Next up is the fandom, in this post on ign.com, the question was asked if our nitpicking every teaser photo will ruin the film. http://comics.ign.com/articles/116/1163584p2.html
Personally I disagree with that idea, what I think will ruin this film is the previous installment, The Dark Knight. The last film was so well done and beloved by all (Heath Ledger won a fucking oscar for a super hero villain, unheard of!) that our comparisons and expectations will be what ruins the film. No matter how wonderful this movie is or the fact that Nolan is still heading it, it may not compare to the last film. In my opinion, Christian Bale is not a very good actor, especially not in this role and what made the last film so amazing was the raw talent of Heath Ledger as the Joker. Without that pure acting ability, the story will have to be amazing to compensate. Not all is lost however, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman are still there and their adding Joseph Gordon-Levitt who I think is a good actor. These role will keep things decent. Overall though, the comparisons the The Dark Knight could also end up ruining this film for a lot of people (although I hope not).
Another thing about this film is the villain choices, neither seemingly as good as The Joker.
First off is Tom Hardy as Bane...
I've heard a lot of people complain about Tom Hardy playing Bane, he's not big enough blahblahblah. I think this is a good choice for actor. However, I think this is a poor choice of villain, and I know I'll probably get Bane fans hating on me and that's fine, but Bane was never my favorite. He's a tactical genius, incredibly strong and the only one to truly harm Batman but overall I feel like there could have been better choices. If they make Bane like Bane is supposed to be (which I assume they will), it could be okay, but if they were to make Bane like they did in Batman & Robin, they might as well stop now. Since Bane is in this film, I would hate to see him become another mindless pawn for another villain. In terms of the looks of Bane, Tom Hardy doesn't look like the biggest Bane (in fact he doesn't even look as big as he was in Bronson) but that's okay, what I don't get is the mask thing, I would have preferred to see them keep the lucha mask. Personally, in terms of a main villain, I would have liked to see Hush or Hugo Strange or Two-Face return, I feel like the character of Two-Face in the last film was not used to it's full potential. It was a bit depressing to see Two-Face as a simple pawn in one of the biggest film plot fuck ups ever (hey, I lost my family so I'm going to let the guy who killed my family use me to try to kill someone who tried to help me!). Oh well, they didn't make Two-Face the mastermind that he is, maybe they'll keep Bane true to his character.
Next is Anne Hathaway as Catwoman...
Once again, not the worst casting (even though I hear people complain), but why Catwoman? It me adding Catwoman is almost as bad as adding Robin. I have no problem with Catwoman or women or anything, it's just that the character always struck me as a bit gimmick-y. I have faith that Nolan will make it worth the while, but I dunno how it'll tie in. Will she be a neutral thief like in the comics? A love interest that ends up becoming a pseudo-hero like the comics? Or just a campy gimmick-y villain like in Batman Returns? We'll have to see.
I also hear Ra's Al Ghul is coming back, not bad but it depends on how they do it and if it adds too much story and ruins the film, This movie could easily be 4 hours long or longer. I dunno, I'm sure it will be great as long as we see it as it is, no comparisons, no fears.
I'm going to keep with the recommendations, for my album is Rejoicing in The Hands by Devendra Banhart, it's a great freak folk album and one of his most accessible. My movie is V for Vendetta, one of the best comic films I've seen, it's follows the book pretty closely but doesn't quite get the level of depth, but what do you expect? It's a movie.
Finally, I've started a youtube channel for stupid semi animation comics called Snotty Caveman, check it out if you dare...
http://www.youtube.com/user/SnottyCaveman
There's a facebook page too!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Snotty-Caveman/153346154733700?ref=ts
Anyway, there you go, have a good day and feel free to comment and tell me I suck or something.
