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TDKR: Negative Reviews Angrily Slammed By Fans

Much like with The Avengers a while back, fans who have seen the few negative reviews for Chris Nolan's final Bat-flick have retaliated...very harshly. Read on after the jump for some snippets of what was said.

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By WesleyGibson - 7/16/2012


A couple of spoiler-free yet very opinionated reviews of The Dark Knight Rises have hit, and not every one of them is positive of course. Certain fans however, furiously responded to these few negative reviews that offered a side of things they obviously didn't want to hear..and they haven't even seen the movie for themselves yet!

Christy Lemire, of the Associated Press, gave the movie two stars, mildly noting that it felt like a “letdown” from an “exceptional, visionary” filmmaker like Christopher Nolan. That brought 495 comments at last count, of which “I hope you die” was one of the most printable.

Marshall Fine, who reviews for the Star and his own website, Hollywood & Fine, also didn’t like the film. No surprise there (he wasn’t a fan of “The Dark Knight” either) but his review – which compared the movie to a bad “Transformers” sequel -- brought 852 comments, and so many slams to his own site it briefly shut it down. (Rotten Tomatoes then removed the link.)

Obviously some people aren't so tolerant of other's opinions these days. Personally, I could care less what someone thinks of a film that I like or am interested in seeing. I'm going to see it regardless, but that doesn't mean I would shoot threats and insults just because a film I like gets a bad review. We'll just see how the things pan out once TDKR is released. Just a few more days left...


The Dark Knight Rises is directed by Christopher Nolan(The Prestige, Inception) and stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, and Anne Hathaway. The film will be unleashed upon audiences on the 20th of this month.


Source: NJ Entertainment
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Tony93 - 7/16/2012, 7:36 PM
Really..
R888 - 7/16/2012, 7:39 PM
everyone has a opinion, not everyone is going to like the dark knight rises, these fans slamming him because of his opinion is stupid.
R888 - 7/16/2012, 7:39 PM
Lol at the comment

"I hope you die"
Iceman01 - 7/16/2012, 7:43 PM
Haha Good times good times
DragonofDarknessXIII - 7/16/2012, 7:44 PM
Avengers and Dark Knight Rises are like the holy two of CBM. You bash them, expect hell.
kingmonkeyman - 7/16/2012, 7:46 PM
I like Batman, I just hate his fans.
Anthrax - 7/16/2012, 7:47 PM
WOW!ROFL
TayDee - 7/16/2012, 7:47 PM
It's never that serious. At the end of the day, its only a movie
DragonofDarknessXIII - 7/16/2012, 7:49 PM
Which reviewers had it worse: The Avengers or The Dark Knight Rises?
Ironnick - 7/16/2012, 7:49 PM
To the people sending death threats-
PrinceVegeta - 7/16/2012, 7:50 PM
haha we'll just wait and see what grif has to say.. will he eat humble pie?? i think so
thewonderer - 7/16/2012, 7:50 PM
People better not [frick]ing say this is a "nolanite" only thing.

People bash good films, its as simple as that.
Jobu - 7/16/2012, 7:51 PM
The world of the internet makes for many anonymous threats. People are much too pussy to actually make those threats in person.
ArtisticErotic - 7/16/2012, 7:51 PM
Not surprised at all fans just let it go. Opinions are opinions even if they are stupid opinions.

Moakynubs - 7/16/2012, 7:52 PM
I would be more concerned if the guy didn't EVER die...
Anthrax - 7/16/2012, 7:52 PM
the avengers the chick who gave it a bad review was shamed told her to get back in the kitchen she got a fate worse than death
xfactor - 7/16/2012, 7:52 PM
this is funny...too damn funny lmao
VicSage - 7/16/2012, 7:53 PM
If it has Marvel Studios' name on it or is made by Nolan, DO NOT speak ill of it. Fans are willing to accept the 3/5 or 7/10 rating. But the second you give it 2/5 or 6/10... shit hits the fan.

Quite honestly, as long as TDKR is better than Batman Begins (an awesome film as well), that's fine with me. Simply because it's the conclusion doesn't mean it has to be even bigger.

IF TDKR is even SLIGHTLY as good as TDK, I'm satisfied.

With that being said, there are many times I wake up and want to watch either TDK or Begins. And most often than not, I choose Begins. Why? Because it's actually a fun comic book movie just with serious tones. TDK, on the other hand, drains me mentally and emotionally. I have to plan my day out before watching that movie. And when I'm done watching, I find I don't watch it again for another 3-4 months. Batman Begins I can watch ANY DAY.

From what I've seen of the clips from TDKR, Nolan is bringing some comedy into the film and playing a lot of the more "comic-booky" notes he did in Begins. TDKR looks to be the perfect blend of what made Begins great and TDK fantastic.
Chewtoy - 7/16/2012, 7:53 PM
Eh, like so many other things these day, way too many people somehow tie their own self worth into contests they create. There are people who literally *need* The Dark Knight Rises to be deemed unquestionably superior to the Avengers in order to avoid some kind of depression state.

Everything is a vehement us vs. them argument to some people, and the idea that people can disagree with you and still be perfectly nice and wonderful to know is an alien thought when they're caught up in it all.
ckal - 7/16/2012, 7:54 PM
Fans who haven't even seen the movie, no less.
xfactor - 7/16/2012, 7:54 PM
Not for nothing, i really am too excited for this film in imax. Plus the teaser for the Man Of Steel.
chujong - 7/16/2012, 7:55 PM
Man, it's so sad to read about things like this. It's just a damn movie! Why threaten someone's life over it? So stupid.
RamonSuarez - 7/16/2012, 7:56 PM
I am going to state the same thing I did when the Avengers got bad a few bad reviews: people take critics waaaaay too serious and no one should be personally insulted for expressing their opinion no matter how stupid, ill-formed, or unfair it may be.
maxxgone - 7/16/2012, 7:56 PM
here's the problem: there are people who intentionally write poor reviews and antagonize the fans of these films. they know what they are doing when they troll around, and therefore i say [frick] em - let their sites crash. they are getting all the attention they want, so mission accomplished.

as for those who truly dislike the films...well there's no accounting for good taste :)
ArtisticErotic - 7/16/2012, 7:57 PM
Well at least the actors in the movie are not getting pissy about it, at least not yet. Sam Jackson got really butthurt cause some critic gave Avengers an average score.

