New THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Blu-ray Extra Clip

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@TheYoungMan I don't think so, not at this level of execution.

Hardy did an awesome job.

they make people look taller or shorter in movies all the time. tom is one inch taller than rdjr.



hardy kicked some ass. i'm tied between bane and the joker for my favorite villain

BB 2.5 stars? Damn near shed a tear at the end of that film thinking 'They finally got it right.'

I give all three 5/5 stars. But if i had to rank them it would be...

TDKR
TDK
BB

I don't think "best CBM trilogy" is really a worthwhile debate. A better question would be if it's the best of all time regardless of genre restrictions. For me, i have Star Wars, then TDK, then LOTR as the top three.

@Godzillafart, you are entitled to your opinions but from a normal moviegoer's POV, you have a shitty taste bro.

@youngman, for me it's TDK Trilogy,LOTR, Starwars.
I enjoyed lotr n tdk trilogies more than SW.

@Maximus101: I agree that IM is the best Marvel movie, and I give it 4.5/5. IMO, the IM trilogy is set to be the best CBM trilogy thus far, but it all weighs on IM3.

There are two reasons I give the Nolan's movies persistent shit. One, Bale is a terrible Batman that scars all three films, and that will always be a thorn in my side. I've written at length about it here, but the bottom line is, Batman is supposed to be very tough and very smart and Bale (along with Nolan's writing) suggest neither.

The second is that although it broke some important ground, BB just doesn't strike me as a very good movie, for a number of reasons. Three quick ones:

No emotional content (if you can't make a child's parents getting murdered in front of him emotional, well that's a problem)

Cliche' ridden first third. In a way, it's good that Nolan chose to rip off Dr. Strange's origin, because it may cause Marvel to push it into more interesting ground for the DS movie.

Boring final third. Worst final fight in history. Blow up Wayne Manor and nobody cares. Boring Scarecrow hallucinations when they could have been awesome. etc.

The way Nolan did the tech was top notch. As were all the supporting actors except Holmes.

I've actually bitched quite a lot about Marvel films, including both Hulk films and Evan's being picked for Captain America (the guy has zero Command Charisma). Thor had a perfect cast, but the break between the shots on set and the CGI Asgard shots felt really disconnected.

Personally, I think TIH was the worst Marvel film. Norton, although looking the part, was miscast (Banner isn't an action hero), The hulk wasn't right visually speaking, and Abombination was a cop out. They decided to make Doomsday instead of trying to adapt the character. TIH was as bad or only slightly better than BB.

Iron Man is still my favorite Marvel Studios film, followed by The Avengers

@monkeyballs3: I think IM is my all time favorite CBM, followed closely by TDK (which may have taken it if they had cast the lead well).

Although dated, the '78 Superman The Movie was [frick]ing amazing for its time and still holds up. The first hour of that film is 5 stars and probably the best character development and origin story of any superhero on film.

@Nomis: Thanks Man! It's not about shitting on each others opinions. It's about friendly debate.

I rarely write IMO because that applies to almost every comment everyone makes on this site.

BB - 10/10
TDK - 10/10
TDKR 10/10

@Nomis: I'm curious what you hated Ledger's performance. I have to admit, I loved it.

@Godzilla Ok that's nice, but BB actually has a higher overall average rating on that site than IM just for the record if you want to get into it.

All right everyone. Off to work. Thanks for the morning debate.

Though I disagree that we'll never see anything like this ever again, I understand the sentiment. I don't think we'll see any trilogy of this quality any time soon. Until then we're going to see a LOT of shitty knock offs. Nolan really threw down the gauntlet with these. But someday, someone with enough talent and a big enough imagination will give us something with this quality.

batman begins 4/5
the dark knight 4/5
the dark knight rises 2.5/5

the dark knight trilogy 4/5

@Levitikuz: You have to understand, I'm not saying IM2 was great, it was good, and frankly a disappointment. What I'm saying is that BB was an overrated, mediocre and highly flawed movie that I find unwatchable now. Then again, I'm a Batman fan, so I wanted it to be great. As a CBM, it doesn't make my top 15.

Now I'm not sure why we have to get into name calling, but I do find that the people who do name call are the ones that seem to lack the ability to articulate themselves clearly...dummy. :P

My favorite trilogy. Loved all three films.

Bale is a bad batman? Lmao okay let's see the other Batmans widely portray every single emotion at a moments glance. Let's see another batman with such a physique and will.

Bale is one of the best actors to date and I'm confident no one will top him, especially not shiity stoic Keaton

bale was good batman imo if not the best....lol how can people fail to understand that if bale's batman was bad, the movies obviously would be bad....it's just your issue :)
that awesome interrogation scene with joker was enough to say bale was good ^_^

@dud3rulz: Your logic is flawed, my friend. TDK was a damn near perfect movie, IMO. I cringe out of embarrassment any time Bale opens his mouth, and I wish he seemed smart....and tough, but besides that the movie is great.

@dud3rulz: Yes, the scenes involving Bale commonly sucked. Now, when he was on the batpod, driving the tumbler, flying on his cape, or extracting that dude from China, it was awesome. But that goes back to me saying Nolan got the tech right.

The only times I thought Bale was decent, was when he was playing Bruce Wayne playing the playboy. He sucked as Bruce Wayne in all the scenes with Fox or Alfred, and he sucked as Batman.

BB had a mountain of flaws, but I think an amazing statement about how great TDK was is that it was great IN SPITE of Bale's shitty performance.

@monkey, well i haven't read comic books to know exact nature of batman. I became fan of Nolan's batman only after watching TDK. Particularly the final scene ...the symbolism and the sacrifice ...tears of sadness n joy...