BEST VILLAIN? First time watching *THE DARK KNIGHT RISES*

[@SebScreen]

Last video of 2021! Have a happy new year everyone :) What was your favourite of the trilogy?

[@jchernandez2535]

Happy new year seb!! Best Villain of what? THIS trilogy? Nah, evidently not. I think You forgot legder The Joker someHow LOL The Best character in fiction.

[@SandraMorris51]

The Dark Knight is in my top 5 movies of all time!

[@Tommysimonsen]

Son of Batman - Trailer kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJrWaIuFqpWLo9U

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Begins. it built the rock-solid foundation the other films were founded on.

[@blitzgirl6522]

The Dark Knight is my favorite, but TDKR is a veeeery close contender. They are all so good, though.

[@TheToohey10]

For your question on how did he survive. You’ll notice just before in the scene with Fox they were saying the autopilot on the bat had been fixed by Bruce Wayne. So the bat flew away on autopilot while Bruce got away

[@willtriplett4128]

Ohhh I took that as Bruce was done with life and just decided to die even when he could’ve saved himseld

[@WhatInTheDeepestShadeOfFeck]

It's amazing how many people miss that

[@ProdSangreNueva]

Cause he is Batman!

[@kirius1998]

Yeah, I think that's what they wanna go with. But as one can see he was sitting in The Bat like five second before the bomb blew up. How in the hell was he supposed to get out of the blast radius in that time? And I don't buy that Alfred would just nod and leave it at that upon seeing Bruce who was like a son to him and realizing he's alive. I think it's crap.

[@noise289]

@@kirius1998 Nolan often messes with time and continuity in his films this was one of those times where the shots we see are not in linear order

[@jamiepoole]

Imagine being Tom Hardy, seeing Heath Ledger absolutely nail a performance so much as the previous villain, that he got a post-humous Oscar -- and for a comic book movie. Comic book movies traditionally never win mainstream awards. Then coming in as Bane and building a villain that was equal or perhaps more well portrayed than the Joker. There was so much pressure to not fall into the "wasn't as good as Joker" and yet he nailed it. Awesome artwork. I would also give a shoutout to Michael Caine's performance -- through the whole series he just nailed Alfred. The scene of him mourning at the funeral is just chef's kiss. Such a powerful performance.

[@videohistory722]

I think he just simply reminded himself he's not supposed to be the Joker. He's supposed to be Bane. Which gives him free reign to focus on that specific character and how he wants to portray it.

[@nirabhra-neel9863]

Tom Hardy is a hell of an actor. There is no surprise he pulled this off. I love every second of him on the screen no matter what movie he is in.

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

The fact that this is the same dude playing Eddie Brock blows my fucking mind. What a range for an actor

[@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

Don't forget Cillian Murphy. Never forget Cillian Murphy 😭❤️

[@Sidraughen]

Hardy is so damn good in everything he does.

[@nikfabbi87]

21:31: to answer to your question, Bane does this to make people have hope before they die: it's form of torture. He also explains that quite clearly to Bruce when he talks to him in the pit ("I learned there's no despair without hope" etc.).

[@Jaden_The_Celestial]

Bane also never told the crowd the bomb was on a timer. They only thought it would go off by remote only.

[@HABO2210]

I don't know how the heck he didn't get that

[@roma540]

Also, he's from The League Of Shadows. What was it's goal in Batman Begins? Exactly.

[@Joker-nq6oe]

People doesn’t listen at all

[@WhiteFangofWar]

He'd also be right to consider that after 5 months of lawlessness and fear a lot of Gotham's people might be begging for it to finally end. Seeing their home fall into chaos poisons their souls.

[@Aegi97]

I believe this is such an underrated movie. After the dark knight came out, the expectations for this movie were such that, because the joker wasn't in it, it wasn't going to be as appreciated. Yes, the Joker was awesome but I really like this film anyway

[@justsomerandomguy992]

The ending is just so satisfying

[@martinoresnik5518]

that's how I felt about it too. I was a little disappointed initially because of the hype after the Joker. but after rewatching it a few times, I love this one a lot too.

[@adityan3208]

I think this is overrated. Too many plot holes. It's still good though

[@maverick1711]

@@adityan3208 what plot holes?

[@thereisnopandemic]

@@adityan3208 I think Heath Ledger joker sucks and is way overrated. His death is what made people believe he was a great joker, when he really copied Tom Waits persona and try to pass it as the joker. The Dark Knight is the only Batman movie I can’t sit through it all. Even Michael Schumacher Batman is watchable.

[@itsparticleman]

Notice how Bruce isn't wearing a mask at the costume ball when he dances with Selena Kyle. That's because, as Rachel said, "This. This is your mask. Your real face is the one that criminals now fear."

