Dark Knight Rises ****POSSIBLE SPOILERS****

**cnnc97** · 07-30-2012, 11:53 AM

I am not real big on the super hero movies, but I took the boy to see TDKR yesterday. I thought it was pretty good, I did think it was a little long though. I'm not sure what could have been cut, but 2:45 is pretty long to me.

**Drybonz** · 07-30-2012, 12:12 PM

It seemed to be pretty much set up for a sequel, with or without a new actor for Batman.

On a side note, I was disappointed with their selection of villian, but thought Tom Hardy made him a pretty interesting character. Anybody see Bronson?

**oc_in_fw** · 07-30-2012, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by Drybonz

It seemed to be pretty much set up for a sequel, with or without a new actor for Batman.

On a side note, I was disappointed with their selection of villian, but thought Tom Hardy made him a pretty interesting character. Anybody see Bronson?

Did they remake Bronson now?

On edit: answered my own question. I was thinking "Then Came Bronson"

**blary54** · 07-30-2012, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by Drybonz

It seemed to be pretty much set up for a sequel, with or without a new actor for Batman.

On a side note, I was disappointed with their selection of villian, but thought Tom Hardy made him a pretty interesting character. Anybody see Bronson?

Bane was the only villain Batman couldn't physically overpower and in the comic books broke Batmans back and made him a paraplegic. I think it was a great choice for a final villain. I think Tom Hardy did a good job but was kinda hard to understand sometimes. Definitely not as good a Legers Joker but overall very good.

**cnnc97** · 07-31-2012, 05:38 AM

I found Bane a little hard to understand at times too. I was pretty surprised when I looked up the actor and recognized him from Band of Brothers. He was huge in this movie, I don't recall him being very muscular in BoB.

**xillion** · 07-31-2012, 10:06 AM

Tom Hardy, Bane, really bulked up for his role in Warrior. I'm not sure if he filmed TDKR at the same time or after Warrior.

Here is a before and after picture.

Click image for larger version.

Name: tom-hardy-myspace-before-warrior-after.jpg
Views: 32
Size: 56.0 KB
ID: 261737

**jmorris** · 07-31-2012, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by blary54

Bane was the only villain Batman couldn't physically overpower and in the comic books broke Batmans back and made him a paraplegic. I think it was a great choice for a final villain. I think Tom Hardy did a good job but was kinda hard to understand sometimes. Definitely not as good a Legers Joker but overall very good.

Clayface is another villain that Batman can not beat in hand to hand combat.

**Drybonz** · 08-02-2012, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by blary54

Bane was the only villain Batman couldn't physically overpower and in the comic books broke Batmans back and made him a paraplegic. I think it was a great choice for a final villain.

Yeah, I'm a comic reader, so I am familiar with the character (although I wouldn't say he was the first villain Batman couldn't physically overpower, as there have been many). My thoughts were that he was the first "non-classic" villain that they used, and that I enjoyed their re-imaginations of the classic villains, and I wish they had used another. It still turned out better than I had expected.

@oc_in_fw- Yeah, the Bronson movie I'm thinking of has Tom Hardy playing Charlie Bronson, the notorious British inmate.