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Choosing the 9 year old over the 7 and a half year old is probably a smart choice.

Nolan and Bale have stated over and over that they're done. So yes, in terms of the story, Wayne is happy and he has passed on the torch. All of your main characters have moved on. Someone may try to do something with Blake, but at that point, it's not a Batman movie anymore without Wayne and Alfred.

I do wonder why people say the movie is so un-Nolan like. He makes one open to interpretation ending in Inception and now all of a sudden that's always his style? This ending was very much in tune with the entire series. Begins has and ending that is happy but with setup for the future. TDK has more of the Empire Strikes Back ending where things don't look so great. Then this one wraps it up and definitively ends the series. I see no problem with that.

And I can't picture anyone associating him with steroids, which will be such a big thing with the voters in the coming years.

Can we throw together a kids table so that Selmon can actually find some people to read his movie review of the Smurfs?

Not only that, but he's got his costume and all his gear. I'd imagine he has all sorts of crazy exits to and from the cave and the city. The one thing that was never completely clear is just how far from the city Wayne Manor is. I remember a line in the Dark Knight where Harvey Dent asked if it was even within his jurisdiction. My guess, he flew the Bat in during the night.

So is she chopped up in a freezer yet?

Ok, well then I'll counter that guy's thoughts (I didn't take the time to read it just yet). I actually enjoyed those fights quite a bit. The first one was Batman completely unprepared and out of shape, so he gets thrashed. The second one wasn't really a situation where he can do much beyond a fight like that. He has the massive battle going on all around him, so there was very little space to take advantage of. I really enjoyed the visuals of that whole sequence with the massive cops vs. criminals brawl going on.

Happy birthday!

Zod will be in this movie, so there is in fact an equal on Earth. I guess that actually means the odds are stacked against him if it's like Superman 2 where Zod had his two cronies.

Is there any chance that there's a little bit of that going on with the situation you're talking about?

Now I'm thinking this could be a great way to prank people from beyond the grave. I'd love to force all the Pats fans out here to wear a Bills tie at my funeral.

I had hear that there were a couple extra issues with the Bane voice in IMAX due to the sound system they use. I have no idea if that's the case though.

Definitely suck it up. He's an idiot if he doesn't. But if by some chance he's so outraged by the thought, go with a plain red tie.

Fez, I have to take issue with your first point about how all of the encounters with Bane were face to face and Batman didn't use is environment. He was tricked into the first fight, being locked in that sewer area with Bane. Up until that point, he was sneaking up on everyone. He did try to use some stealth after getting his ass kicked, but Bane was just as good and saw through it. As for the final fight, it happened in the middle of the day. He has no environment to take advantage of. If you remember from the first two movies, Batman only works at night, where he can take full advantage of the dark. The only other time in the three movies that he did anything in day time was when he stopped people from killing Reese (the guy who was going to reveal his identity) in the second movie. And when he did that, he went out as Bruce Wayne. So in not taking advantage of the elements to fight Bane, he had no choice and that was pretty clear throughout the movie.

I wonder if they ever decided to bring back Steve Holt.

Yes, they did show the two of them in my theater. There just seemed to be a bit of a jump right before that reveal. It went from Blake in the cave, cut to the cafe, then cut back to Blake in the cave. During that cut to the cafe, there was an awkward red flash (it was very short, but there was some sort of flash) which transitioned to Alfred's nod. For whatever reason, it seemed like a second or two were skipped in that flash. Anyway, I wish they hadn't showed the two of them. I feel like that was a dumbing down of sorts. The second Alfred nodded, it was completely clear why.

And as a side note: who the hell brings a 3 month old to a movie?

Just in case, I'll say that this post is full of spoilers ******************************* The only thing I wasn't too crazy about was how the over did the enhancing of Bane's voice. I guess it was necessary though. Anyway, Hardy completely won me over near the end with the Talia reveal. The look in his eyes of pure love for her as she told the story was amazing. With as ruthless as he was, I almost actually felt bad for him at that point. As for the ending, I felt like something may have been missing at my showing. There was an awkward cut with a bit of a red flash between the scene where Blake was going into the cave and the shot of Alfred nodding as he saw (or thought he saw) Bruce. Did anyone else have that at their showing or am I just imagining things. I guess I'll just have to go see it again (IMAX) to know for sure. edit: I also want to add that I thought it started a bit slow, but once Bane showed up in Gotham, it was a constant thrill. I really want to go to an IMAX showing just to see the scene where he isolated the city.

I am the proud owner of a "No Ma'am" t-shirt.

So what time are all of you going to the theater? I'm still trying to figure out just how early I want to be to ensure decent seats. I'm in a group of 4, so it shouldn't be too tough if we're early enough.

Thanks for not throwing any spoilers in there. I know aj said they were free game, but since essentially no one has had a chance to see it, not saying anything is appreciated.

I tried for IMAX but the only tickets I saw available even 2-3 months ago started at 8am. So I went with the standard screen.

Work is going to suck tomorrow. I've had my tickets for at least a month now.

Messaging when you should have been massaging. There's your problem right there.