Runtime:
164 minutes
Directed
by: Christopher Nolan
Starring:
Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard
From:
Warner Brothers
Before
I get to talking about the film, I have to mention a few things. What
happened in Colorado last night was quite sad to hear about; I get
sad whenever that sort of thing happens, no matter where or how it
takes place. I just hope that there aren't various scapegoats made
(such as gun control or blaming the movies themselves) and instead
the blame is put on the A-hole who was clearly mentally ill and
anything could have set him off and he chose a popular thing to make
that attack to get attention.
I
ended up seeing all three Nolan films on an IMAX screen. My opinion
on Batman Begins is that I still ultimately hate it for various
reasons. The Dark Knight is still quite enjoyable aside from some
stupidity, especially after the hospital blows up. Still, I dig the
story and the idea behind it and Ledger was still awesome as The
Joker. The auditorium was almost sold out so there had to be at least
250 people in there. It manly went fine, except that one fat ginger
guy got escorted out by a cop during The Dark Knight. I have no idea
why but there were applause for this so he must have been quite the
disrupter.
As
for this film, I will not reveal too much aside from the general idea
presented in the trailers. The hugely muscular Bane (Hardy) appears
in Gotham. Batman is away and he has to return to try and save the
day. There are several important new characters, such as the young
cop (Gordon-Levitt) and a comely young lass (Cotillard) who happens
to have a lot of dough herself.
I'll
give my take on the movie without spoiling anything; in various ways
it will remind you of Batman Begins. You know, the theme and all
that. For me, that is not really a good thing. I would have preferred
a more original story that tried to present some of the ideas you saw
here. This is definitely more comic book-y than the other two movies.
Think of that how you will. There are some good ideas... along with
some bad ones. The general idea was nice; just how it was executed
that I did not enjoy. There are various surprises, some better than
others, and some things revolving around comic canon and some not so
much, from what I know of limited comic knowledge and Wikipedia
searching. And sad to say, Bruce Wayne comes off as being a whiny emo
dick. That was a real turn-off.
Still,
I have a feeling most will enjoy this more than I did. The action for
the most part was pretty satisfying. Batman vs. Bane is pretty cool.
And while he's not quite like The Joker and Ledger, Bane and Hardy
ended up being pretty cool. And thankfully you could understand most
of his dialogue. The cast in general is fine acting-wise.
It
is just a shame it could not measure up to The Dark Knight; talk
about a difficult task but while not having the highest of
expectations for it, I still felt let down as if the story overall
would have been different and better then I might have enjoyed this
more. It's not awful and enrages me like Batman Begins does. Like I said though it's no Dark Knight.
I'll be back tomorrow afternoon and I'll talk about Batman Begins.
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