The Dark Knight Rises

Okay but why in the flashback is he just sitting there all bandaged up and seemed okay without a mask ?

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No when the league of shadows come to get him he's sitting with his face bandaged up but i didn't get the impression he was in pain.

I really don't know what to think of it, when the Blu ray is released ime gonna watch all three movie back to back see what I think as a whole.

Abit of topic but can anyone give me the name of the comics these movies are based on?

There's a number of them... but Batman: Year One is a big inspiration apparently.

Batman: Year One, The Long Halloween, Knightfall, and Frank Miller's run. Probably others too, they're not direct adaptations clearly.

Thanks guys.

The mask is the thing that makes him stronger. In the comics and in the tv show, he uses Venom to keep his strength up. When Batman began to damage the mask he began to cut off his source of power.

Is year one like a collection of comics or 1 book.

The movie Year One is based on the comic written in 1987.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Year_One

I wonder if we might be so lucky to see an epic Directors cut allowing for the movie to feel a little less rushed in places.

It wasn't just the how did he get back to Gothem I had a problem with there was alot of things, example, when batman is chasing the other motorbikes down and the police corner him in a entry the bat (plane ) happened to be there.

Really? You mean the world's greatest detective isn't allowed to have the foresight of an escape plan when he is the most wanted man in the city? But you accepted the Joker's ridiculous plan in TDK? Do you often forget where you parked your Bat-wing when you go out for the night?

This is exactly the kind of trivial nit-picking that is driving me nuts about this film.

Why? This was my point all along. It's right on par with the previous two films. Unfortunately it lacked a performance like the one Heath Ledger gave in The Dark Knight. People are so wrapped up in the pencil tricks and chaotic nature of that character that they allow the faults of the movie to slip by. This film comes along and is just as solid a film but we don't have that masterful performance to latch onto so the film gets unfair treatment.

Bruce had a very defined enemy in the first two films; organized crime and rampant corruption. That was gone and there was no need for Batman to run around catching drug dealers and gang bangers. Those were never the real threat to Gotham.

What, specifically, was poorly written about the film?

Again, The Dark Knight had the line "Have a nice trip, see you next fall" in it. I don't think any of Nolan's films have truly great dialog (just look at the exposition fest of Inception), but it's the way he constructs his narratives combined with amazing technical skills that makes him such an accomplished director.

Blake did have a great journey in the film. But it also begs the question of "will he become like Bruce Wayne and take the obsession too far?"

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Re: "have a nice trip, see you next fall." A cop said it. I thought it was supposed to be hokey, because it's just a working class guy saying something smartass. I'm not sure it's supposed to be thought of as clever or original at all.

Quick question: is anyone else kind of stunned that we never saw underneath Bane's mask?

Sums up my response pretty much. I'm sure if someone can remember where they left their bike that they take to work, a person like Bruce Wayne would have no trouble remembering where he left off his flying machine.

In any case, him getting to the alley and then flying off in that machine is a really sweet touch to the movie.

I'm kind of thrilled Keeps the mystique alive that we didn't see whatever damage had been to him.

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& ohh exactly why does Bruce Wayne go underground in the first film, to get to the very root of all evil, right? Walking around the Manor with a cane wont exactly make him realize what's happening in the city. Atleast not unless Alfred uses his supercomputer that has databases on secretive organizations like League of Shadows & who they kick out... Or maybe Alfred uses an online forum to do his research..

I think he made it quite clear in the first movie that he hates all sorts of crime & everything has its roots.. if there are dealers, there are people who supply.. it's a vicious circle..

well, everything but the ending! I did mention it over & over again.
Everything about the film seems like a deliberate plot generator to lead to another situation.. The bomb, Alfred getting all emotional, & what not..

I have no idea why do you have to try so hard to prove to us nit-pickers that it's a great film? When we have a clear good mind to decide about it.
It's just the truth, it's a weak film.

& I am not one of the guys who went "Oh my god Heath Ledger rocks!! oh my god" about TDK.. I have ocassionally pointed out it's flaws in other threads, & most know about it here... But I wont discuss TDK here.
& let's not forget I was one of the very few that believed Nolan could pull of a Selina Kyle, when noone believed that she might make a good part of the saga & she most cerntainly did.. in fact even more than any expectations..
But once again I wasn't happy with the way she was woven into the plot, but it wasn't anything major to complain about..