[SPOILERS] The Dark Knight Rises (1.0)

The cinema I'm going to has IMAX, not lieMAX. If I see TDKR a second time, I'll try to see it in IMAX. Before I go, I will take Flomax.

Well, I'm looking at the soundtrack situation, and it looks like it will be a pain in the ass to get every track because of exclusive bonus ones, etc. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Hate that shit.

I understand.

The situation with the soundtrack is frustrating. But I bet ya after the initial push, they release a comprehensive 2-CD set, like they did with THE DARK KNIGHT. So if you're willing to wait, I bet you'll get a full release in time.

It's just like what they did with TRON: LEGACY. Almost encouraging bootlegs.

Maybe we listened to different scores, because I couldn't find much to enjoy.

Doesn't even come close to TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, in my opinion.

They're very different scores in style, obviously. I'll say it helps having an appreciation for the tradition that Hans Zimmer fits in (Carlos, Carpenter, Goblin, Moroder, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Toto, Jarre etc.) where the orchestration (if any) is mainly a compliment to the electronics, not the other way round, and where the harmonic vocabulary owes a lot to 19th century opera, with a dose of 20th century minimalism (Reich, Feldman, Glass, Gorecki). I'm just saying THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is one of the very blockbuster scores in recent years that I keep finding myself listening to again and again. And this is coming from a guy who thought the soundtrack for the THE DARK KNIGHT was monotonous shit.

There's a strong Goldsmith influence, which is where I see the influence from those two Williams tracks as coming form (THE LOST WORLD main theme is another, plus BLACK SUNDAY). Goldsmith used a lot of irregular (unstable) meters, such as 5/4, 7/4, 3/8. The Bane theme is in 5/4, like the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and HALLOWEEN themes. Bat-a-ra Bat-a-ra Di-shi Di-shi etc.

My favourites from TDKR are probably "On Thin Ice," "Gotham's Reckoning", "The Fire Rises", "Why Do We Fall?", "The Shadows Betray You", and "Imagine The Fire."



Rousing stuff.

Warner is stamping out those YouTube videos like a champion whack-a-mole player.

"Jett" from BOF deep throats Nolan: http://www.batman-on-film.com/TDKRises_review_byJett_7-16-12.html

Richard Corliss' review in TIME. (some minor spoilers)

http://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/16/times-review-of-the-dark-knight-rises-to-the-depths-to-the-heights/

He says...

Quote :

The Avengers is kid stuff compared with this meditation on mortal loss and heroic frailty.

A couple more reviews from the more mainstream critics...

Travers (from Rolling Stone) gives a very positive review, but blasts the film's "reactionary politics".

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-dark-knight-rises-20120716


Justin Chang (Variety) also rates it highly, although remarks that Bane isn't quite on the same level as Joker and the film, in general, never quite matches it's predecessor.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947904/

I continue to use 'epic' more than is deemed safe on this forum. Disastrous form that has gathered momentum from living in Maida Vale at university.

As for the soundtrack, I'm resisiting these videos posted. Dare I say, like Revenge of the Sith I'd wait until watching the film before listening properly to the soundtrack. Oddly, if I recall, I brought the ROTS soundtrack before watching the film yet...anyway, as far as the Dark Knight OST goes I continue to prefer "Like a Dog Chasing Cars". Seriously, why so serious?

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=92575

President God's bored of this shit.

Ha @ Tux's BaleJesus avatar.

I actually caught that on TV and was flabbergasted. It even had Shmi Skywalker as Mary.