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vs Dark of The Moon - Its special effects -- and 3D shots -- are undeniably impressive, but they aren't enough to fill up its loud, bloated running time, or mask its thin, indifferent script.

Ditto. Every movies has it's flaws. Everyone just expected the TDKR to be better or as good as TDK. Rotten Tomatoes says it best, The Dark Knight Rises is an ambitious, thoughtful, and potent action film that concludes Christopher Nolan's franchise in spectacular fashion, even if it doesn't quite meet the high standard set by its predecessor.

Never saw this either.

1) Will Playing For Keeps open to more than 10 mill? No2) Will Playing For Keeps increase on Saturday by more than 10%? No3) If Lincoln has a theater increase of more than 250 theaters, will it win the weekend? No4) Will Skyfall win the weekend no matter what scenario plays out? Yes5) Will the top three films finish within 2.5 mill of each other? Yes6) Will BD2 have a Friday increase of more than 125% Yes7) Will Life of Pi drop more than 40%? No8) Will Rise of Guardians finish higher than spot 4? Yes9) Will SLP get back into top 10? No10) Will KTS stay in the top 9? Yes11) Will End of Watch finish in the top 10? No12) Will Lay the Favorite finish in the top 25? NoBonus 1: How far behind Skyfall will BD2 finish? 2.222MBonus 2: what will Wreck It Ralph gross? 4.222MBonus 3: What will BD2 WW gross be when Sunday estimates come out...only Sunday estimates will count. 750.222MBonus 4:What finishes in spots:5 Life of Pi9 KTS11 Flight18 End of Watch22 Taken 230 Brave65 PA4

A disturbing experience we live through as much as a film we watch, this dazzling conclusion to director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is more than an exceptional superhero movie, it is masterful filmmaking by any standard. So much so that, its considerable 2-hour, 44-minute length notwithstanding, as soon as it's over, all you want to do is see it all over again. The close collaboration that this kind of creative familiarity ensures is key to Nolan's ability to make such persuasive, enveloping films, as is the director's passion for all things old school and celluloid. He prefers to do stunts and effects in-camera if possible and works without a second unit director. ("If I don't need to be directing the shots that go into the movie," he told the Directors Guild quarterly magazine, "why do I need to be there at all?") He shot more than an hour of "Dark Knight Rises" on the massive IMAX film negative, which improves the image quality even for those watching only in 35 mm. The impressive success of "The Dark Knight Rises" pleasantly confounds our notions as to where great filmmaking is to be found in today's world. To have a director this gifted turning his ability and attention to such an unapologetically commercial project is beyond heartening in an age in which the promise of film as a popular art is tarnished almost beyond recognition. Wouldn't it be nice if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which snubbed the trilogy's first two films in the best picture race, finally got the message? I'm not getting into TDK trilogy vs Transformers or Twilight series. It's like Bane vs Batman first fight.

Perhaps we will be shocked with an extended edition?

It was a mile away from people's view.

WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? Michael Bay!? Baumer? Wtf!?

If Skyfall goes to shit in China because of The Hobbit, then things need to change today.

I'm sure you read comments on this forum about people bitching about the ending. This was directed to them.

Hopefully we get the trilogy collectors edition in before Man Of Steel.

Comingsoon.net predicts Lincoln to be #1 for the weekend with theater increases...I still don't see how it will beat Skyfall.

Now that that's solved, we can all get some sleep at night. Do not close this thread please. Big topic from the summer.

LOTR 9.2/10Toy Story Trilogy 9.0/10Star Wars OT 9.4/10Back to the Future 8.8/10The Dark Knight Trilogy 9.2/10Indiana Jones 8.9/10Bourne 8.2/10The Matrix 8.3/10Old Spiderman Trilogy 8.4/10X-men 8.1/10Jurassic Park 7.9/10Transformers 7.4/10Star Wars PT 7.3/10

Not an exact amount, but possibly 400-500 more theaters.

GRR! You guys are pissing me off with those steelbooks

Comingsoon.net predicts Lincoln will be #1 this weekend due to Theater increase.

Brooklyn, NY, United States 12/04/2012 8:00 A.M. Due to local operation disruption, packages not unloaded from trailer, expect a one day business delay You cannot be fucking serious. I waited 2 months to get it today and this shit happens. Fuck UPS.

Nolan has yet to make a bad movie.#Nolanite talk

Good movie, not great. Best 3rd part of trilogy along with ROTK.

So Skyfall will be #1 this weekend? It may be #1 tommorow....

My worst week yet. I'm getting bumped from my #7 spot...

Streaming is also blocked here at work. It's a good thing to get along with the IT people though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQJuGeqdbn4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDajL441mZc