The Dark Knight Rises (SPOILERS)

[bainbridge's_stache]

A new website has popped up with a count down clock:
operationearlybird.com
New image referencing the term "Operation Early Bird":

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Looks like something is happening at 10 am pacific time (12 pm central) tomorrow.

[Wally Q]

Teaser of the IMAX footage?

[drichter33]

so of course its playing at only select imax theaters and absolutely no where near me.

[bainbridge's_stache]

Possible (brief) description of the prologue (spoiler tagged for your protection) :

Introduced by Christopher Nolan himself, the footage was unveiled at Universal City's AMC IMAX and met with rounds of heavy applause. SuperHeroHype was on hand and, while we've been asked to keep the details of the footage relatively light, here's a taste of what you can expect to see next Friday:

[Show spoiler]Even though the opening shot takes place immediately after The Dark Knight and features Commissioner Gordon speaking at Harvey Dent's funeral (and is shot in 35mm), the footage moves immediately to IMAX and the events that transpire during the hostage situation discussed in the viral documents. There, we're treated to a hostage transfer and the reveal of Bane aboard a private plane and an ensuing fight that takes every advantage of the IMAX frame. Think less The Dark Knight and more Inception or, even closer, an IMAX version of a James Bond film.

In his introduction, Nolan stressed the importance of returning filmgoing to the grandeur that it was for him as a child, warning that said scale, "is being chipped away at in all kinds of ways."

[Show spoiler]Though the response from the crowd was overwhelmingly positive, there was much discussion about Bane's voice. Muffled by his mask and featuring a British accent, it's difficult to fully understand exactly what he is saying (but likely intentionally).

[Show spoiler]At the conclusion of the footage, there's a rapid montage of shots, all in IMAX, that feature a lot to excite fans, the most intriguing of which is Bane carrying a shattered half of Batman's mask.

"I've barely started to edit the rest of the film," Nolan cautioned with a laugh, "so don't ask me what happens at the end or anything like that."

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From CBM:

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Ice. Cold. Crystalized imagery and a very familiar logo of a Bat.
Jim Gordon at Harvey Dents funeral gives a eulogy, a few words about
inspiring others…
CUT—
An unnamed mountainous region.
A jeep rides along the landscape. Hooded men in the back of a jeep are
driven to a small plane… the jeep is met by an armed CIA agent who
takes into custody a political VIP, who is traveling with these hooded
men… or is he? The CIA Douche learns that one of the hooded men is
BANE?!
The hooded men, along with the political VIP are loaded onto the plane.
The plane takes to the air as the CIA douchebag interrogates those
taken on board. One of the hooded men is dangled outside the plane and
questioned/threatened and when the CIA agent doesn’t get what he
wants, he fires his weapon (next to the hooded man’s ear, he is not
killed) and then begins to question the other hooded man. That hooded
man is unmasked and revealed to be… Bane!
CIA DOUCHE: Was it your plan all along to be captured?
Suddenly, a much larger plane overtakes the smaller plane occupied by
CIA Douche, Bane and hostages. Operatives from the larger plane
descend onto the smaller one–
Bane in all his Ventilator glory is revealed….CIA DOUCHE: If I take
this off, will you die?BANE: No. But I will be in a lot of pain.
BAM!
Operatives from the larger plane fire upon the interior of the plane
interrupting the interrogation.
The larger plane has ahold of the smaller one as it pulls it by wires
throwing all the passengers downward in a disorienting fashion.
After quickly overtaking the plane, Bane’s operatives bring in a man
with inside a body bag. This man is dead or looks barely alive. Bane
then takes the VIP political prisoner and inserts a tube and transfers
blood from the body bag man. (It’s confusing as to why this is
important.)
AND THEN… in a scene that no words will be able to do justice, a
hole is cut from the smaller plane and a wire takes Bane and the VIP
politico through the rear of the plane as the smaller plane is ripped
apart and is destroyed while members of Bane’s team sacrifice their
lives going down with the small plane. (Again, it should be stressed,
this description pales to what you will actually see, it’s a true
spectacle.)
The chant can be heard at the end… Deh-Shay! Bah-Sah-Ra!
The scene is followed by a montage that includes many images we’ve
seen, the most striking includes the Bat-copter chasing down fatigued
Batmobiles down the streets of Gotham, and a final shocking image of
Bane tossing away a shattered and torn Batman mask into rubble…
The only complaint about the 7 minute prologue was echoed by all in
attendace: Bane’s dialog is very difficult to understand. Imagine
Darth Vader with a very thick accent. Hopefully this will be fixed in
the final film.
Overall this opening scene is confusing, epic, and will leave
audiences speechless. All in a good way."

