The Dark Knight Rises was Fudging Awesome!

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This is a SPOILER-FREE review!

Note: Oscar winning cinematographer Wally Pfister shot over an hour of the film in the true IMAX format using 65mm film which was then printed on 70mm IMAX film to be projected. The rest of the film was shot using normal 35mm film stock. During the IMAX sequences, you will see the black bars on the top and bottom go away as the image will fill the full screen. If you live in the DC area, the only way to watch the movie the way Nolan and Pfister intended it to be seen is at a true 70mm IMAX theatre, i.e. UDVAR HAZY (Chantilly), SAMUEL JOHNSON (National Museum of Natural History) and LOCKHEED MARTIN IMAX (National Air and Space Museum) Theatre.

How is it possible to give a movie a 4 star rating out of 5 yet still feel underwhelmed? This is one of the toughest reviews I’ve ever written because while I feel the film is very solid, I left the theatre with a very underwhelming vibe.

Anybody who says it’s possible to walk in to this film and NOT think about the brilliance of 2008′s “The Dark Knight”, is clearly mistaken. The expectations set from that film are beyond belief. We are given constant reminders of “The Dark Knight” throughout and it’s nearly impossible not to compare the two. With “The Dark Knight”, Christopher Nolan and Wally Pfister created an absolute masterpiece which transcended the super hero genre. The film left the comic book world and entered the genre of a legit crime drama with brilliant performances and epic/realistic action sequences. The feeling I had when “Shakespeare In Love” beat “Saving Private Ryan” for best picture was the same feeling I had when “The Dark Knight” didn’t get a nomination for best picture back in 2008.
I almost feel bad for “The Dark Knight Rises” considering it has to follow such a masterpiece. Regardless of comparisons to “The Dark Knight”, this is still the weakest overall film of the Nolan Batman trilogy. Though, it’s saying something if the weakest flick is still a 4 star rating out of 5. I still feel that Nolan gave us a satisfactory ending and a very solid film but it doesn’t come without issues.

Nolan and Pfister deliver a visual masterpiece with solid performances but the movie suffers from a convoluted plot and scattered characters. There was so much going on in the film that I was unable to identify with one centralized character. I wanted to feel for Batman as he went through his struggles before he rose to take on Bane but the film kept cutting back to different characters and I lost that emotion for him. It almost creates an anxious feeling for the audience because it feels so jumbled. That being said, once the action scenes start, you forget about plot and character issues and Nolan’s brilliance starts to shine again.

I know this is going to sound a bit persnickety but I don’t want to see Ben Roethsliberger and Hines Ward in a Nolan Batman film. Yes, I know that Christopher Nolan shot the football game sequences in Pittsburgh and the Steeler’s were present during the shooting. But why take real life football players and insert them in to a fictional environment. It completely takes you out of the film and in your mind, you’re saying “Oh wait, that’s Ben Roethsliberger and Hines Ward”, which ruins the horror of that sequence. It also doesn’t help that there was a massive Doritos logo on the stadium screen during Bane’s speech to the crowd. That entire sequence ruined my suspension of disbelief because I felt like everything was being forced.

“The Dark Knight Rises” picks up eight years after the epic conclusion of 2008′s “The Dark Knight” where Batman became the anti-hero to save Gotham City. Batman (Christian Bale) took the fall for Harvey Dent’s (Aaron Eckhart) murders because he wanted to deliver a message of hope to the city. We all know this was a lie because we saw Dent become Two-Face but Batman knew his responsibility and that the Joker (Heath Ledger) would win if the people found out what really happened. Now, it’s been eight years and Bruce Wayne/Batman has pretty much fallen off the face of the earth. Without giving anything away, a new villain by the name of Bane (played by Tom Hardy) poses a new threat to Gotham City and Batman has to rise once again. Though, this time he is joined by a couple of friends including Catwoman (Anne Hathaway), a new detective named John Blake (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and of course, Commissioner Gordon (Played by Gary Oldman).

