The Avengers vs. The Dark Knight Rises (opening nite & wknd)

Started by Prep-Man29 pages
Jamie Ottley ‏@JayOttley
The Dark Knight Rises was the masterpiece of all comic films, the best was saved for last... Oscar for Best Picture and Bane as Tom Hardy

^ Looks promising. We'll find out for sure in 11 days!

For two and a half hours, I was completely taken into another world. I experienced that larger than life sensation of watching a perfectly constructed story play out, it really was a palpable feeling. After watching the film, I had a renewed sense of childlike wonder. It felt like I saw “Batman” again for the very first time.

As we left the screening room, and parted ways with the PR people, The intuitive Mr. Connelly let me have it. “Ok, now you can let it out” he said. I screamed, like an excited school girl.

http://abcnews.go.co...istopher-nolan/

'Dark Knight Rises' Pacing to Score Biggest Weekend Opening of All Time For 2D Pic

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dark-knight-rises-pacing-box-office-346576

Arclight Hollywood has added another show, for a total of 13.
Arclight Sherman Oaks has added 4 more shows, for a total of 15.
Arclight Pasadena has added 3 more shows, for a total of 15.
Arclight Beach Cities has added 1 more show, for a total of 8.

The Dark Knight Rises Opening Weekend Could Top 200 Million

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/dark-knight-rises-opening-weekend_n_1660254.html

Lets hope the fight scenes/choreography is good this time around.

Originally posted by tkitna
Why do I have no desire to see this Batman movie? I'm worried that there's something wrong with me. I usually want to see all the comic book movies, but this one doesnt even look good in my opinion. Oh well, i'm sure i'll go and see it anyways.
Do the sensible thing and aim for the bushes.

Originally posted by Prep-Man
The Dark Knight Rises Opening Weekend Could Top 200 Million

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/dark-knight-rises-opening-weekend_n_1660254.html

That would be very impressive considering it's not even in 3d.

Jimmy Kimmel on TDKR tonight: "Incredible".

David Letterman: "Yea I have seen the film and this is the best movie I have watched in years".

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/07/10/midnight-showings-for-the-dark-knight-rises-selling-out/

I'm so hoping this movie is as good as everyone says, on that note I'm trying to keep a pessimist's outlook on things so as to not get myself to hyped up and get disappointed.

Also the more and more I think on the subject the more and more I think Batman Begins will end up being a better film than the TDK. I don't even know how much the Joker Villain will hold up to the test of time and he was the best part of TDK.

Originally posted by Newjak
I'm so hoping this movie is as good as everyone says, on that note I'm trying to keep a pessimist's outlook on things so as to not get myself to hyped up and get disappointed.

Also the more and more I think on the subject the more and more I think Batman Begins will end up being a better film than the TDK. I don't even know how much the Joker Villain will hold up to the test of time and he was the best part of TDK.

They're both classics. TDK just had a lot more hype to it. As does TDKR. At the time of BB there wasn't much excitement for a new Batman.

Nolan's done a great service to the big screen Batman.

Originally posted by DARTH POWER
They're both classics. TDK just had a lot more hype to it. As does TDKR. At the time of BB there wasn't much excitement for a new Batman.

Nolan's done a great service to the big screen Batman.

I don't know if I would count them as classics.

Good movies but I don't know if I would say the TDK is timeless, classic, a masterpiece.

I do agree Nolan has done an amazing job with Batman

At the time of BB people were still tasting the sour and disappointing taste Batman & Robin left.

Originally posted by Newjak
I don't know if I would count them as classics.

Good movies but I don't know if I would say the TDK is timeless, classic, a masterpiece.

I do agree Nolan has done an amazing job with Batman

They aren't timless classics because they came out 7 and 4 years ago, respectively.

IMO, the trilogy as a whole is/will be a masterpiece, and eventually recognized as a classic.

Originally posted by nimbus006
They aren't timless classics because they came out 7 and 4 years ago, respectively.

IMO, the trilogy as a whole is/will be a masterpiece, and eventually recognized as a classic.

It could be I'll give you that, depending on how the TDKR turns out, but on the films themselves I don't think they will be.

The more I think about TDK the more interested I become in Batman Begin and less interested in TDK.

I just don't think TDK will hold up well once the nostalgia of it all wears off.

The movie is incredibly long, and it's not a fun long, most long movies I don't care about but with TDK I specifically find myself not wanting to watch it because it's too long and I think it drags horribly in parts.

The Joker is great but I don't know how well he will last a decade from now. When it came out I think I would have ranked him top 5 now I don't know if he would make a top 15 for me.

And I could see it dropping further in future years.

The plot seems to get more and more ridiculous as time goes on. I just don't know how well it will age is all I'm saying

Of course this is mostly my opinion but I feel other people have expressed this as well and time could prove me wrong.

I hope the TDKR does become a masterpiece though because Bane is my favorite Batman Villain and I would love to see a great characterization of him shown to public so we get more of it.

TDK holds up well for me and it one of the highest rated movies on IMDB. Much higher than Batman Begins.

Argh. I just picked up my ticket off my buddy who reserved our seats for the Thursday night (12:05 am Friday technically) premier weeks ago... and they are tickets for the 12pm noon Friday show...

Fail. 😠

Luckily there are still plenty good seats for the UltraAVX screening still available, so I should be able to switch them. Still mad at his failure.

Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Argh. I just picked up my ticket off my buddy who reserved our seats for the Thursday night (12:05 am Friday technically) premier weeks ago... and they are tickets for the 12pm noon Friday show...

Fail. 😠

Luckily there are still plenty good seats for the UltraAVX screening still available, so I should be able to switch them. Still mad at his failure.

LOL! Well, I'm going Saturday afternoon. Not all that bad.

Originally posted by Prep-Man
LOL! Well, I'm going Saturday afternoon. Not all that bad.

I'm a film snob, I need to see the first showing. 😮