The Dark Knight Rises *SPOILERS*

[ironwez20]

 

[TheFiend]

To those who weren't impressed by the movie, what did you guys think of Hathaway's take on Catwoman?

I liked her but didn't see the point. They could have changed a few things and completely wrote her out.

I liked her though.

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[intothevoid]

IGN:

Here's a fun tidbit for your next trivia night: What happened to Two-Face's coin?
Actors will occasionally be gifted with, or purchase, props and costumes from the movies they are in once production is complete. Sam Jackson notoriously lobbied for the lightsaber he used in the Star Wars prequels. Aaron Eckhart apparently didn't feel quite as sentimental about Two-Face's coin from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. The actor played Harvey Dent for the majority of the film, but became the villain Two-Face in the third act. When we spoke with him on the Keepin' It Reel podcast recently, he told us the story of how he discovered what had become of his coin.


This isn't the real coin...
"I did a movie called The Rum Diary in Puerto Rico and Johnny Depp and I were somewhere on the set one day and Johnny said to me, 'Aaron, what happened to the coin [from The Dark Knight], the coin that Two-Face flipped?' And I said, 'Oh, I gave it back and Warner Bros. has it.' And he goes, 'Oh, yeah, no, they don't. I bought it.' He said, 'My Kid saw The Dark Knight and loved Two-Face so much that I bought him the coin.' It never occurred to me grab the coin, but I'm glad it's in good hands."

IGN:

We recently had actor Aaron Eckhart, who played Harvey Dent/Two-Face in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, on the Keepin' It Reel podcast to talk about his new film Erased. During the course of the discussion we touched on his work with Nolan and where he feels that Warner Brothers should take Batman in the post-Nolan era.

Here is what he had to say in reflecting back on his experience with the director and thinking about where the franchise could go next:
"I mean, look, Iron Man is so successful and the tone of Iron Man is completely different than the Nolan Batman series. They're both very successful, right? And both entertaining. You could take Batman that way. You know Chris (Nolan) has done such hard work and created this tone, and Christian (Bale) has, and Heath (Ledger) and everyone who's been in these movies. I'd hate to see it be trivialized. Batman's kind of special because it's one of the last comic books, or only comic books, that's truly tackling, in my opinion, issues. And relevant issues. I mean when I read The Dark Knight I go, 'this is a comic book movie? This is insane.' I mean you're talking about a city that's being taken over by corrupt forces and nobody will stand up for good, for decency and humanity and nobody can walk to the streets at night. Who wants to live in that city? And do the people really have to be vigilantes to set things right? I mean serious issues and it wasn't tongue in cheek. And that's where Heath was just so amazing. You know I said to Gary (Oldman), 'You know Gary how do you act in one of these things, what's the tone of it?' And that's a conversation I had with Chris. And to see Heath just take this thing deadly serious was exciting, and I feel privileged to have been a part of that, and I would hate to lose that because everybody who comes up to me on the street all over the world, the thing that they inevitably say about The Dark Knight is that it's about something, it's serious, it resonates with them. Look, I don't know because I'm just an actor, but I don't know that Chris would ever give up total control of this franchise. I can't see Chris ever letting go of this movie."

And something else from Aaron about the hospital scene with Ledger.

https://batman-news.com/2013/05/17/...about-heath-ledger-and-the-dark-knight-video/

This is bloody amazing.

Wow. That's what acting is all about

 

[The Josh]

That's awesome Ledger was amazing in TDK. That's why for me it ranks so high on my list of comic movies.

 

[jye4ever]

There will never be any talk of great acting or characters to be remembered from TDKR.

How did we go from these memories to Bane and Talia lol scenes.

TDK truly is a special movie.

 

[Khev]

There will never be any talk of great acting or characters to be remembered from TDKR.

How did we go from these memories to Bane and Talia lol scenes.

TDK truly is a special movie.

People will remember Bane and Hathaway's Catwoman. As far as acting goes Harding's performance was surprisingly good behind the mask. TDK has the legendary Joker interrogation which has the unfortunate side effect of making the finale of TDK a letdown by comparison and it's never ideal to have a movie peak before the climax.

