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Old 07-29-2012, 04:12 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz View Post
Already saw it again. Still loved it. The first hour didn't drag as much as I remembered. Reavant was pretty much right. You really do view things a bit differently knowing how it ends.

Unlike what Hanso claims, I didn't fail to connect the dots/miss the point/etc the first time. It had everything to do with my mindset. I went in to the film fully expecting Bruce to get killed off, and most of what happened during the movie enhanced that belief. Even watching it the second time it felt like that that was where it was heading. The look on Bats' face when the bomb was 5 seconds away from detonating just said it all to me. He looked like a man who had accepted his fate. Because I was so wrapped up in the notion of Bruce actually dying I definitely see why I perceived everything that happened post-explosion the way I did. Bruce Wayne never fails to plan ahead - so that explained everything being nicely laid out for when he was gone with the bat signal being fixed, Robin being prepared to take the reigns, etc. The auto pilot had been repaired, but it was before Bane's hostile takeover had even begun. And then there was the whole Alfred thing which I had already mentioned.

In watching with a more clear mind the second time, I'm still not convinced the ending was as black and white as people want to make it out to be. I'm willing to concede that Bruce probably did live as it's the simplest, happiest way to wrap up the trilogy plus it gives a concrete ending for those who wanted it. But I think it was designed to leave just enough up for speculation to the contrary for those who wanted to dig deeper into it. Unless Nolan says otherwise, I stand by that.

And really, it doesn't matter. No matter what Bruce's fate was, it'd have no effect on my overall opinion of the movie. It was brilliant. Nolan did about as perfect of a job as you could with this trilogy.
Say what you will, you needed to pay to see a movie twice to understand what we all did in one viewing.

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