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Celeb News: Five ways 'The Dark Knight Rises' could be a Flop
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Five ways 'The Dark Knight Rises' could be a Flop
Here are five ways The Dark Knight Rises could still be a box office flop form boxoffice.com
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The Dark Knight Rises is subject to some of the most fervid hype since the death and resurrection of Christ—i.e., since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. It is almost impossible to imagine a circumstance in which the movie won't make bajillions. But we've tried.
Dark Knight Disaster #1: To everyone's surprise, the film is a Bollywood-style musical. While Anne Hathaway can sing, Bale can't, and his Newsies-inspired dance moves are declared by the New York Times to be "as embarrassing as Napoleon Dynamite."
Dark Knight Disaster #2: Christopher Nolan goes berserk and decides he doesn't want the film released. He hires a bunch of thugs to hold up each and every theater showing The Dark Knight Rises and burn the evidence. (The prints, not the theaters, although the thugs may get carried away in some cases and commit arson.)
Dark Knight Disaster #3: After some very expensive psychotherapy, Bruce Wayne came out of the closet to his friends and family, including Alfred, who says that "he always knew," and loves him just the way he is. Despite finally finding peace and happiness with Robin and their adopted baby girl Rachel, named in honor of Wayne's fallen beard, he realizes that instead of fighting one bad guy, he's up against the 32% of Americans still strongly opposed to gay marriage. The movie's plot is pretty much the same as any other superhero movie—he fights for truth, justice, and equality—but the fact that he's picketing rather than punching, and now confident enough in his masculinity to ditch the heavily armored car and codpiece, disappoints all the pimply teenagers who just wanted to see some cool CGI. The movie is as big a failure as Sunday Bloody Sunday and puts Christian Bale out of work for years.
Dark Knight Disaster #4: Christian Bale goes on a televised tirade against every prominent minority group: the gays, the blacks, the Asians—you name it, he goes there. The NAACP, GLAAD, and every other advocate organizations besides the KKK unites to boycott the film.
Dark Knight Disaster #5: Aliens enslave the human race, preventing us from spending our hard-earned earth-dollars on these so-called moving pictures. Still, if our captors were bored and wanted a taste of the local entertainment, we'd hand them The Dark Knight Rises. And if we were plugged into a Matrix-style system, they'd let our trapped minds watch Rises with them to sate us.
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Such an overrated movie tbh.
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Originally posted by UnusualBoy
Such an overrated movie tbh.
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it isn't even released yet, how can you say that? 
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Even if the world ended, it still wouldn't flop 
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Originally posted by UnusualBoy
Such an overrated movie tbh.
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Originally posted by UnusualBoy
Such an overrated movie tbh.
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This.
People talk about of this as if it was like the best movie ever released, when it's not. Only because it has Nolan's name on it, and after Ledger performance on the last one, now is the best movie of all time.
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Originally posted by UnusualBoy
Such an overrated movie tbh.
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So you can see into the future now. How about wait to you have actually watched the movie first.
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Originally posted by D/X
This.
People talk about of this as if it was like the best movie ever released, when it's not. Only because it has Nolan's name on it, and after Ledger performance on the last one, now is the best movie of all time. |
Can you shut the f**k up and AT LEAST wait till the movie is released before you try to be a pessimist because you think you "sound" cool?
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Originally posted by UnusualBoy
Such an overrated movie tbh.
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Deal With It 
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Yesss. People will stay seething at the best movie of 2012. Batman is going to SLAY.
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Originally posted by hector.adriel
it isn't even released yet, how can you say that?
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Originally posted by Hyper_Intake
So you can see into the future now. How about wait to you have actually watched the movie first.
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The fact that y'all act as if it will be the best movie of the year or the one that will gross more than other don't give a sign that is overrated? 
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Originally posted by UnusualBoy
Such an overrated movie tbh.
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Originally posted by D/X
This.
People talk about of this as if it was like the best movie ever released, when it's not. Only because it has Nolan's name on it, and after Ledger performance on the last one, now is the best movie of all time. |
"The Dark Knight Rises" has not even been released yet. What kind of premature judgments are these?
As far as the franchise goes, these movies, for being based on comic books, have proven to be very well made, well-acted and emotionally effective. What is wrong with people being drawn to that or being excited about this movie? You are mistaking anticipation for praise apparently. 
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Originally posted by UnusualBoy
The fact that y'all act as if it will be the best movie of the year or the one that will gross more than other don't give a sign that is overrated? |
The Dark Knight was good and a lot of people enjoy it and look forward to a sequel. Deal with it.
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The Dark Knight certainly wasn't as good as people make it out to be. Had Ledger not died, the movie would have been your average comic movie. TDKR does look good, I may see it, but I am sure it will be overrated as well.
And before someone, such as Entalan, pulls the 'I don't like it because other people do,' I love various popular movies. TDK just happens to not be one of them.
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Reasons #3 and #4 
I already have my midnight showing tickets.
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Originally posted by Vertigo Stick
The Dark Knight certainly wasn't as good as people make it out to be. Had Ledger not died, the movie would have been your average comic movie. TDKR does look good, I may see it, but I am sure it will be overrated as well.
And before someone, such as Entalan, pulls the 'I don't like it because other people do,' I love various popular movies. TDK just happens to not be one of them.
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What?
That has nothing to do with what I said. Don't put words in my mouth.
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Originally posted by Vertigo Stick
The Dark Knight certainly wasn't as good as people make it out to be. Had Ledger not died, the movie would have been your average comic movie. .
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TDK doesn't give me typical/generic comic book movie. Sorry.
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Originally posted by UnusualBoy
Such an overrated movie tbh.
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Originally posted by Vertigo Stick
The Dark Knight certainly wasn't as good as people make it out to be. Had Ledger not died, the movie would have been your average comic movie. TDKR does look good, I may see it, but I am sure it will be overrated as well.
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Who peed in y'alls cherrios?
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Originally posted by Jared
Yesss. People will stay seething at the best movie of 2012. Batman is going to SLAY.
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And collect that [potentially record-breaking] box office.
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