All Blog Posts Tagged 'Rises' (3)

So I leave San Diego in 2 weeks. I've yet to pack remaining clothes and supplies in 20+ lb boxes, and meanwhile friends who are already in college are writing out essays and working their brains to death like it's the junior year of high school again. Friends who are high school seniors are frantically getting to their college applications, and friends who are high school juniors are finally getting a taste of academic hell.

Meanwhile, I have little…

DUMBLEDORE DIES.

 Just kidding.

The movie was brilliant. The entire film was crafted with wonderful precision and would make any Batman fan, new or old, proud. The film was fulfilling and well worth seeing over… and over… and over… and over… 

 And to those who were hesitant:

Anne Hathaway was purrrrfect (pun intended). I called from the …

Listen, Jena, don’t take this the wrong way, but I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Anne Hathaway. Since Nolan cited A Tale of Two Cities as chief inspiration for The Dark Knight Rises (TDKR), it’s hard to miss the shades of Madame Defarge, that Dickensian revolutionary, in Anne Hathoway’s Catwoman. Just going by the trailer, we see similarities in the way these two characters think and speak.

In the newest trailer for…