The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 British-American superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the final installment in Nolan's Batman film trilogy, and it is the sequel to Batman Begins (2005) and he Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012). Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with a returning cast of his allies: Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as James Gordon, and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. The film introduces Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), a sly, morally ambiguous cat burglar, and Bane (Tom Hardy), a mercenary bent on destroying Gotham City. Drawn back into action by new threats facing the city, an older Bruce Wayne is forced to come out of retirement and become Batman once again.
Christopher Nolan was initially hesitant about returning to the series for a second time, but agreed to come back after developing a story with his brother and Goyer that he felt would conclude the series on a satisfactory note. Nolan drew inspiration from Bane's comic book debut in the 1993 "Knightfall" storyline, the 1986 series The Dark Knight Returns, and the 1999 storyline "No Man's Land". Filming took place in various locations, including Jodhpur, London, Nottingham, Glasgow, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark, and Pittsburgh. Nolan used IMAX cameras for much of the filming, including the first six minutes of the film, to optimize the quality of the picture. A variation of the Batplane termed "The Bat", an underground prison set, and a new Batcave set were created specifically for the film. As with The Dark Knight, viral marketing campaigns began early during production to help promotion. When filming concluded, Warner Bros. refocused its campaign: developing promotional websites, releasing the first six minutes of the film, screening theatrical trailers, and sending out information regarding the film's plot.
The Dark Knight Rises premiered in New York City on July 16, 2012. The film was released in Australia and New Zealand on July 19, 2012, and in North America and the United Kingdom on July 20, 2012. Upon release it received a positive critical response and grossed over $1.081 billion worldwide. It is currently the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time, the third-highest-grossing film of 2012, and the third-highest-grossing superhero film of all time.
After six years and two films that have pushed Batman ever deeper into the dark, the director Christopher Nolan has completed his postmodern, post-Sept. 11 epic of ambivalent good vs. multidimensional evil with a burst of light. As the title promises, day breaks in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012),” the grave and satisfying finish to Mr. Nolan’s operatic bat-trilogy. His timing couldn’t be better. As the country enters its latest electoral brawl off screen, Batman (Christian Bale) hurtles into a parallel battle that booms with puppet-master anarchy, anti-government rhetoric and soundtrack drums of doom, entering the fray as another lone avenger and emerging as a defender of, well, what? Truth, justice and the American way? No — and not only because that doctrine belongs to Superman, who was bequeathed that weighty motto on the radio in August 1942, eight months after the United States entered World War II and three years after Batman, Bob Kane’s comic creation, hit. Times change; superheroes and villains too. The enemy is now elusive and the home front as divided as the face of Harvey Dent, a Batman foe. The politics of partisanship rule and grass-roots movements have sprung up on the right and the left to occupy streets and legislative seats. It can look ugly, but as they like to say — and Dent says in “The Dark Knight,” the second part of the trilogy — the night is always darkest before the dawn.
“The Dark Knight Rises” by Ivette Fred-Rivera
The film industry, like the city museums, have taken the task of making art in NY to revitalize the city after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. They have succeeded, the city is as vibrant as ever, and this film shows paradoxically its endurance with other attacks that do not destroy Gotham, thanks to Batman, of course! The aerial vehicle of Batman seems an ufo over the city. The camera movements makes it to simulate a bat. Excellent. The sound track too.
Although Bane (Tom Hardy) announced at the beginning that what matters is his plan, it is unclear what the ‘revolutionary’ plan is. Much less is understood that he is a necessary evil. How would a revolution take place when no one knows where is heading? A revolution requires strategist planning, clear strategies, defined purposes. Similarly, many protests end up as parades because at the end of the day nobody knows what the next step is. Meanwhile people get tired in the process.
A pleasure to enjoy such strong chemistry between Bruce (Christian Bale) and Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway). They have to really attract each other! Selina's naked neck is spectacular as shown by Bruce’s mother stolen pearls on her neck. Also, in one scene, Bruce turns his back to Selina, showing his trust, which she honors by not attacking him from behind but disappearing instead.
The film works with the fragility of good over evil in both Bruce Wayne’s as well as police commissioner Gordon’s physical fragilities. The street battles are improbable for our Batman. This theme is dealt brilliantly by Hitchcock’s villains.
