Hello world!
Rose here. Apologies for the snooze fest on the blogger front of late.
Unfortunately, Lily is in the throes of 'final semester at uni, must get out to the real world as fast as my kitten heels can take me and earn big bucks' mode, while I'm currently in 'OMG winter is ending and all I have is a wardrobe full of oversized jumpers and leggings (my winter uniform) what will I wear in spring?? dooom, doooom'.
Anyway to combat such *tragical circumstances, Lily and I have both been to the movies to watch the following. Here’s my take:
Batman- The Dark Knight Rises
Well what can I say, who would have thought a movie about a comic superhero with villains called 'The Penguin', 'The Joker' and wait for it... ‘The Riddler’ (ooooh scaaary) could take such a dark, maudlin and gothic turn in Christopher Nolan's reboot of Batman.
Batman-The Dark Knight Rises takes off after seven years of 'The Bat' in hiding. While Gotham still mourns the death of anti-corruption 'hero' Harvey Dent, with crime in the city at an all time low, there's an almost subdued feeling in the air. And when I say subdued, I actually mean deeply ominous.
Because you see, lurking underneath in the sewers of Gotham is perhaps the most brutish villain of them all. Bane played with appropriate levels of ‘bat crap crazy’ by Tom Hardy is out to destroy the city and its corrupt system of law (which to be fair is kinda seedy) and replace it people power and justice for all...or fascism.
Anyway as we’ve seen many a time in folklore and reality, while ‘people power’ is always a fantabulous idea in theory, without a system of law and order it ends up being as corrupt and chaotic as any other system of governance.
So to cut a long story short (as the movie is a little long) the ultimate battle begins. Will The Dark Knight Rise again and overcome the tragedy of losing his parents and his childhood love Rachel and save Gotham? Or will Bane finally destroy Gotham and turn it into the "utopia" it’s never likely to be?
Well you’ll just have to see it to find out wont you?!
As for my verdict, I freakin loved it. I think Mr Nolan is a genius for illustrating the complex layers that underpin the superhero genre. Take note creators of such classics as The Green Lantern and um Elektra. While not to the same level as The Dark Knight, with Health Ledger’s unbelievably melancholic and intense performance, this is still top class film making. I give it a hearty 4/5.
Oh and I almost forgot to mention, Anne Hathaway is da bomb as ‘badass with a past’ Catwoman, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard and Morgan Freeman are solid and Christian Bale? Well I'm just waiting for him to realise that being a brooding, handsome and insanely talented/rich actor is nothing compared to being married to moi....dare to dream.
Anyway with that little gem I now bid you all farewell.
Until next time...Rose xx
*Anne of Green Gables
*Newest addition to the Rose family, "Gibi" the boy ginger cat.
Rose here. Apologies for the snooze fest on the blogger front of late.
Unfortunately, Lily is in the throes of 'final semester at uni, must get out to the real world as fast as my kitten heels can take me and earn big bucks' mode, while I'm currently in 'OMG winter is ending and all I have is a wardrobe full of oversized jumpers and leggings (my winter uniform) what will I wear in spring?? dooom, doooom'.
Cartoon cat
Real cat*
Anyway to combat such *tragical circumstances, Lily and I have both been to the movies to watch the following. Here’s my take:
Batman- The Dark Knight Rises
Well what can I say, who would have thought a movie about a comic superhero with villains called 'The Penguin', 'The Joker' and wait for it... ‘The Riddler’ (ooooh scaaary) could take such a dark, maudlin and gothic turn in Christopher Nolan's reboot of Batman.
Batman-The Dark Knight Rises takes off after seven years of 'The Bat' in hiding. While Gotham still mourns the death of anti-corruption 'hero' Harvey Dent, with crime in the city at an all time low, there's an almost subdued feeling in the air. And when I say subdued, I actually mean deeply ominous.
Because you see, lurking underneath in the sewers of Gotham is perhaps the most brutish villain of them all. Bane played with appropriate levels of ‘bat crap crazy’ by Tom Hardy is out to destroy the city and its corrupt system of law (which to be fair is kinda seedy) and replace it people power and justice for all...or fascism.
Anyway as we’ve seen many a time in folklore and reality, while ‘people power’ is always a fantabulous idea in theory, without a system of law and order it ends up being as corrupt and chaotic as any other system of governance.
Insert photos of Christian Bale whenever possible
So to cut a long story short (as the movie is a little long) the ultimate battle begins. Will The Dark Knight Rise again and overcome the tragedy of losing his parents and his childhood love Rachel and save Gotham? Or will Bane finally destroy Gotham and turn it into the "utopia" it’s never likely to be?
Well you’ll just have to see it to find out wont you?!
As for my verdict, I freakin loved it. I think Mr Nolan is a genius for illustrating the complex layers that underpin the superhero genre. Take note creators of such classics as The Green Lantern and um Elektra. While not to the same level as The Dark Knight, with Health Ledger’s unbelievably melancholic and intense performance, this is still top class film making. I give it a hearty 4/5.
Oh and I almost forgot to mention, Anne Hathaway is da bomb as ‘badass with a past’ Catwoman, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard and Morgan Freeman are solid and Christian Bale? Well I'm just waiting for him to realise that being a brooding, handsome and insanely talented/rich actor is nothing compared to being married to moi....dare to dream.
Anyway with that little gem I now bid you all farewell.
Until next time...Rose xx
*Anne of Green Gables
*Newest addition to the Rose family, "Gibi" the boy ginger cat.
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