Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises
Plot
-After taking the heat for crimes committed by Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, Batman's reputation is now in ruins. Because of this, he feels he has to aid Gotham City in any way to help battle crime. But he gets a chance to be hero once more when a powerful new criminal named Bane hits the streets. He aims to expose who Harvey Dent really was. Since now Bruce Wayne is almost a recluse who hardly leaves his manor, this brings him out of retirement








Cast
-Christian Bale: Bruce Wayne
-Gary Oldman: Commissioner Gordon
-Tom Hardy: Bane
-Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Blake
-Anne Hathaway: Selina Kyle
-Marion Cotillard: Miranda
-Morgan Freeman: Lucius Fox
-Michael Caine: Alfred Pennyworth
-Alon Aboutboul: Dr. Pavel
-Ben Mendelsohn: Daggett
-Burn Gorman: Stryver
-Daniel Sunjata: Capt. Jones

Did You Know?
-Cillian Murphy, who is playing the sentencing judge, is wearing a heavily tattered coat that looks like it has straw coming out. This is a nod to his alter ego, The Scarecrow
-Bane has a triangle shaped scar on the side of his head, which is visible during the stock exchange scene. Miranda Tate has the same scar on her back, visible during the love scene with Bruce. This hints at her membership with the League of Shadows
-The only Batman movie where Jim Gordon learns who Batman really is
-During filming, Tom Hardy, who plays Bane, had several very large tattoos on his arms and chest that had to be covered up
-Christopher Nolan has masks everywhere in the movie. Miranda hosts a masquerade party, Bane, Batman and Catwoman wear masks, Bruce has African tribal masks in his home.
-On July 20, 2012, at the midnight screening of the movie, a man entered the theatre and opened fire. He killed 12 people and injured over 58. After the incident, several cast members, including Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman released statements expressing their condolences
-Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway)'s relationship with her accomplice (Juno Temple) mirrors the relationship between Kyle and Holly Robinson in the comic Batman: Year One. In the story, they were prostitutes. It was even suggested that it might have been a lesbian relationship
-Tom Hardy, who is 5'10'', had to wear 3'' lifts to make him taller than Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine
-At 165 minutes, this is the longest Batman film that has been released and that Christopher Nolan ever directed

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