Seeing the movie gave me the impression that the author of the massacre in Colorado had seen it earlier because of the strong similitude with the scenes of violence Bane performed on Wall Street and in the crowded stadium.
Gee I thought maybe I just didn't "get" this movies but some of the comments reveal that I got more than I thought of a messy movie. I found it very hard to hear the dialogue over all the background noise and Bain was impossible. I found most of the performances of the lead actors very dispiriting and without effort. In all, a very disappointing waste of 3 hours of my life.
The Dark Knight Rises is Too Big and too messy to rise
How do you top Heath Ledger's "JOKER" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)"? You make a bigger and entirely different movie. At least that's what Chris Nolan thought, but The Dark Knight Rises failed exactly because of that. First, the spectacle is so big I thought I was watching a Michael Bay movie, and second, the plot was so simplistic that it rivals that of other comic book movies from the last couple of years, there is no complexity in the story, it just looks complicated, and the only twist comes at such a climactic moment in the movie that they cancelled each other out, leaving the story in the dust where it belonged in the first place. "The Batman vs Bain 1"; great, brutal! "The Batman vs Bain 2"; disappointing!. I don't know about you but I expect a clean, exciting "rematch" when it comes to brutal fighting (even if it is underground fighting) but Mr. Nolan doesn't understand the concept. All cynicism aside, you have to give Nolan much credit for re-inventing many of the characters and making them interesting, especially Anne Hathaway's Catwoman, without a doubt the most enigmatic presence in the movie. Joseph-Levitt-G is quietly interesting and Bain is what he is a "monster", but with a revolutionary twist. Nolan also brings the same sense of realism he gave The Dark Knight back in '08, so even if you don't see the point of the story, you feel the intensity and anxiety created by all this chaos. The movie is long but it doesn't feel long, so forget the Joker and just watch it for what it is, a "big" entertaining mess.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) Rises marks the end of a cinematic era, but not the end of films about Batman. Now that Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is complete, it’s natural to wonder what comes next for the Caped Crusader. After an appropriate hiatus, Warner Brothers will return to the Batman franchise, but as Darren Franich’s cover gallery illustrates, Nolan’s approach to the final film has made following him increasingly difficult. Let’s put aside the iconic status of the Dark Knight trilogy for a moment and consider how Nolan used the source material to compose these three films.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) Movie Info:
NYT Critics' Pick
Title: The Dark Knight Rises
Running Time: 165 Minutes
Status: Released
Country: United States
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
| AWARDS | 17 |
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| NOMINATIONS | 21 |
| VOTES | 181,487 |
| LANGUAGE | English |
| COUNTRY | USA |
| STORYLINE | The movie opens with Charlie (Logan Lerman) writing a letter to an anonymous pen pal, discussing his upcoming first day in high school... |
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| TITLE | The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
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| ORIGINAL_TITLE | |
| YEAR | 2012 |
| RATING | 8.0 |
| GENRES | Drama Romance |
| DIRECTORS | Stephen Chbosky |
| WRITERS | Stephen Chbosky |
| CAST | Logan Lerman Dylan McDermott Kate Walsh Patrick de Ledebur Johnny Simmons Brian Balzerini Tom Kruszewski Nina Dobrev Nicholas Braun Julia Garner Ezra Miller Tom Savini Emily Marie Callaway Paul Rudd Chelsea T. Zhang Jesse Scheirer Justine Nicole Schaefer Julie Marie Schaefer Emma Watson Melanie Lynskey Leo Miles Farmerie Isabel Muschweck Adam Hagenbuch Mae Whitman Erin Wilhelmi Jordan Paley Reece Thompson Zane Holtz Timothy Breslin Mark McClain Wilson |
| STARS | Logan Lerman Dylan McDermott Kate Walsh Patrick de Ledebur Johnny Simmons |
| PRODUCERS | Gillian Brown Stephen Chbosky Ava Dellaira Chris Gary Lianne Halfon John Malkovich Jim Powers Russell Smith |
| MUSICIANS | Michael Brook |
| CINEMATOGRAPHERS | Andrew Dunn |
| EDITORS | Mary Jo Markey |
| MPAA_RATING | PG-13 |
| RELEASE_DATE | 12 October 2012 |
| TAGLINE | We are infinite. |
| PLOT | An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world. |
| PLOT_KEYWORDS | Friend Mental Illness Best Friend Suicide Introvert |
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