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young_clinton · Joined: 09 Sep 2009

It received a standing ovation at the Imax theater I was at in Bangkok. Why I don't know. It's not like the actors and director are going to be there to receive it. The movie was pretty weird but well worth seeing.

Zyzyfer · Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:52 pm Post subject:

Saw it last night. Went in with high expectations obviously, given that I thought the first two were done so well. I thought it was pretty good, but not as good as its predecessors.

- Bane was too difficult to understand. I appreciate the effort the actor made to bring quirks to the character, but given the amount of dialogue Bane has, that voice just became too tedious to deal with at times.

- The "plot twist" they throw in just made me cease to care about Bane at all. Really bad plot move in my opinion.

- The tension was lacking at times. Things would just start happening without any buildup.

catman · Joined: 18 Jul 2004

88% certified fresh on rotten tomatoes.

Glad that I wasn't the only one who had trouble understanding Bane though. I've been concerned about my hearing as of late.

TL · Joined: 30 Mar 2008

I also had trouble hearing Bane. It was a little annoying. I think what made Dark Knight more impressive than Rises is the villain. Joker was far more interesting and unpredictable than Bane which created more tension for me.

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:54 am Post subject:

Saw it last week in a packed theatre and I was satisfied with the movie. It was a great conclusion to the trilogy.

I for one liked how the focus was shifted abrubtly from Bane towards the end as the woman betraying batman was a good twist and really tied the story together from film 1 to film 3.

Bane was no Ledger as the Joker but the Dark Knight was a different movie with a different focus than TDKR. In this last flick, the focus is more on social commentary and on the conclusion of the Batman character himself when everything comes together.

I hope he (Nolan) is done with this series and lets it stand as it is.

As for Bane's voice, it was annoying at times but it did not bother me too much. I also liked the catwoman character and the performance of Gary Oldman as Gordon.

catman · Joined: 18 Jul 2004

Just for fun I watched Batman and Robin from the 90's. Yeesshh.

cj1976 · Joined: 26 Oct 2005

The whole trilogy has been hugely overrated. The fanboys would have us believe that the movies are a product of auterist genius, but I just saw a rather grandiose and overlong, humourless cliche-ridden action flick. It was certainly quite entertaining though with lots of spectacular set pieces and some good, if a little stoic, performances from the cast. The plot twist was also a little bit telegraphed about halfway in, disappointingly.
As for Bane, there were a few lines that I couldn't understand at all, but it didn't detract too much from the simplistic plot.
6/10

transmogrifier · Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Location: Seoul, South Korea

kimchi_pizza · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:55 pm Post subject:

fosterman · Joined: 16 Nov 2011

just watched it, must say, not really impressed, definitely the weakest of the three.

kimchi_pizza · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:57 am Post subject:

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

I really liked the film. So did this culture blogger. (spoilers in the link)

cj1976 · Joined: 26 Oct 2005

To be honest, if it wasn't for Heath Ledger's remarkable turn in the second movie, the whole trilogy could be filed under 'good but not that good'. Considering the impact The Joker had on Gotham and Batman, it is strange that he didn't get a mention in the final movie. However, they couldn't shut up about Harvey Dent, who was really just a side note in that movie.