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Going back to differences between Batman Begins and TDK...Katie Holmes>>>>>Maggie Gyllenhaal. Obviously Heath Ledger made up for this, but I was really annoyed the entire first time I saw TDK.

Speaking of acting changes, switching Rhodey in Iron Man was really frustrating too, but I didn't care for Iron Man much anyway.

I do agree with this, though Gyllenhaal was competent in the role.

I think "Starvation-related Recreational Activities" (my name for Hunger Games) is probably going to be the highest grossing film of this year. I would rather see Avengers or Hobbit to beat it, but it doesn't look like it. (Hobbit has the better chance to though.)

Doesn't Spider-Man come out this year? No love for Spidey?

I think since it won't have good ol' Tobey, I dunno. (I still want to see it though.)

That's an argument against seeing it?

I suppose adults here do not realize the enormous, and I mean ENORMOUS impact Hunger Games will have on money sales.

My proof - did not even know the other 4 you listed were coming out this year, or at all, but I have yet to spend 5 minutes in any class without hearing about the Hunger Games. Everyone and their sister is re-reading the book and saw last night's midnight premier. While I despise literary present tense as it takes the least skill to write and has pretty much no (how would I put this, shading?) behind it, that book was amazing. In comparison to twilight, twilight was only for 14-18 year old girls (around) pretty much, VERY few adults and hopefully no males. I also know it to be one of the most despised franchises out there but honestly I find that so sad, I would hate to spend that much time writing what I believe is a not-terrible work of fiction (even though I would never watch or read any of the series) but have so many people hate my work for no reason...
Hunger Games is for pretty much anyone. Males, females, the romance side is not significant but apparently heavy enough for the females to enjoy. Enough action for the males. Adults also love this book, and the sequel Catching Fire is even better in my opinion. Even though I can't stand the writing tense or style, Hunger Games and Catching Fire are easily in my top 8 books of all time, which says something.

YMT - the children aren't really fighting for entertainment... Well kind of. The capital is filled with rich bored people that have nothing better to do than force a child from each of the 12 districts (kind of like states) to fight to the death. Nobody from any of the 12 districts enjoys this (it's been a while so correct me if I'm wrong, anybody). They only submit because the capital is extremely powerful and influential over every action in the country. Coming from someone who read this in the 8th grade, I found this book series extremely non-disturbing, the violence is extremely insignificant when compared to a lot of other books I have read. My suggestion is you read this book, I'm pretty sure you will love it, and then see if it's suitable for your kids. I'm not trying to tell you how to parent your kids, it's just that if I was them I certainly would want to get a hold of this series. Just looking out for the little ones

Dark Knight was awesome. From the trailers of Dark Knight Rises, it doesn't look as great as Dark Knight. Still seeing it regardless.

I don't think TDKR will be as good as The Dark Knight, because there is no Heath Ledger as the Joker, now I'm not saying that because he's dead, as far as I'm concerned (and I know this sounds bad) I really couldn't care less that he is when it comes to the movie. He just nailed that role. He brought exactly the right amount of sociopath to it while not over doing it.

Well, I mean, he's dead. Some might call that "overdoing it". (I know that there's not much evidence to suggest he purposefully killed himself, however, there is some speculation that was taking what he was because of that role.)

My proof - did not even know the other 4 you listed were coming out this year, or at all

I can see not knowing about The Titanic, and maybe even The Avengers, but missing that The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit hit theaters this year is kind of big. Did you happen to spend most of the last six or seven months in Best North Korea?

I also did not know The Hobbit was coming out. I think its an easy bias to believe it will be a big movie because of what kind of people this forum caters to. I don't see it as action packed as the LotR trilogy, so I think most casual viewers will be 'meh' towards it. Even though I don't find the series all that great (long and boring in my opinion), I'll watch The Hobbit for nostalgiac purposes. This drummed up memories of being forced to read it during summer break in middle schoool, and only actually reading it the last 2 days before school started and turning in the most asinine book report ever.

I'm not talking about the LotR/Hobbit/Tolkien fanbase. Everyone knows they will go see it because they're ravenous and will eat up anything Tolkien. I'm talking about the casual movie-goer that doesn't necessarily know/care about Tolkien books.

I honestly wouldn't know about that, I don't know that many people who don't know/care about Tolkien.  (shows how nerdy I really am) 

I'm not 'the casual movie goer' so I suppose it's possible that a lot of people of that type will forgo the attendance of the Hobbit for other films.

EDIT: INSTAPOSTED, I was addressing MKC

I like lord of the rings. I read the three books that have already been made in to movies.

I stopped reading The hobbit half way through. Might go see this movie just because I never finished the book.

The Hobbit was my favorite book for a very long time. It was adventurous and wonderfully written, but didn't have all the boring detail of LotR. Granted, I read these books when I was 12(?), but still, Hobbit was great.

There and Back Again will be better than An Unexpected Journey. The Battle of Four Armies should be more epic than Helm's Deep...