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[Nousemercenary]

Fan made poster!

[Kirk Out]

bainbridge thanks bro

damn this is going to be EPIC

[Anglik]

Taken through the whole trilogy aspect..Nolan has always looked through the eyes of chaos..gradually building up to the finaly.

Batman Begins - chaos through manipulation based on a drug.
Dark Knight - chaos through manipulation based on fear and psychology.
Dark Knight Rises - chaos through strengh and brute force..

You are right this is going to be EPIC and as much as these films are great action movies they are very relevant social commentories.

[paul_66]

Originally Posted by Anglik

Taken through the whole trilogy aspect..Nolan has always looked through the eyes of chaos..gradually building up to the finaly.

Batman Begins - chaos through manipulation based on a drug.
Dark Knight - chaos through manipulation based on fear and psychology.
Dark Knight Rises - chaos through strengh and brute force..

You are right this is going to be EPIC and as much as these films are great action movies they are very relevant social commentories.

How about this, for DKR: Chaos through manipulation based on domination and destruction.

[Anglik]

Originally Posted by paul_66

How about this, for DKR: Chaos through manipulation based on domination and destruction.

Beautiful!!!

"THEY WILL FEAR US FOR WE WILL BREAK THEM!" or "BANE BACK BAM BAM!"

[Narcissus]

Just Like Prometheus Next Year, This Will Not Be Good.
The Dark Knight Was Easily 30 Minutes Too Long and anyone expecting anything close to Ledger's Joker is going to be disappointed.

[antmumford]

Originally Posted by Narcissus

Just Like Prometheus Next Year, This Will Not Be Good.
The Dark Knight Was Easily 30 Minutes Too Long and anyone expecting anything close to Ledger's Joker is going to be disappointed.

I love you people who can see into the future, I'm so jealous

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[Narcissus]

Originally Posted by antmumford

I love you people who can see into the future, I'm so jealous

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why thank you.

[paul_66]

Originally Posted by Anglik

Beautiful!!!

"THEY WILL FEAR US FOR WE WILL BREAK THEM!" or "BANE BACK BAM BAM!"

I think this is already a good indication that Bane will top The Joker, because The Joker was about fear, chaos and psychology. With Bane, it's terrorism, domination, destruction, as well as strength and power. I think this will only be in terms of story, though. As for the difference in the actors' performances, there's really no telling until we see more of Tom Hardy on screen. Even though we'll surely get glimpses of some of Tom Hardy's performances before the film's release, there still won't be enough to determine what scene will be his best.

Meanwhile, I'm pumped.

[Bucky]

Originally Posted by Narcissus

Just Like Prometheus Next Year, This Will Not Be Good.
The Dark Knight Was Easily 30 Minutes Too Long and anyone expecting anything close to Ledger's Joker is going to be disappointed.

I hope that you are wrong in both cases. While I agree that The Dark Knight could have been edited better, I will give Nolan another chance with this one, especially since he has already announced that it will be his last Batman film.

[Narcissus]

Originally Posted by Bucky

I hope that you are wrong in both cases. While I agree that The Dark Knight could have been edited better, I will give Nolan another chance with this one, especially since he has already announced that it will be his last Batman film.

i would love to be wrong. i fear i won't be.
and RE: Prometheus....
I Am Pissed. It Was Supposed To Be THE ALIEN Prequel Everyone Wanted Ridley To Do,Including Ridley. Bringing Back Hans Rudy,Such A Rip Off, Now he's saying the last 8 minutes ties into the first Film. I'm out.

[supersix4]

Well see if this movie tops TDK, I won't be shocked if they all come back again, just like with Transformers everyone has a price.

[Anglik]

Originally Posted by paul_66

I think this is already a good indication that Bane will top The Joker, because The Joker was about fear, chaos and psychology. With Bane, it's terrorism, domination, destruction, as well as strength and power. I think this will only be in terms of story, though. As for the difference in the actors' performances, there's really no telling until we see more of Tom Hardy on screen. Even though we'll surely get glimpses of some of Tom Hardy's performances before the film's release, there still won't be enough to determine what scene will be his best.

