I'm a big geek, there's no getting around it. I don't admittadly go to Star Trek conventions, nor do I know the age Spiderman first started producing web fluid or what year Patrick Stewart lost his hair.
But I do love films, and I am looking forward to The Dark Knight Rises as much as the next person should be. The third and final in the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale Batman trilogy, this is going to be huge. Not that I give a shit but this is also going to make a ton of cash, The Dark Knight grossed £500 million world wide; the going is good.
Like the Dark Knight, this new one also has a very clever ad campaign, including a 'leaked' CIA document, as a clue to the plot (it's possible not every member of the viewing public has heard of this).
But with all these adverts floating around, what is a fan to do? How could we ever enter the cinema not knowing most of the details of the plot? And wouldn't that leech some of the fun out of the um, what's it called, the Story?
I've watched the trailer and it looks fantastic, including Tom Hardy, Marrian Coultard being stunning, and Anne Hathaway looking sexier than ever as Cat Woman, and Garry Oldman eqquiped with gun and moustache in the fight against crime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yh6SriAjdE
How will I ever resist the leaked first 6 minutes of the film? Or what else? The middle part of the film released as a taster? Christian Bale might blurt out the ending as a way of getting rid of an obnoxious fan trying to squirm his way into a showbiz party. I already know Christian Bale has a beard at some point during the film, and Gary Oldman has his trademark tache, what other facial hair developments will be spoilt for me?
Well this is my test, I will resist any of this over saturated campaign and go into the cinema without knowing every little part of the film. This may just mean that i have to get out more, there are after all no spoilers for a social life. Anything could happen.... right?
