Yeah, I know I’m a little late gettin’ around to it, but I
figure I’ll throw in my two and a half cents about “The Dark Knight Rises”. First, I have to say that I went into the
theater with the sense that I would not be disappointed with this final
installment of the Nolan trilogy. I just
had a feeling that things from TDK that left me so depressed (for lack of a
better word) would somehow be righted. I
was not wrong…for the most part. I think
that there were a lot of things that were right on the money here. Though I might have gone another way in some
aspects, I believe that there were a lot of visions in TDKR that we saw in “Batman
Begins”. I’m not sure if those bits were
because of more writing contributions by David Goyer or if it was just a
conscious decision from the whole creative team to give the movie that
feeling. Aside from the obvious
connection to BB (I won’t spoil it for the two people who haven’t seen the
flick) there was the same kind of energy that was not (in my opinion) present
in TDK. It’s kinda hard to talk about my
favorite points of the movie without giving away plot. The same goes for the parts that I wasn’t so
jazzed about, but I can say that I think the movie was worth the admission
price and I’ll be glad to add “The Dark Knight Rises” to my Bat-collection.
That being said…I’m ready for the next vision of The Batman
to fill us with delight. I am almost
positive that Nolan will still have his hands in the production or executive
production of the next concept, but I hope that the next creative team gives us
the Batman that gives as good as he gets.
I’m talking about the guy that can go head to head with a “Super” human
and come away with his head up. That’s
the guy I wanna see next. After all,
next summer we get to “believe a man can fly” again. We should be getting ready for a Batman that
can help save a planet from other worldly foes.
That only seems fair. If I wanna
see a realistic super hero, I’ll watch a Norris movie ;-))
As far as “Man of Steel” goes, I like what I’ve seen so
far. I think that the Jor El and
Jonathan Kent teasers were brilliant.
Was it me, or did anyone else get the same visual vibe from those
trailers as from the first “Batman Begins” teaser? Weird…yet hopeful! Let’s all hope that we will see stuff that we
have never seen but have always been waiting for. Horns Up!
BARLOW OUT!!!
