5 Reasons why Dark Knight Rises will not break Avengers' record

1) Doesn't appear to be a family film
Promos are promising 'Dark Knight Rises' to be a dark gritty movie, rather than a fun movie. It may excite and satisfy Nolan fans around the globe, but it is likely to keep the kids and ladies out of Cinema halls. But if the word-of-mouth about the movie is excellant (which is likely to be and was also the case with Avengers), then it may run many weeks longer and eventually kids and ladies will come to see the movie.

2) IMAX, but no 3D
Movie is being released in record number of IMAX theaters in US and around the Globe, but not in 3D. Either they are trying to take the same path as Titanic (they also released in 3D version last year, which was well received by the audience), or they simply feel that IMAX is going to give the best experience of the movie. 3D, however, is one of the biggest reasons why Avengers made the kind of money it made.

3) No real life tragedy
Heath Ledger's death gave 'Dark Knight' a huge push. It is said that every other news channel kept on bombarding tragic news of Heath Ledger's death, which created a lot of curiosity for the movie. Heath's female fans rushed to the theaters to see him last time in a movie. I know many of Nolan fans do not want to accept this, but if you ignoring the contribution of this tragic news into Dark Knight's total earnings, then you are delusional.

4) Not enough buzz for the movie
I saw Dark Knight, I loved it, and I couldn't wait for the release for its final sequel. But when I saw the promo of this movie, it felt underwhelming to be honest. I know that Nolan always try to keep his movies realistic and without special effects and CGI, but the promo made me feel that Nolan is trying to underpromise rather than creating a lot of excitement. If I search for 'Dark Knight' on twitter, then I am getting around 1-2 tweet updates every minute which is quite medicore also considering that I am fetching 5 times tweets more for 'The Amazing Spiderman' and 10 times more for 'Avengers' (which had released 2 months ago)

5) Irritating Nolanites
Nolanites, or Nolan-turds, or whatever they are called, have become a real pain in the ass for movie fans around the globe. If I am discussing about a movie online, or saying that I liked a particular movie, then I had to deal with irritating comments of some 'Dark Knight' fans too. Very often they will start comparing every movie with 'Dark Knight' and say that this movie is not as good as 'Dark Knight'. It sounds like insecurity and stupidity on their part, and if comments of various IMDB, Facebook and Twitter users are any indication, then many people are not going to watch this movie just to get back strongly at those dumb Nolanites.

Apart from these reasons, news is that this movie is banned from China. I know that 'Dark Knight' had a huge appreciation among the fans, but not it will necessarily help this movie break records.

Rowdy Rathore Review

I don't usually write movie review after one week of its release and viewing. But this time I deliberately wanted all the excitement and adrenaline to die down, and write my thoughts on the movie dispassionately. I have gone through many other reviews from critics on internet as well, and I think many of the critics just haven't understood the movie.  Yes, I am referring to the likes of Rajeev Masand according to whom there is no reason why this movie should have been made, or Anupama Chopra according to whom movie has no artistic value.

To be honest, I was really looking forward to the movie and really wanted to enjoy it no matter what critics will say. I guess this is what Indian audience did in general, and the mere fact that it has already grossed more than 100 crores in Indian alone in just 11 days, simply means that movie has high degree of appreciation all over the country.

Akshay has played three roles in this movie. First one of them is Shiva, a small time conman who falls in love with a girl from Patna and vows to mend his ways for her sake. Second one is Vikram Rathore, a non-nonsense police officer who almost lost his life in his attempt to bring justice to the village he gets posted in. Third one is Rowdy Rathore, who is Shiva only turned into a police inspector to take revenge on Vikram Rathore’s behalf.  He excelled in all these roles, and made all three of them totally distinguishable from each other. His body language and facial expressions in action scenes are top notch.  He is the heart and soul of this movie. No wonder he is called The Khiladi of Bollywood.

Sonakshi Sinha plays the role of Neeraja, a girl from Patna who comes to attend her friend’s wedding. I didn’t have too many expectations from her, as I thought she has been simply riding on Dabaang’s success whose credit only goes to Salman Khan. She does her part well though, nothing exceptional. There is whole bunch of other actors in supporting role, including a villain who has literally crossed all limits of evil ever displayed in a Bollywood movie. 

Yes, movie is loud and illogical. But it has the kind of unpretentious fun we Indians has grown up watching in 90’s and early 2000s. Music is fun, hummable and enjoyable. Choreography in songs and action stunts are fantastic. Akshay’s trademark comedy scenes in first half and later part of second half as ‘Rowdy Rathore’ are not to be missed. This movie may not boast about original storyline, but has many memorable scenes in it and really delivers on entertainment front. Go watch it.