Michael Caine deserves an Oscar nomination for his performance in this film. While he may have a much shorter screen time than most, he commanded such an emotional presence and as I walked away from the film, it was his character that I remembered the most. He has many emotional scenes with Bruce Wayne and it is these key scenes and dialogue which really struck a chord with me.
Anne Hathaway as Catwoman was one of the biggest surprises to me. She nailed the character and really displayed a great balance. I almost wish the movie focused more on her and Batman’s relationship as that could have led to a more emotional balance. She was extremely fierce and really gave a great edge to the part. I would almost say I enjoyed her Catwoman over Michelle Pfieffer’s performance in Tim Burton’s “Batman Returns”.

When it comes to the villain, everyone wants to know if Hardy is better than Ledger. That’s an impossible question to answer considering they are playing two different parts. I will say that Ledger’s Joker is arguably the greatest villain in the history of cinema because I’ve never seen a character more relentless. Hardy plays Bane perfectly and he definitely commands an unstoppable presence. Much of his performance is done through his eyes and I feel that he really displayed a great range that way. There was massive speculation when the trailers came out about Bane’s voice being hard to understand and you can tell that Nolan listened to the fans by turning up his voice. Though, I still had a hard time understanding some of the words he said as he mumbles behind the mask.

When it all comes down to it, the action, score and cinematography are on a masterpiece level. Zimmer’s score acts as such a brilliant character in the movie and really keeps the pace going smoothly. I found myself bobbing my head to a film score which is extremely rare. There is one particular fight sequence with Bane and Batman early on in the film where Nolan turned own Zimmer’s score to let us hear the blows, which I thought was an amazing move considering Zimmer’s score plays throughout almost the entire film. It was an interesting and necessary break in the flow.
As always, Wally Pfister’s cinematography is gorgeous, dark and epic. The IMAX sequences of action are absolutely mind-blowing and deserve to be seen. Even if you do go to a digital IMAX theatre, you will still see the transition from 35mm to 70mm but the size of the screen is nowhere near as big as the true IMAX you will get with a 70mm film projector.

Overall, the film is definitely underwhelming but very solid. The action will blow your mind and you will be satisfied to the close Nolan gives to his trilogy. Just don’t go in expecting “The Dark Knight”.

Note 2: I have only had the opportunity to see the film in the AMC “Fake” Digital IMAX theatre before this review but I saw “The Dark Knight” and “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” in 70mm IMAX where sequences went from 35mm to 70mm and it is an experience that is beyond belief. “The Dark Knight” had roughly 50 minutes of IMAX footage while “The Dark Knight Rises” has 72 minutes. With that being said, I urge you to see the film in true 70mm IMAX just based on the experience I had with “The Dark Knight” .

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The Dark Knight Rises was wonderful. By in far a masterpiece, and a great conclusion to the trilogy. Bane was a complete bad ass and he made for a perfect villain.

The only gripe I have is that at some points you could hardly hear Bane's voice but fudge it! That movie was awesome. They set you up to toy with your mind. Since I'm not a big comic book guy there were some surprises for me which made for a great movie experience.

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TDKR was one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. The Dark Knight was in top 3, then this movie came out and wow, what a great movie, just a hair better than TDK. I'll say this, comparing the two is pure preference as to which do you like more. TDKR has less joking lines, more action, less of the whole love plot, not a ton of Harvey Dent. DKR has a better villian, more of a love story, the whole harvey dent character and story which I wasn't really a fan of, and a little less action. If you can see it in IMAX, do it. Its worth the $15. Bane isn't a better villian than the joker, but he was still a great villian and part of the movie. His fights with Batman are epic, and you 'feel' it, when their hitting each other. Ann Hathaways catwoman was great. Joesph Gordon Levitt was great too. I wish the movie was longer. It exceeded my expectations. They really don't come out with movies this good that often.

