The Dark Knight Rises Trailer
Mon, December 19, 2011 There's a lot of like to about the first theatrical trailer to The Dark Knight Rises, courtesy of Coming Soon.
A lot of little things – Alfred, who was beautifully portrayed as Bruce's surrogate father and the only person who still believed in him when everyone else wrote him off as fuck up in Batman Begins and stood by his frankly psychotic yet idealistic plan to save his home, finally breaking down, the unseating of Jim Gordon as Commissioner now that his days as "a war hero" are past him, the slow emergence of Selina Kyle and where she stands, the mysterious prison facility Bruce Wayne is in (and notice, sporting grey hair) and the montage of Gotham's destruction.
All of this carried to the most chilling rendition of the Star Spangled Banner leading to the payoff of that football field's decimation. Yet it all still comes down to the finality of this onscreen incarnation of the World's Greatest Detective and the mortality of Wayne. That evocative image of the broken mask says it all.
What I like the most is Christopher Nolan is still being coy. While there's plenty of bit pieces here and there in these two minutes to enjoy and overanalyze (Something no doubt the Internet will until its July 20th opening), you can sense still much more to The Dark Knight Rises intentionally being held back.
Reader Comments (4)
well, I guess my original post did not post....ANYWAYS!
DC has one of the top comic characters ever created...Batman is so tight! I am bias to Marvel and if that wasnt the case I would be nerdgasmic over this movie but The Avengers has stolen all my energy...
Batman Begins was amazing, The Dark Knight was as overrated as Obama and Lebron James mixed together in can of pringles(overrated chips for people who dont get it) but this movie looks great. I hope we can see Tom Hardys face...he is a good actor and deserves some recgonition. I hope he doesnt get lost like Eric Bana did in Star Trek....OUTSTANDING performace hidden behind makeup and costume.
The Dark Knight Rises trailer made me nerdgasm. It's just so damn epic!
That "Worlds greatest Detective" bit had me laughing. Sorry Nolan doesn't believe in that character aspect. Maybe in his villains though.
I love how one guy in the stands has Tim Drake's Robin "R" on his sign. Nice touch.