Nolan's Batman 3 Title

[Tribal Warfare]

Batman sequel 'Rises' again

LOS ANGELES - THE next Batman sequel has a title: The Dark Knight Rises. Distributor Warner Bros. confirmed the name for director Christopher Nolan's third adventure about the DC Comics vigilante hero, which follows Batman Begins in 2005 and The Dark Knight in 2008.

The Dark Knight Rises is due in theaters July 20, 2012. Bucking Hollywood's current wave of 3-D movies, Nolan is not planning to shoot the film in 3-D.

Warner Bros had agreed with Nolan's argument that the sequel should resist the 3-D craze, the director told the Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex blog, which first reported the title.

Nolan would not reveal what villain might appear in The Dark Knight Rises, but he said it would not be the Riddler, one of the key bad guys in the comics and past film and TV Batman tales.

Earlier this year, Nolan said he would not resurrect the Joker, the cackling villain played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. Ledger won the supporting-actor Academy Award for the role, a year after he died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. -- AP

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Katie Holmes easily > GYleannaenmaedakl Looks wise

And Katie's no beauty any more, either. But, yeah, she's easily better looking than Skeletor.

[Red Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by frazod

So can Meryl Streep. And she's more attractive than Gyllenhall.

And Jack Nicholson can act circles around Heath Ledger, as long as we're talking acting.

That's what we should be talking about here. This whole thing started because someone couldn't figure out why Nolan replaced Katie Holmes with Maggie Gyllenhaal. And it's because Katie Holmes can't ****ing act. She's so out of her league in Batman Begins it's not even funny.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think Nolan was as concerned with hotness as he was with ability. And Maggie's ability is far and away superior. It was a good casting change, is all I'm saying.

And, yeah, I think over a body of work Jack Nicholson clearly shows he's better than Heath Ledger. But whose Joker do you prefer?

[Huffmeister]

Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn

And, yeah, I think over a body of work Jack Nicholson clearly shows he's better than Heath Ledger. But whose Joker do you prefer?

Not saying that Jack isn't better than Heath, but I've always felt that Jack is way overrated. He plays crazy and over-the-top very well, but outside of that he doesn't have a whole lot of range.

And I do think that Heath's Joker is much better than Jack's. But I think it has more to do with how each role was written and the overall direction and feel of both movies, rather than acting talent.

[DMAC]

Originally Posted by Nucky

Come on now. Just look at her.


The only reason she successfully got into Hollywood is cause of her parents.

What is that....nasal drainage?

[Fish]

Why does she always have that "My face is melting off" look to her?

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn

And, yeah, I think over a body of work Jack Nicholson clearly shows he's better than Heath Ledger. But whose Joker do you prefer?

Nicholson's, by a vast margin.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by frazod

Nicholson's, by a vast margin.

Your words are the reason for the weeping of my heart.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by frazod

Nicholson's, by a vast margin.

Nicholson's was the comic book version of Joker, Ledger's was the Nolan's grounded in reality version. Ledger was ****ing brilliant in TDK. No amount of anti-hype sentiment is ever going to change that.

[Red Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by frazod

Nicholson's, by a vast margin.

Well, to each their own.

I'd be willing to bet that if Heath's overall career would have given Jack's a run for its money too. Heath was just coming into his own. Monster's Ball, Brokeback Mountain, I'm Not There and The Dark Knight are all remarkable performances.

He was a damn fine actor. It bums me out to think of what could have been.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Pants

Nicholson's was the comic book version of Joker, Ledger's was the Nolan's grounded in reality version. Ledger was ****ing brilliant in TDK. No amount of anti-hype sentiment is ever going to change that.

Grounded in reality?

You have actually seen The Dark Knight, right?

[Red Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by Pants

Nicholson's was the comic book version of Joker, Ledger's was the Nolan's grounded in reality version. Ledger was ****ing brilliant in TDK. No amount of anti-hype sentiment is ever going to change that.

Yep.

[Frazod]

You Ledger fanbois are so cute when you get ruffled.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by frazod

Grounded in reality?

You have actually seen The Dark Knight, right?

Yes, I have seen it. Nolan's Batman is infinitely more grounded in reality than the comic books/animated shows/previous theatrical installations. Everything is explained and justified to you. Yes, there are over-the-top action sequences but even those are way more realistic than the majority of the shit you see in the theaters.

It's like comparing Jason Bourne world to James Bond world. Neither are truly grounded in reality, but one is way, way closer.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by frazod

You Ledger fanbois are so cute when you get ruffled.

BUT Y U NO LIKE MAGGIE GYALNAHALLZ?

[Pants]

Originally Posted by frazod

You Ledger fanbois are so cute when you get ruffled.

See, this is what I'm talking about. I'm not even a fan of Heath Ledger's, I'm just able to look at his feat in TDK objectively and realize that holy shit, the actor completely transformed himself and became the character like I haven't really seen before (in my very limited experience).