[QUOTE=CultBrennan59;925890]TDKR was one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. The Dark Knight was in top 3, then this movie came out and wow, what a great movie, just a hair better than TDK. I'll say this, comparing the two is pure preference as to which do you like more. TDKR has less joking lines, more action, less of the whole love plot, not a ton of Harvey Dent. DKR has a better villian, more of a love story, the whole harvey dent character and story which I wasn't really a fan of, and a little less action. If you can see it in IMAX, do it. Its worth the $15. Bane isn't a better villian than the joker, but he was still a great villian and part of the movie. His fights with Batman are epic, and you 'feel' it, when their hitting each other. Ann Hathaways catwoman was great. Joesph Gordon Levitt was great too. I wish the movie was longer. It exceeded my expectations. They really don't come out with movies this good that often.[/QUOTE]

Epic movie, I said the same on my fb about dark Knight being great but dkr is even better IMO. Nolan's Batman's are absolutely fantastic, even the non comic book or non Batman fan could see the brilliance in these movies. It's so much more than a super hero chasing bad guys.

I agree joker was the best villian but bane is a monster and his story was great as well. Ann hatheway is so fine as CW! But even her role was brilliant, love the ending and the possible future of it.

10 out of 10 imo a must see

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I really don't have much to add beyond what you guys have said. It was an epic movie, and for one that's almost 3 hours long I felt the time passed really quickly. I just watched Batman Begins last night on FX, and to be quite honest it really solidified my opinion that the Batman series is probably the greatest trilogy I've ever watched on-screen. Everything was tied up nicely. Even though Heath Ledger's Joker was the best villain out of the 3 movies, I enjoyed Scarecrow/LoS in the first as well as Bane in the last.

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[quote=mooby;925895]I really don't have much to add beyond what you guys have said. It was an epic movie, and for one that's [B]almost 3 hours long I felt the time passed really quickly.[/B] I just watched Batman Begins last night on FX, and to be quite honest it really solidified my opinion that the Batman series is probably the greatest trilogy I've ever watched on-screen. Everything was tied up nicely. Even though Heath Ledger's Joker was the best villain out of the 3 movies, I enjoyed Scarecrow/LoS in the first as well as Bane in the last.[/quote]

Yeah Nolan reportedly made the film 4 hours long before he edited it down to 2:45, but your exactly right the movie goes by fast, hell I wish it was 4 hours long, because its was just so great and so fast moving.

As far as the batman trilogy being the best trilogy, well you may be right about that. Matrix was unbalanced in the sense the first was great and the third was 'ehh'. The Bourne Movies were great, but not nearly the money makers of batman, and some of them ran a little long in parts, and sometimes confusing. LOTR was good, but the third ran 30mins longer than needed(hell they all ran really long). Star wars was great, and thats were people will debate your statement, but none of the last set of star wars films made nothing close to what TDK made.

I will say this though, Christopher Nolan is right now the best director in hollywood and has the highest success rate of films of any director. He hasn't made that dud of a film yet.

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I'm shocked nobody posted this. If you saw TDKR this weekend, most likely you saw this trailer. Looks promising.



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Saw Batman on Saturday morning, I loved it. My only wish is that there would have been a movie in between The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, where Batman was in his prime and you saw him cleaning up gotham. Spoilers below so don't read down if you don't want my opinion on some things....





In The Dark Knight, he was almost there....but by the time TDKR, Batman is shot physically and has to rely on gadgets and trickery even more.

Loved the 1st bane fight, i don't know how anybody couldn't. Batman goes in unprepared with no gameplan, Bane dissects him pretty handily. Batman tries his gadgets, they don't work against bane. Plus the music score is haunting and it's very sad to watch as Batman gets angrier and angrier while losing to Bane and you realize it's pretty much hopeless.

I teared up a little bit when Alfred talked about how from the moment he heard Bruce's cries in the house he cared for him and always wanted to watch out for him and keep him safe. The scene at the end with Alfred standing in the graveyard and crying out to Bruce and his parents how he failed them all, it was heartaching to watch. Alfred had gave it all and had nothing left....very emotional moment...

