The Dark Knight Rises: Offical Review Thread (Spoilers). $162MM Weekend

[Bacstar]

Just saw the movie yesterday, excellent movie, but when I saw the preview for Sean Penn's new movie, I was surprised/shocked at the scene where they come shooting from behind the movie screen. Just read today on the news they'll be pulling the preview.

 

[MikeyLSU]

What's more likely to be true here:

Half of people who watch this movie can't hear or understand Bane while the other half can. This is because people who could hear Bane have excellent hearing.

The people who had trouble hearing Bane were in a theater where the acoustics made hearing Bane difficult.

This isn't some conspiracy. I don't know how many could hear it just fine while many others could not. The only thing I can attribute this to is the theater. How else would you explain it?

I would explain it by people having different standards than others. I can remember a few times in the movie where I couldn't understand a word or two of Bane. I was able to figure out the meaning of his sentence by just piecing it together. That will bother some people a lot more than others.

 

[Fingolfin269]

I would explain it by people having different standards than others. I can remember a few times in the movie where I couldn't understand a word or two of Bane. I was able to figure out the meaning of his sentence by just piecing it together. That will bother some people a lot more than others.

I know what you're saying but I'm not sure where this comes down to standards. You either hear something or you don't, right?

 

[fustercluck]

On a side note, there was a screen just before the movie started advising people to locate the nearest emergency exit. I thought that was odd given what happened in Colorado.

Or maybe it's just the first time you noticed it since they have that screen at every movie i've ever seen

There were cops stationed outside my theater though, one SUV and one regular squad car, so it did have some effect. Saw it yesterday about noon in Cinemark XD, which is sorta like Imax I suppose. HD. Definitely worth the extra cash.

 

[jpiniero]

Ended up seeing a matinee showing. I'd say half full would be generous, maybe 20-25%. No police presence. Admittingly the theater I went to kind of sucks. They had the bass up way high so the gunfire sounded like cannons but I had difficulty hearing a lot of the dialogue.

 

[Skel]

just watched the movie. I didn't have any issues with Bane’s voice, and personally liked him well enough. The movie itself sucked, it was way too long and dragged in places. It's villain plot "twist" you could see in the beginning if you read the comics. It's too bad, I really wanted to like this film. I didn’t get the point of his hurt leg in the beginning that magically disappeared and was never mentioned again, even after his back was broken and he was thrown in the hole.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Saw the matinee today. Really good, I thought. Did not feel the 3-hour run-time at all. Was only slightly bothered by a few things.

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Bane was only 90% intelligible. His slow, deliberate dialogue was easily understood, but when he picked up his speaking speed and was moving/fighting simultaneously, he was more difficult to understand.

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I saw the point of the prison, but the execution was a bit too silly. Like someone mentioned, you just get to keep trying to escape as often as you want and everyone cheers you on? Meh..

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His name was "Robin?" Ughh.. I realize it's not the same character, but if his "legal name" was Dick Grayson, that would have been a better "nod" to fans.

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The whole League of Shadows plan is silly. I thought they "silently" took out civilizations (for whatever reason,) not get on national tv and announce a nuke in the city and declare themselves kings and whatnot.

Still, pretty good - will probably watch again soon.

 

[mnewsham]

Saw it in IMAX, was a great movie, I understood Bane the entire movie, not really sure what you guys are talking about, no problems here.

 

[Jadow]

a couple of Stargate SG1 people had roles. Teal'c was on of the terrorists that Levitt took out. And William Devane played the president, same as in SG1. Man he's had some challenges during his presidency.

 

[Adrenaline]

What's more likely to be true here:

Half of people who watch this movie can't hear or understand Bane while the other half can. This is because people who could hear Bane have excellent hearing.

The people who had trouble hearing Bane were in a theater where the acoustics made hearing Bane difficult.

This isn't some conspiracy. I don't know how many could hear it just fine while many others could not. The only thing I can attribute this to is the theater. How else would you explain it?

I went with three other people and not one complained about Bane's voice. I heard everything clearly for some reason and I have bad hearing.

The movie had character development and mild action, great storyline that took a bit to get going. I really enjoyed the film.

I really really loved the ending.

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I really liked how Batman told Gordon his secret and Gordon got it instantly. It was great.

 

[cliftonite]

What an epic, epic movie. Great conclusion to this trilogy. I did not have any problems understanding Bane (IMAX)

 

[MartyMcFly3]

I just got back from seeing it. Have mixed feelings about it and will probably need a second watching of it before I can decide how I feel. I did enjoy/love the majority of it. I was never a huge fan of Bane so I guess for me, ending the trilogy with him as the main villain through the majority of the movie didn't sit right, though I get the choice.

Like others, I couldn't understand Bane/Batman at times. I'm assuming this is the fault of the theater's sound system though and not Nolan or the actors. The thing that bothered me with the sound the most was it caused me to miss that quick spiel that Batman said to Gordon to reveal he was Wayne.

 

[Adrenaline]

I just got back from seeing it. Have mixed feelings about it and will probably need a second watching of it before I can decide how I feel. I did enjoy/love the majority of it. I was never a huge fan of Bane so I guess for me, ending the trilogy with him as the main villain through the majority of the movie didn't sit right, though I get the choice.

