Oh, and I couldn't help but wonder--how badly must those policemen have smelt when they finally got topside? And their whole "storm a narrow corridor" plan-- well, it did bring tears to my eyes, but maybe not for the reasons they'd have liked.

I found that it was pretty simple to keep track of who was who as they were introduced, even if it took a few seconds to get the bad guys straight (I really liked the one played by JJ's husband--I've seen him on Criminal Minds, and as a sleazy husband on Dirt, primarily, so seeing him as a henchman in a comic book movie is an interesting move, and I like how he played it), but I wasn't sure precisely what Matthew Modine's character's job was, and I'm looking that up right now. Aha Deputy Commissioner. He sure acted big for his britches--I wasn't sure if he was going to find true grit in the heat of the moment, or pay for his disdain with his life. But this is Gotham, after all.

Yeah, thinking about it, the science at the end was pretty suspect. I guess I was just so caught up in JGL's faaaaace that I handwaved it. Nice misdirect, Nolan! At least, for me.

I remember being confused by the science at the beginning, but then letting it go.

It didn't feel like he was in the same sound landscape as the other characters

Totally.

That really gave me chills, because I knew what was going to happen, but now there was context--I couldn't work out precisely what or why before, and this made it all so horrible.

So true.

I am so glad that I'm not the only person who totally failed to connect the dots with Talia. I KNEW he had a daughter, but I guess it's hard to figure out where they'll follow canon and where they won't.

JGL IS MY FAVORITE THING EVER. That one I did figure out, that he was going to take over in some way. But man, he was good. I kind of felt like this was his movie.

I was expecting it to feel long, but it really didn't. I had a fun time playing spot the actor -- five separate actors from Inception, Tom Conti, Burn Gorman, Aidan Gillen...

I think I will have more thoughts on is as I think them. Except that when they started taking over the stock exchange, I thought "Man, the 99% are pissed."

Probably my only complaint about the movie (because I really want to hug Nolan). He exceeded my expectations.

Is that I wish there were more Batman. There was quite a lot of Bruce Wayne - as it should be, but I love me some Batman.

I think this decision was made because there was so much Bane and the probably figured too much mask on mask action might be a little much.

Nolan loves his cast from Inception. No lie.

I love this Inception meme, and I love this iteration of it: [link]

Why do movie ticket purchase sites list seats as available, and then tell you it's not a valid seat when you try and buy it? Surely...they know, right? Can't they just make it NOT FUCKING AVAILABLE in the first place, or have some text explaining why you can't choose a seat one seat away from another sold seat (although, really, relying on me to read is silly--if you know I can't buy it, don't offer it for sale).

This might be on my mind because I just bought a TDKR ticket for a showing in an hour. La la la. This time I wear the batshirt (last time I went with a Supernatural shirt, just because I can never not hear Dean saying, gleefully, "I'm Batman").

Oh, so, I did not get a Hobbit preview, and I am grumpy about that. I did get a Superman Returns preview, which I found very distracting because the music that played over it was the Elves' lament for Gandalf from Fellowship of the Ring.

I did get a Superman Returns preview, which I found very distracting because the music that played over it was the Elves' lament for Gandalf from Fellowship of the Ring.

"You won't believe a man can fly, you fools!"

"I am no man."

Fool of a Kent!

Tom Hardy did some impressive eye-acting.

He really did. Especially then, that was when I noticed.

Because I was where P-C was.

I think what did it was that everyone assumed she was Talia, but then they gave her this Miranda Tate name, so I just figured, okay, they are wrong. And then I just never thought about it for months. It wasn't even on my mind as a possibility, an idea. I didn't read a lot about the movie, so there wasn't a lot of Talia Talia Talia in my head. So it completely blindsided me.

because he moved with such grace and assurance and menace

I love the way he moves after breaking him. It's that trailer shot where he saunters away and tosses away the mask.

And I think the bat-voice seemed to be less growly? It never bothered me much, but was it less ridiculous for people who found it ridiculous?

I think...I think it was still kind of ridiculous. I could hear some snickering almost every time he spoke. But there were a few times where his Bats voice sounded almost Bruce-y.

That really gave me chills, because I knew what was going to happen, but now there was context--I couldn't work out precisely what or why before, and this made it all so horrible.

Yeah, I knew what was going to happen, but I wasn't prepared for all the bombs all around Gotham, and then I realized that must be when the bridges were going to blow too, and then HE BLEW UP THE MAYOR, and then things just got worse.

I love this Inception meme, and I love this iteration of it: [link]

Ahahaha, I was actually looking for a Leo cameo. I thought I might have spotted him in the stock exchange, but I was wrong.

Oh, can someone explain how Blake knew Bruce was Bats? I couldn't follow that. I got that he recognized Bruce as a fellow orphan who could understand his pain and anger, but I didn't hear any actual experience with Batman that led him to connect the dots.

Also, I wonder how they explained that Bruce Wayne died on the same day as Batman. Well, I guess a lot of people died that day. But I wonder how he was supposed to have died.