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Batman is definitely in my top 3 trilogies ever with Star Wars (original trilogy) and LOTR, with nods to the Indiana Jones (I refuse to acknowledge The Crystal Skull), Toy Story, Matrix, and Back to the Future trilogies.

Christopher Nolan is in the same class as Spielberg IMO now and his track history would speak to back that up with Following and Insomnia being the only movies he's directed that weren't either great movies or instant classics. He's had the good fortune of working with some of the highest calibur actors/actresses out there but he's also written each of his hits, which is almost unheard of now a days. I can't wait to see what he does next.

I only wish there was a true IMAX theater in my area so I could see it properly since almost half the movie was shot using that technology.

As far as the Superman trailer vs what they showed at comic con last week, that trailer was rather dissapointing and just lacked a wow moment. I've never heard a theater during a midnight showing where the first trailer for something along this lines and there was essentially no reaction by the crowd. I actually like the collective group working on it, Nolan involved again, and think this will finally be the first Superman movie where we will see legit fight/action sequences but we shall see in due time.

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[quote=NC_Skins;926108]I'm shocked nobody posted this. If you saw TDKR this weekend, most likely you saw this trailer. Looks promising.



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Is it asking Hollywood too much to think up a new super hero?

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[quote=SolidSnake84;926119]Saw Batman on Saturday morning, I loved it. My only wish is that there would have been a movie in between The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, where Batman was in his prime and you saw him cleaning up gotham. Spoilers below so don't read down if you don't want my opinion on some things....





In The Dark Knight, he was almost there....but by the time TDKR, Batman is shot physically and has to rely on gadgets and trickery even more.

Loved the 1st bane fight, i don't know how anybody couldn't. Batman goes in unprepared with no gameplan, Bane dissects him pretty handily. Batman tries his gadgets, they don't work against bane. Plus the music score is haunting and it's very sad to watch as Batman gets angrier and angrier while losing to Bane and you realize it's pretty much hopeless.

I teared up a little bit when Alfred talked about how from the moment he heard Bruce's cries in the house he cared for him and always wanted to watch out for him and keep him safe. The scene at the end with Alfred standing in the graveyard and crying out to Bruce and his parents how he failed them all, it was heartaching to watch. Alfred had gave it all and had nothing left....very emotional moment...[/quote]

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[SIZE="1"]I agree with what you sad. It was sad in those parts. The great thing about the Alfred scene is that in the very end, Bruce is there just like alfred mentioned earlier in the movie having wine in italy looking over hoping its him with a girlfriend. Just a great way to end it. Also supposedly the reason why nolan ended it like that was because JGL may do batman should there be a justice league movie DC is expected to come out with.[/SIZE]

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yes, it was worth it. saw the midnight show, 2 hours sleep before work. saw it again saturday. plan to see it at a 15/70mm imax theater.

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[COLOR="White"]my only real complaint is the way bane was put down. i really wanted to see batman finish bane himself. i thought he was going to pull his mask off. instead he gets blasted by catwoman, oh well[/COLOR]

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[quote=mredskins;926134]Is it asking Hollywood too much to think up a new super hero?[/quote]

You might want to consult the comic book makers. ;)



The last time Hollywood came up with a super hero was this:

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Fantastic movie. I think the three movies together are the best set of movies ever made. I struggle to find any other set of movies to even compare. Perhaps the original Star Wars movies but let's be honest...go back and watch those. The stories are great but the movies aren't nearly as good as they are given credit for. Harry Potter maybe is in the ball park.

I found myself leaving the theater terribly disappointed though...knowing there wouldn't be another Nolan Batman makes me sad. The three movies are all in my top 5 movies of all time. I would watch any of them any time. I can say that about maybe 1 or 2 other movies. Shawshank, Usual Suspects...

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[quote=FRPLG;926856]Fantastic movie. I think the three movies together are the best set of movies ever made. I struggle to find any other set of movies to even compare. Perhaps the original Star Wars movies but let's be honest...go back and watch those. The stories are great but the movies aren't nearly as good as they are given credit for. Harry Potter maybe is in the ball park.