If you are a movie star or directo you have to expect negative reviews, I don't think any movie in history has an 100% score anywhere. Movies are made by people and people are not perfect therefore films will have flaws and shortcomings no matter how great they are.

Ha1frican - 7/16/2012, 7:57 PM
Cmon its clear he just wanted attention and to set himself apart as someone above the crowd. Don't feed into this kind of stuff its jus higher brow trolling.
Franshu - 7/16/2012, 7:57 PM
Agh, such a stupid reaction from fans.
CrimsonArk - 7/16/2012, 7:57 PM
@ TheWonderer
Well, considering that a lot of the comments are saying that these critics don't "Get Nolan's vision or his genius" I'd say the majority of these are Nolanites.
And how do you know if this is a good film? Have you seen it?
No. Reviews are opinionated, and I gurantee a lot of these review scores will be inflated because of:
A) It's the sequel to The Dark Knight
AND
B) It's the final movie of the trilogy
You sure didn't mind trash talking The Amazing Spider-Man, but you seem to be convinced this movie will be good without having even seeing it yourself.
JerBear - 7/16/2012, 7:57 PM
fanboys, gotta love 'em... gotta love 'em.
ckal - 7/16/2012, 7:59 PM
People get mad about negative reviews for movies they haven't seen because they talk so much shit and troll so much online before the movie even comes out, that they now feel 'losing' or it is a direct attack at them.
RamonSuarez - 7/16/2012, 8:01 PM
I remember when a lot of misogynistic assholes here started calling the female reviewer who trashed the Avengers a "bitch, "[foo foo]", etc. They, in all their 12 year old humor, thought it was funny to use a woman's gender as a point of attack because she didn't care for the film. And people wonder why geeks get a rep for being adolescent losers who have zero understanding of the opposite sex.
cman555 - 7/16/2012, 8:01 PM
Now there's a Batman....
erickrivers - 7/16/2012, 8:02 PM
I hate when people say "I could care less". If you could care less then you must care to begin with. It's suppose to be "I couldn't care less".
CrimsonArk - 7/16/2012, 8:02 PM
@ maxxgone
Tastes are subjective, there are no bad or good ones.
Because everyone likes at least one thing that is often considered "bad" or "average".
You sound like an elitist.
santoanderson - 7/16/2012, 8:02 PM
They're in the minority. TDK only got a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, so it was to be expected that this wouldn't get %100. Even if it was a perfect film, there would still be contrarians (COUGH -- Armond White) to downvote it. Ignore the critics if you aren't happy with their reviews.
FightAs0ne - 7/16/2012, 8:03 PM
Lmao I knew this would happen, in fact i was counting on it...
RamonSuarez - 7/16/2012, 8:03 PM
Oh, its definitely the Nolanites who are starting this shit on the other site. They are way too into the movie.
JimmytheMole - 7/16/2012, 8:05 PM
This is before the movie is out and fans have seen it. Pathetic
DragonofDarknessXIII - 7/16/2012, 8:05 PM
Yeah, I think critics are gonna be more hesitate to give TDKR a negative review.
SecretApprentice71 - 7/16/2012, 8:06 PM
People can be so idiotic, threatening someone's life over a bad review of a movie they haven't even seen? That's taking it way too far, imo. You think people would know better but it is the internet after all...

@ DragonofDarknessXIII I think TDKR has had it worse from what I could tell but it's hard to tell
TheBatman1 - 7/16/2012, 8:06 PM
People like this give nolanites a bad name.
braveone - 7/16/2012, 8:07 PM
Yea, I was among the people cussing these so-called critics as well. So..
darkknight2149 - 7/16/2012, 8:07 PM
Not again.
JDUKE25 - 7/16/2012, 8:07 PM


Geez..
JimmytheMole - 7/16/2012, 8:08 PM
And isn't it hypocritical to send death threats for movies about heroes? Obviously they haven't learned anything from the material they are defending.
AnditsOn1 - 7/16/2012, 8:09 PM
Seriously fans shouldn't do that. As much as the movie should be good, some people would dislike it for various reasons. You can't expect all the people on the planet love one sngle thing. What more important is that most of people give nod to what you like and that's more than enough.
Minotauro - 7/16/2012, 8:09 PM
Lol, damn crash his site? Wow. "Hope you die"? This was taken to the extreme.


@CrimsonArk - What if the wonderer bashes TASM. Is its rating with up there with the first two spidermans? No. And also, how does he know its going to be a great film. Derp, maybe from what critics have been saying and the hype this movie might actual live up to it and beyond. But marvelites don't like this kind of logic because double standards [frick]s up their thinking.

"Inflated reviews" Lol, Wow.
RamonSuarez - 7/16/2012, 8:09 PM
Someone made a really good point:

Unlike the Avengers, which was released overseas, the people who are shitting over the critics haven't even seen the film. LOL.

That is fanatical.
DrDoom - 7/16/2012, 8:11 PM
Sounds like some folks can't deal with criticism.
soforizo - 7/16/2012, 8:11 PM
On a positive note, the high volume of negative reviews compared to The Avengers, suggest that the fans are more enthusiastic for TDKR than the Avengers; that bolds well for its Opening Weekend.
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