I thought The Avengers was an appalling film. They’d shoot from some odd angle and I’d think, why is the camera there? Oh, I see, because they spent half a million on the set and they have to show it off. It took me completely out of the movie. I was driven bonkers by that illogical form of storytelling.
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#the avengers #the dark knight rises #batman #superheroes #christopher nolan #joss whedon #comic books #FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!Yes, JGL is still in Christopher Nolan’s third Batman flick—but a source close to the situation says that recent reports that Gordon-Levitt will play Alberto Falcone (a.k.a. the Holiday Killer), the son of former mob kingpin, Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson), are incorrect. So who do you think Levitt might actually be portraying?
On the rare occasions when blockbuster demi-god Christopher Nolan emerges from his bleak dream-cave to unveil non-revelatory revelations about next year’s The Dark Knight Rises, the director has worked overtime to explain that Rises will be a genuine conclusion to his version of the Batman mythos. A new poster for the film makes that idea explicit. Batman’s mask lies on the ground, broken. In the background, we can see apparently unintelligible villain Bane walking away. The tagline is simple: “The Legend Ends.” It’s an interesting, uncompromising sales pitch — it’ll be intriguing to see how Rises plays in the same summer as the candy-colored superhero bromance The Avengers. It also adds more fuel to the main question hovering over Rises: Could they actually kill off Batman?
Of course, it’s also entirely possible that the altercation we’re seeing represented here happens early in the movie, and Bruce Wayne spends the film’s second act doing a Rocky IV montage to get back into shape, before putting on a ridiculous Nintendo costume and challening Bane to a grudge match. Somehow I doubt it, though.
SPOILER ALERT.
Now that you’ve seen The Dark Knight Rises, can we talk about that ending?
MORE SPOILERS.
The plot of The Dark Knight Rises isn’t just a product of Christopher Nolan’s imagination — just look at the original Batman comic books that inspired it.
Okay, so this is apparently what the alien invaders in The Avengers look like. Though the image is a little fuzzy, EW’s Anthony Breznican says it indicates that the beasties aren’t “the goblin-esque, Spock-eared Skrulls, though it’s possible they are a more savage take on the Kree, despite [Joss] Whedon’s claims that it’s not.”
All we know for sure: We have no idea what a “Skrull” or a “Kree” is. Maybe they’re Yeerks?
Psst, Batman fans: If you decode an ominous audio track playing on thedarkknightrises.com, you’ll be led to to the Twitter hashtag #thefirerises—which then leads you to this photo-mosaic of Tom Hardy as masked villain Bane, of The Dark Knight Rises.
Warner Bros. says a clean high-res version will be officially released once the mosaic is completed — people can upload photos of themselves via the site to help fill it in. But in the meantime: Holy Trapezius, Batman!
Bad news, Tom Hiddlestoners – we got the man to finally confirm that he won’t appear in The Avengers 2. “Here’s the thing: I don’t think there’s anything else Loki could contribute to The Avengers, narratively,“ Hiddleston told EW. "Joss gave me so many wonderful things to do in that first film that we’d only be trying to repeat ourselves, and probably less well in the second one.”
Don’t know Black Widow is? Having trouble deciphering the Hulk’s roar? Can’t tell the difference between Hawkeye and Thor? EW’s team of super geeks is here to help with our “Avengers Files, a seven-part series of superhero primers.
First up: Everything you always wanted to know about Iron Man, but were afraid to ask.
Joss Whedon explains why Avenger’s villain, and Tumblr favorite, Loki will not appear in Avengers 2.
Oh and how he may or may not be killing off an Avenger. (Wait. What?!)
10 SIGNS YOU’RE WATCHING A CHRISTOPHER NOLAN MOVIE
1. There is an elaborate, flashback-heavy narrative structure.
2. The protagonist is troubled by the memory of his angelic dead wife/love interest.
3. The protagonist is also troubled by the actions of a duplicitous not-dead love interest.
Now hop into your Batmobile and stealthily zoom your way to EW.com for the other signs. Feel free to revisit your favorite Sorkinisms, while you’re at it.
The saga continues
Iconic action franchise ‘Mad Max’ returns in an epic chapter that explores the past and sees Anya Taylor-Joy take the wheel as Furiosa. Read EW’s latest cover story.
