At some point in one of these columns I expressed some optimism about a good summer at the movies. It’s a pleasant surprise that feeling that way has actually seemed to pay off. I tend to be a little erratic in how often I actually go to the movies, but one collection of circumstances or another kept me going again and again through a time of the year in which I pray repeatedly for the cool embrace of nuclear winter.
I have no idea when this column is going to join the rest of the inebriated chimps, but even if it’s a week or two down the line from today (July 22nd), it would be impossible to not at least mention the Aurora movie theater tragedy.
The Dark Knight Rises is a huge hit, both with fans and critics, with a whopping $289 million in ten days of release and garnering a respectable 87% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But the film does have its detractors, among them, Matthew Guerruckey, Drunk Monkeys’ Editor-in-Chief. Here Guerruckey debates Drunk Monkeys Film Editor Ryan Roach, who considers the film one of the best he’s seen so far in 2012. Be aware: this discussion contains detailed plot spoilers.