The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

[TylerDurden]

Originally Posted by gates70

Batman didn't even kill him,

[Show spoiler]Catwoman did.

Chuck Norris killed Bane.

[Derekforeals]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I just found out about this...

Thought it was pretty funny. ::: Warning, may contain spoilers :::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMPZ7WeDck

[Tarek]

Anyone having issues with get the uv copy to download I am help I appreciated pm please

[ry35an]

Originally Posted by uncharted

can't believe people actually thought tdkr would be nominated for any oscars.

+1

[ChrisToad]

Originally Posted by Tarek

Anyone having issues with get the uv copy to download I am help I appreciated pm please

Hi, which retailer are you using to try and download it?

VUDU? Flixster? CinemaNow?

I just downloaded it via Flixster on iOS with no problem... please post some more details!

[Early Memphis]

Originally Posted by Uncharted

Can't believe people actually thought TDKR would be nominated for any Oscars.

Originally Posted by ry35an

+1

I think people based those expectations on TDK getting 8 nominations (post Heath Ledger's death?). Certainly, as Mavrick suggested in the TDK Mega thread : "At least a nomination in one of the technical categories?" - not that the haters would agree with that.

[jordanwalkert]

Originally Posted by uncharted

can't believe people actually thought tdkr would be nominated for any oscars.

+1

[HarcourtMudd]

Well, I will go on record saying that TDKR was my second favourite film of the year (right behind The Avengers), and a prized addition to my movie library. I found the story to be a fantastic adaptation of the Knight Fall saga for Nolan's universe, and can nitpick just as many "plot holes" from TDK (if not more).

As for the snub by the vaunted Academy, to me it has long ceased to be relevant, and is little more than an exclusive club for elite film snobs who think entirely too much of themselves.

[Ironhorse75]

Not surprised. I am surprised Wolski didn't get a nomination for Prometheus though.

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by guruaskew

why? What has nolan done to warrant a conspiracy and/or mass jealousy against him?

Nothing.

Tdkr brought nothing new to the table (oh, wait, more imax) and it was largely seen as something that failed to live up to its predecessors, even if only barely.

If it had received any nominations everyone would have been saying they were just honoring the trilogy or making up for past "snubs" anyway. Does anyone want that? No.

Only the hardest of the die-hard nolanites would say that anyone involved in this movie was doing their best work. That's why it was shut out at the oscars.

+1

[davcole]

Hans Zimmer was ripped for not getting a best score nomination!

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[rickah88]

Originally Posted by The Rainmaker

Sure. I didn't expect it to get any big award noms but at least some technical ones. It was filmmaking at its best. Gorgeousness cinematography, production design and much much more. I just feel like this absence of award nominations provides a lot of ammo for trolls and haters.

In your opinion, yes. In the opinion of the Academy, not so much.
So what were the specific categories and films that weren't as deserving, as this one, in your opinion?

[GuruAskew]

Originally Posted by The Rainmaker

Sure. I didn't expect it to get any big award noms but at least some technical ones. It was filmmaking at its best. Gorgeousness cinematography, production design and much much more. I just feel like this absence of award nominations provides a lot of ammo for trolls and haters.

So you're saying the Academy "planned" (your word) this to fuel trolls and haters?

Ever think the voters weren't keen to vote for the same people basically doing the same work with little variation for the 3rd time in 7 years? Again, it brought nothing knew to the table. If Nolan and his crew kept pumping out Batman movies ever 3-4 years Bond style would you expect AMPAS to keep throwing technical nominations their way as long as they maintained a consistent level of quality? Obviously not.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by The Rainmaker

Why would you even think I thought that?

I wasn't saying you thought the Academy would care about trolls. My point was, who care what tthey think? This movie will be just as awesome with, or without, any award shows recognition.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

I don't know why people feel the need for movies to get awards or whatever else for them to like it. Not like they get any profits if it wins any awards.

[42041]

Originally Posted by The Rainmaker

STFU. I was expecting at least some technical ones. But this is planned snubbery.

Which technical ones do you feel it deserved one in?

I guess the production design has some impressive bits. The visual effects are pretty good but as good as the other nominees? Dunno about that. Cinematography is fine but the other nominees I saw were stronger IMO. Sound mixing? Horrid.

[Jumpman]

Originally Posted by 42041

Which technical ones do you feel it deserved one in?

I guess the production design has some impressive bits. The visual effects are pretty good but as good as the other nominees? Dunno about that. Cinematography is fine but the other nominees I saw were stronger IMO. Sound mixing? Horrid.

The visual effects were essentially seamless, considering you couldn't pick out a bad visual effects shot in the film. Hence, they did their job.

Definitely production design and cinematography. When your cinematography nominations don't include the Master, Prometheus, and the Dark Knight Rises, you're pretty much ****ed...

...don't mind Lincoln, but Django Unchained had better cinematography than the three films I mentioned above? **** no...

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

The visual effects were essentially seamless, considering you couldn't pick out a bad visual effects shot in the film. Hence, they did their job.

I don't know about that. I thought the whole football field explosion looked slightly off. Not horrible, but I've seen better.

[Extremis]

I’d like to add a timely aside about Nolan: I recall emerging from a summer IMAX preview screening of The Dark Knight Rises feeling confident the film and its maker would be in the center of the Oscar conversation, for completing his trilogy as strongly as Jackson did The Lord Of The Rings. All of that was shattered by the violence in an Aurora, Colorado midnight screening days later, which stamped The Dark Knight Rises in a completely unexpected context. In the face of that, Nolan issued a heartfelt statement that was hailed by numerous filmmakers I’d spoken to as mirroring exactly the way they felt. Nolan has not mentioned the tragedy since, and while Warner Bros tried to get voters to remember the film, Nolan took a low-key approach to Oscar season that speaks to his classiness, self-awareness and understanding that an awards season snub was by far the least important bad thing that happened in the wake of his exceptional film’s opening.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/the-...e/#more-401073

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by The Rainmaker

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/the-...e/#more-401073

Okay, and...


You keep not answering the question several members have asked of you:

What categories, and what films should TDKR have repleace...in your opinion.