tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post6697239727825091774..comments2024-03-28T09:11:52.510-07:00Comments on Hello, Tailor: Some hopes and dreams for The Dark Knight Rises.Hello, Tailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13256331677624433795noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-30104058585602120232013-12-05T17:29:10.105-08:002013-12-05T17:29:10.105-08:00So your saying that the darkest and grittiest stor...So your saying that the darkest and grittiest story of DC and maybe of all comics which is about a young child who witnessed his parent's murdered in cold blood and decides to fight the criminal element that killed his parents by dressing as a Bat to strike fear through people's hearts, and someone who uses very dark and brutal methods and operates like a villain and deals with villains who are as tortured in the soul as he is and the only hero that i can name at the top of my head that inspires vengeance rather then hope, should be fun?? Yeah, you have no idea what your talking about. These movies are just something else. And they may be the most humorless, but they are by far, the greatest comic book films of all time and they are just on another level that i don't think any comic book film would reach.Aaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-24965299140956377622012-07-27T21:32:13.234-07:002012-07-27T21:32:13.234-07:00You put in to words what I couldn't about why ...You put in to words what I couldn't about why I'm not excited about this movie. I loved Heath Ledger as the Joker, but other than that - after the coldness of the last movie, not really into this one & actually turned down going tonight.gracenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-14280893890971805532012-07-24T11:19:15.892-07:002012-07-24T11:19:15.892-07:00Bane's ethnicity is a bit more complicated tha...Bane's ethnicity is a bit more complicated than that. He doesn't look Latino in the comics either. His skin was as pale as Batman's. His father was a white Englishman and his mother would have been of predominantly Spanish heritage because Santa Prisca was an Island that Spain colonised. So technically speaking, Bane would be of predominantly white origins . For instance, my father is German and my mother was born in Argentina, as were her parents but her grandparents were Spaniards. I don't look remotely Latino even though I was born and raised in Buenos Aires. I feel like white washing is a problem but I don't think it's applicable here. They needed an extraordinary actor and I don't think anyone could have done with the part what Tom Hardy managed to do.Dannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-66224950377293045302012-07-22T13:31:29.117-07:002012-07-22T13:31:29.117-07:00You've managed to hit on most of the reasons w...You've managed to hit on most of the reasons why I don't want to see it (it's so loooong!), and why I am glad that I am in France at the moment where the movie isn't out for a few more days. Peace...Kirstinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-74183440701866676732012-07-19T08:18:11.676-07:002012-07-19T08:18:11.676-07:00"the most sterile and humourless comicbook mo..."the most sterile and humourless comicbook movies" - I trully enjoyed TDK, but could not agree more with this assessment. Also why I prefer The Avengers. I'm very uncertain about this film, and you pretty much nailed every reason why. Thanks!Jaime L. Maynardhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1367536191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-20959645123532212932012-07-18T15:06:29.936-07:002012-07-18T15:06:29.936-07:00The whitewashing in Begins, with Neeson, was the r...The whitewashing in Begins, with Neeson, was the reason I never started with Nolan's films. (I love Ken Watanabe and was prepared to accept him as R'as al Ghul, although I'm not that fond either of "any POC can play any other kind of POC!" casting; but to find that Watanabe was just a front and al Ghul was actually Neeson? You gotta be kidding me...)Eregyrnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-71303895431750038452012-07-17T02:02:41.253-07:002012-07-17T02:02:41.253-07:00Moncler crea un conflitto importante, perché vi s...<a href="http://www.moncleroutletnegozio1573.com" rel="nofollow">Moncler</a> crea un conflitto importante, perché vi sarà molto difficile cercare di non usare parole che ti fanno sembrare tutto ciò che interessa è la vendita. E ancora più importante, se i vostri sensi prospettiva si stanno concentrando sulla nomina o la vendita, che sarà immediatamente sulla difensiva.dsblue0116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-73927507981148907672012-07-15T21:42:46.685-07:002012-07-15T21:42:46.685-07:00"Christopher Nolan's neverending quest to..."Christopher Nolan's neverending quest to tell a "serious" superhero story has resulted in some of the most sterile and humourless comicbook movies ever."<br />The thing about Christopher Nolan is that he's brilliant at making high-budget blockbuster movies that look fantastic and are intelligent enough that non-geeky "adults" can admit to watching them, but he's absolutely balls when it comes to emotions. Particularly emotions that involve women. Nolan's a big fan of the dead love-interest, and if the leading lady is still alive by the end of the movie then chances are she's still a beautiful enigma rather than an actual human person."