The new 'Dark Knight Rises' trailer is the best of the franchise

Is this Nolan's version of 'The Dark Knight Returns?'

Monday, Dec 19, 2011 1:33 PM

Kristopher Tapley

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If you made it out to "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" at IMAX venues this weekend, you likely saw the opening prologue for "The Dark Knight Rises." The new trailer for the film was also attached to prints of Brad Bird's actioner, as well as prints of WB's own "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows."

That trailer has now popped up (officially) online, and more and more, it seems obvious this will be Christopher Nolan's version of Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns." We already know the film takes place eight years after the events of "The Dark Knight," but in the new trailer, I'm pretty sure we see Bruce Wayne walking around with a cane, and we definitely see the graying of the hair.

It's time for old man Wayne to come out of retirement and kick some ass, it seems, just like in Frank Miller's industry-changing series.

The new trailer is far and away the best to be cooked up for any film in the franchise (which, to be perfectly honest, I think the trailers throughout have been pretty weak). It's nicely structured, not at all messy, a real construction with a "wow" moment that is sure to help get more butts in seats. And it's brave for a tentpole trailer. But it has earned the capital to be as much.

I'm excited. Obviously. And I'm also happy to see whatever this flying machine is without dealing with hilarious out-of-context footage shot by foaming-at-the-mouth fanboys looking to get as much pre-release material from this film onto the web as possible.

Check out the new trailer at Apple or watch the embed below. And tell us what you think in the comments section, or by rating the trailer above.

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loyal_mehnert

I know some people aren't happy with the CGI in the football stadium sequence but it works for me.

In terms of "in contention" I really hope Nolan gets his Best Director nomination next year.
December 19, 2011 at 2:50PM EST Reply to Comment
- rustyreub Nolan will only get his Oscar nomination for TDKR if he deserves it. I prefer not to jump on this bandwagon and then be inevitably disappointed on nomination morning.
  December 19, 2011 at 2:53PM EST
- Oscar nominations have never been about an artist or film deserving them.
  December 19, 2011 at 3:03PM EST
- rustyreub True. But would you prefer Nolan getting one for a subpar film or for a movie he deserves it for? :)
  December 19, 2011 at 3:16PM EST
- Honestly, either way works. The Oscars stopped being a barometer for quality a long time ago. But they still mean a lot in terms of one's overall career.
  December 19, 2011 at 4:07PM EST
- Laura Stewart After being snubbed for Inception, I have lost all faith in the Academy awarding Nolan a director nomination. They will recognize Jolie before they give it to Nolan.
  December 19, 2011 at 4:16PM EST
- Eunice I hope for the same thing too, and I think Nolan will bring enough (if not more) to the table to be deserving of the nom.
  December 20, 2011 at 12:24PM EST
Mr. Gittes

It's not bad for Plan B, given Ledger's unfortunate passing. I wonder how Nolan is going to explain the Joker's absence in TDKR...?
December 19, 2011 at 2:53PM EST Reply to Comment
- DylanS shipped far far away to some island prison, i'd imagine.
  December 19, 2011 at 3:57PM EST
jack

Are you insane?, the Nolan Batman series have had some of the best trailers of this new century - the best being the teaser for Superman Returns.
December 19, 2011 at 2:54PM EST Reply to Comment
- Kristopher Tapley Uh, I totally disagree. I was disappointed at every turn, and even if you did like them (which is fine), I think you're being way hyperbolic with the "new century" talk.
  
  But this one I like!
  December 19, 2011 at 2:55PM EST
- Matt I agree they haven't been the best, but the Dark Knight teaser that ended with the Joker saying something like, "People will die; I'm a man of my word" and then the laugh I thought was great. Maybe I'm just remembering it because when I was in the theater and it played everyone went crazy.
  December 19, 2011 at 4:27PM EST
- Kristopher Tapley I thought that one was bad, actually. There was no footage and they released that at Comic-Con like it was a big deal.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:46PM EST
Mr. Gittes

I like the "Gangs of New York" influence on the snowy hand-to-hand combat scene in the street.
December 19, 2011 at 2:58PM EST Reply to Comment
Casey Fiore

the one at Apple is still just the teaser
December 19, 2011 at 2:59PM EST Reply to Comment
- Kristopher Tapley It's above that.
  December 19, 2011 at 3:05PM EST
Matthew Starr

