London: Director Christopher Nolan is defending fans irate over negative reviews of The Dark Knight Rises.
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Nolan defends fans angry over ‘Knight’ reviews
“I think the fans are very passionate about these characters,” says director Christopher Nolan
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- Published: 12:42 July 19, 2012
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- This July 16, 2012 file photo shows (from left) actors Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and director Christopher Nolan at the world premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises" in New York.
While the final piece of Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy has gotten mostly positive reviews, a few critics, including The Associated Press’ Christy Lemire, gave it a negative review. Fan response to those critics became so venomous on the review aggregator site RottenTomatoes.com that it suspended user comments late Monday.
Appearing at Wednesday’s London premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, Nolan was quick to defend fans’ heated response to the reviews.
“I think the fans are very passionate about these characters the way a lot of people are very passionate. Batman’s been around for over 70 years and there’s a reason for that. He has a huge appeal, so I think you know people certainly respond to the character,” he said.
Nolan also weighed in on conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh’s contention that the villain in the movie, Bane, was an attempt to make a disparaging link to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s former company Bain Capital.
“I’m not sure how to address something that bizarre, to be honest. I really don’t have an answer for it, it’s a very peculiar comment to make,” he said.
Morgan Freeman, who plays Lucius Fox, called the contention “ridiculous.”
“Chris wrote a fictional story that didn’t have any political thoughts in mind, so it’s like art or something you know, it’s all in the mind of the beholder,” Freeman said.
Bane has been a character in the Batman comic series for many years.
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