The Dark Knight Rises (Ultra HD/BD) [Blu-ray]

For me this is easily the best movie of 2012. Im not a fan of Bond anymore so I cant speak for that. Avengers was awesome and Bourne legacy was good though not a patch on the original trilogy. This though has it all, a thoughtful story of redemption, action and a fitting end to the best superhero reboot of them all. I have to confess on first viewing I was sceptical. The hype was huge and I got swept along. That is always a recipe for disaster where anything less than perfection leaves you feeling cheated and since everyone will want something a little different you will never make everyone happy. I also felt the film seemed to plod in a few areas but miss out vital months where you would have liked to see what led to events. As it is I suspect a lot of cuts were made as this still runs at over two and a half hours. These films are the thinking persons superhero movies. A normal person made super through gadgets and a drive to go beyond the normal confines of dealing with problems. The acting is spot on, the soundtrack is one of the best applications since Gladiator. For a classical score it is rousing and gets the adrenaline pumping or fuels emotion. Its one of few recent soundtracks where I will hear part of the main theme on tv and instantly know where its from. The action sequences are superb. At first I was critical that they seemed slower but this is in context as our hero is getting older, he is nearly out of steam and this is his chance for one last push against someone faster, stronger and more violently driven. I was resentful that my hero seemed to be made to look stupid and weak but this is all necessary for his final redemption. Then there is the message that has underpinned the whole trilogy 'Batman is a symbol' and once you remember that you appreciate the setup. For me, Christopher Nolan has made a superb trilogy that can not be beaten. Yes there were a few things that could have been slightly improved but once you start going back and altering films you end up with the mess that is the current version of Star Wars. It should be left alone now, no more reboot attempts like Spider-Man. In many ways these films have followed the original Star Wars trilogy - Batman Begins was a breath of fresh air, the Dark Knight was the trilogy's 'Empire Strikes Back' - dramatic sobering and emotional, THe Dark Knight Rises is the swan song that whilst not as strong or complete as the others, draws the curtain in a satisfactory way. Dont watch it with stupidly high expectations and you will enjoy it. Some have criticised the transfer but I thought mine looked very sharp compared to the DVD.

Very Entertaining!

I'm guessing that plenty of people reading this review will have seen this movie and know how fantastic it is. If you haven't, then make sure you watch the first two films before this one - as an end to the trilogy it is brilliant. While it can be viewed as a standalone film, it makes MUCH more sense after you've seen Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and can be appreciated all the more as a splendid piece of filmmaking. Onto the Blu-Ray itself. The picture quality is absolutely fantastic - this is the best of the films to get on blu-ray as it has the most IMAX footage in it (about 72 minutes worth, or a third of the film all told - compared to about 26 minutes for The Dark Knight). When it switches to IMAX, the aspect ratio flips to fill your whole television, creating a fantastically detailed and immersive image. This is only available on the blu-ray - the DVD keeps the same 16:9 aspect ratio throughout. Nolan utilises IMAX well, from simple establishing shots to whole chase and fight sequences. Sequences such as the plane hijacking and the bomb chase sequence are made to stand out all the more with the visual gravitas the IMAX lends them. Sound-wise, this is a film that demands to be watched loudly - if you set the volume low, dialogue (especially Bane or Lt. Gordon when he is hospitalised) can easily be lost. Instead, turn this film up loud, and take this as an opportunity to really give your sound system a workout, to truly lose yourself in the high spectacle of this grand finale to one of the greatest trilogies ever made in any genre. The special features (on a second disc) are fantastic - detailed, interesting and informative, by far the best special features of all of Nolan's Batman films. The steelbook itself is also worthy of mention. The artwork chosen for both the exterior and interior of the case really is superb, encapsulating the spirit of the film well. The case also has a much more premium and moody feel to it, which compliments the film in a way that the regular blu-ray case doesn't - whilst the cover art on that is fine, the back loses any sense of artistic merit in it's use of bright garish colours that boast of the special features contained in the pack. All that is lost in the steelbook feature-wise is the UV copy, which is fine by me as I have found it to be a poor, flawed substitute for a real iTunes digital copy. This steelbook, then, is a worthy collectors piece to celebrate a real feat of film-making, and (when viewed alongside the rest of the trilogy) a series that perhaps represents the peak of Christopher Nolan's career so far - to my mind the greatest living director (with the possible exception of Steven Spielberg). This item comes thoroughly recommended!

