Watched it at my midnight release. It was awesome.
My only gripe is with the scene where the cops charge Bane's goons while packed into a single, straight street. I literally spoke up and said "What, what the fuck?". Forgivable though, since the intention was for it to be both symbolic and iconic. The start of the scene, with the cops assembling is most definitely evocative.
Also, I agree with Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine being standouts for their performances this movie.
Whenever I see a movie that others haven't I like to bullshit and say it ended with the Earth exploding somehow. We could totally just have a conversation about that and pretend it's a spoiler.
Of course, my favorite spoiler bullshitting moment has to be Avengers, where for weeks I went around telling people that in the end the Hulk punched the Earth so hard it created a new ocean which was dubbed the Hulklantic. He then sailed away on the Hulktanic onto a new island to become King of Hulklantis. What makes this especially funny is that most of the time people never seemed to realize I was joking until halfway to all the way through. Sometimes I had to clarify that it was fake...
edited 18th Jul '12 8:40:45 PM by KnownUnknown
So uh, has there already been a discussion about Rush Limbaugh's conspiracy theory about this movie here?
Anyways, just to carry on with the craziness, what if that incidence was just a ploy to advertise the movie?
With a '0', not an 'O'In response to the whole Rush Limbaugh thing, I give you the best Twitter account ever
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The Bane=Bain Capital meme didn't originate with Rush Limbaugh. It originated with Chris Lahane, Democrat strategist.
As the Friday release date has neared, liberal blogs were the first to connect Batman's toughest foe with Romney's firm. But now even some conservatives, concerned Romney isn't fighting the Bain attacks hard enough, see a similarity in the epic DC Comics fight and the political campaign.
If we're going to criticize Rush Limbaugh, let's at least do it accurately. I'm amazed at all the so called "journalists" out there who credit him for this when he just did his usual schtick and commented on the article linked above. Is five minutes of research too much for them?
Meanwhile, Chuck Dixon's all for the controversy since he created the character. Puts more money in his pocket. Good for him.
edited 19th Jul '12 6:50:27 AM by andersonh1
Uh... you do realize that that guy and other liberals (e.g. John Stewart) were making a rhetorical connection, right?... Limbaugh, on the other hand, initially (before he later tried to retcon it), actually suggested that Bane was named after Bain and was a deliberate Take That! by Nolan.
Really, it's the fault of whoever named Bain Capital for giving their company such a sinister-sounding name.
Hodor^ Though I don't subscribe to the whole "writers are totally incapable of creatively writing a new plot" train of thought, I do agree that Riddler probably wouldn't have been the best main villain.
He probably would've been a great secondary villain though. Before Bane and Catwoman were announced as villains there was the idea being kicked around that Edward Nigma would be a genius police investigator who pulls a Heel–Face Turn in trying discover Batman's identity.

Oh, I get it. We also have a midnight release on the 19th (which I guess leads to the 20th) but I didn't think of other countries that are ahead of us. I hope my friend in Guam didn't post spoilers about the movie on Facebook.