Nolan's Batman

R.Nilsson7 said:
Pathetic stuff.
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I agree totally. The only film i have ever cried over was Terminator 2. It was the bit right at the end when Arnie gets lowered into the lava. Very very traumatic for a 10 year old to watch his hero die :lol:

The positive comments from those in attendance is what has me psyched.
 
My first reaction to the OP was hell no, dont kill Batman.

Having read a few pages of this thread tho, I am now warming to the idea somewhat. A lot of what Mockney is saying makes sense. It could be very powerful.

Although I would stop short of saying he should do it. I think he could do it and it would work. But I'd rather he didnt. I dont think it is necessary to bring Nolan's work full circle or give it a sense of finality or anything like that.
 
Bale said recently that he would play Batman again, but only if Nolan was directing.

Surely this comment rules out the possibility of him ending up in the batcave in the sky, doesn't it?
 
Garethw said:
Bale said recently that he would play Batman again, but only if Nolan was directing.

Surely this comment rules out the possibility of him ending up in the batcave in the sky, doesn't it?
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Unless

A) He is trying to cover up the plot
B) Prequel
 
C) Batman 4 is set in the afterlife
D) Batman gets reincarnated as an actual bat, played by Christian Bale.
 
That's one of those empty promises, "I'd come back sure, but only in Nolan does", Nolan has repeatedly said that he's done.
 
I've cooled on the idea of killing him tbh. I was convinced it was the only way to go a while back. It would be cool if they did, but I'm less stubbornly convinced about it now. From what I've heard of it they're going down a much more drawn out redemptive route. I'm sure it'll be good whatever. The early reviews sound promising. Early reviews usually do though tbf. And from what I gather they were screened for fanboyesque bloggers rather than the cynical big critics.
 
I don't think it will live up to the high expectations and I'm sure it won't be better than Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The first two movies were good when it was still a novelty, now that the novelty has worn off, the plot becomes predictable.
 
One critic commented that "if it doesnt break the mold and win best picture, no comic book movie ever will"

Its getting standing ovations at the end of screenings, can't wait for the 20th now
 
Bit of a side note:

Kind of surprised that this needs explaining but the film has not been screened for "fanboy bloggers", nor would any studio be stupid enough to do so with a project like this. (I'm assuming some of us have read a certain tabloid-ish Guardian fluff piece that is quoting various message board posts and second-hand tweets as "blogger reviews". This is the equivalent of citing caftards' reposting of transfer rumor tweets in the Twitter Thread as "football bloggers' opinions".)

No one has seen the film except for professional critics (extending of course to the usual media personalities such as morning talk show hosts) and exhibitors. The professional critics are all embargoed. And if you were invited to an exhibitor (theater owner) screening as a guest, your host will have made it perfectly clear that should you act in any way to influence their bottom line - say, like going on the internet to brag and post spoilers - large men with baseball bats might just come calling.

Actually, your host wouldn't have invited you unless (s)he knew you weren't the type of person prone to attention-seeking behaviour.

Anyhow. Looking forward to all the inevitable "uplifting" beats like the re-lighting of the bat-signal, etc.
 
Damn it, h. I need a rosetta stone for your posts!

Not all professional critics have impeccable taste though, so crying at a screening of a Batman film doesn't really say much. I wouldn't put past there being some who thought The Green Lantern was a great film and that Ryan Reynolds is an immense actor.
 
Not to depress you even further but yes, it is indeed professional critics (and not "fanboy bloggers") who are allegedly reacting like this to the film.

I think what's actually happening is that most critics are probably just giving the film a standing ovation. With SOME people crying, hugging/high-fiving. The calling of estranged parents was a joke. (But who knows?)
 
I thought this crying and standing ovation high fiving stuff is kind of common at screenings and festivals, and hell even opening weekend showings, especially in America?

I can't wait, booked a few tickets for IMAX earlier, cannot believe the prices, £18.....that's just obscene, but whatever, feck it. I'm not expecting it to be a best picture contender(TDK and Inception weren't so don't see why this will be), so I guess I have a little room to be hugely impressed if that guys anywhere near correct, but plenty of random people claimed similar for those two.
 
Americans clap when a plane fecking lands succesfully. Im not surprised if high-fiving and crying is a normal occurence at screenings. Even calling estranged parents. Americans love overreacting and going all out to top each other over how emotionally touched they are to stuff like this.

