New footage shown at convention today here is the first description:
The footage began with an excerpt from the prologue that arrived in theaters in December, featuring Bane (Tom Hardy) taking down a CIA plane, and I have some terrific news: I understood every word that Bane said. It should be noted that the theater I was in featured some of the most advanced technology in the projection industry, so I don’t know if they changed the audio or if it was just the presentation, but it did raise my confidence in that aspect of the film.
As mentioned, most of the scenes shown were tight and quick and featured little to no context, so here is a list of the stuff that I caught:
Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) dressed as a maid before ripping off the white frills and revealing her black dress
James Gordon (Gary Oldman), as seen in the teaser trailer from last summer, lying in a hospital bed in bad shape
Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) sitting in his Batcave, which still looks very much like a cave
Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox together in Wayne Enterprises
A team of police officers in raid gear slowly touring through what appear to be subway tunnels
Batman’s new vehicle, The Bat, taking to the air and spinning twisting as it flies over Gotham
Catwoman, in her full costume, leaning down and stealing stuff from a safe
Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard) and Bruce Wayne sharing an intimate kiss
Catwoman sitting on the Batpod and firing at a blocked tunnel in the distance
Miranda Tate saying, “You’ve given them everything,” and Bruce Wayne replying, “Not yet.”
Alfred (Michael Caine) talking about the difficulty of getting back into his old routine.
The character that continues to be a tantalizing mystery is John Blake, as played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. While the footage shown today once again didn’t give us any dialogue from the character, it did show quite a bit of him – and in some interesting situations. In the scenes shown Blake flashes a badge and is quickly seen wielding a shotgun, but the most interesting cut featured a giant bridge crumbling in an explosion and then a reaction shot from Gordon-Levitt. Just as with trailers, it’s hard to know if that will actually be the cut in the final film or if it was done for dramatic effect, but it most definitely had the latter.