<br /><br /><br />Fucking THESE. You know, I've only read about three articles from you (the Hollow Crown reviews) and already you've written some of my favorite pop culture spiels ever. Girl, you got talent.lolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-43482966989957648372012-07-14T09:54:41.175-07:002012-07-14T09:54:41.175-07:00added on a little ETA to the end there...added on a little ETA to the end there...hellotailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-43037924542929008192012-07-14T09:43:28.324-07:002012-07-14T09:43:28.324-07:00oh shit, i'd completely forgotten about this! ...oh shit, i'd completely forgotten about this! sorry. i'm not at all familiar with batman comics canon and had only heard about this in passing when the movie first got cast, over a year ago. D: ugh, nolan's casting is worse than i thought, then.hellotailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-2082693226261925232012-07-14T09:26:50.277-07:002012-07-14T09:26:50.277-07:00This is a good post, but also, Bane shouldn't ...This is a good post, but also, Bane shouldn't be played by Tom Hardy. Bane is Latino and was born in a South American prison. The whitewashing is my breaking point; I won't be seeing it in theaters.Jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-39198519900917224132012-07-13T11:10:00.796-07:002012-07-13T11:10:00.796-07:00Yes, the heels are actually knives, and I'm gu...Yes, the heels are actually knives, and I'm guessing she's not squeamish about using them either.<br /><br />The official description of John Blake is a beat cop who is Gordon's protege. The clip essentially showed Gordon didn't even know his name. The internet has been harping for months now that Blake is not the actual character JGL plays, going from one crazy theory to another. Cracked even hazarded a guess that Bruce Wayne was going to die and JGL's character would take the mantle from him, but honestly I don't think he's Batman-stock.<br /><br />As for the trailers, JGL is a pretty big name nowadays, I agree. Particularly JGL in a Nolan movie. Now stop me before I start mooning over how TDKR is Inception 2 with Batman.Pants_are_a_mustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-13676670591352200302012-07-13T11:07:39.925-07:002012-07-13T11:07:39.925-07:00"Nolan's Batman movies aren't trying ..."Nolan's Batman movies aren't trying to be that kind of superhero <br />story -- they're the ultimate gritty reboot. So, judging TDKR on the <br />grounds of it being a gritty crime thriller rather than a trad superhero<br /> movie..."<br /><br />To be honest, that's my problem with Nolan's Batman movies. They're good films, certainly, but they're not *comic book* movies. I realise the whole point is to do as serious and 'realistic' a take on Batman as possible, but that means losing much of what makes the comics so fun. There was a little comic-book silliness in Batman Begins - secret ninja school, villain with a doomsday device - but virtually none in The Dark Knight. Change the characters and that script could have been a generic crime/action movie about Jack Bauer fighting a terrorist.<br /><br />The earlier Bat-movies of the 90s were pretty crap, to be fair, but at least they gloried in the ridiculousness of it all, with incredibly over-the-top villains and elaborate sets. That's how Batman ought to be, and now that Avengers has shown that superhero movies don't have to be Dark and Serious to succeed, I hope the franchise will be rebooted to be more like that again.<br /><br />Also, Christopher Nolan dropped Danny Elfman's majestic Batman theme tune, and I can never forgive him for that.<br /><br />But I'm still going to see The Dark Knight Rises on release day...Alasdair Murrayhttp://www.facebook.com/alasdairmurraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-48296705719273750442012-07-13T10:51:00.358-07:002012-07-13T10:51:00.358-07:00Yeah that's totally fair. For me, Dark Knight&...Yeah that's totally fair. For me, Dark Knight's one of the last movies I saw before I became really serious about film in general, so I wonder how the new one will stand up in that respect.theoncominghopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-57431784805810295382012-07-13T10:42:05.908-07:002012-07-13T10:42:05.908-07:00maybe this post makes it seem like i'm more ne...maybe this post makes it seem like i'm more negative towards batman than i actually am? when i saw each of the movies i thought they were great, but i'm way more nitpicky now about female characters (particularly since chris nolan is kinda terrible at them), plus i tend to judge superhero movies a little differently from other genres because i'm such a fangirl. <br /><br />oh no, i don't think batman is in the same league as iron man or whatever in terms of "fun" -- i totally agree that batman is one of the darkest of the superheroes, and i wouldn't want that to change. but i feel like the earlier 2 batman movies are more cold/humourless than just *gritty*. idk, it's kind of hard to explain, but i do think it's possible to make a dark/adult film