…and why that’s a good thing!
Something strange happened to me the other day when, in a moment of frustration, I had to stop and say to myself “I really need to stop worrying about whether “The Dark Knight Rises” is going to be good, and start worrying about whether the rest of my life is going to be good!”
There’s just something about Batman.
He’s No.1, topping every superhero character list going and therefore, we want our Batman films to be the best too, held to the highest standard that quite honestly wasn’t what was delivered in the 90′s. As such, anticipation for “The Dark Knight Rises” is jacked. Oh, and to make things worse; it’s the sequel to another sequel that not only met its high expectations but surpassed them with flying colours.
The hype is piling up so tall that it’s tipped over completely. Now it seems that most people’s number one expectation for The Dark Knight Rises is for it NOT to meet their expectations. With “The Avengers” breaking the box office like an Asgardian rag-doll, the backlash has started before the film is even released. Not that Warner Bros. should be worrying. It’s is going to make some serious bank. Like its besieged Wall Street location, it’s too big to fail.
But quality matters to us Bat-fans, and so here I humbly present 5 ways that “The Dark Knight Rises” will happily defy your expectations…
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9 Comments
Why is Batman always standing on Police cars?
What are you dense? Are you retarded or something? Why do you think he stands on top of police cars, man? He’s the GODDAMN BATMAN!!! Sorry, just had to get that out….
…because you touch yourself at night…j/k
In all seriousness, he’s “always” standing on police cars either so that he can get a better view of the immediate area (he learned to mind his surroundings) and/or to take higher ground to give himself a tactical advantage so he doesn’t have clowns to the left of him and jokers to the right, amidst crowd of baddies.
In any case, police cruisers are likely the most abundant vehicles around, if not the *only* vehicles.
Very well written article! You really touched base on everything that I personally have been hoping for from the film. You just earned yourself a fan!
Joss Whedon Batman sounds awful!!
I think Bane will probably METAPHORICALLY break the Batman. Also, the phrase “the first 20 minutes of The Dark knight rises is Catwoman’s pencil trick” just sounds wrong :/
Never been to this site before but I must say well done!
Good point about going back to the beginning. I think that is precisely what Nolan is doing as one of the wallpapers for rises has the words “why do we fall?” written on it. This ties in to the beginning when Alfred repeats this a couple of times in batman begins.
Such an awesome article. Even got goosebumps at some parts! Cannot wait for the Dark Knight rises!