Batman: Part III -- directed by Christopher Nolan -- July 20, 2012 - Page 3

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Originally Posted by Russell G 

Bane is a lame-o villian.  I mean in the comics where he had his big moment, he wasn't all that great.  The way Nolan has created a "real world" Batman, I'm not sure how I see Bane fitting into it.

That's what I was thinking at first too but my guess is that Bane will be more like a real world guy who is strong enough to physically best Batman rather than having super juice to make him strong (or whatever the character's comic book backstory is) and hopefully the Mexican wrestler mask is dropped.

@ Josh post. Hathaway in tight leather... um... yea boner for sure.

Bane is a suprise to me. I thought it would be Hugo Strange or Black Mask.

I'm fully behind this casting choice:

I'm not worried.  I have faith in Nolan executing an interesting take on Bane & even more so with the Selena Kyle character, which I've always thought would work well in Nolan's films. 

Is Nolan trying to prove that he can take anything that Schumacher/Burton got shit for, and make people eat it up? I hope so.

Bane can be a great character in the comics. When done right, he's as smart as Batman. I'm sure his character is going to be heavily modified. My guess is he'll become some kind of drugged-up, corrupt cop who has a personal vendetta against Batman.

Bane will fit right in with the realism that Nolan wants, and he's not some half-wit. He's pretty intelligent. I expect some Bronson-level acting and physicality from Hardy. I mean, who'd have thought Two Face would've actually worked in a Nolan Batman film?

I am a little disappointed with the chosen villains for this film.

Given Nolan's past in regards to his "mind thrillers" (Memento, Prestige, and Inception), I always felt that he and his brother could write a fantastic story using the Riddler as the villain.  Hopefully Nolan will do a fourth using that concept.

I always envisioned a story in which Batman is attempting to turn his perception around (Batman became the villain), but is up against someone who absolutely wants to destroy Batman's image permanently leaving Batman to use his "detective" skills to take down the Riddler.

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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun 

I'm fully behind this casting choice:

 

Well, that's a good start.

Hmmm who's playing Mr. Freeze? Liam Neeson? So many supervillains to choose from and we're getting Bane and Catwoman again?

I must admit I never saw Anne "Princess Diaries" Hathaway as particularly sexy or beautiful. And she would never have made my top 10 Catwoman shortlist. She looks good in those photos though. :)

What in Christopher Nolan's file résumé makes people think that he's going to any lecherous shots of Anne Hathaway, or feature any kind of adolescent pandering?  I don't remember anything like that in The Following, Memento, Insomnia, The Prestige, Inception, or Nolan's other Batman movies.  Okay, when Batman carries Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins, it's a little suggestive.  But that's it.  We're not talking about Michael Bay here.

The Bane character from Knightfall (without the sci-fi drug elements and the back-breaking) would be just fine in Nolan's continuity: a genius who can also impose his physical will on the Batman.

As for Catwoman - I tend to agree that she will not be in a "catsuit". I tend to think Nolan will make her a masked thief in a black outfit (think To Catch a Thief) who gets the "cat burglar" label applied to her by the press.

To not have Catwoman in a cat suit with at least one cat in her apartment is the same thing as not having a Bat symbol on Batman or skipping the cape on Superman.  Might as will create a new character if you're not going to do it. 

Well, if IGN's plot rumor holds any water, you may get your wish after all, Russell.

The rumored Hugo Strange would've been cool and I was also one those expecting a "Riddler-esque" villain, but I'm fine with whatever characters fit the story the Nolan Brothers want to tell. I'm okay with Bane and l'm anxious to see Nolan's take on Catwoman.

I seems JGL will be in DKR and theres more here from the cinematographer who was asked to watch BB and TDK back to back then read the new script.....

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/19313/gordon-levitt-in-pfister-talks-knight-rises-

This is a very interesting article on how racially diverse Nolan's Batman films are compared to the vast majority of comic book-based movies:

http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/features/why-the-controversy-over-banes-casting-is-misplaced.php#more-58617

The genesis of the article was all the fanboy bitching about Tom Hardy being cast, Bane's ethnicity being in question.

Am I the only one who thinks that Robin needs to be included? You cannot have a Batman without a Robin, in my book anyway. Any word if will see Robin in this film?

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Originally Posted by Ron-P 

Am I the only one who thinks that Robin needs to be included? You cannot have a Batman without a Robin, in my book anyway. Any word if will see Robin in this film?

Nolan said long ago that Robin will never be a part of these films. Bale also said the same thing. Neither are fans of the character, and it wouldn't make any sense anyway, given the timeline since these films are about the beginnings of Batman's existence.

I'm in the opposite position, in that you cannot have a Batman WITH Robin, at least in these films. Schumacher's films sure, but not these. Never.

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Originally Posted by Ron-P 

Am I the only one who thinks that Robin needs to be included? You cannot have a Batman without a Robin, in my book anyway.

Just looking at the two movies that he has made, I don't see how Robin could fit into Nolan's Batman movies. Robin brings some levity to Batman and levity doesn't seem to be something that Nolan has any interest in putting into a Batman movie.

This is the only comic book movie I'm looking forward too.  Besides TDK the only other I can remember enjoying as of late was IM 2, but that wasn't great.  After Wolverine I'm convinced that Fox/Marvel can't make decent movies anymore.  To go from the early Xmen movies to that was a huge disappointing step down. 

Im looking foward to a few, or at least being open minded about the potential.

Vaughns Xmen First Class has me a bit excited. FOX is staying out of thei way and the creative team seems to have total control.

Im interested to see what Brannagh does with Thor.

Joe Johnstons The Rocketeer still ranks up there pretty highly with me, so Im hoping Captain America wont disappoint. He seems like the right person for that job.

The Wolverine will be directed by D Aronofsky based on a script by Chris McQuarrie. I still cant believe this one is happening.

What I dont have any real interest in is the Spiderman reboot. Green Lantern, Superman and Conan, we'll have to wait and see.

Robin could be made to work and doesn't need to bring any levity.  Dick's parents were killed like Bruce's, so I could see a scenario where he is taking the opposite path and becoming a criminal, and instead of dealing with him harshly as he might, Bruce sees himself in Dick and decides to intervene and channel him in the opposite direction.  I'm certain it won't happen, but there are ways.

Nolan's Batman would seem to fit better with the little known villians like Zazzz, or Killer Croc, How about Mudslide, lets have some villians we have not seen before. Bane, to me, was always a Character that was created to do one thing, break Batman's Back, therefore leaving others to pick up his mantel, he's not much beyond that.

Ive seen some Robin designs Ive liked from recent years.

You could also just jump right to Nightwing, though 99% of the audience doesn't know what that is.

Marion Cotillard in the cast, perhaps?

http://www.slashfilm.com/french-newspaper-reports-marion-cotillard-cast-the-dark-knight-rises/#

^ Maybe Inception was a Batman movie after all.

A July release date?  Good--shouldn't compete with the new Star Trek, due last I heard in May.