Like others, I couldn't understand Bane/Batman at times. I'm assuming this is the fault of the theater's sound system though and not Nolan or the actors. The thing that bothered me with the sound the most was it caused me to miss that quick spiel that Batman said to Gordon to reveal he was Wayne.

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The comment was about how he put his coat on a scared little boy years ago when he needed it the most. I can't remember the exact wording, but the coat comment was what jogged the memory.

 

[TraumaRN]

Saw it a second time non IMAX and just as good second time around. And only couldn't understand a few words. Such a great flick.

 

[Cuda1447]

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No one has discussed this, but it is the one thing that bothers me about this movie... Did Batman really not die and took the catwoman to Paris? How? The 4megaton bomb was said to have a blast radius of 6 miles. Ignoring the fact that the bomb went off much closer than 6 miles away from the city... how did Batman get away from the blast in time when he was still in the plane thingy with what.. 30 seconds to go? It just seems like they made it seem that there was no way he survived. But then they show that last scene at the end that is very confusing.

 

[SKORPI0]

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No one has discussed this, but it is the one thing that bothers me about this movie... Did Batman really not die and took the catwoman to Paris? How? The 4megaton bomb was said to have a blast radius of 6 miles. Ignoring the fact that the bomb went off much closer than 6 miles away from the city... how did Batman get away from the blast in time when he was still in the plane thingy with what.. 30 seconds to go? It just seems like they made it seem that there was no way he survived. But then they show that last scene at the end that is very confusing.

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He didn't die. All he had to do was fly/autopilot the Batwing out of the city, eject and then glide to the ground/top of tall building with his cape unfolded before bomb detonated. It was dark so nobody saw what really happened.

 

[ElFenix]

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No one has discussed this, but it is the one thing that bothers me about this movie... Did Batman really not die and took the catwoman to Paris? How? The 4megaton bomb was said to have a blast radius of 6 miles. Ignoring the fact that the bomb went off much closer than 6 miles away from the city... how did Batman get away from the blast in time when he was still in the plane thingy with what.. 30 seconds to go? It just seems like they made it seem that there was no way he survived. But then they show that last scene at the end that is very confusing.

it's a movie.

 

[Ns1]

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No one has discussed this, but it is the one thing that bothers me about this movie... Did Batman really not die and took the catwoman to Paris? How? The 4megaton bomb was said to have a blast radius of 6 miles. Ignoring the fact that the bomb went off much closer than 6 miles away from the city... how did Batman get away from the blast in time when he was still in the plane thingy with what.. 30 seconds to go? It just seems like they made it seem that there was no way he survived. But then they show that last scene at the end that is very confusing.

No that bothered me too. There is no way he could have gotten the bomb that far with the time he had remaining.

 

[dwell]

Can't understand Bane? I can't understand Batman. Why does he have to talk like he smokes 1000 Marlboros a day?

 

[StrangerGuy]

I understood everything in the movie.

Without spoiling anything I have mixed feelings about it; though more good than bad...But it is easily the weakest out of the trilogy.

 

[Merad]

I saw it today, theater was packed. I would rate TDK slightly better because Heath Ledger's Joker was amazing, but this is a very, very good movie.

There were a few parts where Bane was difficult to understand, but it wasn't that bad.

The only part that was fairly annoying to me was the nuke at the end. Either that Batocopter had a warp drive or that was only an explosion of a few kilotons. At the very least everyone watching the blast should've been blinded and covered with 3rd degree burns. (and yes I know the whole fusion reactor = bomb part is totally implausible, but for some reason that didn't annoy me as much as the explosion)

 

[Printer Bandit]

batman's voice in trilogy was the biggest disappointment.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

As good as the movie was, I really wish they didn't butcher together the back story of the various characters.

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Robin's real name is NOT fucking ROBIN. That's like saying Batman's real name is BATMAN. I get it's a nod to the audience but I feel it's a disservice to the fans. I was expecting to say his real/legal name was Dick Grayson or Jason Todd or something.

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Another gripe I had was how someone in the prison had to tell Bruce how to get out. Really? The world's greatest detective, for 5 months, was not able to figure that out?

Those were some of the glaring ones that I remember but there was more. Great overall but I would have enjoyed it more if they did a better nod to the comics.

 

[tfinch2]

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No one has discussed this, but it is the one thing that bothers me about this movie... Did Batman really not die and took the catwoman to Paris? How? The 4megaton bomb was said to have a blast radius of 6 miles. Ignoring the fact that the bomb went off much closer than 6 miles away from the city... how did Batman get away from the blast in time when he was still in the plane thingy with what.. 30 seconds to go? It just seems like they made it seem that there was no way he survived. But then they show that last scene at the end that is very confusing.

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Bruce Wayne pushed a patch for the auto-pilot component. I wonder how he unit-tested it.

 

[Sonikku]

I think everyones ability to understand Bane correlated to how well the speaker system of your theater is calibrated. If you're in an IMAX obviously they're going to be up to par of the highest order and flawlessly calibrated to perfection. If you're in a small town going to some scruffy theater with foober goober calibration or worse, two speakers smooshed together in the middle above the screen passing for a movie theater, you're probably only going to make out about half the dialogue.