I found myself leaving the theater terribly disappointed though...knowing there wouldn't be another Nolan Batman makes me sad. The three movies are all in my top 5 movies of all time. I would watch any of them any time. I can say that about maybe 1 or 2 other movies. Shawshank, Usual Suspects...[/quote]

Ah, well don't be too disappointed about Nolan and Bale no longer doing batman. Highlight the white for a spoiler response/opinion.
[COLOR="White"]Ok so at the end of TDKR when JGL aka John Blake aka Robin goes to discover the batcave that was basically a set up for the justice league movie and left the door open to doing a justice league movie which is a small possibility that Nolan Could direct it, but he did say he's done with the big superhero movies. The Justice league as you know has superman, batman, the flash, wonderwoman, and green lantern. Theres a possibility that they could replace wonderwoman with catwoman.[/COLOR]

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saw it for the 3rd time last night, still awesome. and by this time, i think i picked up all of bane's speech

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I guess I'll be the resident whipping boy here. I thought TDKR is Nolan's worst movie, by far... even moreso than Insomnia. But considering his overall body of work, his worst is still better than the majority of blockbusters out there.

(Major spoilers!!!)

[COLOR="White"]A few WTF moments (I'm so glad ramps are everywhere to save the day), atypically awful Nolan dialogue ("I came back to stop you!") and very uninspired/disjointed editing (bay bomb scene would have been enhanced with quick cuts between Batman's face, Rachel, his parents and Alfred right before the explosion). The score was less effective than TDK's... I think Zimmer's coasting on blaring tones since Inception. I'm sorry, but I was highly disappointed in Bane's death (even though fanboys are arguing whether he died or not)... I'm a big Tom Hardy fan and he was actually a decent villain- but like the final act, his character became derivative and his death was anti-climactic. I've heard the arguments that since this was PG-13, you really can't see Bane getting blown to pieces... whatever, it was a let down.

The Batwing just looked clunky to me... Still enjoyed the Batcycle tons. The one misgiving I had before the movie (Anne Hathaway as Catwoman) actually turned out to be a positive... She had a damn good interpretation, even though I felt her character was fairly unnecessary to the script (beyond saving our hero at the end). Liked the kangaroo court scenes, led by Scarecrow (big Cillian Murphy fan, too). Speaking of great actors, I was happy to see Ben Mendohlson cast as Daggett... too bad the writers didn't take full advantage of his abilities (watch the Aussie flick "Animal Kingdom"). The themes of poverty vs. greed are interesting, especially in these widening times... but the ideas remained undeveloped. [/COLOR]

Maybe my expectations were too high and some may say I should take the movie for what it is. But this isn't the series where you "take it for what it is." I did that for Avengers and actually enjoyed it... BB was a game changer for the genre. TDK was a great first watch experience (I started liking it less with subsequent viewings). I'm probably going to watch TDKR once more when it comes out on blu-ray just to see if I was being too critical. But my initial impression? The execution fell flat for what many consider the darkest part of the story line.

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You guys need to learn how to post spoilers. Put the text in white and people can highlight over it to read them.

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[quote=Mattyk;927491]You guys need to learn how to post spoilers. Put the text in white and people can highlight over it to read them.[/quote]

Done... Hopefully, the "Major Spoilers" warning included in the original post dissuaded people from reading on. I looked on the coding page for a spoiler tag before I posted, but it seems none exists (it's an actual line of code)... Thanks for the white text heads up.

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So to change the topic from the Dark Knight Rises, I watched a HBO documentary on the west memphis three called Paradise Lost. It is a 3 part series starting in 1994 and the third being done in 2011. All I can say is this film blew my mind. Not sure if it has been mentioned on here before but watch it if you can.

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Haven't watched the filim but I've heard about the case. Haven't read up on it in a while either but isn't it the one about 3 teenage boys who were accused of the grisly murders of 3 kids, and it being a Satanic ritual? And even though the evidence wasn't there, they were still convicted anyway, in part due to their image before the crime happened? I've been meaning to see it but never got around to it, I heard it's an excellent documentary.

