Happy New Year everyone! Yes, it's time for the obligatory "Best of 2012 Top Ten List". So in no particular order:
The 2012 Best In Badass
1) Haywire - MMA star Gina Carano makes her film debut kicking all sorts of ass in this much maligned spy flick.
2) The Raid: Redemption / Dredd 3D - These two films are ranked together because they are so similar. The difference is that the violence in The Raid is brutal, quick, and dirty. In Dredd 3D, it is almost beautiful and operatic in order to take advantage of the 3D bullet time effects.
3) The Cabin In The Woods - This is the horror movie that every fan of horror movies wishes they could make.
4) Safe - Jason Statham once again proves that he is the most reliable action star working today.
5) The Avengers - Two words: Hulk... smash.
6) Piranha 3DD - A little bit funny, a little bit stupid, and a whole lot of killer fish eating people.
7) The Dark Knight Rises - Batman is always Badass. Always.
8) The Expendables 2 - Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris... what more needs to be said?
9) Skyfall - Much like Batman, James Bond is always Badass.
10) Django Unchained - Cool, violent, smart, mature... Django just might be Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece.
Showing posts with label the dark knight rises. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the dark knight rises. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Is The Dark Knight Rises Badass?
Tonight, I went to see The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX. Is it Badass? Yes, it is incredibly Badass. With that out of the way, I'll share my thoughts below.
The Dark Knight Rises is an amazing film, but at times it feels as if there is too much going on for a Batman film. When compared to the other films in the trilogy, the villain's master plan is overly complex and better suited to a James Bond story. In Batman Begins the plan is simply to destroy Gotham City. In The Dark Knight, it is to sow chaos. In The Dark Knight Rises the plan is, and I'll try to do this justice:
To steal Bruce Wayne's fingerprints, to manipulate the stock market, to force Wayne Enterprises into bankruptcy, to obtain a nuclear reactor, to convert into a bomb, to hold Gotham City hostage, to declare marital law, to kill the rich, then detonate the bomb, who killed the ox, that drank the water, that extinguished the fire, that burned the stick, that beat the dog, that bit the cat, that ate the goat, which my father bought for two zuzim.*
All that's missing was a scene where Bane strokes a white cat.
Other than the plot's unnecessary complexity, I loved everything about The Dark Knight Rises, and cannot wait to watch it again.
*Everything after "then detonate the bomb" above are lyrics from the Passover song, Chad Gadya.
The Dark Knight Rises is an amazing film, but at times it feels as if there is too much going on for a Batman film. When compared to the other films in the trilogy, the villain's master plan is overly complex and better suited to a James Bond story. In Batman Begins the plan is simply to destroy Gotham City. In The Dark Knight, it is to sow chaos. In The Dark Knight Rises the plan is, and I'll try to do this justice:
To steal Bruce Wayne's fingerprints, to manipulate the stock market, to force Wayne Enterprises into bankruptcy, to obtain a nuclear reactor, to convert into a bomb, to hold Gotham City hostage, to declare marital law, to kill the rich, then detonate the bomb, who killed the ox, that drank the water, that extinguished the fire, that burned the stick, that beat the dog, that bit the cat, that ate the goat, which my father bought for two zuzim.*
All that's missing was a scene where Bane strokes a white cat.
Other than the plot's unnecessary complexity, I loved everything about The Dark Knight Rises, and cannot wait to watch it again.
*Everything after "then detonate the bomb" above are lyrics from the Passover song, Chad Gadya.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Batman: The Animated Series Rises Is Badass
I generally don't post commercials, but this one is too good not to share.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Trailer Alert: The Dark Knight Rises (Comcast Version)
Directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Marion Cotillard.
Opens July 20, 2012.
Opens July 20, 2012.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Trailer Alert: The Dark Knight Rises (Nokia Version)
Directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Marion Cotillard.
Opens July 20, 2012.
Opens July 20, 2012.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Secret Posters Are Badass (The Dark Knight Rises)
If you follow the QR code on the new The Dark Knight Rises theatrical one-sheet, you get taken to the following "secret" poster:
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Trailer Alert: The Dark Knight Rises (Final Version)
Directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Marion Cotillard.
Opens July 20, 2012.
Opens July 20, 2012.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Trailer Alert: The Dark Knight Rises (Updated Version)
Directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Marion Cotillard.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Trailer Alert: The Dark Knight Rises
Directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Marion Cotillard.
Monday, July 11, 2011
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