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Topic: Dark Knight Rises (lead up) - no spoilers

Well, this movie is bound to get its own topic sooner or later, so I might as well start...

How's the enthusiasm amongst DiFers? Is everyone worn out with superhero flicks this summer?
Are you guys maintaining a black-out to prevent spoilers, as the PR machine ramps up?
Here in London, there's only one IMAX screen in central London, so I had to get tickets weeks ago for the end of this month. Does anyone plan to see midnight screenings? There are even trilogy screenings here.
Can Nolan do no wrong?
Is this trilogy the gold standard of how to do superhero?
What do you think of the soundtrack? I've heard it a few times - seems like a rehash (but a little inferior) to DK.

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Re: Dark Knight Rises (lead up) - no spoilers

Got tickets to the IMAX trilogy screening, got the soundtrack preordered. Trying desperately to remain unspoiled. Totally psyched.

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Re: Dark Knight Rises (lead up) - no spoilers

Did you see the running time? 164 minutes. Getting up to LOTR length, although Nolan doesn't do Extended Editions for any of his DVD/Blu-Ray releases.

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I'll see it when I see it. The score is great, though smile

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Re: Dark Knight Rises (lead up) - no spoilers

I'm finding it hard to get excited about anything these days, so yeah, I'll see it when I see it.

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Booking IMAX tickets is like going to the opera - only one theatre for a city of 8 million people and if you want the 'sweet spot' seats (why is it the bigger the screen, the smaller the sweet spot?), you have to book 6 weeks in advance, which means dodging all the spoilers during the marketing campaign.

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Re: Dark Knight Rises (lead up) - no spoilers

omgsoexcited!!

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Ya, I booked over a month in advance and the first two days were already completely sold out at my local IMAX. Going to be awful waiting till Sunday to see it as the reviews start coming in.

I think it's going to absolutely deliver, I just love practical fx so much and the fact that he's shooting in full-frame IMAX. Not that it matters, but I really hope it beats Avengers box-office, if only to make a point about analog vs digital film-making.

Also makes you wonder what Nolan will do next. I think it'd be nice to see him do something more smaller-scale, something like The Prestige.

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Yes, Nolan on IMAX is double density i.e. ultra high resolution image AND enough plot for two movies compressed into one. No time to marvel at the picture detail as you've got to hold on and keep up with developments. I've long noticed there's little or no repetition of important plot points with Nolan films. Go to the can at your own peril.

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I've got tickets to a midnight trilogy marathon, but it is in fake IMAX sad

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Owen Ward wrote:

I've got tickets to a midnight trilogy marathon, but it is in fake IMAX sad

Nothing wrong with that at all. Better than watching Adam Sandler cams on your iPhone

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Looks like I'm going to an early screening on Wednesday, too right!

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Got the day off, and will be seeing the IMAX Trilogy on Thursday night.  I imagine Trey is laughing at all of us since we are slapping down 40 bucks to see three batman movies in IMAX...  Dark Knight Rising and Bourne Legacy are the only flicks that I'm even interested in this Summer.  Did anyone get a chance to see the Hobbit trailer at Comic-Con?

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I may go when I get paid next Thursday, it may be a bit quieter then. I didn't see the other two Nolan Batman films at the cinema so I won't bother me if I don't see this one on the big screen either. If I am going it is because it is the last one.....

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The London Premiere is tonight - I might wander by Leicester Square and geek out. What can I get Nolan to sign? My USB stick with a download of The Following on it?

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If you really want to make an impression, have Nolan sign a photo of his house taken that morning.

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Rush Limbaugh thinks that Bane is an attack against Mitt Romney.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/ … n_campaign

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I was just reading that on io9. I love the tweet that was mentioned in their comments section:

@rushlimbaugh You should read up on Bane. He's an oversized drug-addict with anger issues who's been popular since the 90s. You'd love him.

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This one has me worried. Dave Chen is usually on the mark with his reviews. Really hope Nolan didn't blow the story, I don't know if I could take another dissapointment this summer:

"The Dark Knight Rises is a mess of a film. If The Dark Knight was filled to the brim with weighty ideas, then The Dark Knight Rises‘ cup overfloweth. Director Christopher Nolan, whose previous films have frequently dealt with the darkness of human nature, was not content with creating a light and fun summer actioner. Instead, he has packed his trilogy-concluding film so full of ideas, plot points, characters, emotional arcs, and set pieces that even with a 2 hour 45 minute runtime, none of them has any room to breathe."

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Invid wrote:

If you really want to make an impression, have Nolan sign a photo of his house taken that morning.

Wally Pfister used to shoot 'erotic thrillers' before joining up with Nolan, so handing him an old porn DVD for him to sign would be funny. Now that I think about it, Willy Fister does sound like a porn name.

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Just got back from seeing it and I'm not totally sure what to make of it. I do largely agree with that /film review though. I might write up a little spoiler-free review a little later on once I've thought about it a bit more.

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If this is Prometheus all over again, I don't know if I can take it.

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Well, the film is getting five star reviews from places that only gave Prometheus 3......

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Re: Dark Knight Rises (lead up) - no spoilers

Just posted my review on the board, it's spoiler-free.

I'd put this on a different level to Prometheus. I did not like Prometheus at all, whereas TDKR just doesn't rise to the heights of it's predecessors.

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Well, I've seen neither, so I can't comment on them smile

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