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:lol: Critics decide what a good movie is? They usually offer an informed opinion. That is all. Some don't even seem to bother actually watching the movie before spouting off that it is good or bad. I am stunned that so many think they matter... great gig if you can get it. I would love to watch movies and comment on them and get paid to boot. For any number of films where you say they helped a movie positive or negative you can find an equal number where they didn't help.

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WHOOSH

That was the sound of my post going completely over your head. I wasn't debating whether or not "professional" critics matter. That wasn't the point at all. Yes, I know critics just give their opinion like everyone else, which is why you should find a critic whose opinion matches your own and just go with that. My point was that people have been hating on the Spider-Man film since day one, and no matter what you do they will never admit they are wrong and that maybe the film is good afterall. The film is getting tons of good reviews and the haters still dismiss them all. It also isn't just "professional" critics. Other people have seen it and liked it as well. Several people over on the CBR forums have seen it.

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TDK also did $18.5 million at midnight back in 2008, which at that time, was nearly unheard of.

As it stands for what holds the record now:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 did $43.5 million at midnight, but had 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D showings available.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 did $30.3 million at midnight whereas it only had 2D showings available.

It could easily beat Twilight, but the lack of a 3D surcharge hurts its chances from being number one.

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Because it doesn't matter. Critics liking the movie doesn't mean it doesn't still look like shit. I don't let other people make my decisions for me. It still looks awful.

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-rolleyes-

Of course, I don't let others make decisions for me either. If a movie interests me I will go see it regardless of the reviews, and if I don't have interest in the movie I won't see it no matter what.

However, looks can be deceiving. You shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Yes, a lot of the pre-release stuff did look bad. I already said two posts ago that it isn't just critics, but other people have seen and liked it as well too. Yes, you shouldn't let others make decisions for you, but to say a movie is bad when 90% of the reviews have been positive is pretty idiotic. Maybe you have no interest in it personally, but don't say its a bad movie just because it doesn't interest you. It clearly interested 90% of the people who have seen it. Don't confuse a subjective thing like your own personal interest in the movie over whether or not the movie is objectively good or bad. If 90% of the audience liked it, it is objectively good regardless of whether or not you liked it personally.

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Not only this, but entire theaters were showing HP7.2. With the digital showings taking over and no longer being restricted by physical prints, 4 midnight sold-out showings exploded to 20 nearly-simultaneous showings.

I don't see TDKR doing HP7.2 numbers just due to the scale, but it'll blow away TDK's take.

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Wait they combined a batman theme w/ Alien Resurrection? Kind of sounds cool though. Good fake.

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minute-long samples of the score were released today, and they sound like a jumbled mess. I know Zimmer's albums are all basically edited suites instead of full cues, and it really shows in the samples because they are all over the place and very incoherent.

Of course on some messageboards (that will remain nameless) fans are cumming all over themselves with the samples and have done so back when the first 30 second-long samples came.

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official synopsis from WB:

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Interesting. Sounds like the film really will start at the eight-years-later point.

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I assumed that...what gets my interest is that..Bats in a self-imposed exile. Hrmmmm.

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Hmm. I was still curious whether the beginning of the film would start shortly after The Dark Knight, then lead into the time period eight years after. Going by the synopsis, there might not be any transition. Ah, speculation.

Soon. Soon.

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I can't wait to see this bitch in IMAX.

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My most anticipated film ever

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I must say that I'm excited to see this. Last one I remember like this was Avatar. I think I'm going to grab an Imax ticket opening night or maybe do the whole marathon thing.

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I think both are true, because of the Prologue which opened with new dialogue from Dent's memorial which then stops and the Bane sequence starts.

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When I re-watch the prologue, I start to make sense of what's happening.

This movie also seems to have a whole haves vs. have nots theme, which will make it pretty dang timely for America.

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Yeah there's a scene that runs throughout the trailers of a fancy place being destroyed and things thrown all over the place, people being dragged from under dressers, etc and the Nokia trailer added to it by showing a large mob approaching a fancy hotel.

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Don't know what you are talking about. The soundtracks sounds awesome. Where are you picking up that it sounds like a jumbled mess? Sounds like you just want to hate on something and you found it.

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Spoken like a true hyperbole-filled Zimmer nut. Run into them all the fucking time.

I don't want to 'hate' on anything and I'm doing nothing of the sort, and love both of Zimmer's Batman scores. Seems with Zimmer fans if you don't love and worship him and is music, then you have to just fuck off for being a 'hater'.

I'm saying that it's obvious these are largely made up of several pieces of the score stitched together to form suites, just like the majority of Zimmer's albums appear to be, only this time they don't seem stitched together well at all. They seem too disconnected and incoherent. If the score is anything like the actual complete cues written for the previous films, the music doesn't really sound like it does on the album and hearing the score in the film will reflect that.

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I picked up The Matrix BD today at Best Buy for $9.99 and there was a $5 Hollywood Movie Money coupon to see this. I'm more than happy to pay money to see this. It's one of my most anticated movies of 2012, so the $5 is nice discount. But I wonder if there is any rhyme or reason for WB only giving a partial discount as opposed to a full $10 off discount like other Movie Cash coupons.

I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but dang, I saw that the running time is 165 minutes. -eek- Better make sure not to buy/drink any sodas before it.

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Yep. My first real Imax movie. I'm excited. :up:

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Yeah, 2 hours, 45 minutes has been confirmed for a little while now.

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Yes I'm a Zimmer nut -rolleyes- I mean who likes the soundtracks he's done over the years. He's only one of the best out there. Listening to some samples and judging off of that makes your opinion irrelevant.