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[quote=mooby;927526]Haven't watched the filim but I've heard about the case. Haven't read up on it in a while either but isn't it the one about 3 teenage boys who were accused of the grisly murders of 3 kids, and it being a Satanic ritual? And even though the evidence wasn't there, they were still convicted anyway, in part due to their image before the crime happened? I've been meaning to see it but never got around to it, I heard it's an excellent documentary.[/quote]

Never seen anything like it before. The access HBO has during the whole process is just short of them being there for the murders. I had heard about the case before I watched the film but didnt pay it much mind. These kids are about the same age as me and listened to metalica and wore all black, which I did in 1993. Only difference is I'm from the DC area and they were from bum F Arkansas. I remember it happening and remember the celebrity outcry years later but never paid it any mind. The film is non bias in nature and was agreed upon by both the victims families and the defendants. The footage starts right after there arrests. For those with weak stomachs there are some pretty heartbreaking footage of the crime scene at the beginning( I almost turned it off in the first 10 minutes).

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[quote=SolidSnake84;926119]Saw Batman on Saturday morning, I loved it. My only wish is that there would have been a movie in between The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, where Batman was in his prime and you saw him cleaning up gotham. Spoilers below so don't read down if you don't want my opinion on some things....





In The Dark Knight, he was almost there....but by the time TDKR, Batman is shot physically and has to rely on gadgets and trickery even more.

Loved the 1st bane fight, i don't know how anybody couldn't. Batman goes in unprepared with no gameplan, Bane dissects him pretty handily. Batman tries his gadgets, they don't work against bane. Plus the music score is haunting and it's very sad to watch as Batman gets angrier and angrier while losing to Bane and you realize it's pretty much hopeless.

I teared up a little bit when Alfred talked about how from the moment he heard Bruce's cries in the house he cared for him and always wanted to watch out for him and keep him safe. The scene at the end with Alfred standing in the graveyard and crying out to Bruce and his parents how he failed them all, it was heartaching to watch. Alfred had gave it all and had nothing left....very emotional moment...[/quote]

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[COLOR="White"]I thought it was a great movie and you have to sustain belief in these movies,but I hate when characters suffer bad gunshot wound or injury and the film just blows these injuries off.When Batman is stabbed and she twist the knife in his stomach,Im thinking that is a fatal injury,yet he gets in his plane and flies off as if nothing happened[/COLOR]

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[quote=RedskinMike;927760]Never seen anything like it before. The access HBO has during the whole process is just short of them being there for the murders. I had heard about the case before I watched the film but didnt pay it much mind. These kids are about the same age as me and listened to metalica and wore all black, which I did in 1993. Only difference is I'm from the DC area and they were from bum F Arkansas. I remember it happening and remember the celebrity outcry years later but never paid it any mind. The film is non bias in nature and was agreed upon by both the victims families and the defendants. The footage starts right after there arrests. For those with weak stomachs there are some pretty heartbreaking footage of the crime scene at the beginning( I almost turned it off in the first 10 minutes).[/quote]

I watched this the other night as well, really hard to swallow the whole thing. What is sad through it all I feel like the dead boy's memories have been lost.

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[quote=htownskinfan;928834]More spoiler alert and discussion,highlight to read
[COLOR="White"]I thought it was a great movie and you have to sustain belief in these movies,but I hate when characters suffer bad gunshot wound or injury and the film just blows these injuries off.When Batman is stabbed and she twist the knife in his stomach,Im thinking that is a fatal injury,yet he gets in his plane and flies off as if nothing happened[/COLOR][/quote]

I understand why you'd be upset with that scene, I was thinking the same thing but as they said in batman begins (Highlight for answer) [COLOR="White"]"This suit can stop a bullet and a knife," my assumption is that batman was just slightly inflicted by the knife and was in more so shock of Talia than pain...[/COLOR]

I have to say though that I saw a good portion of movies this summer and must say that these were my favorites, in order.