Slendido cofanetto, magnifico film, immancabile pezzo da collezione sia per i fan del crociato mascherato che non. La riproduzone della maschera spezzata è elegante, impeccabile e piena di significato: un "must have" per chi voglia custodire un film indimenticable nella confezione esclusiva che merita. In poche parole, la bellezza dell'articolo conferma quanto già visto con la limited edition dedicata al Batpod del doppio DVD de "Il Cavaliere Oscuro": la base mantiene la stessa geometria, ma riporta il novo titolo (The Dark Knight Rises), mentre la maschera, pur essendo realizzata in plastica, mostra egregiamente ogni dettaglio (graffi e lesioni) sotto l'effetto della luce. Purtroppo, la stessa cosa non può dirsi per la custodia dei due Blu Ray. Seppure sia discutibile ma simpatica l'idea di estrarre la stessa dal retro della base suddetta, appare davvero frustrante il modo in cui i Blu Ray risultano inseriti all'interno: un disco è posto sopra l'altro, il che non soltanto provoca il rischio di graffiare i dischi a vicenda, ma fa decisamente rimpiangere la presenza di una custodia semplice, come nella versione normale del film, o al più come fatto nella limited edition de "Il Cavaliere Oscuro" nella quale ogni disco occupava una facciata della custodia. Se però si considera che tutto il resto è pregio e che con un po' di attenzione si evita che i dischi si graffino, è un prezzo che si può essere disposti a pagare di buon grado. Riguardo al contenuto dei dischi, c'è tantissimo materiale: se il film, pietra miliare del cinema (comunque non ai livelli del predecessore) risulta magnifico non solo per la storia epica ma ance grazie agli oltre 70 min di riprese IMax, i contenuti speciali inseriti sono davvero tanti e non deludono neppure per qualità, tuttavia questi ultimi presentano una pecca: come al solito, sono presentati solo in lingua originale, ma seppur siano presenti i sottotitoli anche in italiano, spesso risultano illegibili quando lo sfondo sia molto chiaro (o peggio) bianco, col risultato che la loro lettura risulta spesso frammentaria e noiosa. Infine, ma non per importanza, un 10 e lode a Amazon: confezione immacolata, pacco resistente e compatto, tempi di spedizione e arrivo talmente ineccepibili che, continuando su questa strada, sarà probabile che il pacco vi arrivi a casa qualche secondo dopo aver cliccato su "Acquista"!

It was a treat for this great movie available at a good discounted price! I am not a fan of Christopher Nolan and I have been oscillating whether to buy this or not. When I saw the pricing reasonable, I thought I should give a try and was thoroughly satisfied with it.

