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Technically, he's not, and he often speaks as if he's highly reluctant to make one. Goyer said recently that they had a theme and a villain in mind, but nothing is concrete, and Nolan doesn't have to make one if he doesn't want one.
Sadly, if he doesn't, the studio might want to make one anyway, and we all know what happens when a new director is brought in on the third installment....
As far as this list, I noticed that it has several consistencies:
1) Sean Connery
2) Harrison Ford
3) Fanboy flicks
Since Nolan's Batman films already adhere to #3, it seems obvious that the only way to make the third a guaranteed winner is to higher both Sean Connery and Harrison Ford. Possibly as Robin and Barbara Gordon, respectively.
You named 6. I know some specially equipped people who could count that on one hand.
PS - If anything could bring Sean Connery out of retirement, it'd be playing Robin. Definitely.
the way spidey got fucked with, then we'd have a disaster. bear that in mind.
Childfren of Men had Harry Potter in it? Are we thinking of the same movie?
Oh well. What's done is done.
I believe Chris Nolan is more than willing to come back for a 3rd one however i would prefer that he spend the next 2 or 3 years making other less mainstream movies..experiment a bit more with action sequences because those tend to be his only Achilles heel. Then, when he feel ready, he comes back to deliver. I am not sure exactly how much pressure the WB will place on his shoulders as time moves on, but surely the billion dollars from TDK should be more than enough to fill the deep pockets of the high up executives for sometime.
I also have no doubt whatsoever that Pixar won't knock it out of the park with Toy Story 3.
When Nolan says that there arent that many good third parts.. he means movies that werent produced as being a part of a trilogy.. movies like Pirates of the Carribean.. they made one part.. it was successful so they kept makin em..
Lord of the Rings .. was one book.. just like the movies.. are one complete movie.. divided in three parts cuz thier just that fucking awesome.. putting it on the list.. is just wrong.. If The Return of the King was a Stand alone movie.. it would Suck..(Not Really.. Viggos really hot) its only good when the other two are there.. Batman Begins.. does great as a stand alone.. The Dark Knight.. does just as great.. alot of ppl i kno love TDK... they havent seen Begins..
Bourne.. is also based on a Book.. but still a Great movie my fav out of the three.. i ll count that.. haha..
Prisnor of Azkaban?? are you kidding me.. and to rank it above Ultimatum.. please.. i mean first of all it fucks with all of the geography of Hogwarts... the place wasnt the same no more.. and they walk around modeling for Gap and Old Navy the whole movie.. plus the acting was bad.. thats wat kills the series.. the kids got no skills.. i mean they should have gotten kids with acting skills and not the fools they found... AND its a part of a seven book series.. okay.. when they sat down to make the film.. they already knew wat the story was..
(also.. i think making these books into movies was a bad idea.. they ruined the whole thing for me..I even started hating the books cuz now i picture.. Daniel, Rupert and Emma.. and they all just SUCK.. i mean Emma the most.. the way she presents herself.. its despicable..)
What Nolan is talking about is he has to create a story that hasnt been told before.. i mean hes not adapting a comicbook to Film.. hes creating an original piece of work using iconic characters.. Most of the movies youve listed are based on Novels.. which really doesnt work..
Also Nolan has said he doesnt want to make the same movie again.. he wants the genre to have a slight shift and offer something new... Bond Movies are all the same format.. (well not anymore...) . and the Bourne movies are like that too..
Begins and TDK... have a big difference.. one focuses on Bruce Wayne .. the other.. Gotham City.. its just so Broad.. and Batmans just a piece of the puzzle..
wow i cant beleive you just read that rant.. haha
I think a really cool third part was Back to the Future III.. though thats only cuz i watched as a kid.. and ur always fond of things u loved as a kid.. haha..
I am just messing with you. I like the list but Han isn't the only reason to watch Star Wars, far from it. Although there is a decent representation of Harrison Ford on this list ... do I smell a Han/Man crush?
Nice work, Mr. Hand.
And I think Godfather 3 is a good example of why Nolan shouldn't make a third movie. The expectations were probably so high for Godfather 3 that no matter what they accomplished people were going to be disappointed. The same can probably be said for a third Batman movie.
"I'd rather kiss a Wookie!"
"I can arrange that! You could use a good kiss!"
"Who's scruffy lookin'?"
"Never tell me the odds!"
"This is no cave..."
"I love you."
"I know."
enough with the elipses. . .
btw great article...I understand where Nolan is coming from...he brought Batman back to respectability and doesn't want to end it with a flameout...
I agree with Nolan's action scenes...I've been watching Begins again and the action scenes needs to be fixed...
I think Nolan doesn't want to be known as a one trick pony. Movie fans know he did the amazing Memento and the pretty awesome The Prestige, but how many Regular Joes know of anything he's done besides Batman films?