1) Dark Knight Rises
2) Avengers
3) Ted
4) Campaign (could have been higher had the ending of been funny like the beginning)

Saw the Bourne movie, that was bad, ended horribly. Spiderman, was ehh--ok. Sherlock Holmes was painful. I'm drawing a blank on some of the other movies I saw, but bottom line is those were the best and if I can't remember the others then that shows how little I cared for them.

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Saw Dredd today and I have to say that I was simply amazed at how good it turned out to be. THIS is how the first Dredd movie should have been. Karl Urban played a great Judge Dredd.

[url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443995604578005201824449348.html]Dredd 3D | How to Survive a Plague | End of Watch | Trouble With the Curve | Vivid Dredd 3D Makes Rival Thrillers Look Flat | Film Reviews by Joe Morgenstern - WSJ.com[/url]



Hell, even Rotten Tomatoes gave it a fresh rating. (78%)

[url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dredd_3d/]Dredd 3D - Rotten Tomatoes[/url]

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Just watched Oldboy. Wow. There really isn't any words I can say that can give this movie justice. I'm at a loss for words here. And it's not even in a good or bad way. I just don't know. Mind****ed, to be sure. Not mind****ed in an "Inception" sort of way, more of mind****ed in a "wow someone, somewhere, came up with that idea. Gross" sort of way.

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Been watching a bunch of film noir/crime thrillers for my film class lately. Double Indemnity, Murder My Sweet & Scarlet Street are the most recent ones I've seen... good stuff.

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[quote=mooby;943163]Just watched Oldboy. Wow. There really isn't any words I can say that can give this movie justice. I'm at a loss for words here. And it's not even in a good or bad way. I just don't know. Mind****ed, to be sure. Not mind****ed in an "Inception" sort of way, more of mind****ed in a "wow someone, somewhere, came up with that idea. Gross" sort of way.[/quote]

that was one of those movies where i got the twist right after he got out. the whole thing was a waste of time for me.

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Cabin in the Woods was pretty good. nice to see something fresh in such an over done genre

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[quote=Chico23231;944599]Cabin in the Woods was pretty good. nice to see something fresh in such an over done genre[/quote]

I was so pumped for this movie and to me it let me down.


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Instead of blowing up the world in the end why not play it out over a few movies? Each chapter the subjects could have picked a different scenario in the basement thus we see them battle a different creature.

To me it was 13 Ghost with a bit of a twist but essential the same movie. There was nothing ground breaking about this movie.

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damnit ^ put spoilers in white text so you have to highlight over them to read.

just saw looper over the weekend, it was pretty cool. i recommend it

spoiler below:

[COLOR="White"]i stuff my gf's bag w jack in the box food and carry my own soda into the theater[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=los panda;947938]damnit ^ put spoilers in white text so you have to highlight over them to read.

just saw looper over the weekend, it was pretty cool. i recommend it

spoiler below:

[COLOR="White"]i stuff my gf's bag w jack in the box food and carry my own soda into the theater[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

It said spoiler before the text. Do you drive by Bridge Out signs as well?

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[quote=mredskins;947956]It said spoiler before the text. Do you drive by Bridge Out signs as well?[/quote]it depends, did they put the sign 10 feet in front of the bridge? but seriously, i stopped reading when i saw cabin in the woods. just noticed the spoiler warning

white text is the closed gate that forces you to have to park, get out of your car, and open - compared to your bridge out sign

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dredd isn't awful btw.

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[quote=That Guy;948076]dredd isn't awful btw.[/quote]

Agreed, just got back from seeing it in 3d and I enjoyed myself quite thoroughly. Obviously going to be pretty light on a plot but the action was brutal and some sequences were pretty awesomely shot IMO. Might wind up owning this on bluray down the line.

Saw Here Comes The Boom and it was a pretty good movie. Funny feel good movie. Is there some ridiculous cramp that happens? Yes! However, you can let it pass because it works.

If you're a teacher or you know one, you'll appreciate it!

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This is going to be EPIC!

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