I haven't seen Dark Knight or Dark Knight Rises, but have 2 hours free time tonight

[bearxor]

Not only that but it's worlds better then TDK and should at least be seen before TDKR.

Definitely. I liked TDKR better than TDK, but Begins is basically on a whole different level than either.

 

[gorcorps]

Do NOT watch the 3rd without the 2nd one. period

I also think the 2nd was superior to the 3rd and wonder how anybody can feel otherwise. Really the only thing I didn't like in the 2nd one was Rachel. In the 3rd one I didn't like any part of when Gotham was taken over, or Bane's voice, and felt they did a terrible job pacing the comparatively large amount of time that is supposed to elapse during the 3rd one.

 

[Arkaign]

Do NOT watch the 3rd without the 2nd one. period

I also think the 2nd was superior to the 3rd and wonder how anybody can feel otherwise. Really the only thing I didn't like in the 2nd one was Rachel. In the 3rd one I didn't like any part of when Gotham was taken over, or Bane's voice, and felt they did a terrible job pacing the comparatively large amount of time that is supposed to elapse during the 3rd one.

Yeah I'm a huge fan of Christopher Nolan and Tom Hardy, but the 3rd one really was just average, and a bit too long. Even the action scenes felt clunky and poorly executed without much visceral impact.

 

[foghorn67]

Yeah I'm a huge fan of Christopher Nolan and Tom Hardy, but the 3rd one really was just average, and a bit too long. Even the action scenes felt clunky and poorly executed without much visceral impact.

wat?

 

[badb0y]

TDK was way better than the other 2, I don't know what you guys are smoking.

 

[zinfamous]

Not only that but it's worlds better then TDK and should at least be seen before TDKR.

agreed

Definitely. I liked TDKR better than TDK, but Begins is basically on a whole different level than either.

I dislike TDK for the same reasons that everyone does: the over-drawn mess that was the Harvey Dent storyline, crammed into the plot--but I still prefer it to TDKR. Why? For these types of movies, the villain is everything. That Joker was simply amazing. Bain, on the rare occasions that I could understand wtf he was saying, left me mostly unimpressed.

I'm probably also unique in that I don't think the turn towards ultra realism in these super hero movies is a good thing. In a way--it works with Batman because he never had super power, so I can get that, but I miss the fantasy aspects you tend to expect with these stories and especially the villains.

 

[TehMac]

TDKR is a very different movie from TDK, as it is from Batman Begins.

Definitely engrossed me, and Anne Hathaway is hot...mm mmm

 

[phucheneh]

Definitely. I liked TDKR better than TDK, but Begins is basically on a whole different level than either.

Really? Batman Begins was epic at the time, because no one had done a 'darker' superhero movie like that [that didn't suck ass]. After TDK...it just seemed so...basic. Still great, but so outdone by its successor.

I can see the argument between the latter two films...I think it's just personal preference. I liked the way TDKR progressed. I fuckin' loved Bane, voice and all.

It may have been expectations-related...I generally heard that it was a) unrelentingly dark and b) not as good as the previous film.

But when I saw it, I was baffled by both of those. It was no darker than TDK, and I thought it just had a better flow, with all of the little parts being cool on their own, but coming together to form a great conclusion to the trilogy.

 

[BladeVenom]

Batman Returns, Michelle Pfeiffer is still the best Catwoman.

 

[bearxor]

I dislike TDK for the same reasons that everyone does: the over-drawn mess that was the Harvey Dent storyline, crammed into the plot--but I still prefer it to TDKR. Why? For these types of movies, the villain is everything. That Joker was simply amazing. Bain, on the rare occasions that I could understand wtf he was saying, left me mostly unimpressed.

I can see that, but I think it really just comes down to preference. The Joker seemed a little too over the top for me, but that was also kind of the point of the character.

I think you guys need to understand though, when I'm trying to talk about which of these three movies is the best, it's honestly by pretty slim margins. I prefer the pacing and cinematography, acting, plot and direction of Begins, I prefer the pacing, story line and methodical-ness of Bane in TDKR, but I don't mean to say TDK is a terrible movie by any stretch of the imagination. I think it's a little long and unnecessarily overly complicated plot-wise, but if I were going to rate these from 1 to 10, Begins would get like a 9, TDKR a 8 and TDK a 7.5. I do believe all three are excellent movies.