Ted
I had more thoughts about this when I say it a few weeks ago, but now I really don't care. It's not great, but I laughed more than a few times, and its better than I thought it would be given how lazy family guy became after the third season. There's no real reason to seek it out, but you could do worse if it shows up on a plane (one with individual players, not the edited common screen. Taking the profanity out of this film sort of kills half the jokes. Seeing a teddy bear say frak isn't as funny).
The Dark Knight Rises
Its pretty much impossible to evaluate this in a vacuum. Its a follow up to arguably the greatest super hero film of all time, and has to tie up this Batman trilogy in a satisfactory manner. Not falling on their face would have been an achievement, and in general they didn't. The best decision was not trying to replicate the Joker. They weren't going to recapture that live-wire energy, and sense of anarchic danger, so it was the smart call not to even try. The new main villain, Bane, isn't as memorable but he's sufficiently threatening and destructive to represent a real threat. His plan is a little too similar to the second film, and there are a few logical holes, but overall his story line works.
Other than that, the performances are good, and the new characters don't feel too forced (though the way the Batman/Catwoman relationship resolved did feel a little arbitrary). Also I think they did as good as job as the ending as could be expected, given the requirements of the genre (the 'twist' for Joseph Gordon Levitt's character was kind of cheesy though).
In short its good. Probably not as good as the second film, but a solid ending to the trilogy. I don't really want to compare it to the Marvel universe, since those are essentially lighter and goofier. The batman films definitely have weightier themes they try to use the stories to comment on (even if they often are a little too heavy handed and on the nose with the speechifying), which means they're probably 'better' than the Marvel stuff. However this also means I'm probably less likely to re-watch them if they pop up randomly on basic cable (because I'm shallow you see) if that makes any sense. Whatever, see The Dark Knight Rises, its worth supporting the conclusion to one of the more ambitious studio-franchise efforts in recent memory.
I had more thoughts about this when I say it a few weeks ago, but now I really don't care. It's not great, but I laughed more than a few times, and its better than I thought it would be given how lazy family guy became after the third season. There's no real reason to seek it out, but you could do worse if it shows up on a plane (one with individual players, not the edited common screen. Taking the profanity out of this film sort of kills half the jokes. Seeing a teddy bear say frak isn't as funny).
The Dark Knight Rises
Its pretty much impossible to evaluate this in a vacuum. Its a follow up to arguably the greatest super hero film of all time, and has to tie up this Batman trilogy in a satisfactory manner. Not falling on their face would have been an achievement, and in general they didn't. The best decision was not trying to replicate the Joker. They weren't going to recapture that live-wire energy, and sense of anarchic danger, so it was the smart call not to even try. The new main villain, Bane, isn't as memorable but he's sufficiently threatening and destructive to represent a real threat. His plan is a little too similar to the second film, and there are a few logical holes, but overall his story line works.
Other than that, the performances are good, and the new characters don't feel too forced (though the way the Batman/Catwoman relationship resolved did feel a little arbitrary). Also I think they did as good as job as the ending as could be expected, given the requirements of the genre (the 'twist' for Joseph Gordon Levitt's character was kind of cheesy though).
In short its good. Probably not as good as the second film, but a solid ending to the trilogy. I don't really want to compare it to the Marvel universe, since those are essentially lighter and goofier. The batman films definitely have weightier themes they try to use the stories to comment on (even if they often are a little too heavy handed and on the nose with the speechifying), which means they're probably 'better' than the Marvel stuff. However this also means I'm probably less likely to re-watch them if they pop up randomly on basic cable (because I'm shallow you see) if that makes any sense. Whatever, see The Dark Knight Rises, its worth supporting the conclusion to one of the more ambitious studio-franchise efforts in recent memory.
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