I saw a nine o'clock show last night. I'm still processing it but I loved the experience of seeing it in a big theater with a large and responsive audience.
There are some things I still don't get (like what the hell was the point of the plane hijacking or what even really happened there) but it was gripping enough that I was hooked and spent a long time thinking about it in bed afterward. For some not very obvious or conscious reasons it also made me think of Triumph of the Will, but that's somewhat tangential to what's actually in the film so I'll leave it alone for now.
Personally, I thought the most powerful effect was Tom Hardy's voice. It's a really beautiful voice and the how it's used almost felt like a Terrence Malick-esque narration. It really felt to me like he was sharing the same space and breath with us in the audience, which I found very unsettling given his words and actions. In particular, that part where he compliments the little boy's voice really got to me, but I liked how he could also be taken as commenting on himself. The way his amplified and slightly artificial-sounding voice is introduced, before you ever even see Bane's body or mask, leads me tho believe that it was a deliberate effect on the part of the writers and I'm really glad that the theater I saw it in had a good sound system turned all the way up. I liked other stuff about the movie too but that's the first thing that grabbed me, and then stuck with me all night.
I'll read through the rest of the thread and see what other people thought.
There are some things I still don't get (like what the hell was the point of the plane hijacking or what even really happened there) but it was gripping enough that I was hooked and spent a long time thinking about it in bed afterward. For some not very obvious or conscious reasons it also made me think of Triumph of the Will, but that's somewhat tangential to what's actually in the film so I'll leave it alone for now.
Personally, I thought the most powerful effect was Tom Hardy's voice. It's a really beautiful voice and the how it's used almost felt like a Terrence Malick-esque narration. It really felt to me like he was sharing the same space and breath with us in the audience, which I found very unsettling given his words and actions. In particular, that part where he compliments the little boy's voice really got to me, but I liked how he could also be taken as commenting on himself. The way his amplified and slightly artificial-sounding voice is introduced, before you ever even see Bane's body or mask, leads me tho believe that it was a deliberate effect on the part of the writers and I'm really glad that the theater I saw it in had a good sound system turned all the way up. I liked other stuff about the movie too but that's the first thing that grabbed me, and then stuck with me all night.
I'll read through the rest of the thread and see what other people thought.
Last edited by linespalsy; 07-26-12 at 12:07 PM.
Reason: trying to sound like less of a fanboy