[@SandraMorris51]

I like everyone in this movie but particularly Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon Levitt. I wish he'd gotten another film with Batman as Robin.

[@Enrique-Garcia]

Nolan had said he categorically would never have Robin in his movies. This was his compromise.

[@bradcarver8127]

JGL dies his first night out as Batman.

[@SandraMorris51]

@@Enrique-Garcia Oh I know..just saying it would've been cool to see a Nolan version of it 😁

[@gamblertoguru382]

@@Enrique-Garcia only version of Robin I could imagine in the Nolan universe is Robin as the Red Hood. We can only dream that Nolan would one day bring that story arc to life.

[@TheErenYeagerChannel]

@@gamblertoguru382 Blake would've probably gone that route, he had no problem killing criminals (even accidentally) as shown in the movie.

[@ethanlivemere1162]

The Joker was originally supposed to be the judge in Bane's trials, but sadly that wasn't possible :(

[@AlrightThere]

That’s so sad but imagine how cool that would have been. Scarecrow also makes sense in that role too though

[@jordyneeft1252]

Originally originally The Joker was supposed to be the villain in TDKR

[@brysonfreeman7226]

Well they sadly didn’t bring him back, because Heath Ledger died in real life before The Dark Knight came out

[@patriciavega3192]

@@jordyneeft1252 no, it was always the idea of Thalia .

[@jordyneeft1252]

@@patriciavega3192 what?

[@roryyy33]

"Victory has defeated you" gotta be the best line in the movie

[@maximillianosaben]

The ending of The Dark Knight is just chills central. But the ending to this is still so darn good. Alfred crying at the grave was devastating; but seeing him smile at Wayne at the café just restores your faith. (P.S. "...since I first heard his cries echo through this house." Heartbreaking scene.

[@NK-bz9wb]

That has been some of the ugliest cry in my lifetime. Several times.

[@gregmax1321]

When Nolan and hardy were discussing the mask, hardy pointed a line between his temple and his eye brow and that was all that he asked to work with. He is PERFECT as this role and nolan has said that his performance is still under appreciated

[@officialmonarchmusic]

Absolutely. Bane is amazing

[@kompanjonac]

Wow thats cool didnt know that. Tnx man

[@lukeyread]

Bane is SO cool. The opening rivals the Joker’s bank scene so well. Anne Hathaway was also excellent as Catwoman 👌🏼

[@rinkairiozuki7245]

"Do you feel in charge?" probably my favorite movie quote of all time. Also Tom Hady was an excellent choice

[@aanyamallick7747]

For sure man. Yo when that bag was off his face that stre was so intimidating. I enjoyed Anne too

[@CortexNewsService]

With Anne it was her first scene. When Bruce calls her out, with the*tiniest* change she goes from scared waitress to badass.

[@davidholder8551]

I miss when movies were this good. The new one is good but it's just not this good

[@Tenchi707]

10:07 that's Hangman from Top Gun Maverick!

[@SirPaladin]

Bruce landed on his knee wrong when he saved Gordons' kid. that's why he needs a cane & messed up his cartilage.

[@Just_Jae19]

“Do you feel in charge”😈was the most menacing line bane has said

[@thesmellofadventure5370]

Such an underrated epic masterpiece. I love all 3 films, they are all excellent, but this is my second favorite. Not as much as The Dark Knight (my favorite movie of all time), but this is like my 2nd favorite film of all time. While it has issues, I have watched it countless times! It’s so epic! So quotable! So emotional! So well paced! Tom Hardy’s Bane is also a perfect villain that almost rivals Heath Ledger. Speaking of rivaling The Dark Knight, the opening scene somehow rivals the bank heist. They are both equal opening scenes in my eyes. Also, this might be part of why I love it, but this film was filmed in Pittsburgh, which is where I grew up and still live. I was 4 when this film came out so I remember my dad telling my stories of him seeing the Batmobile and hearing Tom Hardy’s Bane at Heinz Field. This is a very special movie to me! Still love it to this day!

[@Just_Jae19]

“I didn’t see the light until I was already a man but by the time I did it was nothing but BLINDING” I fucking love bane dude😂

[@tiago9977]

Anne Hathaway was *perfect* as Catwoman in this film. Tom Hardy was amazing as Bane, but she was probably my favourite part of this film tbh, and exactly what I expect an anti-villain to be like lol. It would be cool to see Seb react to Halle Berry's Catwoman someday. It's not as good as this ofc, but it's still interesting and entertaining.

[@paulieluppino1856]

What a way to end the year.... HAPPY NEW YEAR, and all that jazz........

