The Dark Knight Rises

[Relaxing Dragon]

At this point I'm really going to give Nolan the benefit of the doubt. The biggest mark against this film at the moment seems to be Ledger's untimely demise, and that's ultimately overcomable if you've got a talented guy behind the camera who really knows what he's doing. The biggest reason for third-movie letdowns are because they're rushed out and controlled more by the studios than by the people who made the previous two movies so good (and sometimes those people aren't around at all, and you get stuff like X-Men 3), and that really doesn't seem to be the case here.

Also, I'd like to put The Bourne Ultimatum in the (very tiny) list of great trilogy cappers.

[RoninFox]

The one sign I can see that this might (I emphasize might) suffer from threequelitis is that there are so many new characters being introduced.  It has the challenge in front of it of spreading itself too thin.  Not sure if Nolan can balance things between Bane and Catwoman and a young version of Ras while still going into what's going on with the mob.  I liked the balance between Joker and Two Face in Dark Knight, but in both movies so far Scarecrow was kinda disappointing.

[Darth Geek]

The one sign I can see that this might (I emphasize might) suffer from threequelitis is that there are so many new characters being introduced.  It has the challenge in front of it of spreading itself too thin.  Not sure if Nolan can balance things between Bane and Catwoman and a young version of Ras while still going into what's going on with the mob.  I liked the balance between Joker and Two Face in Dark Knight, but in both movies so far Scarecrow was kinda disappointing.

Agreed. Nolan may be able to juggle many characters better than a lot directors, but it still may feel overly bloated. I still think the creation of Two Face should have been the end of The Dark Knight and he should have been a villain in the next movie.

[Doctor Who?]

Well I liked the Return of the King so i am hoping this will be as good as The return of the King.  If anyone can do it Nolan can.

[Watchman]

The one sign I can see that this might (I emphasize might) suffer from threequelitis is that there are so many new characters being introduced.  It has the challenge in front of it of spreading itself too thin.  Not sure if Nolan can balance things between Bane and Catwoman and a young version of Ras while still going into what's going on with the mob.

Yeah, I've gotten a similar impression from all these new characters being thrown in (the "Inception cast reunion" if you will). Also, I've never found female characters to be Nolan's strongest point. I wonder if a female villain will be more or less bitchy than Rachel Dawes was.

I'd rather just see more Scarecrow.

Agreed. Nolan may be able to juggle many characters better than a lot directors, but it still may feel overly bloated. I still think the creation of Two Face should have been the end of The Dark Knight and he should have been a villain in the next movie.

TDK would probably have been better if the film ended on a "where's Harvey?" cliffhanger. (As in Harvey Dent, not Harvey the rabbit.)

[ScottotD]

As I've said many times, Nolan could announce the villians as The Bookworm and King Tut and Betty White playing Robin and I'd still be looking forward to it and have faith I'd enjoy it.

[Hebs]

As I've said many times, Nolan could announce the villians as The Bookworm and King Tut and Betty White playing Robin and I'd still be looking forward to it and have faith I'd enjoy it.

This just in, new villain announced:

[Johnny Unusual]

As I've said many times, Nolan could announce the villians as The Bookworm and King Tut and Betty White playing Robin and I'd still be looking forward to it and have faith I'd enjoy it.

This just in, new villain announced:

Finally a role for Karl Rove.

[Kete]

Finally a role for Karl Rove.

I think you mean Karl Roe!  Oh, I love egg jokes!

[Kete]

He had an idea for one, but he wanted it to incubate a little longer.

[daltysmilth]

Egg puns?  You guys can all go to shell.

[Doctor Who?]

Do I have to get out my mega slapper that can slap ten people at once to stop these puns?

[RoninFox]

You can't slap that many people, stop eggsagerating.

[Doctor Who?]

*slap**slap**slap**slap**slap**slap**slap**slap**slap**slap*

[daltysmilth]

Slapping?  Really?  Shouldn't you be BEATING us?