Well that didn’t take long. This Blog Post from Entertainment Weekly is an example of the weak arguments I’m hearing from detractors of The Dark Knight. If you read the blog post, there isn’t one good argument against the movie (Christian Bale only makes an ‘adequate Batman’?? At least say you don’t like his growling voice). It’s all about the hype of the film and how that led to the blogger’s disappointment in the movie. But if he saw the movie when everyone else did, like I would assume someone who writes for Entertainment Weekly would feel an obligation to do, that factor would have been removed from the equation.

I understand the idea of building up a movie in your mind to the point where it can’t possibly live up to expectations. But the Entertainment Weekly blog post is just a stunt to get more comments on your site. Go against popular opinion and you’ll be rewarded with some attention. The Dark Knight now is exactly what The Dark Knight was 6 months ago. Nothing has changed except its popularity. It’s a great film, a critical AND box office success, and easily the best comic book movie ever made. Anyone joining the party now may just feel left out, so they have no choice but to declare it ‘not really as good as everyone was saying.’ You’ll notice this backlash will come without much valid criticism of the film itself. It’s lazy to blame your dislike of a movie on hype. There’s a paradox there. If the hype has been built up for you, why have you waited so long to see the movie? If the hype wasn’t enough to get you in the theater, then hype must not be that important to you. Which means it shouldn’t affect your viewing of the movie when you do get around to seeing it, which also means you can’t use it as an excuse.

The Dark Knight is phenomenal. End of story.

Happy New Year, faithful followers (and occasional stoppers-by (and random porn seekers who failed their mission)) and welcome to a New Year in Nerd. I’ve got a slew of updates coming this week, including reviews of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, and a special Weekend Revelations where I will admit to seeing bothMamma Mia! and The House Bunny. One of these movies had me locked in a moral dilemma between verbally assaulting my family with and hurling myself into the fireplace. I chose to get drunk instead. It didn’t help.

I’ll have quite a few updates this week, including the One Year Anniversary of Sticky Floor Friday. It’s crazy to think that in a year’s time, I could pull in over 50 viewers a week per episode.

You may have noticed a lack of updates following my introduction of The Collector. Here are the reasons why:

The holidays are over and I’ve got a lot of content to throw at you this year that will rival my best stuff from last year. Then again, I can’t promise I’ll fall through any glass tables. But I will be doing something equally painful: Watching The Love Guru and documenting the experience. Thanks for coming to the site, stick around for a hell of a lot more!