BOT: THE REVISITING -- TOP 25 of 2012 | accursed Nolanites are triumphant again

[Arlborn]

I knew he'd pull that wrong envelope crap.

[Dementeleus]

Okay, finally got all that sorted out. Here we go...

 

#1

The Dark Knight Rises
written by: Jonathan and Christopher Nolan, from a story by Christopher Nolan & David Goyer, based on characters created by Bob Kane (and Bill Finger)
directed by: Christopher Nolan
starring: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway

 



 



Number of first-place votes: 3

IMDB synopsis: Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight, with the help of the enigmatic Selina, is forced from his imposed exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. 

Like THE AVENGERS, I’m not sure what’s left to say about this. For many people, Nolan’s Bat-trilogy stand as the current gold-standard of comic-book movies (though there’s certainly a significant minority that find them too dark, and feel they don’t embrace the essence of comics as fully as some other CBMs). Nolan continued his experiment of shooting a significant amount of the movie on IMAX 15/70 film, as he felt that was the best possible way to view a movie theatrically. 

Inevitably compared with its predecessor, THE DARK KNIGHT (a movie which rapidly reached iconic status among most fans), THE DARK KNIGHT RISES fell a bit short of most people’s expectations, but generally speaking it received a warm reception critically. It, of course, was a monster hit domestically and worldwide, though it failed to reach the heights of some 3-D boosted mega-hits like AVENGERS or AVATAR.

Tomato meter: 87%, 8/10

Academy Awards: 0 wins, 0 nominations

Random critic comment: “The grave and satisfying finish to Mr. Nolan's operatic bat-trilogy.” —Manohla Dargis, New York Times

Random RTM comment: “The Dark Knight Rises is often times quite moving and thrilling, just managing to stick the landing, but it doesn’t appear to have done it with ease. … I wanted to see a conclusion that would end the trilogy on a satisfying note, similar to Return of the King or even Return of the Jedi and that held true.” —@MrPink

[Sam]

9 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:

Wait wait wait....

 

 

 

 

....I think somehow @#ED slipped me the wrong piece of paper. That doesn't have the right info on it.

 

 

 

Hold on.

 

 

 

You're too much, old man. Act your age.

[WrathOfHan]

[Arlborn]

Well done @Tele Came Back, well done. Great trolling skills, I underestimated you.

 

Nice double twist.

 

 

Edited May 13, 2017 by Arlborn

[Chewy]

Quote

The Dark Knight Rises is often times quite moving and thrilling, just managing to stick the landing, but it doesn’t appear to have done it with ease. … I wanted to see a conclusion that would end the trilogy on a satisfying note, similar to Return of the King or even Return of the Jedi and that held true. - @MrPink

 

lmfao a new low for Pink?

[CoolioD1]

that's such a B+ pull quote.

[Dementeleus]

3 minutes ago, rukaio101 said:

 it was all a hallucination born from our dying thoughts and we were slowly bleeding out in a mangled car wreck the entire time. That's this list.

 

I love this description.  

[The Panda]

I vote we thread ban everyone who voted for TDKR from every list or BOFFY thread. It's the only reasonable option.

Edited May 13, 2017 by The Panda

[MrPink]

1 minute ago, Chewy said:

 

lmfao a new low for Pink?

 

I feel embarrassed 

Btw, I put it at #1. 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, The Panda said:

I vote we thread ban everyone who voted for TDKR from every list of BOFFY thread. It's the only reasonable option.

It was towards the bottom of my list  

[Chewy]

TDKR is pretty good tbh, the backlash is just as tedious as the excessive love

[Goffe]

 

Good job fellow Nolanites

Edited May 13, 2017 by Goffe

[CoolioD1]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

It was towards the bottom of my list  

i don't get being mad if it made your list anyway. like it's #21 on my and i'm glad cos it's a good movie! it could've been a bad movie that got there! this is like those people who say shit like "i can't believe this got 93% on RT, it's more of a 78% movie". everyone's liking the same stuff here.

[Jake Gittes]

[Fancyarcher]

1 minute ago, MrPink said:

 

I feel embarrassed 

Btw, I put it at #1. 

 

It was # 2 on my list. Lets be embarrassed together. 

[The Panda]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

It was towards the bottom of my list  

 

Don't even bother giving me a list for your top 100 movies of all time next year.

[MrPink]

Just now, Goffe said:

We did it, we did it again!

 

Good job fellow Nolanites

 

I hate you sometimes Goffe but I love you today

[Dementeleus]

Only 7.5 points separated #3 from #2.

 

LOOPER and ZERO DARK THIRTY actually tied, but ZDT won because it had a first-place vote.

[WrathOfHan]

1 minute ago, The Panda said:

 

Don't even bother giving me a list for your top 100 movies of all time next year.

You made me a sad panda, Panda