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The Dark Knight Rises - Pre-release Discussion [** NO SPOILERS PLEASE **]

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  • #3182
    MJ23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭MJ23


    16 days away now. Can't wait for it.

    Calm down Doctor


  • #3183
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,018 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    GhostInTheRuins wrote: »
    TDKR 70mm film will apparently weigh about 600lb, whatever that is in real measurements, 200-300kg?
    600 lbs = 270kg or so


  • #3184
    kdevitt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭kdevitt


    For anyone in Sydney - Hayden Orpheum in Cremorne have a midnight showing on the 19the July, proceeded by The Dark Knight at 9pm (for five bucks)


  • #3185
    Handsome Bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,905 ✭✭✭✭Handsome Bob


    ^ But no BB?? Such disrespect. :mad:


  • #3186
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    how come all the hoopla from Warner about not having Europe see it before the US when Australia is getting it nearly 2 days before?


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  • #3187
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,668 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    I think it might be due to the film having a different distributor in Australia.


  • #3188
    Border-Rat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 921 ✭✭✭Border-Rat


    Will this one be as boring as the last exposition-riddled outing?


  • #3189
    paddy kerins
    Site Banned Posts: 1,856 ✭✭✭paddy kerins


    Border-Rat wrote: »
    Will this one be as boring as the last exposition-riddled outing?

    Yes. 2 hours and 46 minutes of hardcore exposition, baby!!


  • #3190
    phil1nj
    Registered Users Posts: 716 ✭✭✭phil1nj


    Border-Rat wrote: »
    Will this one be as boring as the last exposition-riddled outing?

    You probably should wait for the DVD if that's your attitude. You won't be as disappointed then and you mightn't be be seen as a clown for attempting to troll on a cinema pre-release discussion thread.

    :rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • #3191
    ADarkKnight88
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭ADarkKnight88


    Border-Rat wrote: »
    Will this one be as boring as the last exposition-riddled outing?

    Im sure you'll enjoy the new twilight


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  • #3192
    splashthecash
    Registered Users Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭splashthecash


    2 hours and 46 minutes....!!

    tumblr_lx92anLcHc1r6e5zno1_400.gif


  • #3193
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    paddy kerins wrote: »
    Yes. 2 hours and 46 minutes of hardcore exposition, baby!!

    sure isnt that what Inception was :pac:


  • #3194
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,132 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    krudler wrote: »
    sure isnt that what Inception was :pac:

    Exposition within exposition?!?!


  • #3195
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    Well TDK was 152 minutes, and I could have easily sat through another 152 minutes of it.


  • #3196
    TotallyEpic
    Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭TotallyEpic


    Batman Begins/Dark Knight double bill in Cineworld on Tuesday 17th.

    Just booked my ticket there for €6.48 for both, could hardly not go at that price, even if it is by myself.


  • #3197
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,969 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    splashthecash wrote: »
    2 hours and 46 minutes....!!

    tumblr_lx92anLcHc1r6e5zno1_400.gif

    I disagree.

    I was hoping for longer. :(


  • #3198
    PauloConn
    Registered Users Posts: 910 ✭✭✭PauloConn


    €6.48 for both. That's going to be hard to turn down. Is it on the big screen too???


  • #3199
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    syklops wrote: »
    I disagree.

    I was hoping for longer. :(
    any longer and theres a danger wb woulds split it!

    Dont know how strong nolans veto (?) would be


  • #3200
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,668 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    I'd say Nolan was contractually obliged to deliver a film under 164 minutes. Which is 12 minutes longer than TDK, which in turn was 12 minutes longer than Begins. Warners probably granted him an extra 12 minutes each time.


  • #3201
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    TDK, which in turn was 12 minutes longer than Begins.
    Unbelievable. Feels like twice the length. But in a good way.








    IB: (thats wha she..............)


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  • #3202
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,460 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    Longer run time does not a better movie make. There's really no need for a Batman film to be approaching three hours, it's just sloppy and indulgent. TDK's run time is one of the issues - also some of the editing is really poor - that I'm less tolerant with each viewing.


  • #3203
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    Longer run time does not a better movie make. There's really no need for a Batman film to be approaching three hours, it's just sloppy and indulgent. TDK's run time is one of the issues - also some of the editing is really poor - that I'm less tolerant with each viewing.

    Depends on if the story deserves it, a lot of blockbusters these days are way too short, just fly through the run time and don't develop anything except some scenes linking the next cgi action sequence. But then there's Michael Bay syndrome where longer is definitely not better, all of the Transformers movies could have been 90 mins long, told the exact same story and discarded all the unnecessary characters and plotlines. You need the balance, will see how it pans out.


  • #3204
    MJ23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭MJ23


    I think I'll watch Begins tonight, and Dark Knight tomorrow night. Yet again. Must be up to 20 times each now.


  • #3205
    Handsome Bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,905 ✭✭✭✭Handsome Bob


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    Longer run time does not a better movie make. There's really no need for a Batman film to be approaching three hours, it's just sloppy and indulgent. TDK's run time is one of the issues - also some of the editing is really poor - that I'm less tolerant with each viewing.
    In a franchise where content and character development is key, and where story takes precedence over action, I don't see the problem with it reaching 3 hours.


  • #3206
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,460 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    Handsome Bob wrote: »
    In a franchise where content and character development is key, and where story takes precedence over action, I don't see the problem with it reaching 3 hours.

    It's the cinematic equivalent of a duble album. I've no problem with bios etc. , but a comic book character such as Batman has no business being near the three hour mark.


  • #3207
    Otacon
    Registered Users Posts: 6,721 ✭✭✭Otacon


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    It's the cinematic equivalent of a duble album. I've no problem with bios etc. , but a comic book character such as Batman has no business being near the three hour mark.

    Why does the fact that he is a comic book character restrict how long a movie about him should be?

    So long as the story is engaging throughout, what difference does it make?


  • #3208
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,132 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    krudler wrote: »
    Depends on if the story deserves it, a lot of blockbusters these days are way too short, just fly through the run time and don't develop anything except some scenes linking the next cgi action sequence. But then there's Michael Bay syndrome where longer is definitely not better, all of the Transformers movies could have been 90 mins long, told the exact same story and discarded all the unnecessary characters and plotlines. You need the balance, will see how it pans out.

    So what you're saying is the story should have the length it deserves but not the one it needs?


  • #3209
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    krudler wrote: »
    Depends on if the story deserves it, a lot of blockbusters these days are way too short.

    That's true, but TDK story should have been more coherent for a film as long as it was.


  • #3210
    Handsome Bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,905 ✭✭✭✭Handsome Bob


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    It's the cinematic equivalent of a duble album. I've no problem with bios etc. , but a comic book character such as Batman has no business being near the three hour mark.

    Well, the film has a lot to go through:

    • Bruce's mental decline.
    • Establishing Catwoman and Bane.
    • Establishing new characters such as Blake and Tate.
    • Doing justice to current support characters such as Alfred, Fox and Gordon.
    • Batman's apparent defeat at the hands of Bane and his imprisonment.
    • The state of Gotham in Batman's absence.
    • His return and establishing his (I'm guessing) alliance with Catwoman.
    • The final battle for Gotham.


    It's a lot of content to get through, and it has to be done right...and if it is done right, those 3 hours should fly by.


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  • #3211
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,668 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    It's worth keeping in mind also that the credits account for about 8-12 minutes of runtime. So it's really only about 2 and half hours long.


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