 

[jye4ever]

People will remember Bane and Hathaway's Catwoman. As far as acting goes Harding's performance was surprisingly good behind the mask. TDK has the legendary Joker interrogation which has the unfortunate side effect of making the finale of TDK a letdown by comparison and it's never ideal to have a movie peak before the climax.

Fo Yew

 

[Khev]

 

[The Josh]

Hathaway as Catwoman was good I thought. Acted and how she looked. Bane was setting up to be really awesome until he was Bob Barkered.

 

[Khev]

He was Darth Vadered.

 

[jye4ever]

He was Darth Vadered.

And my Baner is played by the same actor for death and ghost.

 

[Khev]

"And where is Talia? Is she safe, is she all right?"

"I'm afraid her legs her eaten by a killer whale."

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

--scene from "Rust and Bane," prequel to TDKR

 

[Adolfo]

This was a better film than IM3

 

[a-dev]

OK lets change the thread title. Anyone who has anything 'spoiled' by this thread at this point has it coming.

 

[The Josh]

This was a better film than IM3

I would have to strongly disagree but to each their own.

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

IMO TDKR may be one of the better third movies in a trilogy, however that is not saying much because third movies in trilogies haven't been very good (not nearly as good as part 1 or part 2).

Third movies that weren't very good and definitely not as good as part 1 or 2:

RoboCop 3
Matrix 3
Jurassic Park 3
Transformers 3
Superman 3
Transporter 3
Blade 3
The Mummy 3
Spiderman 3
Xmen3
American Pie 3
Saw 3
Batman forever
Underworld 3
Most B horror movies involving Freddy, leather face, etc..
Star trek 3
Jaws 3
T3
Bond 3 (original)

Decent third movies but still not as good as their part 1 counterparts:

RotJ (part 2 is also better)
Indy's Last Crusade (IMO better then part 2)
TDKR (Part 2 was better as well)
Die Hard 3 (IMO better than part 2)
Lethal weapon 3 (part 2 was better as well)
IM3 (most would say its better then part 2, won't give my opinion on this one because I'm probably in the minority with my views on it based on im3 thread feedback and rt ratings)
B2tFuture 3 (not as good as 2nd bit I am sure others would disagree)
MI3 (better then 2nd)
Bourne Identity 3


Third movie that were actually better than part 1 and 2 counterparts

1. Return of the King
2. The good, the bad, and the Ugly
3. Skyfall (new bond)
4. MI4 Ghost (4th movie but adding it in)
5. RotS and that is not saying much because PM and AotC weren't very good.

TDKR's replay value, at least for me, is not good so far but its still relatively new. I have seen it twice, once in the theater and once on blue ray. I don't have much desire to watch it again anytime soon. BB and TDK have way better replay value, I have seen them both many times and still enjoy watching them. Its the same with star war OT, I watch new hope and empire more then Jedi. In Jedi find myself wanting to fast forward through some parts.

 

[Russell1982]

And something else from Aaron about the hospital scene with Ledger.

https://batman-news.com/2013/05/17/...about-heath-ledger-and-the-dark-knight-video/

This is bloody amazing.

Wow. That's what acting is all about

That was a great little anecdote. Never really thought about it but that really is the only time dent and joker are together in a scene isn't it. Weird.

 

[crows]

I liked her but didn't see the point. They could have changed a few things and completely wrote her out.

I liked her though.

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That's how I felt about Miranda though. She was completely utterly useless.
All they had her for was for the little betrayal twist ending. She could have been written out and the movie would have been better. Bane would have been the badass mastermind we all thought he was.

 

[jye4ever]

IGN:

"Aaron Eckhart revealed that he hasn’t seen The Dark Knight Rises, which is surprising since his character from The Dark Knight, Harvey Dent, played a big role in the story."

 

[DiFabio]

He probably doesn't give a ****. Who cares.

He probably would have thought, "they shouldn't have killed me off, I'm better than this Ben and Talia guy".