The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

[MrJoeKalel]

Originally Posted by Azyiu

Slightly off topic, but you brought it up

I do not hate QoS, and I agreed it is not as good if it is watched as a stand alone movie, but IMHO it is quite good if it is viewed back-to-back with CR.

Which is why I always argue that both movies should be re-cut or watched this way...either end CR with Bond and the girl together, and start QoS with what happens afterwards, or watch them back to back.

[SpartanX]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Nope, I dig comic book movies if done right. I will admit that Batman Begins is OK but I find The Dark Knight silly and The Dark Knight Rises even more so.

You dig comic book movies that are done right? The Dark Knight Trilogy are comic book movies that are done right.

Why is The Dark Knight silly? Explain.

[rexcrk]

Originally Posted by Cabby

he said "It was heartless, empty, and shockingly humorless for a comic book movie. They need to be fun."

He mustn't have seen The Dark Knight. I thought Joker was hilarious (you know... in a dark way lol) AND a lot fun in that movie.

Not to mention moments like "So that's what that feels like" from The Dark Knight Rises.

[Reubania]

Originally Posted by rickah88

I lost all respect for Loki when

[Show spoiler]the Hulk used him as a rag doll...sorry, that doesn't happen in the comics.

LOL. That was the BEST scene of the whole movie! I cracked up laughing. It's brilliant.

[Branden8791]

So tell me what are the prices going for on the "Batman Cowl Dark Knight Rises Limited Edition set"??..i ask because i still have mine never been opened that i purchased on release day...i have the steelbook and the combo pack blu rays aswell....but just out of curiosity i know amazon it's going for 100 ..but i'm talking reasonable pricing on this thing

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Reubania

LOL. That was the BEST scene of the whole movie! I cracked up laughing. It's brilliant.

Same here. The audience I was with lost their shit when that happened. You couldn't even here Hulk say "puny god" because the laughter was so loud. I don't get the mentality of dismissing something, because it didn't happen in the comics. The comics have been through countless revisions, and story changes so who is to say this film version isn't equally canon?

At the end of the day, funny is funny, and I'm gonna laugh instead of acting like a bunch of sour grapes just because it didn't happen in the comics.

As for Nolan's films, in Batman Begins there were a few moments where I wanted to shout "Now there is the goddamn batman!" but in TDK and TDKR I just didn't feel that. By the end of TDKR I felt that Nolan had reduced the character to a shell.

I hope the new Batman is more like the Batman from the Arkham games. That is the Batman I like. Just beating injustice to a pulp and not getting his ass kicked like a little *****. I want whoever takes over to embrace the comic's elements instead of doing away with them. I want a gothic Gotham. I want the batmobile. I want the gadgets. I don't want Batman transported to our normal world like Nolan tried to do. I want to go to Batman's world.

[BStecke]

I wanted to see a "real world" Batman for a long time. Now that I've gotten that, I'm ready for something a little more comic booky. I agree the Arkham games would be a great sort of template to work from.

[Early Memphis]

Originally Posted by BStecke

I wanted to see a "real world" Batman for a long time. Now that I've gotten that, I'm ready for something a little more comic booky. I agree the Arkham games would be a great sort of template to work from.

+1! ... But I really don't see how Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the right guy to pull that off.

[Donl1282]

When do you think they will announce the ultimate editions for the Dark Knight Trilogy?

[BStecke]

Wow, I'd forgotten all about that. I was just thinking we're coming up on ten years for Begins here soon and hoping we'd get a redo for that.

[JavaJulien]

Originally Posted by Donl1282

When do you think they will announce the ultimate editions for the Dark Knight Trilogy?

They were said to be coming out in Q3 of this year, so I'm assuming some time this fall. I've held off on buying Begins and the past trilogy pack just because I know that this set is suppose to come out

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by BStecke

I wanted to see a "real world" Batman for a long time. Now that I've gotten that, I'm ready for something a little more comic booky.

