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I guess we can discuss this in detail very soon. As you've both said, who cares about the critics, really? Not me.
Maybe it's only between which of the following you prefer: a war film or a crime film.
Well said. It is a shame, really, that TDK was so excellent that this one will probably be hard to top, but just because some critics have said it doesn't mean it will be true. I just want to head into it with one hope: an excellent closing to a grand trilogy. I'm not going to compare Hardy to Ledger or Murphy, I'm just going to request that it end in a very superb way, and that's it. I just refuse to believe that this film could receive anything less than a 9/10 for me.
And just so everyone is clear, I do hope it's established that spoilers will be heavily abound in this thread come Friday. It'll be too hard trying to communicate with everyone using spoiler tags, so it'll be best to avoid it entirely until you've seen it.
@DarthBork hasn't posted in a month, perhaps a mod could add (*SPOILERS*) to the title around Thursday night.
One last thing: here's a quote from Christopher Nolan on his thoughts on 3D:
“The question of 3-D is a very straightforward one. I never meet anybody who actually likes the format, and it’s always a source of great concern to me when you’re charging a higher price for something that nobody seems to really say they have any great love for. It’s up to the audience to tell us how they want to watch the movies. More people go see these films in 2-D, and so it’s difficult data to interpret. And I certainly don’t want to shoot in a format just to charge people a higher ticket price.”
Don't worry I still read regularly, I'll change it accordingly tomorrow.
Critic receives death threats over negative 'The Dark Knight Rises' review on RottenTomatoes:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/17/critic-faces-death-threats-over-bad-dark-knight-rises-review/
Spoilers could possibly follow, I didn't read too much into the article.
Rottentomatoes has shut down comments on TDKR review page due to the severe amount of hate and dangerous postings. They claimed it became unbearable and their team was unable to filter the comments, so they shut it down. They're now re-working their comment system, forcing users to go through Facebook in an attempt to prevent events like this from recurring.
That's crazy. People make me want to hate people.
"HEY! THIS MOVIE LOOKS EXCELLENT, AND YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT? I SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU NOW!"
I mean, why? If I'm looking forward to something that I feel is going to be truly spectacular, I watch it, and I love it, why would I let someone else's opinion on the movie drive me to such extreme measures?
Here's a dozen new photos from the film:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=92674
The problem with several critics is that A) they arrogantly blow their opinion in our face as if it were the Absolute Truth and B) they resort to weird, sometimes prejudiced criteria when criticising a film. Some critics dare say Mission Impossible 3 is a far worse film than Mission Impossible 2 because it didn't have such great opening weekend BO results. I call horse bugger on that because BO performances, especially so early in the film's release, are in no way an indication of the film's quality.
Sometimes critics have darker motives too. They don't like a filmmaker or actor or they are repulsed by hype and they realise that there's an aura of authority surrounding their writings because a million people read their words, so they know that they can burn down a film and actually trap many people who are too lazy to think for themselves in following the same line of reasoning. Remember Halloween? When Carpenter's film was first released, critics panned the film. Audiences, however, seemed to like the taste of this new breed of thrillers (I know, Black Christmas and all but let's not get into that debate now, guys) and suddenly those same critics reconsidered Halloween and started praising it. Here, the fans won over the critics and not the other way around.
Whether your name is Roger Ebert or Homer Simpson, your words carry the same weight. One may have been doing this for much longer and seems able to dissect a film in more detail but in the end, the "do-I-like-this?" part of our brain functions the same way for all of us and so whatever the result, none is more true than the other.
I will watch TDKR if life stays good to me till next week and I will formulate my own opinion without insulting people whose opinion is different from mine. I am not afraid of confronting people who inflict stigmas on a film they haven't even seen yet or whose only line of defence is laying claims of idiocy vis-à-vis those who like or dislike what they dislike or like respectively. I think that the only element that can separate a good review from a poor review is the type of arguments one uses. But nothing can separate a right opinion from a wrong opinion for there is no such thing as a wrong opinion.
I can't wait for the film to finally show everyone that he isn't freaking Robin. I get so sick of hearing that. Every week it is a new story. He is Riddler....no, actually he is a fill in for Batman...oh no, scratch that, he is the boy wonder! YAWN. It is the equivalent of the people that won't stop chirping that Eve is Moneypenny in Skyfall. I have my I TOLD YOU SO stamp ready.
Haha he's definitely something bigger than the 'street cop' the trailers make him out to be. It's already been revealed by the later trailers that he works with Gordon. He's likely a new, larger character but nothing too special.
Oh good! Should be better than if Hathaway actually played Catwoman. (Forreals, I still can't believe that casting decision.. but we'll see)
No way! Well, I gotta say then, he's has a nice arse. :))
I am skeptical as well @JWESTBROOK, but I am staying positive and hopeful. Anne is an absolute doll, and I am sick of all the flack she has gotten over her being cast in the role by critics and tabloids. Just wait, she'll impress you.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/dark-knight-rises-banks-25m-pre-sales-and-85-ticket-sales-more-b-o-records-scalpers-brinks-trucks-than-avengers/
I find any Batman movies now, something approaching apathy maybe. I saw the original in 1989 and wasn't that impressed, subsequent releases were really no better, not really a fan of this Movie Icon. I don't even know what release of Batman this is, i.e. number in the series since 1989 ?. It's not for everybody all this hype it has to be said. I hope those who go to watch, their expectations are met though