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I'm looking forward to DKR, I really am. I'm just not expecting for it to be *fun.*
Teppy and I are as one in this! I am looking forward to DKR (and am going on the big work division outing to go see it on opening day, whoo!), but I am expecting grim with a side of grim, covered with ridiculous Batman Voice topping.
I've been a fan of Bale's since he was an urchin singing and dancing around fin de siècle Manhattan
Pfft. I've been a fan since he was Falstaff's boy (at 2:32).
I liked Batman Begins better than Dark Knight, largely because I felt they wasted Maggie Gyllenhaal.
I'm never really looking to be whooping about the Batfamily. There's a reason Steph was my least favourite Batgirl, and Cass one of my favourite characters ever.
I mean, there's a fistpump there, but I want lots of fucked uppedness. Oh, I'm so excited.
I'm on the threshold of getting a midnight ticket, but maybe that window is gone...but the excitement is large in this one.
Steph,
The first time I saw TDK, I thought it was pretty bleak. But upon repeat viewings, I don't feel that way. After all, some bad things did happen, but not the worst things. I kind of like Nolan's whole hero sacrifice things he has got going on.
FWIW, I think "Memento" is some of the bleakest shit out there and even "Prestige" didn't match that.
"Inception" is quite hopeful and life affirming.
I'm kind of thinking that Batman will end on a hopeful, life affirming note but we might have a rough 30 minutes to get there.
I'm ambivalent about box office and what I think TDKR will do or not do. It's going to make a helluva lot of $$ here and overseas. I am not sure it will break records, but I'm not looking for it to.
I loved TDK in theatres, but when I tried to watch it again on DVD I barely made it through. I was so. bored. After about the third time we'd cycled through the "chase scene / Joker speech / brief pause for B-plot" sequence, I honestly couldn't remember what I'd loved so much about it the first time around.
So I have to keep reminding myself that I did really love TDK in theatres, and so DKR will probably not disappoint as long as I don't try to watch it on DVD.
I bought the blu ray and felt much the same, Jessica. Movie too long, two face wasted, don't really care about the moral quandary of cell phone spying (loves that Avengers used the same plot point with no moral quandary and it appears to have pinged nobody - frankly, most of the world is remarkably unconcerned about privacy issues so it's a pretty dull moral quandary as far as they go). Joker really is compelling but not enough for the slog, and I don't really believe that a district attorney could have captured the public imagination so quickly and importantly as to be worth the sacrifice - despite all the setup the ending doesn't feel earned. And I'm kind of upset that the Joker makes two face, not the mob guy. Acid to the face in the courtroom is a good plot point! Why must the movies always change it?
Huh. Universal is pushing back the release date of Bourne Legacy by a week, because The Avengers is still ruling the theaters. [link]
... have they forgotten that there's an obvious draw in BL for Avengers fans?
... have they forgotten that there's an obvious draw in BL for Avengers fans?
When we saw the trailer for BL, Tim leaned over and said, "Well, there's at least HALF of a Hawkeye-and-Black-Widow-Shoot-Things-For-Two-Hours movie."
Fair point, indeed.
Interesting. The Bourne Legacy article I linked to earlier said it was to move it clear of Batman.
Wait--that's what this quotes too.
But they sum it up to mean they said Avengers. I'm confused.