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dnkyhunter31 · 07-17-2012, 09:43 PM

Ted was awesome.

I was laughing my ass off 90% of the film.

**LKJ** · 07-17-2012, 09:46 PM

I'm disheartened by TDK Rises only getting 86% so far on RottenTomatoes, especially considering that Nolan has so populated the world with fanboys that ratings are generally going to err on the side of kindness.

**PJo336** · 07-17-2012, 09:56 PM

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especially considering that Nolan has so populated the world with fanboys

You say this like you feel its undeserved?

**EMc** · 07-17-2012, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LKJ

I'm disheartened by TDK Rises only getting 86% so far on RottenTomatoes, especially considering that Nolan has so populated the world with fanboys that ratings are generally going to err on the side of kindness.

It could also be a victim of its own expectations there too

**LKJ** · 07-17-2012, 10:03 PM

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You say this like you feel its undeserved?

No, I think Nolan is very good/great. I was simply putting it forth as the premise for saying that reviews are going to tend to skew positive.

(Okay, I admit to thinking that Inception was pretty damn overrated. But still pretty good, and I'm still in the camp that will watch any movie that Nolan puts out until and unless he loses me.)

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It could also be a victim of its own expectations there too

I mean I took account of this possibility too, but I think on first viewing the vast majority go in expecting to love it and then look for confirmation of their initial suspicion more commonly than people readily accept disappointment.

With that said, I'll always defend Godfather III as a good movie that simply didn't hold up to the amazing bar of the first two, so I know that expectations can really destroy a movie's reputation.

**PJo336** · 07-17-2012, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by LKJ

No, I think Nolan is very good/great. I was simply putting it forth as the premise for saying that reviews are going to tend to skew positive.

(Okay, I admit to thinking that Inception was pretty damn overrated. But still pretty good, and I'm still in the camp that will watch any movie that Nolan puts out until and unless he loses me.)

gotcha. +1

**LKJ** · 07-17-2012, 10:13 PM

For one example, as a big fan of Silence of the Lambs, I was SO stoked for Hannibal's release ~12 years ago. Then I watched it and left the theater going "that was awesome."

It took until the DVD release when I rewatched it that I accepted what was already in the back of my mind: "This movie is just okay." Certainly I'm projecting to an extent, but I think this is a pretty common tale among movie-goers who look forward to a film for months or even years.

StoppedRainingMen · 07-17-2012, 11:47 PM

batman begins got an 85% but was still ****ing amazing (watching it on fx right now, in fact)

dark knight was as well received as it was cuz ledger's joker was one of the best performances....well...ever

no disrespect to tom hardy or anne hathaway but those are some damn huge shoes to fill

**LKJ** · 07-17-2012, 11:51 PM

Batman Begins was before Nolan was so huge. It was his stepping stone. He didn't have the same good will built up then. He had done what before that? Memento? Insomnia? I can't remember what else. He wasn't considered an elite director yet and it's plain that elite directors get a ton of latitude from critics that middling names don't really get.

This is just to say that this rating is more likely to be inflated than Batman Begins was. I'll be really ****ing happy if this one is as good as Begins was. Honestly I don't see the huge gap in quality between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight as others do.

Maybe I'm just driving down my own expectations so as to avoid disappointment.