I would have liked the movie a lot less if there had been more family drama/conflict. Then it would have just been a soap opera.
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Zenkitty - Jun 23, 2012 10:32:24 am PDT #21289 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 23, 2012 11:50:52 am PDT #21290 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
A PSA from Gary Oldman: [link]
Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2012 6:00:05 pm PDT #21291 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That's hilarious.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2012 6:22:13 pm PDT #21292 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That makes me want to hug Ray Allen. Which isn't really the rarest of urges for me, but still.
§ ita § - Jun 24, 2012 12:28:23 pm PDT #21293 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why would you originally open your action movie even two weeks after TDKR if you have leeway? Is this [link] more important because of how successful The Avengers was? I'm assuming something changed in how they were looking at the calendar.
Gris - Jun 24, 2012 2:58:29 pm PDT #21294 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Am I the only one who still thinks The Dark Knight Rises will actually perform significantly below expectations? My guess is that it does way better than Batman Begins but not as well as The Dark Knight, ending its run somewhere in the $400 millions. I admittedly base this only on two middle-aged women (my mother and mother-in-law) I know who saw The Dark Knight because of Heath Ledger as The Joker, but are pretty unlikely to see this one, so perhaps it is not very well researched.
lisah - Jun 24, 2012 3:03:49 pm PDT #21295 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Just saw Safety Not Guaranteed today and OH MY GOD! so good. I loved it more than I have loved a movie I've seen in the theater in a long time.
Polter-Cow - Jun 24, 2012 3:10:47 pm PDT #21296 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, that's good to hear! I heart Aubrey Plaza and time travel, so I was interested.
smonster - Jun 24, 2012 3:23:36 pm PDT #21297 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Just saw Safety Not Guaranteed today and OH MY GOD! so good. I loved it more than I have loved a movie I've seen in the theater in a long time.
Interesting! It's playing locally, but I hadn't heard of it before I saw the listing yesterday.
§ ita § - Jun 24, 2012 3:29:14 pm PDT #21298 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is the official expectation for TDKR to bring in more than the others? I haven't really gotten the sense that better than 1 and less good than 2 is disappointing. But I don't really know how genre trilogies generally perform relatively at the box office.