[@kcincy]

The villains are the best part of the Nolan Batman trilogy. Great movie!

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I like this one better than the first of the trilogy, but less than the second. The thing I truly love most about it, is Bane's voice. It gives me the warm shivers.

[@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214]

I agree. I’ve heard sum ppl say his voice isn’t intimidating, but I don’t think that’s a detriment. The joker’s voice wasn’t very intimidating, but that doesn’t matter because what made him scary was his insane schemes and unhinged personality. Similarly, what makes Bane scary is his awesome strength and presence. The voice is more so trying to replicate the mannerisms of James Bond villains, so it works

[@eighthdoctor]

I went into this back in 2012 fully expecting Bruce to be killed off. I was waiting for the screen to cut to black just after Alfred's little nod of acknowledgement and was so happy when they gave us that moment at 29:19 ! 😁🙏🏻

[@mattydit4291]

My favourite was Batman begins , for the explain of the motivation of Bruce Wayne to becomes Batman , and for the formidable Liam Neeson as R'as Al Gaul

[@CitizenoftheWorld1]

The Dark Knight had one of the best intros in cinema while TDKR had one of the best endings. Even more fascinating was the fact that Nolan wanted DiCaprio to play Riddler before he hired Hardy for Bane

[@officialmonarchmusic]

TDKR also has one of the best intros in cinema

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Think that The Dark Knight Rises is underappreciated coming after the likes of the 1st two films. I think it's still a really solid finish to the trilogy

[@ryanjohnabraham641]

this movie is just such an incredible thrilling, epic story with one of the best soundtracks ive ever heard

[@officialmonarchmusic]

You can say that again

[@hannah6822]

Tom hardy’s Acting in this movie is Amazing. I love his acting and his voice! He’s an A list actor and no one can change my mind😍

[@osjproductions5856]

There's no more devastating scene in a movie than seeing Alfred talking to Bruce's parents' graves.

[@ozdeveraux2082]

Get yourself someone who looks at you the way Seb does when he sees Triceps, Biceps or Pecs

[@angellopolys2494]

I really love Anne as Catwoman 😍

[@robertsanssouci2093]

Joker wanted to show the public that everyone is just one bad choice, or rather “one bad day”, away from becoming him. Bane wants to fulfill the goal of the League of Shadows. By destroying Gotham. If the Court of Owls existed in Nolan’s Batman they would have had to step in and sent their people to fight with Batman. That would have been amazing to watch.

[@cuursaneman]

When Bane said " That's a lovely lovely voice", that part was actually improvised. Sends chills every time.

[@kylewestlake982]

For your inquiry at 5:53, Hardy put on 30 pounds of muscle, which he also used in Warrior, which he did before this. You should watch that, too. Very emotional.

[@MermaidMusings7]

This movie never fails to make me emotional. Christian Bale will always be my Batman.

[@martinjeanneteau7950]

During the ball scene, you can notice that the only two we see without a mask are two who are hiding something already : batman and Talia Al gul hiding behind their civil identity

[@kompanjonac]

Wow mindblown

[@DolceSuono9]

Haha we made the same move & reaction at “I failed you”. Aw, my heart. Best ending. Wow I haven’t seen this movie since college.

[@spiderfingers86]

On this episode of Batman we are introduced to Bane who is extremely strong as well as Selena Kyle played by Anne Hathaway who grew her hair back

[@saltman2008]

I can literally watch you watch anything!! Your voice is so soothing!! 🥰🥰

[@xAlbatr0ss]

1:54 that one dude didnt stick the landing very well LMAO

[@steamro11r]

my favorite part of this entire movie is where he lays his hand on the guys shoulder and says "Do you feel in charge?"

[@Terrafraid]

Worth watching as the video of the opening scene with Banes original voice. In first screening, audiences complained they couldn't understand what he was saying so they made Tom Hardy re-record his dialogue, which is why it sounds so strange compared to the rest of the film (at a much higher volume, higher pitch overly clarifying each word, doesn't contain the cool metallic vader-esque mask effect/sounds like it was recorded in a small booth). I find it much better and creepier/menacing. Gutted they didn't put it back in for the home release, but it can be seen/heard on youtube in a low quality that someone recorded from that first screening.

[@officialmonarchmusic]

Is it too much to ask for a link?

[@marzena3988]

Very well casted, overall an amazing trilogy, I enjoy it every time I go back to it.

[@Nikephorus]

One of the best comic book villain adaptations put to screen. Tom Hardy did an awesome job.

[@LilSavage821]

I have been waiting for this since you uploaded Begins! This is for sure my fav of the trilogy.