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hungrywing said:
So. Apparently it's been screened for the press, and after it finished droves of critics were crying, hugging/high-fiving each other, and some even calling their estranged parents. No joke.
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All that tells me is that the film seems to be a big hit with slack-jawed hysterical numskulls. Not a good sign.
 
Brosstan said:
Americans clap when a plane fecking lands succesfully.
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You get your facts rights. You don't say something like that about us.

We also yell and scream if they land successfully. Clapping is just part of it.

Just Kidding
 
hungrywing said:
So. Apparently it's been screened for the press, and after it finished droves of critics were crying, hugging/high-fiving each other, and some even calling their estranged parents. No joke.
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:lol::lol:

Now, I'm a pretty big Batman fanboy..but, come on.
 
Zen said:
I thought this crying and standing ovation high fiving stuff is kind of common at screenings and festivals, and hell even opening weekend showings, especially in America?...
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Standing ovations, sure. Crystal Skull got one at Cannes. But hugging and high-fiving at a movie? No way. Not unless you were involved in the production or something. Festivals maybe, depending on the venue. For example, people absolutely lost their minds at The Raid screening at Toronto's Midnight Madness last year (immediately afterwards they all went and wrote reviews that it was the best action movie since Die Hard, and maybe even better). But MM is a very specific part of that festival where they screen the 'crowd pleasers' and encourage everyone to let loose after a day of watching serious dramatic fare.

Brosstan said:
Americans clap when a plane fecking lands succesfully. Im not surprised if high-fiving and crying is a normal occurence at screenings. Even calling estranged parents. Americans love overreacting and going all out to top each other over how emotionally touched they are to stuff like this...
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Probably guilty as charged. Last night's Baseball All-Star game had about four or five minutes total of people hugging each other.
 
Going to have to go see this movie just see if anyone in the audience actually crys, high fives or calls their estranged parents afterwards. I expect I might see a high five or two from some younger guy/fanboys, but nothing to crazy.
 
The entire score is now up streaming on Empire for anyone who's interested.

Zimmer's outdone himself (again).
 
OK, I don't know what to do now. I have two seats for The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX on Sunday 22nd reserved. Today I received two advanced screening tickets for Wednesday 18th! :nervous:

My heart says wait til the 22nd, avoid spoilers, threads like this and then enjoy it in all its glory. My massive inner geek is saying 'feck it, go watch it and be one of the first' :lol: HELP!

The_Red_Hope said:
The entire score is now up streaming on Empire for anyone who's interested.

Zimmer's outdone himself (again).
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The score is fantastic, was sadly sat in work listening this to myself most of the day yesterday... Kind of motivational actually. :lol:

'Why Do We Fall?', 'Imagine The Fire' & 'Rise' are brilliant, I still think The Dark Knight score was a tad bit better though. The use of the razor blades on string instruments was just unique and made a perfect sound to accompany the eeriness of the Jokers character! :drool:
 
With all these critics apparently crying over this, maybe that Heath Ledger conspiracy theory is true... He's alive!!
 
So the Sky Rewards screenings are definitely not gonna be Imax? Shame, might have to let mine go then. 2 days extra isn't that much, plus it'd essentially be the same price as one costs more travelling. Their security over it seems crazy too, though I can't see cinema being arsed with taking phones and stuff.
 
They did for the Spiderman screening in Didsbury, Manchester.

Had to hand your phone over, then be checked with metal detectors.
 
Sounds like David Letterman may have given away the movies ending while interviewing Anne Hathaway.
 
Shite - might be time to avoid this thread til next Sunday! :( Can we not get some spoiler policy in place until the actual release date?

On a side note, watched Batman Begins tonight (TDK on Sunday, all in preparation for next week... sad I know) and there are some how things I missed out on. Main one, I let the fact that Thomas Wayne was involved with the League of Shadows previously slip by :wenger: Don't know how, but glad I had the recap.

Oh and for you Game of Thrones fans, the little lad who Rachel Dawes is looking after towards the end of the film, and who Bat's gives a gadget too earlier on, is no other than that little fecker Joffrey!! But you probably new that :lol:
 
5 from both Brit film mags anyway, but they've both given every Nolan film, bar Insomnia, fives on their initial reviews of them so not overly surprising, both have also gone on to scale almost all of them back to 3's and 4's -_-

It'll probably have about 100% from about 40 reviews once RT fully updates from screening reviews.
 
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