I agree, but I bet w/ this "real world/Nolan-esque" Superman Re-Reboot were stuck w/ this style until after this phase is through. I can wait 7 years for another Batman. Im kinda exausted at this point.
I'd rather see a proper Nightwing or whomever film w/out the Nolan look.

[JavaJulien]

If Man of Steel delivers at the box office, than you can count out any of the future near future DC titles having a lighter atmosphere to it.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

I agree, but I bet w/ this "real world/Nolan-esque" Superman Re-Reboot were stuck w/ this style until after this phase is through. I can wait 7 years for another Batman. Im kinda exausted at this point.
I'd rather see a proper Nightwing or whomever film w/out the Nolan look.

I would be on board with a Batman Inc film franchise, the closest we've gotten so far is Batman & Robin. Also I dunno, I'm not getting that Nolan vibe from MoS so I wouldn't worry too much. Feels like a Snyder film to me and that's the way I like it.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

I would be on board with a Batman Inc film franchise, the closest we've gotten so far is Batman & Robin. Also I dunno, I'm not getting that Nolan vibe from MoS so I wouldn't worry too much. Feels like a Snyder film to me and that's the way I like it.

Seriously? Im getting serious Nolan-esque undertones. Its no Green Lantern.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Seriously? Im getting serious Nolan-esque undertones. Its no Green Lantern.

Well Snyder isn't known for his light-hearted romps but I trust him to give us the best Superman film he can given the circumstances. He knows what's at stake and other than 300 I have yet to see a film from him that I haven't liked.

[Metallix87]

Originally Posted by BStecke

I wanted to see a "real world" Batman for a long time. Now that I've gotten that, I'm ready for something a little more comic booky. I agree the Arkham games would be a great sort of template to work from.

I agree on the former, but not the latter. There's something about the Arkham games, including their style and their stories, that don't sit well with me when it comes to doing a movie.

Here's my idea for a new Batman movie series: Go completely in the opposite direction of Nolan's films. Start off with Bruce Wayne already being the Batman, and having been so for quite some time, thus avoiding the need for an origin story. The mob should still be a part of the world, obviously, but an over-the-top mob boss should be used, like Black Mask, as opposed to more realistic ones like Sal Maroni and Carmine Falcone. Have the Black Mask use his mob connections in each movie to contract a super villain to work for him. Maybe Killer Croc would be a solid choice, or perhaps he hires Dr. Hugo Strange to create an army of his giant zombie monsters? That's what I want to see. The movies should still be dark, but they need to be over-the-top and comic book-y at the same time.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

Well Snyder isn't known for his light-hearted romps but I trust him to give us the best Superman film he can given the circumstances. He knows what's at stake and other than 300 I have yet to see a film from him that I haven't liked.

Yeah, he'll be fine.

I'm just a little scared for Superman Franchise overall.

If its average im scared the JLA movie will get pushed back.

Isnt this Superman the Iron-Man(ground zero) to DCs JL project?

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Yeah, he'll be fine.

I'm just a little scared for Superman Franchise overall.

If its average im scared the JLA movie will get pushed back.

Isnt this Superman the Iron-Man(ground zero) to DCs JL project?

All signs are Man of Steel is DC/WB's tentpole movie not only for the tentative JLA film but other films as well, two of which could be Flash and Wonder Woman, as well as a new Batman franchise and of course future Superman films. So a lot is riding on the success or lack thereof for this new movie. I think it could end up being the best Superman film to date but the fact that it's another reboot, granted 7 years after the last one is probably going to turn off a lot of people.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

All signs are Man of Steel is DC/WB's tentpole movie not only for the tentative JLA film but other films as well, two of which could be Flash and Wonder Woman, as well as a new Batman franchise and of course future Superman films. So a lot is riding on the success or lack thereof for this new movie. I think it could end up being the best Superman film to date but the fact that it's another reboot, granted 7 years after the last one is probably going to turn off a lot of people.

I think its combination of a re-reboot(though the last one is way in the past compared to the Spider-Man spacing) and the staleness of the Superman mythos.