"Also, where the hell are these bagel paperweights?! I came here for a papier-mache bagel paperweight, and I haven't seen a single one!"

I was talking about the prison Bane puts Wayne in. The one he was born in and Talia escaped from.

You should! It's in Scorsese's top 10, at least on my list.

It's a great, great movie.

They set her up as being extremely intelligent so her realization at the end always felt natural to me.

They're the League of Shadows. The plan was always to destroy Gotham. You have to remember that this was also a nationwide television event, so it's an extremist terrorist act being played for a wide audience.

I do remember seeing a lot of stuff on the Best of 2012 list, now that I think of it. Whatever, those people are wrong. The Dark Knight Rises is wonderful.

The bagel one is After Hours.

Ariadne's character grows.

It's not a plot hole. It's the "slow knife," as Talia calls it. It's about making them feel a little bit of hope to further their despair. It parallels the use of Bane's prison in that way.

Was it really much-maligned?

They are different actors. If Nolan wanted ambiguity with the kids he would've gone with the same kid actors from the beginning of the film.

I think George was supposed to look bad, too. And boy did he ever!

You'd still have that screenplay, though…

Yeah those were the only two, and Your Highness is the only one anyone paid attention to.

There were even mentions of Michael after he left.

Yeah. I loved that the reason he was an outlaw was less to do with stealing money and more to do with getting the ladies to open their beds to him.

That mid-90's hairstyle (and the clothes) were a real killer. In the later run when she let her curls down I realized that she's totally gorgeous.

The McCabe and Gosford Park images capture the feel of the movie very well, IMO.

Some of these are worthy of Criterion covers (minus the ones that are not already Criterion covers).