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Totally agree with this. I was expecting at least one or two annoying lines by cops/bystanders, but I didn't think there were any. I remember someone online complaining about the guy in the stock market's line about there being no money to steal there, but I liked that line.

Thanks man!

Here are a series of random thoughts I had during and after TDKR, in no particular order:Is Batman wearing mascara under the mask?Why am I crying at a Batman movie? (that passage from Tale of Two Cities always gets me)This new suit looks awful.Bane's voice: It sounds like they ADR'd it in from the next room.Why didn't Bane just kill all those cops living under the city for months rather than risk them returning? And what did they live on? And shave with?Why is Alfred crying all the time?Why is Alfred quitting?! No way would FRIGGIN' ALFRED do that!Bruce ending up with Catwoman wasn't earned. Yeah she was hot, but there's nothing in the first two acts of the movie to imply they'll live happily ever after... at least not together.Having Bruce do nothing but mope and limp around his house for 8 years after TDK takes away from him as a hero. The second film ends with Batman doing something hugely heroic, he takes the blame for Dent's crimes, and will go on fighting the good fight, defending a city that hates him. Except at the start of the third one we find out he didn't do that.Bane's plan is ludicrous. It feels like something from a first draft that somehow got filmed by mistake. Let's break down the stupidity:The stock market plot:The idea that a group of terrorists would burst into a stock exchange and add a virus (or whatever that was) into a laptop, which would then bankrupt someone - is nuts! As soon as they entered the building trading would be suspended; all strange-looking trades at that time would be investigated, and the obviously shady "Bane bankrupts Wayne" trades would be deleted.If Bane really wanted to get Wayne off the board so he could get that reactor, I would recommend either a. hiring a hacker to do the job, in a low profile, no guns and hostages type way, or b. kill Bruce Wayne. Probably b.It all hinges on the idea that Bruce will be forced to give Talia the reactor when he's bankrupt. But why do Bane and Talia need the reactor? Wouldn't any WMD suffice as long as the city is successfully held to ransom/blown up because of it?The bomb:Here's where Bane's motives become muddled. He keeps on giving cliched speeches about the proletariat rising up against big money and corrupt corporations, which is great and I'd totally support. So based on that, we would have assume he's a revolutionary who wants to 'free' Gotham - especially as he's been given no other specific character motivations in the movie up to this point. Yet it turns out he's just another baddie who wants to blow up a city. So why bother with all the political rhetoric?Also: maybe he should have chosen a bomb that didn't take FIVE MONTHS to detonate. Just a thought.The Talia reveal:That was a scene straight out a daytime soap. She's hardly in the film - and totally forgettable those rare occasions she is - and then apparently she was the real villain after all. Thus neutering Bane (who rather than being the brilliant brawny mega-villain, is just the muscle) and also stopping the movie for five minutes of exposition, right when the movie needed to fly.It would have been better if she wasn't in the film at all. Take her pointless 15 minutes and flesh out Cat and Bat's relationship so the final twist of them in Florence feels more earned.Stuff I liked:Catwoman. She had good energy and brought much needed levity. Also had great chemistry with Bruce.Blake. I wonder whether adding an origin story to the trilogy capper is over-egging it, but he did a good job. Brought heart to the film.The music. Really added power - especially the scene with Bruce trying to climb out the prison. Probably my favourite moment in the film.Bane vs Batman 1: the second fight was less good. The first one though was phenomenal, intense, painful. I doubt I'll want to re-watch the scene too often though.The visuals. It looks great, inevitably. Wally Pfister. What a dude.The ending: apart from the silly Robin moment, and showing Cat and Bat in the cafe (it should have just been Alfred's face in shock, then the beginning of a smile), it was effective and moving. I imagine for people who didn't like Blake it would be a problem though.Overall grade: C.

Return of the King.

Good news.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it ended up below TDK now.Not saying I think it's gonna happen... but it wouldn't surprise me.

Deadline. :PNikki updated a few minutes ago.

Here’s the Top Ten list based on Friday estimates: 1. The Dark Knight Rises (Legendary/Warner Bros) NEW [4,404 Theaters] Friday $70M, Weekend $165M 2. Ice Age 4 (Blue Sky/Fox) Week 2 [3,886 Theaters] Friday $7.5M (-55%), Weekend $24.7M, Cume $93.4M 3. The Amazing Spider-Man (Columbia/Sony) Week 3 [3,753 Theaters] Friday $4.0M, Weekend $14.0M, Cume $231.7M 4. Ted (MRC/Universal) Week 4 [3,214 Theaters] Friday $3.4M, Weekend $11.0M, Cume $181.4M 5. Brave (Pixar/Disney) Week 5 [2,899 Theaters] Friday $2.5M, Weekend $8.7M, Cume $211.4M 6. Magic Mike (Warner Bros) Week 4 [2,606 Theaters] Friday $1.7M, Weekend $4.6M, Cume $102.2M 7. Savages (Universal) Week 3 [2,336 Theaters] Friday $1.0M, Weekend $3.6M, Cume $40.2M 8. Madea’s Witness Protection (TPerry/Lionsgate) Week 4 [1,540 Theaters] Friday $800K, Weekend $2.5M, Cume $60.5M 9. Moonrise Kingdom (Focus Features) Week 9 [895 Theaters] Friday $600K, Weekend $2.1M, Cume $36.3M 10. To Rome with Love (Sony Classics) Week 5 [552 Theaters] Friday $435K, Weekend $1.6M, Cume $11.3M

What did Katie do? It's not her fault she was miscast in a movie.

Do you have a link for this? I would be completely astonished if that happened.

Close Encounters needs a mention.

The first film that springs to mind is Inception.

100%. The single reason I never trust a movie will be good anymore just because it has a great trailer. Thanks George.

I must have seen The Room 15 times. I really think it's the funniest movie I've ever seen. I can't eat while watching it... way too dangerous.

The Room is so bad it's a masterpiece.

I'm expecting TDKR to be the best of the trilogy and then win Best Picture.It's best to keep expectations low.

Good number for Spidey. Anyone (well except myopic Batman fans) can see that.

It's Transformers 3 with better humor, dialogue, characterization, pacing, acting, directing and action.In other words it's nothing like Transformers 3.

Moonrise Kingdom had a GREAT Tuesday! 23% up, according to estimates.Prometheus (24% down) - less impressive.

Once upon a Time in the West is Leone's best film, but this is so much fun. Totally iconic. Hilarious. Incredible visuals. Possibly the best soundtrack I've heard (well except OUATITW).Infectious brilliance.10/10

Yes.Yes.Yes.

Fixed.

It's a theme park ride more than a movie. You take your seat, and the ride starts... it takes you to another planet, and you spend three hours exploring the local wildlife and terrain.It's a good immersive experience but it only works on a huge screen, preferably in 3D.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-02-06/news/28424975_1_middle-class-households-applied-economic-research Don't you ever get bored of being wrong?

This looks like being closer than a lot of us expected. OS both might end up around $650m.