[@lukay7922]

Man, you are my favorite react channel. Keep it up!

[@DavidPunk223]

The Dark Knight is favourite of the three. Batman Begins is a good origin film. Also Heath Ledger won best supporting actor Oscar posthumously for his role as The Joker, and The Dark Knight was also the first superhero film to get nominated for best picture at the Oscar’s.

[@goonertony]

The ending of The Dark Knight Rises is the best of all my favourite movies!! btw Happy New Year Seb!

[@johns8549]

I absolutely love your reaction$ $EB Keep the Hype alive!!!! The Fire 🔥 Rises!!!! 💪🏻🤴🏻💪🏻💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@LoDoFilmUnlimitedMedia]

One of the best trilogies ever made!

[@mogwiawolf4354]

its funny how i just watched this the past few days and watched this one yesterday before finding your channel which lead me to watching all of them

[@jaysreacts]

"The fire rises" gives me chills everytime I see that part, music kicks back in

[@bamba2046]

One of my all time fav movies, glad you are reacting to it.

[@keithalanbaker535]

In the comic books the current Robin is actually Damian Wayne the son of Bruce Wayne and ra's al Ghul daughter Talia.

[@Tinker_LV426]

THANK U FOR LOVING BANE'S VOICE!!!

[@s_.777]

seeing this in an IMAX theatre was crazy

[@ryanhalawani2637]

This is a great underrated film. It's loosely based on the comic The Dark Knight Returns, which is about a grim dystopian future where Batman has grown old and bitter and has gone into retirement only to be forced back into superheroics due to a violent new gang and the return of the Joker. It's also very influenced by the Knightfall comic which was Bane's first appearance in the comics. He had a similar plan of taking control of Gotham and famously beat Batman and broke his back, temporarily paralyzing him. It's such a classic moment in comics as it marked one of the first times that Batman had been completely defeated by an enemy in such a way. It may not reach the heights of the Dark Knight but I honestly don't think any film could. I really love the first half of this film but was slightly disappointed by the ending and the reveal about Bane and Talia. Feel like it could've been done better. but overall the film is still great and a worthy addition to Nolan's stellar trilogy.

[@mattiusgabe7354]

I honestly was disappointed with how Bane went out LOL

[@hashtagfilm]

The thing with this franchise is that my favourite of the 3 is always changing. All movies offer something uniquely different. I just really wish Katie Holmes had continued on as Rachel. I much prefer her over Maggie. All in all, a near perfect trilogy.

[@alexlibbert1849]

This is my favorite Batman movie of all time with how they made Batman the ultimate underdog

[@tommikoistinen2321]

1. Dark Knight 2. Dark Knight Returns 3. Batman Begins

[@OutlawStar87]

Ahh Catwoman rises. She became the hero Gotham needed and defeated bane... Batman is also in this film

[@gr8handsftl]

In this trilogy, my favorite is The Dark Knight, then The Dark Knight Rises, then Batman Begins This movie does have some issues, but it is a very satisfying ending to the trilogy

[@IlCanaleDegliEroi]

Such a good video to end the Trilogy! Some movie suggestions in case you run out of stuff to watch: - Drive with Rryan Gosling - Interstellar with Matthew McCounaughey (still by Christopher Nolan) - Blade Runner 2049 with Ryan Gosling - Django Unchained - The Guilty with Jake Gyllenhall Thanks for the great content, with you a great year!

[@samnichol482]

Seb reacted to Interstellar a few months ago 😊

[@IlCanaleDegliEroi]

@@samnichol482 good to know, I'll check it out!

[@kieranireland2598]

"joker was just wanting to have some fun" makes joker sound like a bad puppy

[@RyanMoonASMR]

Great reaction as usual!

[@rayvaughn1760]

Everybody missed the part where the technicians tell Fox the Auto Pilot was fixed 6 months back

[@blackBrainySmurf]

You weren't listening to Bane! Mesmerized by the voice, but when he put Bruce in the pit his speech included "I will feed them hope that they can survive" because "you cannot have truth hope without despair"!

[@courtneyodell6729]

So Nolan based this off of Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. I’ve studied it significantly and rewatching this after is just mind blowing how many details parallel. The most obvious are the lines read at Bruce’s funeral-the last lines of Tale after the hero (who everyone thought was a POS, ie Bruce Wayne) sacrificed himself.

[@Vladimir_Fedorov27]

imo Bane deserved a bit cooler ending and I would prefer that the leg problem and the way Bruce returned to Gotham were adressed at least with a line or two, otherwise - the movie is amazing! The dark knight is still my favourite, but this is awesome too. The whole trilogy is what I wish superhero movies were, yet almost none of them are.

