Ugh. I don't have headphones at work FTL The one day I forget them!
Showed it to one of my coworkers, who said "meh" and then proceeded to tell me that The Dark Knight was "vastly overrated" and that Batman Begins was much better.
Showed it to one of my coworkers, who said "meh" and then proceeded to tell me that The Dark Knight was "vastly overrated" and that Batman Begins was much better.
I feel the same way. I thought Begins was okay, it didn't really do much for me. But I loved TDK and have rewatched it several times over the past couple of years since it came out. But this trailer just seemed to be missing something for me. I think it might be the villains, though I'm not sure why. I don't actively dislike Bane or Catwoman, they just don't seem as exciting as Joker (particularly Ledger's Joker) was. I remember seeing the trailer for TDK with Joker for the first time and being pumped for opening day. Just didn't get that same excitement from this one.I'll probably get neg repped into oblivion, but that was my reaction to the trailer/teaser. And I really enjoyed TDK.
That part of the opinion I can understand, because Nolan does a good job of teasing without giving it all away. If you aren't already super-hyped about the movie, this might not have done it for you, especially if you're like Slim, and you doubt the Anne Hathaway casting. A couple of the short shots made the trailer for me.
I feel the same way. I thought Begins was okay, it didn't really do much for me. But I loved TDK and have rewatched it several times over the past couple of years since it came out. But this trailer just seemed to be missing something for me. I think it might be the villains, though I'm not sure why. I don't actively dislike Bane or Catwoman, they just don't seem as exciting as Joker (particularly Ledger's Joker) was. I remember seeing the trailer for TDK with Joker for the first time and being pumped for opening day. Just didn't get that same excitement from this one.
The thing that made TDK so amazing is that by the time the Joker does his "Magic Trick," you are rooting for him. Nolan has this really amazing ability to get the audience to relate, and even root for, some bad dudes. I have a feeling that I will be rooting for Bane.
Seriously? Catwoman may be one of the most important characters to really telling the Batman/Bruce Wayne story.
I guess I meant more along the lines of bringing it to this trilogy...
I didn't like Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns, and just don't really think the character transitions well to the movies....and I guess that's just hammered home with Anne Hathaway and what SEEMS like an over the top characterization of Selina Kyle/Catwoman from the little we've seen.
I just hope Nolan does the character in a realistic manner, which he has shown he can do in this series.
A Kyle inspired by the animated series fits perfectly in this Gotham.
I'll be the first to admit I don't read the comics or follow every iteration of the characters, but have a decent understanding of who the characters are in general in relation to their backstories.
My comments were based primarily on Hathaway's few previews/clips and the Batman Returns character....
Joker wanted to watch the world burn. Bane will make it burn. He is Gotham's reckoning. My guess is that fight between Batman and Bane that we get glimpses of in the trailer happens relatively early in the movie, Bane "breaks" Batman (thus the broken mask), and then captures him (the scene where Batman says "why didn't you kill me" is the aftermath). So Batman is gone, Bane goes on a killing rampage, destroying Gotham, JGL tries to hold the city together, and just as Bane is about to obliterate Gotham, Batman will "rise."
This sounds very plausible. He gets defeated by Bane in the fight with the waterfall, then fights him again on the steps of City Hall after he "rises?" The line about Batman not having given Gotham everything...yet is also potentially ominous.