huffingtonpost.com — "The Dark Knight" was selling an average of about 10 tickets per second on online movie-ticket site Fandango.com as fans went to see Heath Ledger and connect with one of the nation's most mystical superhero franchises.
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joel8xJul 19, 2008
I would say it has a chance - the reason Titanic did so well was solely because of Leonardo DiCaprio. Girls were obsessed with him and went to see the movie multiple times. There were as many if not more teenage girls than dudes at the showing I went to last night. You know they are going strictly for Heath Ledger, who as the article points out is going to be the next James Dean. I would imagine that this movie, based on the fact that Ledger's performance is much more than just hype, will destroy all previous records.Just my 2 ¢.
viktorvaughnJul 19, 2008
I don't know that there is that much for the teenage girl demo in Heath Ledger's performance. The guy has a disfigured face, dirty clothes and greasy hair and is generally twitching and acting insane throughout the movie.I'm not a female, but I just don't see how anyone would find that sexy or attractive. My girlfriend does seem to think that there are enough females that are fans or otherwise obsessed with Heath Ledger that they would want to go see the film to witness his final performance, but I guess you could say that about a lot of people.
2shaeJul 19, 2008
I don't get it.It's not out here yet so I haven't seen it, but the movie looks just like any other superhero movie.
slaverJul 19, 2008
Yeah, loved his clenched-teeth performance in Gayback Mountain. Shame on Nolan though for deciding to go with this s**tty comic book nonsense. Memento was actually pretty watchable. Another promising director gets swallowed up by the Hollywood s**t churning machine. ♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠♠
bestjaxxJul 19, 2008
@LeviTheSmith: Go watch the movie or look it up.
elranzerJul 20, 2008
Nolan is out to make money and that's his sole purpose for making this movie. I'm sure the last thing he wants is for you to download it without paying to see it in threatres. He is not a champion of the Pirate Bay just because loads of Diggers like him.
uzaelJul 20, 2008
I never said anything bad about TDK. I said I thought it was alright but that Begins is better. Hardly a downer.
shakbhajiJul 21, 2008
This movie will single handedly bring the US out of recession with the number of people going to see it (multiple times).