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[The Dark Knight Rises] IN 2 DAYS don't read the Ebert review

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    StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Antimatter wrote: »
    oh hey, just found out something interesting
    the original design for Poison Ivy was modeled after Bettie Page

    An androgynous waif if there ever was one

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    Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    Man, even I am excited for this movie.

    Fuck off and die.
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    ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    US blogger Eric D Snider posted negative review on aggregator site despite never having seen Christopher Nolan's new film

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    Snider had initially posted: "The Dark Knight Rises is easily the most disappointing Batman film so far – and I'm including [Joel] Schumacher's Batman and Robin in that statement. Nolan has finally lost his touch."

    When readers clicked the link to view the full review, they were informed: "Just kidding! I haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises yet. It's probably very good! I just wanted to post a negative quote on Rotten Tomatoes and see how many idiots would type angry words at me without actually clicking the link to read the review. 'You ruined this movie's RT score!' is a dumb complaint that is only made by dumb people."

    this is awesome

    i like this guy

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    HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    That seems petty and vapid

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    SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    And now we're successfully talking about him on an internet forum.

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    ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    edited July 2012
    disregard

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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    That's pretty funny.

    I want to do with you
    What spring does with the cherry trees.
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    ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    Hobnail wrote: »
    That seems petty and vapid

    i dunno why

    he's not saying it's wrong to like the movie

    he's making fun of the people who get super-bent about RT ratings

    remember the shitstorm when armond white gave Toy Story 3 a bad review, dooming the trilogy's perfect rating? that's what he's making fun of

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    Sweeney TomSweeney Tom Registered User regular
    It doesn't help that very few fans have even seen the film yet.

    There's no guarantee that it's going to be a perfect movie, or even a great movie.

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    HuxleyHuxley Registered User regular
    It seems like every day this week I've discovered something new on the internet and thought, "Wow, people get mad about THAT?"

    Today it's RT ratings.

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    SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    It's the internet. People get mad about everything.

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    wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    So I just discovered there's an advanced screening of this at a "legit" IMAX tomorrow that I could have gone to if not for me just starting school this week. Shit.

    I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!!!
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    KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    SimBen wrote: »
    It's the internet. People get mad about everything.

    That pisses me off.

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    Sir PlatypusSir Platypus Registered User regular
    Guess I'm going to be the one who has to say that he dislikes troll reviews.

    I usually go to the negative reviews as much as the positive ones to see if I may be interested in a movie. A good negative review will tell me more than most of the ones that are just praising the movie. When it's just some dude trying to get hits on his website or piss people off it makes the whole system less useful.

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    KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    I only read movie reviews on Christian websites

    because they are often hilarious

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    Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    Buttlord wrote: »
    Hobnail wrote: »
    That seems petty and vapid

    i dunno why

    he's not saying it's wrong to like the movie

    he's making fun of the people who get super-bent about RT ratings

    remember the shitstorm when armond white gave Toy Story 3 a bad review, dooming the trilogy's perfect rating? that's what he's making fun of

    yeah he's doing that

    and also courting a bunch of views by throwing up a negative review

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I only read movie reviews on Christian websites

    because they are often hilarious

    Oh man I haven't done this in a while but it's always a hoot

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I only read movie reviews on Christian websites

    because they are often hilarious

    to be fair, christianitytoday.com actually does have good movie reviews that don't fixate on whether a movie is based on scripture or not

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Oh my god I'm 15 seconds into that and I'm cringing already

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Rush Limbaugh gets paid to say this stuff

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Rush Limbaugh gets paid to say this stuff

    there are literally millions of people out there who think he's right

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    HeisenbergHeisenberg Registered User regular
    Mother fucker

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    ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Rush Limbaugh gets paid to say this stuff
    And that guy probably makes more in a year than most people get paid in their working lives.

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    KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Don't forget, The Dark Knight was all about how Bush was right to wiretap Americans to catch terrorists, also something about rendition.

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    dbrock270dbrock270 Registered User regular
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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Neil Gaiman's thoughts:

    http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/07/post-premiere-thoughts-also-grave-box.html
    Last night I went to New York for The Dark Knight Rises premiere. I really enjoyed it. I think I preferred The Dark Knight movie, because it had Heath Ledger's Joker and a plot I found hard to predict. Dark Knight Rises doesn't have those things: once the set-up is done you have a pretty good idea of what's going to happen and when (even if you've worked hard to keep yourself spoiler free, as I had), but how it happens is the delight. I preferred the last movie, but this is a better Batman movie, and, I suspect, a better film. (It's my third-favourite film of the year so far: Moonrise Kingdom and The Cabin in the Woods are ahead of it.)

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    Neil Gaiman's thoughts:

    http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/07/post-premiere-thoughts-also-grave-box.html
    Last night I went to New York for The Dark Knight Rises premiere. I really enjoyed it. I think I preferred The Dark Knight movie, because it had Heath Ledger's Joker and a plot I found hard to predict. Dark Knight Rises doesn't have those things: once the set-up is done you have a pretty good idea of what's going to happen and when (even if you've worked hard to keep yourself spoiler free, as I had), but how it happens is the delight. I preferred the last movie, but this is a better Batman movie, and, I suspect, a better film. (It's my third-favourite film of the year so far: Moonrise Kingdom and The Cabin in the Woods are ahead of it.)

    This pleases me.

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    ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    Gaiman's trustworthy for sure.

    I see the movie playing out exactly like Knightfall, and Azrael and Robin will be surprise characters. Typical Nolan you know.

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    ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    Batman Begins is about an hour in on FX if anyone cares to watch.

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    by the way, word on the street is that Roger Ebert's review has major spoilers

    so be aware!

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    ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    edited July 2012
    edit whoops read a thing wrong and missed a word

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    LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA mod
    It doesn't help that very few fans have even seen the film yet.

    There's no guarantee that it's going to be a perfect movie, or even a great movie.

    So far the two biggest negative criticisms seem to be that it's unnecessarily long and not as good as the previous film, two things I was more than ready to expect back from when we first heard this movie was going to happen. So I'm still pretty pumped.

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    ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    I don't know if it was a design change or if it's meant to show the city getting better but Gotham in BB and TDK are drastically different.

    BB Gotham is always dark, always pouring rain, and smog filled.
    TDK Gotham is a normal big city.

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    ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    i'm hearing that ebert gave it three stars so hey

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    LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA mod
    ShimSham wrote: »
    I don't know if it was a design change or if it's meant to show the city getting better but Gotham in BB and TDK are drastically different.

    BB Gotham is always dark, always pouring rain, and smog filled.
    TDK Gotham is a normal big city.

    Destroying the public transit system in the first film ironically improved the surrounding environment. Now let's all go out and buy Hummer H3s.

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    TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    I love you Rush Limbaugh


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    ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited July 2012
    I want them to go edit Maggie Gyllenhaal into Batman Begins over Holmes.

    Love those eyes.

    Also, the entire trilogy could use more Cillian Murphy.

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    TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    Has there ever been a batman/sherlock holmes cross over?


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