Between B and C but a little closer to B. I think it'll be great and one of the best films this year, but I don't expect it to be better than The Dark Knight. I would love to be pleasantly surprised though.
Im expecting it to be better than the Dark Knight. My expectations are way too high but I dont really care.... Itll be amazing if the movie manages to go beyond them.
Definitely a mix of B and C (though I chose C for my answer in the poll). I doubt it will be as good as the Dark Knight, but I still think it'll probably be one of the best movies of the year.
Judging by the trailers for the film. I think it will be a piece of garbage which lasts way too long (2 Hour 44minute run time.) And I really liked the Dark Knight.
Between B and C but a little closer to B. I think it'll be great and one of the best films this year, but I don't expect it to be better than The Dark Knight. I would love to be pleasantly surprised though.
I think it'll be a great movie but I have a hard time seeing how a Batman movie without Joker can possibly trump a Batman movie with the Joker - especially when said Joker was portrayed so excellently.
Other: I hope it will be better than The Dark Knight which I did not like very much (lacked focus, was way too long and drawn out and kinda full of itself).
Not a huge fan of the Bane character and don't have super high expectations from the trailers. I enjoyed the last 2 a lot though and would happily be proven wrong.
I think it's going to be a movie that'll try to recapture the magic sauce of the last film. Only to over do it and become tedious half way through. I'm getting Batman fatigue. I can just see myself, sitting there in the dark crowed theater; watching the second vehicle chase or the third beat'em up scene with uptempo orchestra music blaring all the while I'm on my phone setting up my roster on Big Win Baseball.
The trailers have left me a bit unsure, but I have faith that it'll be a movie that I really enjoy because I've yet to see a Nolan film that I haven't thoroughly enjoyed.
I think it will be good, very good but I doubt it will top TDK. I just don't invision Nolan filming a bad film with that said tho I think it will have flaws especially the most common one; when a director wants to go epic they invest in to many characters resulting in underdeveloped new ones. Hopefully I'm wrong n the movie surprises me.
I've hated the trailers so far, and Bane seems like kind of a dull villian, but i'm not the biggest Batman fan. I enjoyed "The Dark Knight" but I couldnt stand "Begins". I think (for me at least) it'll be somewhere inbetween those two.
But 2 hours & 44 minutes? That's Michael Bay level of filler...
Well Christopher Nolan is my absolute favorite movie director and I love his work so much. Especially Memento, Inception and The Prestige. After that comes The Dark Knight, followed by The Following (no pun intended) and it closes out with Batman Begins and Insomnia, those 2 I like the least, still far from bad.
So I just can't imagine this movie not being at least "very good". Better than TDK? Who knows, everyone will find out for himself! edit: or herself!
I think it will be pretty good. I am not really digging this whole "We are 99%" message that Catwoman seemed to be giving. Eh, after watching a behind the scene featurette, I am kind of stoked.
its going to be either the best fucking film ever!!!! or the worst fucking film ever!!!!!! that just the way the internet works these days. it won't just be good or ok.
Better than Inception. That doesn't require much though. Hopefully it'll also beat TDK. It won't be better than Begins, since I hate the modern-day Chicago-look the movie has instead of the actually somewhat original Gotham in Begins. But whatever, just let it come and be what it is.
@ VierasTalo I suppose our taste differs by a large degree from your comment but still, let's give it a try: Batman Begins better than TDK? How's that? I don't even like the action in Batman Begins with all that close up camera work where you can't figure shit out. And I just don't see an aspect that's worse in TDK really.
While I do have high hopes, I just don't see Nolan capturing lighting in a bottle for a 2nd time and making this more awesome than The Dark Knight was. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that TDKR will be bad, but I just don't see it surpassing the epic movie that it follows in the franchise.
Really really liked Batman Begins, really really disliked The Dark Knight (I know heresy), haven't liked the stuff I've seen/heard about Dark Knight Rises. Ready to be disappointed, hoping I'm pleasantly surprised.
Either way I'm going to avoid the internet for a week. I can already feel the giant tides of backlash and the opposing tides of fanboyism getting ready to crash and tear us all apart. Plus you have the Avengers lovers, just waiting to jump in the fray. Everything is going to be terrible and angry in a week or so, regardless of the quality of the film, I'm afraid.
I'm thinking and hoping that this film will have a lot more to do with "Batman Begins" than "The Dark Knight", thematically at least. My gut feeling tells me that "The Dark Knight Rises" will be better than TDK, but I'm not sure about topping Batman Begins. (my personal favorite is Batman Begins obviously).
I'm sure I'll like it. A part of me is glad the trilogy is over, I'd rather see a new movie from Christopher Nolan like Prestige or Inception than a 3rd Batman movie.
I'm nowhere near as excited for this movie, mostly because I can't see any villain beating that Joker, in anything.
The trailers are pretty good though. (except the bit at the end that ruins it for me, how the fuck is that tank supposed to have any kind of aerodynamics)
I imagine it will be good, but I can see it falling into the same sort of letdown that we had with Spider Man 3. Namely, a let down from a really classic villain to something that fewer people care about coupled with the general problem of trying to jam way too many new stories and subplots together.
I really hope this film is great, although my expectations have been so high that I will probably be disappointed no matter what, which is really dumb.
@ VierasTalo I suppose our taste differs by a large degree from your comment but still, let's give it a try: Batman Begins better than TDK? How's that? I don't even like the action in Batman Begins with all that close up camera work where you can't figure shit out. And I just don't see an aspect that's worse in TDK really.
Not the guy you were replying to, but I also vastly prefer Batman Begins to TDK. Here's why: (DISCLAIMER: THESE ARE OPINIONS! WHOA!)
Batman Begins captured the brooding and moody atmosphere of Gotham and Batman perfectly. The films focus on fear was spot on for Batman, and the action scenes perfectly reflected Batman "turning fear against those who prey on the fearful." The pacing was tighter, the action though not as much of a spectacle actually made sense. Everything Batman did in BB made perfect sense, they even did a good job explaining why he had "bat ears". The films plot, while less complex, was more focused, direct, and not all over the place like TDK. And I really can't stress enough just how great the pacing was in Batman Begins. Gotham actually felt like Gotham and Batman actually felt and acted like Batman. If you watch the two films back to back it's almost startling how different they feel. In TDK, the moody dark Gotham is completely gone. Batman for some reason no longer uses stealth and fear to fight crime, in favor of just showing up (THEN YOU'RE GONNA LOVE ME). TDK was a fantastic spectacle, but when you watch it a few more times you start to really see through all that. Nearly ever action scene in TDK I queston "why did Bruce do that? That wouldn't actually work. etc.", where as in BB the action makes sense. I don't remember a single scene in TDK where Batman actually uses stealth tactics. In the penthouse party scene, he just shows up. In the nightclub scene he just shows up. The only scene in TDK that made sense for Batman not to use stealth was near the end when he was frantically searching for the Joker. That actually made sense, he didn't have time to do anything intricate.
As long as it's as good as Batman Begins, the last good Batman movie. The Dark Knight was primarily a good Joker movie, set in Chicago masquerading as Gotham City.
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