at this point, i dont really watch the movies for batman, but for the villains

1/26/2011 9:36:13 AM

^agreed. and actually, this is the best way for me to explain why BB was shit compared to TDK.

Who dresses up as Ra's al Ghul? Or has a poster of Ra's al Ghul? Or quotes Ra's al Ghul? Or speculates about Ra's al Ghul's return in a sequel?

1/26/2011 11:17:43 AM

^ if anything i would think they would go as scarecrow from the first

1/26/2011 11:23:45 AM

Neeson helped make Nolan's point that this reboot was going to be more realistic and gritty than the whole Clooney/Kilmer shenanigans. Having Al Ghul instead of some more fantastic villain like The Penguin or Riddler helped establish that early on.

1/26/2011 11:56:42 AM

You know, I really wish that my job for about 6 to 8 months was solely to get big, and that's it.

That would be fun b/c i love exercise and working out, but that kind of dedication is hard to pull off when you have a job.

1/26/2011 2:36:44 PM

I've always wanted to do acting for the exact opposite reason: namely getting fat. I'd love to just put on 50 pounds by eating icecream 8 times a day and then when someone says "Damn, Mr. Joshua, you've really let yourself go" I could say "FUCK YOU. IT'S FOR MY CRAFT. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THIS OUT OF SHAPE"

1/26/2011 2:46:16 PM

only if i can afford to have someone kick my ass to get me back into shape. also doesn't hurt to get 10 million dollar bucks to get fat

1/26/2011 4:44:20 PM

I read somewhere that Ryan Gosling auditioned for the part of the dad in The Lovely Bones, and had imagined him while reading the book as a heavier set man. So he drank melted Haagen-Daz ice cream until he gained like 50 pounds, and then Peter Jackson saw him and was all "Umm, nope."

1/26/2011 5:25:53 PM

Quote :

"Neeson helped make Nolan's point that this reboot was going to be more realistic and gritty than the whole Clooney/Kilmer shenanigans. Having Al Ghul instead of some more fantastic villain like The Penguin or Riddler helped establish that early on."

That's all well and good and I appreciate the realism, but TDK proves you can do realism and not having boring ass villains.

1/27/2011 9:35:21 AM

raz is integral to batman

i was happy they put the character in a movie

1/27/2011 9:57:55 AM

Quote :

"I've always wanted to do acting for the exact opposite reason: namely getting fat. I'd love to just put on 50 pounds by eating icecream 8 times a day and then when someone says "Damn, Mr. Joshua, you've really let yourself go" I could say "FUCK YOU. IT'S FOR MY CRAFT. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THIS OUT OF SHAPE""

Pretty sure Matt Damon had to do something similar to this for his role in "The Informant!"

Which was actually a pretty under-rated movie.

1/27/2011 10:30:59 AM

Russell Crowe got fat as shit for Body of Lies, but it made little sense in the context of the movie. He was a CIA agent, but just stayed at home the whole time talking on the phone while Leo did all the stunts. Whether he was of normal weight or obese had little bearing on how his character was perceived.

1/27/2011 10:38:08 AM

1/27/2011 10:53:17 AM

Has any actor made as many transformations as Christian Bale?

Machinist to Batman Begins
Rescue Dawn to The Dark Knight
The Fighter to The Dark Knight Rises

Can't be healthy

[Edited on January 27, 2011 at 9:39 PM. Reason : asdfasd]

1/27/2011 9:38:47 PM

Quote :

"Russell Crowe got fat as shit for Body of Lies, but it made little sense in the context of the movie. He was a CIA agent, but just stayed at home the whole time talking on the phone while Leo did all the stunts."

He also got fat as shit for The Insider, but then was diesel for Gladiator.

Of course, he didn't have to be obese for that one either. Maybe he just likes excuses to get fat.

1/27/2011 10:11:25 PM

This is badass ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMGZmOj8Zs

1/27/2011 10:27:44 PM

Jon favreau does it to. Goes from built as shit to fat pretty quickly. There doesn't appear to be any middle ground.

1/28/2011 12:14:56 AM

^^badass because Bronson is badass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XzmR6Pmmgw

also love this interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RstefCPs3kU

[Edited on January 28, 2011 at 6:49 AM. Reason : asfasdfsd]

1/28/2011 6:46:17 AM

http://batman-news.com/2011/01/31/wally-pfister-on-anne-hathaway-the-dark-knight-rises-shooting-locations-more/

Quote :

"Pfister has read the script and said it surpasses The Dark Knight with The Dark Knight Rises making it "the perfect trilogy.""

[Edited on January 31, 2011 at 5:23 PM. Reason : ]

1/31/2011 5:23:11 PM

^^

Those are awesome clips. I really need to get around to watching Bronson.

Also, I think I have a man crush on Tom Hardy...

1/31/2011 6:30:39 PM

The guy has definitely bulked up since Layer Cake and ST: Nemesis.

1/31/2011 6:49:24 PM

Joseph Gordon Levitt and Marion Cotillard joining the cast, apparently.