Must be trailer week. Hobbit tomorrow, Prometheus Thursday. Of all three movies I am looking forward to Prometheus the most.
December 19, 2011 at 3:10PM EST Reply to Comment
- Tim The 30 sec of Prometheus are more gripping than this. It's not nearly as exiting as the Dark Knight trailer was. Also Anne H. just doesn't interest me.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:17PM EST
- Matthew Starr Agreed on all counts. Can't wait for any and all Prometheus footage.
  December 19, 2011 at 9:15PM EST
That Werewolf Guy

I can't be the only one who groaned at "There is a storm coming", which might be one of the most overused phrases in movie history.
December 19, 2011 at 3:11PM EST Reply to Comment
- rustyreub Winter is coming
  December 19, 2011 at 3:17PM EST
- DRM To be fair, Batman said it to Gordon in Batman Begins.
  December 20, 2011 at 1:32AM EST
- geha714 Brace yourselves, "There is a storm coming" backlash is coming.
  December 20, 2011 at 6:49PM EST
jezzleffezzle

Kris, you've really been disappointed with Nolan's Batman trailers? I'll admit the ones for Batman Begins were a little underwhelming but the first one emphasizing the Joker ("Let's put a smile on that face!") for TDK was pretty harrowing and epic.
December 19, 2011 at 3:14PM EST Reply to Comment
JLPatt

I watched this twice and still can't figure out what the hell is going on. What's with the random football stuff?
December 19, 2011 at 3:17PM EST Reply to Comment
- Nolan4President bane interrupts the game and blows half the stadium to hell while telling the audience that the time of Gotham is over.
  December 19, 2011 at 3:29PM EST
meep

Geekbumps!
December 19, 2011 at 3:18PM EST Reply to Comment
- JJ1 hehe
  December 19, 2011 at 4:22PM EST
Chad Hartigan

Pumped!
December 19, 2011 at 3:20PM EST Reply to Comment
Rev. Slappy

Is that Hines Ward running with the football?
December 19, 2011 at 3:24PM EST Reply to Comment
- Kristopher Tapley Yep. If only the explosions had caught him, too.
  December 19, 2011 at 3:46PM EST
- Matthew Starr Ouch....
  December 19, 2011 at 4:12PM EST
Ryan

That chanting bit is pretty silly. All those words mean "rise"? Are they spelling it out? And Hines Ward? Boo!

Looks good though.
December 19, 2011 at 3:38PM EST Reply to Comment
- potty break It sounds like they're saying, "Bane is Gotham".
  December 19, 2011 at 3:49PM EST
thekingbulletin

This is a really good trailer, but WB shouldn't have opened things up back in July with that awesome Gary Oldman speech. Everything from now on is going to feel like a slight step down from that, in my book.

And Gordon's barely even in this trailer.
December 19, 2011 at 3:53PM EST Reply to Comment
DylanS

I agree with you Kris in that this is daringly bleak (even by the established standards) for the most anticipated blockbuster of several years. It has an almost post-apocalyptic feel.

Hardy as Bane is an excellent choice.
Anne Hathaway looks predictably sexy as Selena Kyle, and from the brief glimpse of her, she seems like she's in better form than late.
My sole complaint is that Nolan has overloaded his ensemble with the cast from "Inception", Caine was already there, so that's not a problem. And I don't have a problem with him bringing in Hardy for the Bane, but to throw Gordon Levitt and Cotillard on top of that, it starts to draw attention to itself in a distracting way. Maybe Gordon Levitt or Cotillard, but not both.
December 19, 2011 at 4:04PM EST Reply to Comment
- Paul Outlaw Why exactly is that a "problem"?
  December 19, 2011 at 4:17PM EST
- Laura Stewart Ditto, Paul. That's one hell of a line-up, you can't go wrong.
  December 19, 2011 at 4:19PM EST
- DylanS It's not necessarily a problem, and you're both right in that It's one hell of an ensemble. I just hope they'll all be used properly , because I question whether Nolan brought all these people back because he thought they were all perfect fits for their roles, or if he just wanted to work with them again.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:18PM EST
- Laura Stewart You make a good point DylanS, but I think Nolan has his pick of pretty much anyone in the industry to work with. He probably enjoyed working with his Inception actors and they're all wildly talented, so why not?
  December 19, 2011 at 7:44PM EST
- DylanS very true, and like I said, Hardy for Bane is such an awsome choice.
  December 19, 2011 at 8:38PM EST
UGABugKiller

Hines Ward, FOR THE WIN!!!