Man muss Christopher Nolans Batman-Reihe nicht lieben. Nolans Trilogie hat durchaus erzählerische Lücken. Aber er hat das geschafft, woran andere große Regisseure kläglich gescheitert sind. Nolan hat eine in sich geschlossene, fesselnde und überzeugende Interpretation von Batman geschaffen - und das über eine Spanne von drei Filmen. Dabei hat es Nolan geschafft, dass jeder Film seine eigene atmosphärische Wirkung entfaltet. keiner der drei Filme ist sich ähnlich, aber doch wirken sie alle wie aus einem Guss. "The Dark Knight Rises" ist der krönende Abschluss der Batman-Verfilmung, die seinesgleichen sucht. Nolan hat nicht einfach nur seine Filmreihe zu Ende gebracht, er hat die Messlatte für die kommende Comciverfilmungen extrem hoch gelegt. Der Film ist keine simple Comicadaption. Christopher Nolan hat das Kunststück geschafft, dem Comic-Genre eine zuvor nicht gekannt Tiefe zu verleihen. Der Film strotzt nämlich nur so von sozialkritischen Anspielungen: Nolan legt politische als auch wirtschaftliche Korruption offen, er stellt die Frage, was die Gesellschaft im Inneren zusammenhält und wann wir bereit sind, unsere zivilisatorischen Errungenschaften aufzugeben. Während andere Comciverfilmungen sich auf eine reine oberflächliche Schwarz-Weiß-Darstellung von Gut und Böse beschränken, lotet Nolans Batman-Verfilmung sämtliche Motivationen und Beweggründe seiner Figuren aus. "The Dark Knight Rises" fesselt den Zuschauer von Anfang an. In keinem Batman-Film leidet und hofft man mehr mit dem dunklen Ritter. Dabei treibt Nolan Batman an seine physischen und psychischen Grenzen, wie man es in keinem Film zuvor gesehen hat. Der Film ist größer, packender aber auch schmerzvoller als die bisherigen Teile. Christian Bale gelingt es dabei jederzeit überzeugend Bruce Wayne und Batman darzustellen. Zugegeben, der Film ist ziemlich gefüllt mit allerlei Handlungssträngen. Die Entwicklung von Bruce Wayne nimmt dabei den Hauptteil ein. Batman selbst taucht aber im Wesentlichen nur zu Beginn und am Ende des Films auf. Wer einen Fim wie "Batman Begins" erwartet wird enttäuscht, da Nolan so ziemlich jeder Filmfigur enorm viel Screentime einräumt und Batman dabei zu kurz kommt. Wer die erzählerische Raffinesse eines "The Dark Knight" vor Augen hat, wird ebenfalls mit einer Entäuschung rechnen müssen. Die Story um Bane und die Liga der Schatten ist bei weitem nicht so ausgeklügelt wie noch der Vorgänger. Zudem ist Bane als Antagonist zwar gut gewählt worden und Tom Hardy überzeugt in der Rolle (Auch wenn die deutsche Synchronisation von Bane unter aller Kanone ist), jedoch merkt man es dem Film an, dass ein schwerwiegender Bösewicht wie Heath Ledgers Joker fehlt. Die großartigen, kammerspielartigen Konfrontationen zwischen Batman und dem Joker aus "The Dark Knight" sucht man in TDKR vergebens. Letztendlich ist die Story zwar fesselnd, es fehlt ihr aber an der faffinierten Konstruktion des Vorgängers. Das alles ist aber alles jammern auf hohem Niveau. "The Dark Knight Rises" ist weniger ein Batman-Film, als ein Bruce-Wayne-Film. Dennoch ist er extrem unterhaltsam, spart nicht an Action und überzeugt vor allem durch seine enorme pathetische und emotional packende Erzählweise, die auch Nebencharakteren wie Alfred, Selina Kyle, Commissioner Gordon und John Blake enorm viel Spielreaum einräumt. Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman und Joseph Gordon-Levitt wissen in ihren Rollen dabei voll zu überzeugen. Der heimlich Star ist aber Michael Caine, der Alfred so beklemmend und packend darstellt wie in keinem der Filme zuvor. Der Film geht an die Substanz, ist erzählerisch gewaltiger als seine Vorgänger und weiß mit einem atemberaubenden Schluss zu überzeugen. "The Dark Knight Rises" ist ein würdiger Abschluss der Reihe, der einen mit rasenden Herzklopfen zurücklässt.

Super film, super coffret avec Steelbook et film en 4k, bel objet de conll

Una edicion perfecta a un precio increible. La compre junto a un pack italiano de "Batman Begins+ El Caballero Oscuro" y me salio la trilogia entera por 23€. Un chollazo