The Dark Knight Rises

It's Harry Knowles. Is there actually anyone on the planet who takes him seriously? Just look at his gaudy web site. Sheesh.

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I'm still waiting for my man Armond White to give me the go ahead to see this one.

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I am pretty sure Armond White (one of only 3 people to give Toy Story 3 a bad review) retired.

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Big gay Rex Reed gives The Dark Knight Rises only 1 out of 4 stars.

He says that one star is only for the eardrum-busting sound effects and glaucoma-inducing computerized images in IMAX. Calls it silly, pretentious and fit for people who are immature. Says it is nothing but trendy technology and not real art or good taste. You go, girl!

He liked The Dark Knight, though... (And why? Because of The Joker!)

Nolan defended the death threats..what a lovely chap

There's not really any evidence that he did, actually, even though that's what all the titles of the many articles about his comments keep saying. This editorial has more, but the AP article that spurred every other one said he was asked about "fans' heated responses." And obviously there are any number of questions that fit this description that have nothing to do with death threats.

And, of course, the idea that he was asked a very general question about fan response strikes me as a lot more plausible than the idea that the tight-lipped Nolan decided it'd be a great idea to come out in favor of death threats.

Rex Reed has hated every Nolan film. Maybe he originally wrote some nice things about The Dark Knight, but in his review of Inception, Reed called The Dark Knight "mechanical, maniacally baffling and laughably overrated". I suppose that means that it was Nolan's best bad movie?

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Rex Reed is a million years old.

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Ironically enough, you're doing the same things the headlines are. They've misconstrued what he was actually saying (for obvious reasons). He wasn't defending them, but making sense of them. There's a big difference.

We don't be needin' no rational thoughts or peoples around here yo!

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I don't see a big difference between defending them and just saying how passionate the people are. Kinda missing the point.

He also steals Peggy Lee and Carmen McRae CDs in his spare time. Real mature.

You know, I watched Inception the other night again. I'm gonna review it, probably. I really, really liked the movie a whole lot more than the first time I saw it. A whole lot more. But I couldn't help but feel unnerved by Nolan's touch in regards to things -- it was like one of his Batman movies too much. Several of the same actors, the music sounded the same, the style looked the same... it was disappointing to me that it couldn't be more different. I really hated the use of so many of the same actors. If I ever become a movie director, I hope I become one that uses different actors for each film.

Kinda not. You don't see that there's a difference in saying,"People love the character" and "They have a right to be passionate and send angry e-mails"...?

There isn't. I don't have a reason to outwardly hate this man, but why couldn't he just say he doesn't want fans murdering people instead of oh..well, it is what it is

Because that's part of being a responsible public figure, unlike someone like Lars von Trier, whose antics have garnered a lot of negative press. He also could have said that Rush was an idiot for saying that there's some correlation between Bane Capital and Bane the character, instead he just said,"That's a peculiar thing to say".

Nolan is a pretty smart guy. I doubt he'll fall into some camp whose always on the defensive whenever a critic or fan says something negative about one of his movies. There's been people before who have literally banned critics from their screenings, like the situation with Noah Baumbach and Armond White. Curiously enough, Nolan didn't say a word to someone like Rex Reed, who has been notoriously insulting and harsh towards each film.

That's a different situation. Rush isn't really taken seriously by enough people for that utterly hilarious notion to matter.

I'm not saying he's going to become "that guy," his response just struck me as, to put it his way, "peculiar." I don't think he would say anything to someone like Rex who decided he hated Nolan before he was born.

How embarassing for Rex Reed, to be caught stealing Peggy Lee records. They probably have a hard time giving those away.

You'd be surprised with how many people willingly respond to Rush's backwards comments. There was one huge situation where he made a comment about a law student who was lobbying for contraception to be covered in their school medical plan and people responded to it. They called for his complete resignation. So people do listen, if only they didn't. On top of that, people have been spreading that comment around like wildfire (the Bane one). They do listen and do exactly what he wants them to do; that's free press for him.

I thought it was appropriate. Not taking sides is something most public figures should do, but oftentimes, they end up going up in arms over someone critiquing their work harshly. It's not unusual--if anything, I respect the fact that he watches what he says, rather than just letting his words fly without thought to consequence. It's also called being an adult.

You know what's funny? According to Rex's Wikipedia article, several days after his arrest, Peggy Lee sent him her ENTIRE catalog of CDs because she was so thrilled that he wanted one of her CDs so much that it cost him to be arrested.

heres mine.

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