Seriously though, I am now very worried that this film might contain an actual endorsement or support of the Occutard ideology.

If it does... then that is worse than ANYTHING Raimi did to Spider-Man 3, including Emo Dancing Parker.
December 19, 2011 at 4:14PM EST Reply to Comment
Tim Meadows

Huh. So Tapley is assuming Nolan is going with Frank Miller's work & not the story of what Bane does to Batman in the comics? Guess we have to watch this movie for the Superman appearance. According to assumptions made.
December 19, 2011 at 4:16PM EST Reply to Comment
- Matt I think he was only referring to The Dark Knight Returns in the sense that he's older and returning to the cowl. It seems to me it takes inspiration from both Knightfall and TDK: Returns, just like the other two movies have drawn inspirations from multiple storylines.
  December 19, 2011 at 4:32PM EST
- Kristopher Tapley I see nods to Knightfall, too, obviously. The prisoners escaping, which we can assume are freed by Bane, for instance. The broken bat cowl speaks volumes in the poster. Etc.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:48PM EST
- Kristopher Tapley And obviously there won't be a Superman appearance. There should be, as a way of bleeding into the next franchise, but there won't be. Oh well.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:49PM EST
- Casey Fiore I'm sorry, Kris, are you actually arguing that Superman should be in a Christopher Nolan Batman movie?
  December 20, 2011 at 1:45AM EST
- Jesse He must be kidding. Given the world Nolan has created, a superman appearance would seem so cartoonish and silly.
  December 20, 2011 at 2:25PM EST
Laura Stewart

I like this trailer (and THANK YOU for embedding it!) but I still think the trailer for Inception tops it.
December 19, 2011 at 4:17PM EST Reply to Comment
Tim Meadows

Huh. Tapley assumes Nolan is going with Frank Millers work & not what Bane does to Batman in the comics. Therefore we should see this flick for the Superman appearance. According to assumptions. Sounds cool to me!
December 19, 2011 at 4:18PM EST Reply to Comment
Jordo

If Nolan is really tapping The Dark Knight Returns for this movie, then I'm assuming that Bane is going to be a Joker/Mutant Gang Leader amalgam. Bale delivering the line about being a surgeon would be amazing.
December 19, 2011 at 4:20PM EST Reply to Comment
- Kristopher Tapley Indeed.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:49PM EST
Laura Stewart

That look on Bale's face in his scene with Cotillard is adorable... awww.
December 19, 2011 at 4:20PM EST Reply to Comment
Jack Tripper

Huh. Tapley assumes that Nolan is going with Frank Miller's work & not what Bane does to Batman in the comics. Guess we get an appearance by Superman in this flick. According to assumptions made. Sounds cool to me!
December 19, 2011 at 4:25PM EST Reply to Comment
- Laura Stewart No wonder Nolan is "producing" Synder's film... it's all one big conspiracy!
  December 19, 2011 at 4:49PM EST
Laura Stewart

What is Bane saying?
December 19, 2011 at 4:48PM EST Reply to Comment
- "When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die." Chilling.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:13PM EST
- Laura Stewart Thanks! I could only make out the "ashes" and "die" haha. I'm a little worried about the final product... sure hope there is some heavy voice-recovery work in progress for Bane. The 6 min preview was confusing as fack because I couldn't understand Bane. Thought he would in top form in the trailer.
  December 19, 2011 at 7:42PM EST
- Chris138 I actually thought Bane was much easier to understand in this trailer (even if it is only one line...) than he was in the prologue.
  December 19, 2011 at 9:56PM EST
- Laura Stewart I have the sound on ridiculously high and I still can't understand Bane properly. AH.
  December 20, 2011 at 4:34AM EST
Laura Stewart