without it being completely free from humour and warmth.hellotailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-61386544346528233682012-07-13T10:37:31.950-07:002012-07-13T10:37:31.950-07:00thank you! :Dthank you! :Dhellotailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-88084600051459342542012-07-13T10:36:00.624-07:002012-07-13T10:36:00.624-07:00thank you! :))thank you! :))hellotailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-67881227873667768192012-07-13T10:34:22.931-07:002012-07-13T10:34:22.931-07:00i haven't seen those interviews -- are they a ...i haven't seen those interviews -- are they a weapon or something? TBH, like i said in the post, catwoman is one of the few female superhero characters who i AM totally ok with wearing a fetish outfit because it's kind of her schtick. <br /><br />re: john blake, you have me intrigued! i don't know much about the film itself and will probably be avoiding spoilers until it comes out, but here's hoping he'll be an interesting character! (i did assume he'd have a fairly significant role, though -- JGL is a fairly big name now, and they've been featuring him quite prominantly in trailers.)hellotailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-10070526014698052152012-07-13T10:31:59.692-07:002012-07-13T10:31:59.692-07:00i really want to see memento! i saw half of it yea...i really want to see memento! i saw half of it years ago -- probably the worst choice of movie ever to see *half* of, haha. i thought liam neeson was great (if a little typecast) in batman begins until i found out that it was whitewashed casting and then i was less than pleased. :///hellotailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-22245793965882771022012-07-13T06:30:53.816-07:002012-07-13T06:30:53.816-07:00I'm still half-hoping that the movie will end ...I'm still half-hoping that the movie will end with Bruce Wayne waking up in a train car next to Leonardo DiCaprio. "Inception 2: The Inceptioning!"Y.B. Bravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-36530845033355133322012-07-13T00:35:21.713-07:002012-07-13T00:35:21.713-07:00I actually wanted to write my own article about wh...I actually wanted to write my own article about what you pointed out here (now I don't have to! I still might, though) about lack of emotions on the viewers' side of the cinema screen. I know Nolan can do it, I've seen "Memento" and "Prestige", and he could successfully direct Liam Neeson in first part of his Batman trilogy, which lately isn't easy, but with Batman it just feels like he concentrates more on how the story affects the city more than the protagonists.<br /><br />That being said, BANE. I can't wait, Tom Hardy, Tom Hardy!Rusty Angelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-73376920711079852382012-07-12T21:16:41.137-07:002012-07-12T21:16:41.137-07:00I can't wait to find out how he legitimises Se...<i>I can't wait to find out how he legitimises Selina Kyle's decision to climb things while wearing five-inch heels and a leather catsuit.</i><br /><br /><br />Well, this was already partially explained in interviews with him and Hathaway, but I don't know if you want to be spoiled in any way.<br /><br /><br />As for JGL's character, a clip from the movie that came out yesterday has already distorted the initial description of his character, which contributes to my personal theory that he is supposed to be a big curveball thrown at the audience. After all, you don't cast the guy who did probably the most badass action scene of this decade as some cop who gives reaction shots and that's it. I mean, really now.<br /><br /><br />In conclusion: ALL THE TOM HARDY EVER.Pants_are_a_mustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-65733386344021080802012-07-12T18:12:48.791-07:002012-07-12T18:12:48.791-07:00Lady, I heart your movie posts so much.Lady, I heart your movie posts so much.SumAnonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-56033408321381224692012-07-12T12:12:38.136-07:002012-07-12T12:12:38.136-07:00It's like you peered inside my mind and gave a...It's like you peered inside my mind and gave a beautiful articulate shape to all my seething nolan-batman feelings. Every word of this draws a nod from me, except fr those that make me clap and holler. Marvelous.anatsunonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084418948126858292.post-68914623160241734752012-07-12T11:19:04.673-07:002012-07-12T11:19:04.673-07:00Wow! I'm impressed at what a different movie y...Wow! I'm impressed at what a different movie you saw from I! I actually thought Rachel Dawes was quite well drawn in The Dark Knight (though I'm with you that her character is wholly unmemorable in Batman Begins, which I find to be generally unmemorable). <br /><br />Even apart from Christopher Nolan's take on it, I've never particularly thought that Batman is meant to be "fun" (60s show notwithstanding). It's more about the seedy underbelly of humanity, and I think The Dark Knight did a fantastic job of bringing that out.<br /><br />That said, he'd better not fuck up Catwoman. Anne Hathaway has a lot to live up to with Michelle Pfeiffer's perfect performance (and Selina Kyle was wonderfully written in Batman Begins as well).theoncominghopenoreply@blogger.com