How would you have changed "The Dark Knight Rises"?

[Bassik]

I would make everything look more cartoony and less serious.

I mean, in the end, it's about a guy who dresses up as a bat to fight crime, at some point it got too serious and silly for me.

 

[rob_simple]

I went into this movie wanting one thing and one thing only. I didn't care about Bane, I didn't care about Catwoman, I didn't care about anything apart from this one thing.

I wanted Bruce Wayne dead. This is the logical conclusion to a gritty real Batman. And the name was perfect.

Bruce Wayne dies, John Blake takes over, and The Dark Knight Rises. Simple.

That was all I wanted. I walked out pissed off. This is the only thing I'd change because it was the only thing I cared about.

So you walked in having completely missed the point of what Nolan had been doing the past two movies and were pissed cause he suddenly didn't throw it all out to cater to you?

Woah.

To be fair, I was hoping that Bruce Wayne was going to die as part of the film, but only because it seemed like the kind of thing Nolan would do to fuck with the audiences and he definitely has the ability to film a scene as powerful as Bane breaking the Bat for good.

As it stands, the only thing I'd have changed about the film is the 'Robin' twist at the end since it seems odd to leave something so open-ended when Nolan has apparently said he is leaving the series as a trilogy.

 

[Tanis]

Kill Bruce.
'Fix' the 'o, your name is Robin' crap.
Get rid of Talia, she was useless.

Explain how you can have your BACK BROKEN and still be fine as long as you're punched REALLY REALLY hard while being forced to stand up.

Seriously?
That whole 'now I break you' think looked completely retarded after Wayne got 'fixed'.

 

[SecondPrize]

I would have quit while I was ahead with the release of the Dark Knight.

 

[Sexy Devil]

To be fair, I was hoping that Bruce Wayne was going to die as part of the film, but only because it seemed like the kind of thing Nolan would do to fuck with the audiences and he definitely has the ability to film a scene as powerful as Bane breaking the Bat for good.

As it stands, the only thing I'd have changed about the film is the 'Robin' twist at the end since it seems odd to leave something so open-ended when Nolan has apparently said he is leaving the series as a trilogy.

Nah, they're not doing anything with John. Believe Warner Bros have said that they're just doing a clean reboot, presumably because they know that nobody they could find is going to be able to do a Batman movie in Nolan's world as well as Nolan.

But yeah he wasn't trying to be open-ended, he was fulfilling the original idea of the Batman as not a man, but an incorruptible and undying symbol. Batman was never originally meant to be synonymous with Bruce Wayne in this trilogy despite Bruce accidentally letting that happen. The idea was that anyone with the will to act can be Batman, and that point would kind of be undermined if Bruce just let Batman "die" when he faked his death. Basically Ra's Al Ghul sums it up.


And it's just occurring to me now what an absurdly intimate knowledge I have of this trilogy. I think I watch these movies too much...

Kill Bruce.
'Fix' the 'o, your name is Robin' crap.
Get rid of Talia, she was useless.

Explain how you can have your BACK BROKEN and still be fine as long as you're punched REALLY REALLY hard while being forced to stand up.

Seriously?
That whole 'now I break you' think looked completely retarded after Wayne got 'fixed'.

His back wasn't outright broken. A vertebrae was dislodged but it wasn't completely broken. The punch was just to get it on its way and then he had to hang there for a long ass time while it reset itself. Not sure how medically legitimate that all is but yeah.

 

[II2]

I'm not really a Batman aficionado, so this might seem ignorant to those invested in aspects of the canon, but the convolutions of the plot regarding the league of shadows and bane's origins and that pit jail kinda weighed down the pacing with layers of exposition.

I realize they were playing with a lot of elements to make it seem like the biggest and most epic sprawl of a batmovie in the trilogy, but... ehh...?

I think it might have been better served with a more focused cat and mouse / move and counter move between batman and bane (and crew) with the police and catwoman running interference. Sorta more akin to how the Dark Knight was mostly spent hunting the Joker and putting out his fires without sorting through so much back ended exposition and expanding cast of characters.

I did enjoy it, though and I'm only nitpicking because that's what this thread is about.

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

I'd make the passage of time a little more clear, and I'd cut the sex with Talia. Come to think of it, I could feasibly axe the entire character.

I'd give a little more depth to Selina Kyle's relationship with her friend. What are they? Are they more than partners in crime? Perhaps sisters? Where did they meet? Did Selina pick her up off the streets, or was it the other way around? I think those questions could have used some answers, or at least have been hinted at a little more.

 

[Jaeke]

*Camera is panned at his face the entire time*
Alfred sits down. He sighs heavily.
He looks at the menu for a few seconds, then begins to take off his glasses. Pinching his fingers on the bridge of his nose, he lowers the menu.

He opens his eyes and catches something in the corner of his eye.

He slowly looks up, locks eyes with his target, and smiles a bit with a gentle nod.

CUT SCENE.

That's it. The movie would have ended so perfect, but you have to pander to your audience...

 

[Erttheking]

I'd think I'd cut out Ras Al Gul's (or however you spell his name) daughter. Really we had Bane and Catwoman, why do we need another villain? I admit to being excited about that twist at first, but only because I had been looking up Batman Arkham City villains I I was almost shouting "I KNOW WHO THAT IS! THAT'S A REAL CHARACTER!" but in hindsight she just came right the fuck out of nowhere. I guess the Venom would be nice too. I still like the movie though, I'm just coming up with complaints because the thread told me to. Though to be fair, it's not the Dark Knight, but then again Ledger set a damn high bar.