What is Bane saying?
December 19, 2011 at 4:48PM EST Reply to Comment
- Laura Stewart Sorry didn't mean to post twice.
  December 19, 2011 at 4:49PM EST
- Tom Red No problem. Bane is quite unnerving. What a trailer! HFS!
  December 19, 2011 at 5:32PM EST
jcpdiesel21

Sadly, not all Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol IMAX screenings showed the 6-minute prologue; my venue missed out on getting it. Maybe it just went to the bigger metropolitan cities? The new trailer is excellent, though, and this movie is easily my most anticipated of 2012.
December 19, 2011 at 4:59PM EST Reply to Comment
- Matthew Starr I think it was more about the size of the IMAX screen than the city.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:03PM EST
- Cordy It was actually only on the giant 1570 IMAX screens (a shockingly low 42 screens). I was lucky enough to catch it and I understand why he only wanted it on the biggest and best screens. Looked pretty incredible
  December 19, 2011 at 5:14PM EST
Joe

Whoa. Whoa. The trailers have been weak before this one? Huh? Man, all of these trailers since 'Batman Begins' have been EPIC. This movie looks darker and it's got a serious adult tone to it. Don't sleep on this movie, it's going to take super hero AND franchise films to a whole other level.
December 19, 2011 at 5:14PM EST Reply to Comment
Matthew Starr

I will truly enjoy this film if...

A. Liam Neeson is in it.

B. Bruce Wayne dies.
December 19, 2011 at 5:16PM EST Reply to Comment
- RonO I don't think WB would like for Batman to die. That would kill the movie franchise like it killed the comic books. They've never recovered. Comic sales plummetted.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:26PM EST
- Kristopher Tapley No it wouldn't. They're rebooting the franchise post-Nolan, and Nolan is actually producing said reboot. If he killed Batman (which would be awesome), it would be fine. It would make his series so distinguished and no one could really mess with it with other iterations. It would be smart, actually.
  December 19, 2011 at 5:51PM EST
- Dave I I would only want Bruce Wayne/Batman to die if it made sense for the story. I think there are ways it could work. I just doubt that will happen. If they do it just to be different it could flop. Besides, how do they end a movie with that outcome? There is no Robin/Nightwing to take over, I doubt they'd end with Bane winning and Gotham in flames, and a Rocky-esque "they both punch each other out . . . to death!" ending where they both die or something seems possible yet improbable. So for me it would depend on where they go from there. I mean if he "dies" only to not actually die, that would be lame. Spider-Man "One More Day" lame.
  
  -Cheers
  December 19, 2011 at 6:02PM EST
- Matthew Starr Well the key thing I said is Bruce Wayne dies, I didn't say Batman dies. I don't read comics and maybe this is blasphemy but who says Bruce Wayne has to be the one and only Dark Knight in Gotham?
  
  And Dave there can be a happy ending for Gotham even with Wayne being killed. Maybe it inspires a White Knight a la Harvey Dent or maybe it inspires to citizens to actually stand up and fight? What better accomplishment can Bruce Wayne have than to leave Gotham knowing they don't need him anymore.
  
  We'll see I guess....
  December 19, 2011 at 9:24PM EST
- Dave I Hey Matthew, you are right on a few things:
  
  1) Bruce Wayne Dying but Not Batman: That would work, I am curious who (if anybody) they would have take up the mantle. So no, Wayne does not have to be the one and only Dark Knight; that has been explored, I just do not think DC would ever have the guts to actually let Wayne retire or die on a permanent basis. I could be wrong, but I kind of doubt it.
  
  2) Batman's Legacy: That could work. It would seem a bit abstract and Alan Moore-ish in its principles if the citizens did it for themselves, but could work, or perhaps like All-Star Superman if it inspired others after he was gone.
  
  So yes, it COULD work, I guess I am just skeptical it WILL work, even more so that they will even try it.
  
  Still, with Nolan, I'm willing to give him the benefit of a doubt by a wide margin.
  
