tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post9111167366730586784..comments2024-03-26T15:35:56.004-04:00Comments on Delta's D&D Hotspot: Dark Knight Rises – 30 CriticismsDeltahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-16382273169921433752018-07-13T15:28:46.491-04:002018-07-13T15:28:46.491-04:00Really liked The Dark Knight Rises, that made the ...Really liked The Dark Knight Rises, that made the last one so much harder to take. So many silly little mistakes. Ruprechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139664977453444000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-90365509956159493592012-08-14T11:48:54.797-04:002012-08-14T11:48:54.797-04:00I totally agree with you 1d30 re "a therapy s...I totally agree with you 1d30 re "a therapy session for people not over 9/11"! The scene in the football stadium really bugged me: it was a blatant excuse to have a small child (how precious!) sing the national anthem (USA! USA!). Ugh. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846561526525849238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-47162760203115408002012-08-14T00:34:05.089-04:002012-08-14T00:34:05.089-04:001d30, GREAT additions, thank you for those! In par...1d30, GREAT additions, thank you for those! In particular, the cheap Occupy/99%-as-villain theme was something that hugely offended my girlfriend. That was one of the items I cut out of my list to make a round 30. Excellent observations.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-9474327374549961082012-08-10T11:49:36.509-04:002012-08-10T11:49:36.509-04:0040: The secret elevator that leads to the nuclear ...40: The secret elevator that leads to the nuclear project. It's "under the river so it can flood" but the elevator goes down about 20 feet. That's IN the river, folks. Also, just how is that supposed to stop a nuclear reaction or prevent people from getting in? We have gear to breathe underwater now, guys. <br /><br /><br />41: Not only how did Batman heal in 3 months, but how did he, with no resources, no passport, get home in a few days?<br /><br /><br />42: Speaking of resources, bankruptcy doesn't work that fast. If all of Wayne's investments dropped to zero value and he went into extreme debt, he wouldn't get a letter demanding payment for like a month after. His utilities wouldn't shut off until his bills went unpaid for a while. Doesn't he have people telling him to diversify his portfolio? Doesn't he have a few million dollars in currency and precious metals somewhere in the Batcave? Doesn't he have a couple other safehouses under other names with self-sufficient bank accounts scattered around the city? Bruce Wayne is bad at being a wealthy socialite. <br /><br /><br />43: Why did Catwoman have to get his prints off his safe? He lives in that wing, his prints are everywhere. Dust the remote for his TV or something. <br /><br /><br />44: Alfred hires a woman who, with a criminal background check aided by facial recognition software, shows up as a huge jewel thief. Alfred doesn't run background checks on people who could easily poison his beloved billionaire's food. <br /><br /><br />45: Not just why did Bane keep the police alive: how is it that NONE of them can escape? And if a few can, there's a route, and they could all escape over time. Bane's men can't watch every thing. <br /><br /><br />46: What was the point of the whole nuclear plot? Bane and friends were all going to die with New Yor-I mean, Gotham. No escape plan? Not working for anybody? Just stupid and crazy?<br /><br /><br />47: Running from the police, Batman enters a random alley and exchanges Batcycle for Batplane. It was just chilling out there? What, was parking cheap in that lot?<br /><br /><br />48: Some guys find the SECRET R&D lab for Wayne Enterprises. They break through various barriers to get under it without tripping any sensors. They blow up the floor and climb up. There's no security, no alarms, no automated defenses. And of course, the keys and all the manuals for the stuff are sitting around. The goons pick up the books and figure out how to drive these things and operate the weapon systems pretty much automatically. And they don't get any Bat-Tech besides the Batmobiles even though this lab was used for everything. <br /><br /><br />49: A home-made jammer can prevent radio communication within a few hundred feet. You don't need to stick it on someone's cell phone to stop it from working. Planting the jammer on the outside of the truck should have been enough. <br /><br /><br />50: Manhattan, and I presume Gotham, contain military armories. The police have armories. The police have weapons in their cars, in their SWAT vans, and they were carrying weapons when they went into the sewers. Why, when they emerge later, are they unarmed? And like you said, really ALL of the police went down? What about the ones guarding prisoners at the station, the ones in dispatch, the ones aboveground coordinating the sewer assault, etc.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-54712955596208194882012-08-10T11:49:07.284-04:002012-08-10T11:49:07.284-04:00I didn't like the movie because it was basical...I didn't like the movie because it was basically a therapy session for people still not over 9/11, like a lot of recent superhero movies. NYC, nuclear terrorism, blatantly Afghani-style bad guys, idolizing the police,truck-based WMDs like the Iraq 2 myths, the imagery of the hangings matching the bridge in Fallujah. It also threw in 99% v. 1% elements with Bane's public speeches, the kangaroo court, catwoman's "storm is coming" speech, the throwing-out of the rich. <br /><br />I'll add a few specific criticisms. <br /><br /><br />31: Why did Batman not shoot down the stolen Batmobiles? Instead he hovered over them, letting them fire his own weapons at him. Then he flew AHEAD of them, entering a better field of fire for the missiles. Catwoman used the Batcycle to blow up a couple Batmobiles. What the heck?<br /><br /><br />32: Batplane has no flares or chaff to deflect the missiles?<br /><br /><br />33: The trucks carrying the nuclear bomb seem impervious to the Batplane's shots, even when the Batplane later blows a hole in a skyscraper to get through. It effectively survives a 2-storey fall. Yet these aren't Bat-trucks, they're just shitty trucks from the docks or something. <br /><br /><br />34: Bane is going to die. I understand Batman is all about nonlethal capture, but honestly, just shoot the guy or use the razors on the outside of the bat-glove or something. <br /><br /><br />35: Bane fights Batman nonlethally the same way Batman would fight him. Why? He's a villain. Just shoot Batman. It's not like the suit is any protection. <br /><br /><br />36: Little girl with her strawberry shortknife stabs Batman through his suit and incapacitates him. What the heck? It could have been nice to include a scene where she sneaks away from their Wayne Manor love-nest and discovers or creates a weak point in the Bat-Suit, but as-is the scene is just stupid. <br /><br /><br />37: Batman has his bionic leg attachment to make it stronger. Why not integrate this in the Bat-Suit? Make everything stronger/faster. It's just short-sighted. Similarly, in the prison pit, how does he walk if he doesn't have his bionic leg?<br /><br /><br />38: Prison chiropractic vertebra thing plus hanging from a rope. It's on the level of making an Iron Man suit out of scrap metal in a cave. <br /><br /><br />39: Walking across the ice. Has nobody ever heard of lying down and sort of swimming across on the ice? Fewer pounds per square inch than walking on your feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-53696958601733016842012-08-02T09:51:40.357-04:002012-08-02T09:51:40.357-04:00Heh. Expecting a movie to get information technolo...Heh. Expecting a movie to get information technology anywhere close to correct is just setting yourself up for disappointment. Yes, the stock exchange raid is absurd, but how else do you dramatize such a thing?<br /><br />I actually enjoyed the movie despite agreeing with some of your criticisms. Particularly, the twist at the end made Bane much less creepy (otherwise, I was pretty happy with his portrayal, despite the lack of explanation for the cool mask).<br /><br />The first fight with Bane I thought was supposed to represent Batman's hubris.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.com