Meanwhile, I'm pumped.

If anyone doubts Hardies performance then just check out Bronson. While the film may not be for everybody, his portrayal is very good. He has a real presence. At the end of the day.. it's a matter if he will be able to deliver what is expected of the character. My worry is that so many people will be comparing Bane to Joker that they will forget that these are two completely different characters, both want chaos but Joker is more about manipulation than down right brute force.

Just compare the cell scene in the dark knight. Batman had to resist from killing the joker which would have been very easy. The joker had no physical presence - he had a psychological one. You looked at him and not for a minute did you think that he had the strength to take down Batman. But by manipulating his surroundings he could destroy the bat mentally. Now by looking at Ban the presence is more about strength - Could you imagine Batman backing away from the Joker...

Damn..I think I over did it..I only wanted to make a quick response.

[Tibor Lugosi]

Originally Posted by cj19791979

damn this is going to be EPIC

I can't wait, might go see MI:4 just to see the teaser for DKR

[paul_66]

Originally Posted by Anglik

If anyone doubts Hardies performance then just check out Bronson. While the film may not be for everybody, his portrayal is very good. He has a real presence. At the end of the day.. it's a matter if he will be able to deliver what is expected of the character. My worry is that so many people will be comparing Bane to Joker that they will forget that these are two completely different characters, both want chaos but Joker is more about manipulation than down right brute force.

Just compare the cell scene in the dark knight. Batman had to resist from killing the joker which would have been very easy. The joker had no physical presence - he had a psychological one. You looked at him and not for a minute did you think that he had the strength to take down Batman. But by manipulating his surroundings he could destroy the bat mentally. Now by looking at Ban the presence is more about strength - Could you imagine Batman backing away from the Joker...

Damn..I think I over did it..I only wanted to make a quick response.

No, you didn't over do it (I prefer long messages in deep discussion). I agree with everything you say, which added to the point I was trying to make about The Joker being less than Bane in terms of character/story. I myself do not doubt Hardy, in terms of performance. I never stated that. It's just that he, indeed, has a lot to live up to compared to Heath Ledger's Joker. Whichever way it goes, it really doesn't make much of a difference to me on the basis of performance (I was mostly just stating it), so long as they're in the same ball park or better, and on the level with the story, that's good enough for me.

In the end it's all about the structure of the story in order for the entire film to top TDK. And when it comes down to it, I don't know anybody better capable of pulling this off than team Nolan. It just adds to why I'm super pumped, because I don't see how it could go wrong. Though, I've still gotta hold my breath every now and then.

[Anglik]

Originally Posted by paul_66

No, you didn't over do it (I prefer long messages in deep discussion). I agree with everything you say, which added to the point I was trying to make about The Joker being less than Bane in terms of character/story. I myself do not doubt Hardy, in terms of performance. I never stated that. It's just that he, indeed, has a lot to live up to compared to Heath Ledger's Joker. Whichever way it goes, it really doesn't make much of a difference to me on the basis of performance (I was mostly just stating it), so long as they're in the same ball park or better, and on the level with the story, that's good enough for me.

In the end it's all about the structure of the story in order for the entire film to top TDK. And when it comes down to it, I don't know anybody better capable of pulling this off than team Nolan. It just adds to why I'm super pumped, because I don't see how it could go wrong. Though, I've still gotta hold my breath every now and then.

You a right my friend. I think this will be a great end to a fantastic trilogy and i also belive that the third part will make you look a bit deeper at begins. Nolan doesn't look like the guy that did't think out the whole story (at least the basics) since the very beginning. Now if there is a chanse to make a trilogy you don't exactly wan't to box your self in.

Anyway we should find out more when the trailer hits. Unfortunetly for me I live in Poland and we only have Digital IMAX and not the 70 mm ones. So I won't be able to see the prologue. Funny thing though I saw Begins on the IMAX screen, but TDK wasn't released in Poland in IMAX format.


Wonder what this is...

http://www.operationearlybird.com/

Maybe a trailer? Doubtfull.


Next year will be amazing for the movies: John Carter, Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Prometeus, Skyfall and the Hobbit.

I really can't remember a time when it was this good..