  -Cheers
  December 20, 2011 at 7:04PM EST
Rashad

Can't wait
December 19, 2011 at 5:58PM EST Reply to Comment
Chris138

I actually thought the first full trailer for The Dark Knight that basically focused on the Joker was pretty awesome. Definitely got me excited for the film.

Anyways. Looks like shit is about to hit the fan in Gotham City. Can't wait to see it!
December 19, 2011 at 6:11PM EST Reply to Comment
Guest Guesto

Personally, I liked the trailer for the Dark Knight more.
December 19, 2011 at 6:31PM EST Reply to Comment

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loyal_mehnert I know some people aren't happy with the CGI in the football stadium sequence but it works for me. In terms of "in contention" I really hope Nolan gets his Best Director nomination next year.

rustyreub Nolan will only get his Oscar nomination for TDKR if he deserves it. I prefer not to jump on this bandwagon and then be inevitably disappointed on nomination morning.

Oscar nominations have never been about an artist or film deserving them.

rustyreub True. But would you prefer Nolan getting one for a subpar film or for a movie he deserves it for? :)

Honestly, either way works. The Oscars stopped being a barometer for quality a long time ago. But they still mean a lot in terms of one's overall career.

Laura Stewart After being snubbed for Inception, I have lost all faith in the Academy awarding Nolan a director nomination. They will recognize Jolie before they give it to Nolan.

Eunice I hope for the same thing too, and I think Nolan will bring enough (if not more) to the table to be deserving of the nom.

Mr. Gittes It's not bad for Plan B, given Ledger's unfortunate passing. I wonder how Nolan is going to explain the Joker's absence in TDKR...?

DylanS shipped far far away to some island prison, i'd imagine.

jack Are you insane?, the Nolan Batman series have had some of the best trailers of this new century - the best being the teaser for Superman Returns.

Kristopher Tapley Uh, I totally disagree. I was disappointed at every turn, and even if you did like them (which is fine), I think you're being way hyperbolic with the "new century" talk.But this one I like!

Matt I agree they haven't been the best, but the Dark Knight teaser that ended with the Joker saying something like, "People will die; I'm a man of my word" and then the laugh I thought was great. Maybe I'm just remembering it because when I was in the theater and it played everyone went crazy.

Kristopher Tapley I thought that one was bad, actually. There was no footage and they released that at Comic-Con like it was a big deal.

Mr. Gittes I like the "Gangs of New York" influence on the snowy hand-to-hand combat scene in the street.

Casey Fiore the one at Apple is still just the teaser

Kristopher Tapley It's above that.

Matthew Starr Must be trailer week. Hobbit tomorrow, Prometheus Thursday. Of all three movies I am looking forward to Prometheus the most.

Tim The 30 sec of Prometheus are more gripping than this. It's not nearly as exiting as the Dark Knight trailer was. Also Anne H. just doesn't interest me.

Matthew Starr Agreed on all counts. Can't wait for any and all Prometheus footage.

That Werewolf Guy I can't be the only one who groaned at "There is a storm coming", which might be one of the most overused phrases in movie history.

rustyreub Winter is coming

DRM To be fair, Batman said it to Gordon in Batman Begins.

geha714 Brace yourselves, "There is a storm coming" backlash is coming.

jezzleffezzle Kris, you've really been disappointed with Nolan's Batman trailers? I'll admit the ones for Batman Begins were a little underwhelming but the first one emphasizing the Joker ("Let's put a smile on that face!") for TDK was pretty harrowing and epic.

JLPatt I watched this twice and still can't figure out what the hell is going on. What's with the random football stuff?

Nolan4President bane interrupts the game and blows half the stadium to hell while telling the audience that the time of Gotham is over.

meep Geekbumps!

JJ1 hehe

Chad Hartigan Pumped!

Rev. Slappy Is that Hines Ward running with the football?

Kristopher Tapley Yep. If only the explosions had caught him, too.

Matthew Starr Ouch....

Ryan That chanting bit is pretty silly. All those words mean "rise"? Are they spelling it out? And Hines Ward? Boo!Looks good though.

potty break It sounds like they're saying, "Bane is Gotham".

thekingbulletin This is a really good trailer, but WB shouldn't have opened things up back in July with that awesome Gary Oldman speech. Everything from now on is going to feel like a slight step down from that, in my book. And Gordon's barely even in this trailer.

