I seem to be in the minority, but I rather like this poster. Unlike the two key posters for
The Dark Knight, there are no nonsensical tag-lines ("Welcome to a City Without Rules"), no odd imagery of Batman standing in front of a burning building as if he's claiming credit for said explosion, and no odd placement where the point of visual focus is a giant wheel from that silly Bat-Pod. It's just Batman himself, appropriately brooding with the unofficial logo for the film (the buildings of Gotham collapsing into a bat-symbol) and a variation on the "The Fire Rises" would-be catchphrase (doesn't quite have the same ring to it as "Why So Serious?"). Of note, Anne Hathaway gets billing above Tom Hardy implying either Hathaway is the obvious bigger star or Bane's role is smaller than has been let on. I remember being shocked when Tommy Lee Jones got billing ahead of red-hot Jim Carrey in
Batman Forever only to realize that Two-Face was actually the primary villain as opposed to The Riddler. UPDATE - Warner Bros. dropped three moody and rain-soaked character posters and three less impressive snow-drenched character posters this morning, so I'm adding them below the jump. Anyway, there isn't much left to do but speculate until this starts screening toward the very end of June, with junket screenings likely falling before July 4th weekend and regular press screenings starting about 1.5-2 weeks before July 20th. Am I as excited for this as I was for
The Dark Knight four years ago? Not even close, but I have no reason thus-far to believe that
The Dark Knight Rises won't be an awfully good action-drama. As always, we'll see...
Scott Mendelson
Lol, this is quite comical.
ReplyDeleteDon't love them but it hardly matters. I'm likely seeing this movie multiple times (assuming it doesn't surprise everyone by sucking).
ReplyDeleteThat IMAX prologue is pretty terrible, so it wouldn't be a complete surprise. But the rest of the material looks pretty decent.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's clearly photoshopped, but it's *good* photoshopping, which makes all the difference in the world.
ReplyDeleteI would think being able to tell it's "clearly photoshopped" is a sign that it's NOT good photoshopping.
ReplyDeleteSo that would mean you believe The Avengers poster was *bad* photoshopping? I'm not sure if you are aware there are three more posters of the three above but with snow instead of rain.
ReplyDeleteI asked for a Catwoman poster but I wanted a more interesting pose. The one above feels kind of weird since her eyes are completely black. I've not seen the gold belt in any set pics yet but it seems its just there to break up the all black below her neck.
I did not realize there were two sets, but I've just updated. Oddly the rain-soaked posters are far crisper and more polished looking than the hazy and generic-looking snow-drenched ones. The former look like professional studio posters while the latter look like fanmade designs. Weird.
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