The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

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All hail Sir Nolan saviour of the superhero franchise 

If I can be so bold as to quote Crowded House; 'heeyyy now, heey now'
- lest we not forget the very original and gothic conception and redesign of batman and his universe, not to mention the Joker in Tim Burton's original 1989 film?Just comparing the two strains of the same franchise; I still hold Batman (1989) to be as good as The Dark Knight (though I have to admit this maybe due to nostalgia reasons perhaps), and I think Batman Begins is just as good as Batman Returns.
With The Dark Knight Rises about to come out, I wouldn't mind Burton taking up the Bat-mantle or at least
giving an interview to state where he would have taken the franchise if he had continued and made a trilogy in the 1990s.

Judge Blake, I'm afraid- Ahem- you're going to have to hand in your badge. And your Lawgiver.

[JOE SOAP]

This is an interesting review of TDKR and I suspect more accurate than the Nolan Bat-Mafia would like to allow or believe:

http://badassdigest.com/2012/07/17/movie-review-the-dark-knight-rises/

[Roger Godpleton]

Christopher Nolan is my favourite director and I wish he'd let me edit one of his films. I would love to visit him at his palatial Hertfordshire estate where we would hang out all afternoon and drink imported vodka and then have quad bike races. And then his wife would cook us dinner and I could whip up some of my famous potato cakes.

[JOE SOAP]

Hans Zimmer is the 'unsung' hero of Nolan's films. He doesn't need to show heavage either.

[JOE SOAP]

One for the Beakster:

Rush Limbaugh's Whacky Conspiracy Theory About THE DARK KNIGHT RISES


http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=64040

[Beaky Smoochies]

One for the Beakster:
Rush Limbaugh's Whacky Conspiracy Theory About THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=64040

, cheers Joe, but it would seem the whole U.S. election thing has taken a turn for the "whacky" already!!!

[Beaky Smoochies]

I think everyone - Left or Right - need to cool it a little with the whole films-as-political-statements thing, you can take it too far someti- oh no, film-related political commentary coming on... must... resist... compulsion... musn't... give... in...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9405999/How-the-Dark-Knight-Rises-reveals-Batmans-Conservative-soul.html#...

...aw hell, sorry about that, I tried my best not to , enjoy all...

[Frank]

(Tony Stark) wants to fly around in a metal suit that fires laser beams. It's just what Ayn Rand would have done, if she'd had the budget

Arf! Thanks for the link, Beaky. I don't disagree with most of what that article argues, but Nolan's first film clearly portrays Thomas Wayne as a Keynesian hero; with his large-scale infrastructure project lifting the masses out of economic depression. Nolan then has this communist, interventionist do-gooder shot at point blank range- it's the only language they understand.

[Goaty]

If anyone nearly Leicester Square today, you will see this;

[HdE]

Wow - now THAT is a piece of marketing!

[Beeks]

Well was going to see this tomorrow but it seems there are no advance screenings!! What's that about?!

[judgeblake]

Of to see it on Saturday - hopefully the kids who have got off school won't be screaming or making too much noise, hopefully I won't get Fergee sit in front of me 'HURR HURR HURR' and hopefully I dont get some tourist munching popcorn and watching a movie they don't really understand!!! ....rant over... very impressed with Nolan's marketing campaign as always - but then again I guess he's earned carte blanche.

[JOE SOAP]

TDKR leaked ending (NSFW)



http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a68048c801/dark-knight-rises-ending-leaked?playlist=featured_videos

[Roger Godpleton]

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w3bz

[JOE SOAP]

Thankfully you're not a mod.