Paul Outlaw Why exactly is that a "problem"?

Laura Stewart Ditto, Paul. That's one hell of a line-up, you can't go wrong.

Laura Stewart You make a good point DylanS, but I think Nolan has his pick of pretty much anyone in the industry to work with. He probably enjoyed working with his Inception actors and they're all wildly talented, so why not?

DylanS very true, and like I said, Hardy for Bane is such an awsome choice.

UGABugKiller Hines Ward, FOR THE WIN!!!Seriously though, I am now very worried that this film might contain an actual endorsement or support of the Occutard ideology.If it does... then that is worse than ANYTHING Raimi did to Spider-Man 3, including Emo Dancing Parker.

Tim Meadows Huh. So Tapley is assuming Nolan is going with Frank Miller's work & not the story of what Bane does to Batman in the comics? Guess we have to watch this movie for the Superman appearance. According to assumptions made.

Matt I think he was only referring to The Dark Knight Returns in the sense that he's older and returning to the cowl. It seems to me it takes inspiration from both Knightfall and TDK: Returns, just like the other two movies have drawn inspirations from multiple storylines.

Kristopher Tapley I see nods to Knightfall, too, obviously. The prisoners escaping, which we can assume are freed by Bane, for instance. The broken bat cowl speaks volumes in the poster. Etc.

Kristopher Tapley And obviously there won't be a Superman appearance. There should be, as a way of bleeding into the next franchise, but there won't be. Oh well.

Casey Fiore I'm sorry, Kris, are you actually arguing that Superman should be in a Christopher Nolan Batman movie?

Jesse He must be kidding. Given the world Nolan has created, a superman appearance would seem so cartoonish and silly.

Laura Stewart I like this trailer (and THANK YOU for embedding it!) but I still think the trailer for Inception tops it.

Tim Meadows Huh. Tapley assumes Nolan is going with Frank Millers work & not what Bane does to Batman in the comics. Therefore we should see this flick for the Superman appearance. According to assumptions. Sounds cool to me!

Jordo If Nolan is really tapping The Dark Knight Returns for this movie, then I'm assuming that Bane is going to be a Joker/Mutant Gang Leader amalgam. Bale delivering the line about being a surgeon would be amazing.

Kristopher Tapley Indeed.

Laura Stewart That look on Bale's face in his scene with Cotillard is adorable... awww.

Jack Tripper Huh. Tapley assumes that Nolan is going with Frank Miller's work & not what Bane does to Batman in the comics. Guess we get an appearance by Superman in this flick. According to assumptions made. Sounds cool to me!

Laura Stewart No wonder Nolan is "producing" Synder's film... it's all one big conspiracy!

Laura Stewart What is Bane saying?

"When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die." Chilling.

Chris138 I actually thought Bane was much easier to understand in this trailer (even if it is only one line...) than he was in the prologue.

Laura Stewart I have the sound on ridiculously high and I still can't understand Bane properly. AH.

Laura Stewart What is Bane saying?

Laura Stewart Sorry didn't mean to post twice.

Tom Red No problem. Bane is quite unnerving. What a trailer! HFS!

jcpdiesel21 Sadly, not all Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol IMAX screenings showed the 6-minute prologue; my venue missed out on getting it. Maybe it just went to the bigger metropolitan cities? The new trailer is excellent, though, and this movie is easily my most anticipated of 2012.

Matthew Starr I think it was more about the size of the IMAX screen than the city.

Cordy It was actually only on the giant 1570 IMAX screens (a shockingly low 42 screens). I was lucky enough to catch it and I understand why he only wanted it on the biggest and best screens. Looked pretty incredible

Joe Whoa. Whoa. The trailers have been weak before this one? Huh? Man, all of these trailers since 'Batman Begins' have been EPIC. This movie looks darker and it's got a serious adult tone to it. Don't sleep on this movie, it's going to take super hero AND franchise films to a whole other level.

loyal_mehnert

I know some people aren't happy with the CGI in the football stadium sequence but it works for me.

In terms of "in contention" I really hope Nolan gets his Best Director nomination next year.

Mr. Gittes

It's not bad for Plan B, given Ledger's unfortunate passing. I wonder how Nolan is going to explain the Joker's absence in TDKR...?

jack

Are you insane?, the Nolan Batman series have had some of the best trailers of this new century - the best being the teaser for Superman Returns.

Kristopher Tapley Uh, I totally disagree. I was disappointed at every turn, and even if you did like them (which is fine), I think you're being way hyperbolic with the "new century" talk.

But this one I like!

Mr. Gittes

I like the "Gangs of New York" influence on the snowy hand-to-hand combat scene in the street.

Casey Fiore

the one at Apple is still just the teaser

Matthew Starr

Must be trailer week. Hobbit tomorrow, Prometheus Thursday. Of all three movies I am looking forward to Prometheus the most.

That Werewolf Guy

I can't be the only one who groaned at "There is a storm coming", which might be one of the most overused phrases in movie history.

jezzleffezzle

Kris, you've really been disappointed with Nolan's Batman trailers? I'll admit the ones for Batman Begins were a little underwhelming but the first one emphasizing the Joker ("Let's put a smile on that face!") for TDK was pretty harrowing and epic.

JLPatt

I watched this twice and still can't figure out what the hell is going on. What's with the random football stuff?

meep

Geekbumps!

Chad Hartigan

Pumped!

Rev. Slappy

Is that Hines Ward running with the football?

Ryan

That chanting bit is pretty silly. All those words mean "rise"? Are they spelling it out? And Hines Ward? Boo!

Looks good though.

thekingbulletin

This is a really good trailer, but WB shouldn't have opened things up back in July with that awesome Gary Oldman speech. Everything from now on is going to feel like a slight step down from that, in my book.

And Gordon's barely even in this trailer.

UGABugKiller

Hines Ward, FOR THE WIN!!!

Seriously though, I am now very worried that this film might contain an actual endorsement or support of the Occutard ideology.

If it does... then that is worse than ANYTHING Raimi did to Spider-Man 3, including Emo Dancing Parker.

Tim Meadows

Huh. So Tapley is assuming Nolan is going with Frank Miller's work & not the story of what Bane does to Batman in the comics? Guess we have to watch this movie for the Superman appearance. According to assumptions made.

Laura Stewart

I like this trailer (and THANK YOU for embedding it!) but I still think the trailer for Inception tops it.

Tim Meadows

Huh. Tapley assumes Nolan is going with Frank Millers work & not what Bane does to Batman in the comics. Therefore we should see this flick for the Superman appearance. According to assumptions. Sounds cool to me!

Jordo

If Nolan is really tapping The Dark Knight Returns for this movie, then I'm assuming that Bane is going to be a Joker/Mutant Gang Leader amalgam. Bale delivering the line about being a surgeon would be amazing.

Laura Stewart

That look on Bale's face in his scene with Cotillard is adorable... awww.

Jack Tripper

Huh. Tapley assumes that Nolan is going with Frank Miller's work & not what Bane does to Batman in the comics. Guess we get an appearance by Superman in this flick. According to assumptions made. Sounds cool to me!

Laura Stewart

What is Bane saying?

Laura Stewart

What is Bane saying?

jcpdiesel21

Sadly, not all Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol IMAX screenings showed the 6-minute prologue; my venue missed out on getting it. Maybe it just went to the bigger metropolitan cities? The new trailer is excellent, though, and this movie is easily my most anticipated of 2012.

Joe

Whoa. Whoa. The trailers have been weak before this one? Huh? Man, all of these trailers since 'Batman Begins' have been EPIC. This movie looks darker and it's got a serious adult tone to it. Don't sleep on this movie, it's going to take super hero AND franchise films to a whole other level.

Matthew Starr

I will truly enjoy this film if...

A. Liam Neeson is in it.

B. Bruce Wayne dies.

Rashad

Can't wait

Chris138

I actually thought the first full trailer for The Dark Knight that basically focused on the Joker was pretty awesome. Definitely got me excited for the film.

Anyways. Looks like shit is about to hit the fan in Gotham City. Can't wait to see it!

Guest Guesto

Personally, I liked the trailer for the Dark Knight more.