First and foremost, I want to say how saddened I am by the event in Aurora, Colorado this past Friday morning. My heart just breaks for the victims and their families involved in such a senseless act of violence. I'm disgusted by the terror and sadness that Holmes has caused this nation, marring what should have been a fun night out for all of those involved.
Second, I would like to apologize for any grammatical errors. My Mac has decided to take a siesta on me, so I'm doing this from my Droid.
So, as to my thoughts about The Dark Knight Rises. It was okay. I didn't hate it by any means, but it also wasn't my favorite Batman film by far. I do think that the casting was fantastic. I wasn't convinced that Anne Hathaway was the right choice for Catwoman before seeing the movie. I tend to picture her as the awkward uncoordinated Mia Thermopolis of The Princess Diaries. I was pleasantly surprised, though she doesn't fill the shoes of Michelle Pheiffer, who played Catwoman in 1992 in Batman Returns (a personal favorite of mine actually), but she performs better than I had initially assumed. Tom Hardy, though difficult to understand on occassion, was a fantastic choice for the role of Bane, the "Man Who Broke The Bat." I'm glad they chose for him to wear the costume he did, rather than gross sleeveless spandex which he typically wears, though I wouldn't have minded to see his muscles a lil more.
On the topic of cast members, did anyone else think that Christian Bale looked terrible? I know that he was supposed to have aged in the film, but his sunken eyes made him look ancient. I'm just not keen on him as a person really. Sure, he fulfills the role of Bruce Wayne fine and well, but I hear he's a bit of a hot head and that's not okay in my book. Bale's former publicist had to be treated for post-traumatic stress disorder due to his temper tantrums. People who are difficult to work with automatically lose my respect.
Enough about the casting, back to the film itself. I was really expecting to have my socks blown off. The first time I saw the trailer for TDKR, I had immediate goosebumps and my heart pounded out of my chest, much akin to my reaction for all of the Harry Potter trailers. I didn't quite have that feeling when actually watching the film. There were a few scenes that made my stomach squirm, and I found myself sitting upright, eager to see what would happen next. When Batman and Bane had their underground fight, I was tuned in 100%. I knew what was going to happen, and was interested in watching it play out.
I didn't love the scene where all of NYC's police force was fist fighting Bane's thugs in the street. Dont't they have guns? Why wasn't anyone falling to the grown or getting knocked out? Were we not supposed to notice that discrepancy while Bane and Batman had dialogue? I don't know, seems a little unrealistic to me.
Overall, it just seemd to miss the mark. I wanted to know details, more story. Through reading comics, I knew of Bane's origin, but I was really hoping that we would learn more about him in the film. I mean, if we had to sit through the evolution of the joker and the penguin in past films, and watch Schwarzennegar botch to role of Mr. Freeze, why not find out even a tiny piece of Bane's history?
To me, TDKR is the kind of movie that I'll most likey buy because it is part of a trilogy and will probably come in a cool package, but I probably won't watch it unless coerced by my fiance.
In summation, any action-packed super hero film where I spend more time marvelling at Tom Hardy's beautiful muscles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt's fantastic dimples has failed slightly at its attempt to surpass it's last film. Hence, why it is on pace to be the second or third largest opening weekend, and not the first, which goes respectfully to the Avengers.
And to clarify, I don't prefer Marvel to DC, typically it's the other way around.That's a whole other entry for another day.
And that's just the way this girl sees it.
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