01-18-2013, 08:43 AM
Everything added to Watchmen which wasn't in the original. just messed it up. It would have been better to try and preserve the "this is how people thought" in he past instead of introducing new themes to make it relevant to today's audience, failing, and hurting the story in the process. New ideas can work, but not in this case. Kick-Ass is such an example where the movie is probably better than the original because it gives characters a much needed motive beyond "I am mental."
I think people who know nothing about Batman will think Rises is great. I liked Begins, thought Dark Knight was awesome, but Rises was hugely disappointing. Batman would never just 'hang up his cape' and in the previous film it was established that Bruce Wayne was the mask, not Batman yet now it has switched back with no effort for a woman he just trusts for no good reason.
The Dark Knight Returns (graphic novel, though the first half has been released as an animated movie now) is just such a better 'this is how Batman ends' story that it eclipses Rises in every possible way.
Also Bane is just terrible in Rises. The whole muffled voice is just so stupid that it's hard to take him seriously and I just want to laugh every time he says anything.
I think people who know nothing about Batman will think Rises is great. I liked Begins, thought Dark Knight was awesome, but Rises was hugely disappointing. Batman would never just 'hang up his cape' and in the previous film it was established that Bruce Wayne was the mask, not Batman yet now it has switched back with no effort for a woman he just trusts for no good reason.
The Dark Knight Returns (graphic novel, though the first half has been released as an animated movie now) is just such a better 'this is how Batman ends' story that it eclipses Rises in every possible way.
Also Bane is just terrible in Rises. The whole muffled voice is just so stupid that it's hard to take him seriously and I just want to laugh every time he says anything.