching Batman '89 and while it's still great it hasn't held up well, Nickleson always irked me as the Joker since he was basically was ripping off what's his name from the Adam West show
Cesar Romero. I guess I can see that a little bit in his laugh, but at least that made more sense than Tommy Lee fucking Jones ripping off Nicholson to play Two-Face.
Thank you, that was annoying the shit out of me I couldn't remember his nameQuote:
Originally Posted by SouthtownKid
Tommy Lee was a terrible joice for Two Face
Sounds like you're watching too much scooby doo friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by KagerouSama
I'm watching willow on LD.
You should come over.
We'll make some popcorn and talk about which sex in the city movie is the best man.
http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=164Quote:
Originally Posted by rarehero
I want to watch Willow on LD. :crying:Quote:
Originally Posted by rarehero
Okay, you win.Quote:
Originally Posted by KagerouSama
That does look pretty cool.
Who doesn't?Quote:
Originally Posted by T.A.P.
Actually a movie back when lucas made good movies.
After seeing Tom Hardy in Bronson, I really want to see how he handles Bane in this one. He can play psychotic very well.
TDK was mediocre. Not bad, just meh.
I actually enjoy this Batman movie best, even though it's animated.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1569923/
Here's to hoping Bane breaks Wayne in half. I always liked realistic movies where the hero gets fucked over at the end.
i love how he obviously still had his moustache under the makeup.Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthtownKid