FL_Ag1998 said:
I picked up the seeming "Hush" reference, and also immediately thought they were going to throw a serious twist at us. Glad they didn't because I loved this Riddler. Second favorite comic book movie villian behind Ledger's Joker.
I agree with Brian, the narration by Pattinson at the beginning and end was perfect. It made this a personal movie about Bruce Wayne that not even Nolan's movies did.
And I disagree that any sort of flashback was needed. That would have been out of character for this version. Again, I felt like this was almost a first-person Bruce Wayne movie and flashbacks wouldn't have felt right. And a scene at the end showing this version of (emo)Bruce suddenly doing an about face and being a public do-gooder? That would have been cheesy in the context of the vibe of this movie.
Finally, the one or two complaints about seeing some of the best scenes in the trailers? Simple solution - stop watching every trailer. For a long time now Hollywood has been putting too many of the funniest, scariest, iconic scenes into their trailers. If you know after trailer #1 or #2 that you want to see a movie, then just don't watch any more trailers after that. I stopped watching the trailers for this movie after literally the first one came out and because of that I was able to sit in awe of 90% of this movie just amazed at the beauty of the scenes unfolding before me. One of the most beautifully shot movies I've seen in a long time, and very little of it was spoiled beforehand for me.
Oh, and best Batmobile version ever.
Again, I'm not talking about actual flashbacks. Watch any Nolan movie and you'll know what I'm referring to. Keep both scenes I mentioned the exact same, with the exact same dialogue, but instead simply show a few quick shots of what's being talked about, as the dialogue plays over them, cutting back between them and the present conversation. No sound from the shots, not even two seconds each, no more than four or five shots total. Just anything that takes away from the monotony of on-screen exposition dumps, or the endless reaction shots to what felt like 60 seconds of characters listening to a voice mail, which people in my theater literally started giggling at. And none of it would have at all taken away from Bruce's POV or anything like that.
As for the press conference, it wouldn't be an about face on Bruce's part. Just something subtle, showing he's beginning to come out of his shell, intercut with all that other stuff at the end, montage style. We're not talking like a big, full, flashy, Tony Stark-like press conference scene. Just something where he's standing next to the mayor, paying off the earlier funeral scene where she asks him to help out, and maybe he has a slightly cleaner haircut over the ears or something.
In both instances, all I'm asking for is just a *little* more show-don't-tell. That's all.
