The Big Picture · Review
March 7, 2023/ 169 min/ Sean Fennessy · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan
A live-to-tape watch-along of Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Rises.' Sean, Amanda, and Chris press play and talk through the trilogy-capper, from the plane hijacking cold open to the urine-powered climax, four days before the Oscars.
1 films across 1 segment.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
The Watch-Alongpress play with them
Watched start to finish, live. Sean loves the top and tail of it but calls the occupied-Gotham middle stretch 'incoherent and stupid,' a knock Amanda seconds. Tom Hardy's Bane, jacked and doing the voice, is the one thing nobody in the room has a bad word for.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Christopher Nolan, elsewhere Batman BeginsThe Dark KnightInceptionInterstellarDunkirkTenetOppenheimer
Catwoman, elsewhere Batman ReturnsThe Batman
Christian Bale's extreme prep The MachinistRescue Dawn
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, elsewhere 10 Things I Hate About YouBrick
Matthew Modine's résumé, quizzed Vision QuestFull Metal JacketPacific HeightsMemphis Belle
William Devane's résumé Rolling ThunderMarathon Man
Ben Mendelsohn's résumé, quizzed Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryKilling Them SoftlyBlondeMississippi GrindThe Place Beyond the Pines
In passing Ordinary PeopleMy Left Foot: The Story of Christy BrownSkyfallZero Dark ThirtyCreed III21 BridgesPlaneBlack PantherThe MarvelsAsterix & Obelix: The Middle KingdomDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombBarbieEverything Everywhere All at OnceUp in the AirThe Bourne IdentityBabylonThe KillerTop Gun: MaverickAnt-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaThe Hunt for Red OctoberZodiacThe Big LebowskiAce Ventura: When Nature CallsMillion Dollar BabyThe Trial of the Chicago 7Free SoloLockeThe Devil Wears PradaThe Lego Batman MovieJohn Wick: Chapter 4Robin HoodEyes Wide ShutIt Happened One NightThe Pelican BriefSpotlightCollege
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Slow HorsesPoker FaceStranger ThingsThe MandalorianRescue MeParty DownThe Last of UsSAS Rogue HeroesChernobylBroadchurchGame of ThronesTed LassoMindhunter
Video games FIFA World Cup Launch Edition
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