[@Galiant2010]

I wish I could've enjoyed this movie more the first time in the theater... but as someone who has mostly normal hearing but is hard of hearing on the low pitches Bane was just too hard for me to understand.

[@cmac3530]

29:29 "I know he told her to keep the suit...For... Reasons..." XD

[@JIX9ISLER1986]

Nolan Trilogy is the definitive version of Batman

[@lolkaverr]

Happy New Years homie

[@tideoftime]

14:30 -- Catwoman and Batman have had (in most of the comicbook continuities) an on-again, off-again relationship, both personally and professionally. (In the original core reality of DC comics, for instance, they had a child together -- Helena Wayne -- who when she grew up became The Huntress some years after the original continuity BM died.) 27:00 Talia is Ra's' daughter in the comics; she has a relationship with Bruce/BM, too, resulting in the birth of Damien Wayne (Robin no. 5). She is a manipulator/infiltrator, so it totally makes sense. ;)

[@beetlebob4675]

Yes. That's Littlefinger. Lol

[@dsubzero3874]

I loved your reaction, Seb, especially when you figured out that Blake was Robin. 29:05

[@kbp213]

Epic movie. Saw this in the theater and everyone clapped at the end.

[@ZaOnly420]

This trilogy had the best opening scenes

[@RonWeb7804]

Loved the reaction. Tom Hardy was awesome in this one.

[@LPJack02]

Christopher Nolan deserves a Knighthood for creating The Dark Knight Trilogy.

[@demonik2108]

I cry so hard hearing Michael Cane saying. - I FAILED YOU

[@worldbythomas7942]

To answer you question on how did he manage to survive is that it is actualy an open ending movie. On one side Fox found out that the autopilot had been fixed but on the other side Alfred may have just imagined seeing Bruce and to support this Nolan actualy never confirmed or denied if Bruce died when he was asked in interviews

[@Loshi_]

Just realized bane and Baelish were in Peaky Blinders and were freakin amazing haha

[@axelvonelern8081]

Bane is known as " The Man who Brick The Batman".

[@jrm371]

The more time has gone on, the more my appreciate for this film grows

[@LibrasReact]

I saw this in IMAX on opening night and the beginning scene on the air plane gave me a full blown panic attack. 🤪

[@JJchi834]

16:16 Tom Hardy broke his back out😅

[@matchaqueen6541]

I cried so much when I saw this in theaters

[@JN-rd5xg]

You should totally watch Jordan Peele’s US, Lupita Nyongo and Winston Duke!!! Such a great film!!!!

[@BWork]

She took her pearls, she took her lambo*** They weren't her pearls to begin with 🤣

[@jasonaugustine3370]

In the comics Bruce was utterly exhausted fighting him. When they fought again later Bruce kicked his ass.

[@spiderfingers86]

On this episode we are introduced to Bane played by Tom Hardy as well as Selena Kyle played by Anne Hathaway

[@notthefia9154]

21:30 Because in a sense by Bane releasing every single prisoner from Blackgate and Arkham onto the streets free to do whatever they want with Batman gone and the police trapped underground, it’s basically giving the city back to the people and leaving them at their own mercy to do whatever they want with a false sense of hope that either they can fight and win or Batman might come back, and at the same time rubbing in the fact that they’re going to die anyway because “this is how overrun with crime this city is”, Bane’s so devoted to the league’s goal of, throughout history all they’ve wanted to do was achieve absolute justice, but through a really backwards way of if a city was so overrun with crime and corruption they’d just blow the living fuck out of it and make it start over because that’s easier than just wiping the criminals out one by one and trying their hardest to spare the innocent in the process. Essentially him flooding the city with crime and war is giving him the right reasons to blow the fuck out of it

[@samiswithering]

The trilogy of Tom Hardy acting his ass off with a mask: Dark Knight Rises Mad Max: Fury Road (SO GOOD!) Dunkirk

[@SB992REBORN]

He went from straight terrifying in this too funny and scary as Venom

[@speedymaster5758]

Epic reaction buddy.. Bane Tom hardy was epic in this movie, and gets better each time this is watched.. Only disappointment i have with the movie, is that it doesn't follow the mythology of the comic book.. Which was kinda a downer but i will get over it.. Nothing will beat the dark knight either, heath ledgers performance made that batman movie so very iconic and a piece of movie history now..

[@unitexconquer375]

Ooooh guy on the bridge is John from the punisher series.

[@theron0622]

Wonder if heath ledger would have been in this among all the other villains if he had not died

[@theicytides]

Yes been waiting for this

[@grayb8747]

Love the shirt!!