Originally Posted by candyrocket786 (Post 10892238)

That pic of Hathaway kissing that douche is depressing. Delete it now!

Originally Posted by Guru Askew (Post 10890807)

Since I'm on an iPhone I can't be bothered to multi-quote all the replies to me calling out "Batman Begins" as the box office disappointment it was.

I'll say this: you have to put every spin imaginable on it to make it seem like it performed to WB's satisfaction. It was clearly their response to the money Sony was making on the "Spider-Man" movies and in that respect it was no contest. Warner Bros. was going for their fourth consecutive decade of superhero dominance and before the Pfized corporation came along an intervened they were failing.

Most people just perpetuate the "Batman Begins as blockbuster" myth like it's gospel without ever bothering to back it up and they get away with it because the Nolanites are more than happy to forget what it was really like back in '05. I personally remember sitting in a theater with literally about 7 other people on opening day (though it was a matinee to be fair) and being pretty surprised. Culturally it was a complete dud too. I was born in '81 so I was in heaven during the cultural phenomenon that was '89 when "Batman" cme out but "Batman Begins" was just another movie in '05.

As for the "legs" that's the ultimate weak euphemism. It's almost like Warner Bros refused to take it out of the dollar theaters until it hit $200 million just to save face. It felt like either that or they stood to lose the rights or something if they didn't or something. I believe the final domestic tally is something like $203 million or something. I'm surprised they didn't put it out of it's misery a $200,000,000.01.

DVD sales weren't so hot either. I believe it barely cracked the top 10 for the year and I've seen fanboys use it's November release as an excuse for this but in reality the overwhelming majority of home video sales occur in the last few weeks of the year due to the holidays and the fanboys will also conveniently overlook pesky little facts like the one about how "Revenge of the Sith" managed to hit #1 for the year when it hit DVD 2 weeks AFTER "Batman Begins".

That's the name of the game for BB apologists though. You can blame "Batman and Robin" for the failure of "Batman Begins" but you have to ignore the fact that "Batman Forever" managed to do huge business after the poorly-received "Batman Returns". Or how the warm reception of "Forever" wasn't enough to make "Batman and Robin" a hit. The success of single "Batman" movie before "Begins" can be squarely attributed to the content of the film itself yet with "Begins" you have to believe that all of a sudden people are incapable of watching a trailer or looking at a poster or whatever else was screaming in their face that they weren't in store for Batman on ice skates or Arnold Schwarzeneggar making awful snow and ice puns.

Then you have the guy in this thread who has the balls to blame "War of the Worlds" for ruining BB's second weekend by coming along making $100 million in a week like it's a big mean bully without having the sense to realize that he's essentially underlining what BB failed to do in the first place.

To this day you still see evidence of BB's failure here and there whether you're seeing the trailer load up before TDK on Blu (seriously, when was the last time you saw this on a sequel? It's like they're saying "hey, if you like this movie there's a whole 'nother one we spent a lot of money that you never saw!") or the super-awful "Bride of the Son of the Dark Knight's Curse" title for the third film that attempts to start a new naming convention as of the first film never existed.

Originally Posted by Nick Martin (Post 10892560)

wmlopez is on my ignore list but I read his little post above mine. Pretty much reaffirmed why he's on my ignore list.

Originally Posted by JumpCutz (Post 10892749)

:lol: Damn... she looks cute as hell in that Conan clip.

Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 10893018)

I love how embarrassed she got at the end of that clip. Really cute. :)

Originally Posted by Nick Martin (Post 10892560)

That picture wasn't posted here that I recall. That is indeed funny. :)

wmlopez is on my ignore list but I read his little post above mine. Pretty much reaffirmed why he's on my ignore list.

Originally Posted by Groucho (Post 10893247)

When has Obama ever discouraged anybody from watching Glenn Beck?

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy (Post 10893286)

He did that song "Two Endtables and a Megaphone"?

Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 10893258)

More importantly who/what is Glenn Beck?

Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 10893258)

More importantly who/what is Glenn Beck?

Originally Posted by riotinmyskull (Post 10893449)

seriously nobody in here knows who glenn beck is or are you guys just fucking with wm_lopez?