I also think it's plausible he won't come back. While Nolan is godlike in his cinematic talents, do you think the producers are going to want anything else but bigger and better for a third? Even Nolan can be pushed around by producers I fear. Plus, he was even reluctant to do The Dark Knight.
Hell Yes. Just yes. I am sick of the complaints.
Please, just don't let Angelina be Catwoman - we have seen her in Wanted, Tomb Raider, and any number of seductive badass with daddy issues roles.
Take your time Chris and Christian. There is no fate but what you make for yourselves.
Day of the dead and Scream are good examples of mediocore 3rds that you left out.
The Bourne series has got to be one of the best, if not THE best, trilogies ever made. The fact that one has to spend more than 5 minutes deciding which was their favorite, should speak volumes about the films' quality.
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anticlimactic after TDK. after all, what other villain would we want to see go head to
head with batman? the joker is his ultimate nemesis, any other villain would just
seem like the villain of the week.
and although i've never seen it, some of my friends seem to really dig army of darkness which, i think, is evil dead 3. . .
and since he wasn't talking specifically about trilogies but just the third movie in a "franchise", the third of kevin smith's "jay and silent bob" franchise, i.e. "chasing amy", was a pretty good movie. . .
Yes
Alien what now? There were no Alien movies made after the first two. I will not be convinced otherwise.
Don't get me wrong - I'm a massive Star Wars fan, but RotJ was the first glimpse that George Lucas had lost his damn mind. Ewoks instead of Wookies? The complete removal of Chewbacca's backstory? This was the point where Lucas stopped making scifi/fantasy epics for adults and started making merchandising films for children.
or even Army of Darkness? That was a good third movie. Or Star Trek 3 with the fooking search for Spock damn it!
of all the movies that you could have listed...yeesh.
What you call a 'weakness', it is the ultimate definition of The Batman.
Even though Batman is a highly trained guy, his main combat weapon is... (you guessed it)... SURPRISE. Just like it is for a real Bat. The main objective of The Batman is to finish it off quickly IN THE DARK by subdueing his opponents AT CLOSE RANGE without letting them know what hit them. Just to blank them out fast enough.
And in order to experience the clarity of the fights long enough, the opponent should also be some sort of martial art expert to stand up long enough to The Batman. Otherwise it is finished as soon as it has started ...which is ... most of the times for the untrained opponents of The Batman.
The critically acclaimed Graphic novels of Batman also define his fights in a spooky way (with the exception of perhaps 'The Cult(1988)') which is the way it should be.
'Batman Begins (2005)' had the fight scenes correctly depicted. But I, a movie-fan and a Batfan, was disappointed to see a talented director like Nolan to give way to some demands of the so-called 'Batfans(?)' and to show the Batman fighting clearly in TDK which is not correct. Nolan should not have compromised on his own clear vision.
MY POINT: Batman is not just an ordinary martial art expert like Bruce Lee but is also a STEALTH fighter with Ninza-trainings. Period.
2. And this is a personal opinion of a 'Nobody' like me (atleast NOT from the film industry) but... Harry Potter movies suck. James Bond movies suck (Except may be Craig's Casino Royale(2006)).
3. ROTK is a Very Good movie but NOT a 'THIRD' Good movie. All LOTR parts branch out from a single story. Period.
4. Examples of a THIRD GREAT movies could be :
I) Shyamalan's 'SIGNS(2002)' if we just consider that it, alongwith, 'SIXTH SENSE, THE(1999)' and 'UNBREAKABLE(2000)' make together a top-class Shyamalan SPOOK trilogy.
II) Ratner's 'RED DRAGON, THE(2003)' of the brilliant 'Hannibal Lecter' Trilogy. (The fourth part did not really live up to the expectations.)
5. Examples of a THIRD GOOD movies could be :
I) Mission Impossible-3. (Atleast better than the Woo's Second Part)
II) Jurassic Park III (1999 OR 2001 - I can't recall the year.) - Technically brilliant. A really thrilling movie made with the Dinos as stars.
III) Terminator-3(2003) was also a 'Third' Good movie but hugely dissappointing in terms of what we expected from a successor of masterpieces like T-1(1984) and T2(1991).
6. A Batman is different than a Spiderman. A Batman has a very strong dramatic character and a room for development/expansion unlike other superheroes. So any ordinary efforts on Batman by the standards of an extra-ordinary helmer like Christopher Nolan will still result in a 'Very Good' Batman movie.
But it would be good for everybody if Nolan takes a break from Batman for a while, cleans his mind-slate and gives us an another 'Memento', 'Imsomnia', or 'The Prestige' before jumping to Batman-3(2011 ?).
For now, Let's just wait for Angels and Demons(2009).