In a Hollywood lost in shallow, narcissistic depravity, Nolan has himself risen as the New Iconoclast -- simply for believing in what is good and being able to express it in a universal way that touches us all.
if obama had a son, he might look like James Holmes.
Nolte is a friend, Brietbart’s partner, and if he says it’s great, it’s great. Now I have to go see it.
oh gag me with a spoon
Batman was fun on tv years ago
this effort to dramatize the original is annoying
We must have watched different movies. I went to see Batman and it turned my stomach. It is a recruitment movie for the Occupy crowd. Where every rich person is evil and the masses will revolt against their entitled slave owners and be justified in beating and raping them.
A disgusting piece of propaganda. Every slogan ever utter by the Occupy Crowd was embedded in the script. It had everything the liberals love, free unlimited energy that humans can’t be trusted with. Rich beaten, raped and thrown in the streets. Thousands of Americans held in prison after timed served on whim and unconstitutional law. Every business leader was corrupt except one. A Government willing to trap millions in a city because of a bargain with a criminal element. Millions of Americans to scared to fight back against the tyranny of a thousand. The list goes on and on...
Is there any way to skip the first 145 minutes of mindless carange and go right to the good part?
The film is a very satisfying end to the trilogy. For many third films, the ideas are no longer fresh, writers can't think of new things for characters to do, so they get small cameos that make no sense. Dark Knight Rises is such a big film that there is plenty to do for everyone, so much so that new characters are even introduced and given significant screen time. Bale does very well as Bruce and Batman. Catwoman is great, Gordon and Alfred are great.
Any fan of Frank Mimller's Dark Knight Returns will be very satisfied with this film.
This movie shows the occupy movement in a very negative light.
Catwoman’s friend go into a rich apartment and declares this is everyone’s home now.
The villian Bane and his minions fuel resentment for the rich (class warfare) and sound just MSNBC.
They beat rich people and declare they are going to take what is really theirs.
bruce loses all his money investing in clean energy
I am one who does not buy into, and has never been convinced of, the dark, deep hidden meanings attributed to many films. Sure some are overt, but 99% are no more than a movie and people see what they want to see.
Infantilization of culture.
Thanks, I prefer the “masterpieces” of professional wrestling matches.
Actually I think the movie stinks. Any ending that does not have Batman watching over Gotham City, Wayne Manor with Bruce Wayne as it’s chief resident, and Wayne Enterprises as a huge conglomerate is not worth the price of admission.
What ever happened to Robin?
I don’t know about masterpiece. I liked it, but it was too busy. Batman’s emotional journey had too many steps. Really the movie should have gone with an Empire Strikes Back-esque ending when Bane won. Then Batman comes back in the fourth movie. Retired and depressed, to back in the game, to defeated, to renewed, to {spoiler} is just too many beats for one character in one movie. None of the phases had time to breath and be invested in by the audience. It’s good but much like Spiderman 3 was trying too hard to put too many bows on, this kept it from the greatness of its predecessors.
Well at least it wasn’t as bad as the liberal message in Avatar, and Marion Cotillard is pretty hot.
Just got back from this. While I might not go as far as Nolte in calling it a masterpiece, it was one of the few newer movies where the violence, mayhem, and explosions all had a point and none were gratuitous. Hathaway was likeable after a while, and the CLEAR villain of the movie was Occupy Wall Street, whose greedy criminals seek to steal from and execute the rich (in mock tribunals) at every opportunity.
First Bane is a dig at Mitt Romney and now the whole film is a “slap” at Obama?
I would doubt Nolan had any political intentions in making the movie.