Monday, July 21, 2008

It's Official - Your Taste in Movies Sucks

The box office numbers are in and The Dark Knight is apparently the best movie ever created.
  • Top grossing opening day.
  • Top grossing opening weekend.
  • I heard somewhere the movie made $62 Million in one minute with the midnight showing, last Thursday.
  • And it's expected to break first week numbers as well.

Don't you people know that comic books on the big screen aren't good?

Iron Man, despite all it's hype was only ok and only because Robert Downey Jr. is cool. The first Spider Man installment, which previously held all these records, casts Tobey "Sea Biscuit" Maguire as the hero for chrissakes. The first X-Men may be the only flick to debunk my comic book movie theory but that's only because it started with a decent story.

Now, the only good thing people are saying about Christopher Nolan's latest addition to the Batman franchise is Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker. And that guy's dead.

You'd think after DC and Marvel trot out their big-budget circus acts summer after summer, the movie-going public would get hip to them and go for something a little more... oh, I don't know, entertaining.

I don't imagine Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson will break any summer movie records but we all need our heroes.




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

did you see it? The Dark Knight? Have you seen it before writing this post?