2/14/2011 12:35:21 PM

Quote :

"The latest rumor for which role Gordon-Levitt is playing: the gangster Alberto Falcone, the son of Tom Wilkinson's Batman Begins villain Carmine Falcone. Obviously, this is all just rumor and speculation, but the younger Falcone was a major player in the Long Halloween storyline, which Nolan has previously made extensive use of in the movies. And, if nothing else, Alberto Falcone is infinitely more believable than the other two apparent choices, Robin or the Riddler. So yeah...don't believe this just yet, but this certainly wouldn't surprise me. "

2/14/2011 1:31:02 PM

Quote :

"Marion Cotillard"

Sweet. Love her.

2/14/2011 4:30:58 PM

The Dark Knight II: Inception

2/14/2011 4:36:06 PM

I think you mean Inception 2: The Dark Knight Rises.

At the end of the movie, Bruce Wayne wakes up from his elaborate 'Batman' dream and decides to disband Wayne Enterprises.

2/14/2011 5:08:24 PM

The Prestige 2: The Dark Knight Rises

We learn how Bruce Wayne is able to lead his double life: he has an identical twin who fights crime.

2/14/2011 6:44:00 PM

http://inception.davepedu.com/noflash.html

2/14/2011 8:40:03 PM

Has Cotillard played anything other than crazy? She just gives off a very unstable vibe. I guess she could be a good Harley Quinn or something like that.

2/14/2011 9:10:40 PM

she was rather normal in Public Enemies

2/14/2011 9:23:49 PM

Joseph Gordon-Levitt confirmed.

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Wolvie09/news/?a=32181

3/20/2011 6:27:27 PM

Article says it was "confirmed" that he's playing The Holiday Killer.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Gordon-Levitt-Batman-1030931.aspx

3/20/2011 8:15:18 PM

The Holiday Killer and Catwoman? Odd

Quote :

"The true identity of the killer is never definitively revealed in the story itself; both Alberto Falcone and Gilda Dent admit to being Holiday, with Gilda claiming she committed the first three murders and that someone else (she believes her husband Harvey) took over from there. "

Having Harvey Dent's wife go crazy could be fun...but was he married in the movie? I don't remember talk about a wife

[Edited on March 21, 2011 at 8:34 AM. Reason : lkj]

3/21/2011 8:33:02 AM

Quote :

"but was he married in the movie?"

do you not remember the inexplicable love triangle between him, wayne and maggie gyllenhaal

3/21/2011 8:57:39 AM

Ah, no, I didn't

Maybe he just had low morals

[Edited on March 21, 2011 at 9:14 AM. Reason : that would make it even odder for him to go after Maggie]

3/21/2011 9:14:17 AM

no way they'd give him some low-rent ho wife when they made such a big deal about him being gotham's white knight.

3/21/2011 11:44:23 AM

JGL is not playing Holiday.
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/21/joseph-gordon-levitt-dark-knight-rises/

3/21/2011 7:14:34 PM

Joker.

3/21/2011 7:18:14 PM

'Dark Knight Rises' Taking Batman to India
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2011/04/dark-knight-rises-taking-batman-to-india.php

4/27/2011 3:44:37 PM

seems like theres going to be way too much shit going on in this movie. it's either going to be 3 hours plus, some of the characters aren't going to have much in the way of story, or nolans lying that this is his last movie.

4/28/2011 4:58:29 PM

Christian Bale is just naturally a skinny guy. Given the right training, it is easier for skinny people to bulk up quickly and then lose it rather than heavy people doing the opposite.

4/29/2011 1:20:05 AM

Ra's Al Ghul's Lazarus Pit? Mo'fuckin' Ra's Al Ghul's Lazarus Pit!

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=77280

5/6/2011 5:15:36 PM

Wait, I thought that he died already.

5/8/2011 12:05:49 AM

don't call it a flashback

5/8/2011 1:23:05 AM

Maybe they explain the effectiveness of the lazarus pit and its ability to bring al guhl back from near death (or death even). Then, Liam comes back as the older al guhl and kicks ass.

5/8/2011 7:59:10 PM

Hmmm. I just assumed that the new Batman was a bit more grounded in reality, in that Ra's Al Ghul "lived" on through all those generations because it was more a title that was passed from person to person in Nolan's Batman. Kinda like the Dread Pirate Roberts.

So they're going mystical pool angle huh? That's a shame.

[Edited on May 8, 2011 at 9:54 PM. Reason : -]

5/8/2011 9:54:02 PM

Maybe its a hole for lava.

Or snakes, why does it always have to be snakes?

It could be that it is explaining the pool as a myth or legend that they never found. Just explaining someones background.

5/9/2011 4:05:42 AM

I really don't want this series to take a more comic book turn. I like the reality its been grounded in.

5/9/2011 7:58:45 AM

i have learned to not second guess Christopher Nolan.

5/9/2011 8:33:21 AM

god i hate all you "realism" fucks

5/9/2011 8:53:41 AM