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I watched the opening scene from the Dark Knight Rises

OdradekOdradek
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I feel like I should have done this earlier

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  • TanyaTanya
    Pizza Dog
    Did it get a rise... out of you? 
  • TanyaTanya
    Pizza Dog
    Did your opinion of the movie.... rise from having watched this scene? 
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    No it seemed pretty silly.
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    I mean some of it was kinda cool I guess
  • Section42LSection42L
    We can do anything if we do it together.
    I can't believe I used to take Christopher Nolan seriously.

    He owes the estate of Heath Ledger royalties.
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    Section42L said:

    I can't believe I used to take Christopher Nolan seriously.

    He owes the estate of Heath Ledger royalties.

    Christ.

    I think people kind of overrated him because of how good Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight was.

    Other than that he's mostly just pretty competent.
  • Section42LSection42L
    We can do anything if we do it together.
    Odradek said:

    Section42L said:

    I can't believe I used to take Christopher Nolan seriously.

    He owes the estate of Heath Ledger royalties.

    Christ.

    I think people kind of overrated him because of how good Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight was.

    Other than that he's mostly just pretty competent.
    That was pretty much what I was saying, yes.
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    Section42L said:

    Odradek said:

    Section42L said:

    I can't believe I used to take Christopher Nolan seriously.

    He owes the estate of Heath Ledger royalties.

    Christ.

    I think people kind of overrated him because of how good Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight was.

    Other than that he's mostly just pretty competent.
    That was pretty much what I was saying, yes.
    Yep.
  • One-Winged EagleOne-Winged Eagle
    Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
    Baneposting recontexualized that whole scene for me.
  • Yarrun XIXYarrun XIX
    Whores! we want "poems that kill."
    Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
    guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
    and take their weapons leaving them dead
  • Section42LSection42L
    We can do anything if we do it together.
    Odradek said:

    Section42L said:

    Odradek said:

    Section42L said:

    I can't believe I used to take Christopher Nolan seriously.

    He owes the estate of Heath Ledger royalties.

    Christ.

    I think people kind of overrated him because of how good Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight was.

    Other than that he's mostly just pretty competent.
    That was pretty much what I was saying, yes.
    Yep.
    [insert King of the Hill "yep"' sequence here]
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i thought the scene worked when i watched it and this meme really confused me

    yntkt
  • Yarrun XIXYarrun XIX
    Whores! we want "poems that kill."
    Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
    guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
    and take their weapons leaving them dead
    http://heapershangout.com/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/503774/#Comment_503774
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Yeah, i saw that post, it's a good rundown of the problems with the scene.

    Just none of that occurred to me while i was watching, and i've only seen it the once.
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    i just

    fucking aerial hijacking

    man
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i should maybe add that if i'm watching a superhero flick my disbelief is already raised some distance off the ground, so i'll let a fair bit slide that i might not if this were, say, a conspiracy thriller, or a biopic.
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    i thought the scene worked when i watched it and this meme really confused me

    yntkt
    When totally removed from context, it just becomes a strange strange thing.

    Like this


  • Miss Miko MayoneggMiss Miko Mayonegg
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    Yarrun XIX said:

    [vid]

    That was absolutely brilliant.
  • Yarrun XIXYarrun XIX
    Whores! we want "poems that kill."
    Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
    guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
    and take their weapons leaving them dead
    The internet does wonderful things sometimes
  • HavenHaven
    Let me tell you. About Fallen London.
    Counterclock said:

    Did your opinion of the movie.... rise from having watched this scene? 

    You were just waiting for this moment to a rise.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Haven said:

    Counterclock said:

    Did your opinion of the movie.... rise from having watched this scene? 

    You were just waiting for this moment to a rise.
    She's trying her best to get a rise out of him.
  • HavenHaven
    Let me tell you. About Fallen London.
    You know who was great in Persona 4?

    Rise.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    edited 2015-07-24 17:37:08
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    given that this is a superhero flick, I'd see nothing particularly wrong with this ridiculous opening scene.

    of course, its meme-ification has made it funny and that's fine too.
  • MetaFourMetaFour
    For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    FACT: Christopher Nolan says Inception was his passion project, and that a major motivation for taking on the Batman movies was to earn enough studio clout to make Inception without studio interference.

    HYPOTHESIS: His true mission accomplished, Nolan didn't care anymore about Batman when we made TDKR.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Inception wasn't bad imo

    i liked it a lot in the cinema, not quite so much on home DVD
  • Section42LSection42L
    We can do anything if we do it together.
    Inception was alright to me when I watched it a couple years ago, but I have no reason to want to revisit it now.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Well i guess the fact that i got the DVD tells you i liked it
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    It's in the genre of "movies that work pretty well in theaters, and you enjoy it, and then you go home and never watch it again"

    See also: every Marvel movie, The Matrix, Avatar
  • MetaFourMetaFour
    For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Anyone remember Following? Memento? Insomnia? I'd like to have that version of Nolan back.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Memento is the only one of those i've seen.

    And it was a good film.
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/7Iil2JW.png
    I actually own the DVD of Inception but have never watched it.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    it seems somehow darker, dimmer, on a small screen
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    it seems to me that lots of movies nowadays are designed to not look good unless you are watching on a huge-ass screen
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    that sounds a tad tinfoil hat but I stand by it
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    it's not tinfoil hat, it kinda makes sense if they were making it with the optimal cinematic experience in mind and not caring about the DVD release

    short sighted of them but i can picture them doing it
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    also i guess these days big TVs are more commonplace than they were once
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    I was more thinking that they are doing it in collusion with cinemas to get more people in there
  • MetaFourMetaFour
    For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Insomnia was a remake of a Norwegian(?) film. What’s strange is how its climax is a precursor to Two-Face's death scene in The Dark Knight ... but the protagonists choose exactly the opposite of what Batman and Commissioner Gordon chose.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    oh

    well i think it's more likely the thing i said about TVs being bigger

    but maybe you're right
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    MetaFour said:

    Insomnia was a remake of a Norwegian(?) film. What’s strange is how its climax is a precursor to Two-Face's death scene in The Dark Knight ... but the protagonists choose exactly the opposite of what Batman and Commissioner Gordon chose.

    that's rather interesting

    i wonder if he wanted to revisit the scenario

    perhaps he changed his mind, or perhaps it was a what-if thing
  • MetaFourMetaFour
    For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Tachyon said:

    MetaFour said:

    Insomnia was a remake of a Norwegian(?) film. What’s strange is how its climax is a precursor to Two-Face's death scene in The Dark Knight ... but the protagonists choose exactly the opposite of what Batman and Commissioner Gordon chose.

    that's rather interesting

    i wonder if he wanted to revisit the scenario

    perhaps he changed his mind, or perhaps it was a what-if thing
    Either that, or the moral decision in the bizarre context of a superhero narrative becomes much less acceptable in a more down-to-earth crime story.
  • Section42LSection42L
    We can do anything if we do it together.
    They've always done that to a degree, Naney.

    Stuff like CinemaScope tried to purposely look better in the theatre than on television as far back as the 1950s.
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Holy shit

    i am naive
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    naney said:

    it seems to me that lots of movies nowadays are designed to not look good unless you are watching on a huge-ass screen

    This is also true of videogames.

    It forced me to get an HD tv.
  • One-Winged EagleOne-Winged Eagle
    Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
    I watch Inception about once every year.
  • CalicaCalica
    Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    I liked Inception and the Prestige when I watched them.
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