Avengers will be the movie everyone will see because it looks like fun. Batman will be the movie that everyone who sees it, will think it deserves an Oscar.

Because it's Batman.

In movie box office gross and licensed merchandise sales, the Avengers will kick the tar out of the Dark Knight.

Overall, the Avengers are more family friendly than the Batman.

(Just my opinion)

I think Batman because of the established franchise that has gotten better each time. While I know who the Avengers are, I really have no plan to see the movie in the theater. Except for Iron Man, i found the movies leading up to the Avengers somewhat lacking in content and relying on special effects for the wow factor. While Batman delivered in plot and acting every time.

Will be interesting to see!

hikerjohnd wrote:I think Batman because of the established franchise that has gotten better each time. While I know who the Avengers are, I really have no plan to see the movie in the theater. Except for Iron Man, i found the movies leading up to the Avengers somewhat lacking in content and relying on special effects for the wow factor. While Batman delivered in plot and acting every time.

Will be interesting to see!

I HIGHLY recommend you see it in theaters. I've seen it twice, and while I agree with you that each individual movie for the characters (again, except for Iron Man) is definitely on the "Meh" island, Avengers truly is a GREAT movie. Amazing quotes and chemistry between all of the characters!

I love this series of Batman movie, but I have to say....I can kinda see it going the way of Batman forever, and Batman and Robin. Thank Buddha this is the last installment. Hopefully Batman is busy in this flick to whip out his credit card....Oh im sorry "Batcard"

At issue is who goes to see movies over and over again. The people who go to see well written plots, great acting and photography or the people who go to see the same old story lines with whiz bang special effects that blow ones eyes and ears?

The Avengers does not depend on developing characters and story line, but on special effects that are better than anything seen before. Teenagers, who are the main financial source in movie and music entertainment, will flock to see it over and over, like playing a video game without needing a controller.

Batman cannot compete with that. It may be the better movie, and may do well at the box office, but will not do as well as the Avengers.

Avengers has more spandex, and Scarlett Johansson. QED

The Avengers, because it has more little kid appeal, and demographically, kids decide what movie is seen. They will like The Dark Night because it's Batman, but much of it will be over their head and a bit too dark. They will LOVE The Avengers, because it's right in their wheelhouse.

Marvel beats DC... always.

[At the time of post, of course] 42.9% of Woot voters have no faith in Christopher Freaking Nolan. Have you not seen The Dark Knight? Inception? Please...I don't even know WHO directed The Avengers.

Big-name actors (let alone big-name characters) don't compete with big-name DIRECTORS. I may not have ever worked for "the biz," but I was close with someone who worked on the fringes of Hollywood, and what I learned was that the movie belongs to the director. My vote is with The Dark Knight Rises, 100%.

Don't get me wrong, The Avengers looks like fun and I fully intend to watch it (at some point...), but I am EXCITED for The Dark Knight Rises.

So very over Christian Bale, the last one was TERRIBLE! Howard Wolowitz makes a more convincing Batman than Christian Bale EVER could.

The only reason people saw the last one or even gave the last one ANY sort of relevance was because Heath Ledger killed himself.

Oh, and actors trump directors. I couldn't tell you a single director of a single movie I've seen (well except for the movies Michael Bay rapes, I avoid those at all costs).

Avengers has an earlier release date, a wider potential audience, and weaker competition. With MIB3, Prometheus, and Snow White being its biggest contenders over the next month, it may stay in number one one until Brave hits at the end of June.

Avengers draws a more "general" audience than Dark Knight, and, unfortunately, TDKR is missing that one piece that made it such a hit last time: a had-to-see charismatic center in Heath Ledger. Avengers has Downey, Ruffalo, Jackson, Hiddleston, while Dark Knight Returns has... dark and dark.

Don't get me wrong, I am VERY MUCH looking forward to Batman. But in terms of numbers it's not going to stack up at summer's end.

Although it's 10pm and I just put in Dark Knight because LEDGER.

I was going to make the numerous salient points which establish that Batman is the far better series, that Nolan has elevated the superhero movie into allegorical and philosophical masterpiece, that Avengers, while enjoyable, is still basically braincandy, etc., etc., etc., but then I realized that it doesn't matter, because America has NEVER, EVER, not once chosen anything deeper or more challenging over something more accessible and obvious. So I'll just see both (already saw Avengers), know that TDKR is a microbrew and Avengers is Miller Lite, and let America continue to eat itself to death. Bon Appetit!

rtwesterlund wrote:[At the time of post, of course] 42.9% of Woot voters have no faith in Christopher Freaking Nolan. Have you not seen The Dark Knight? Inception? Please...I don't even know WHO directed The Avengers.

Big-name actors (let alone big-name characters) don't compete with big-name DIRECTORS. I may not have ever worked for "the biz," but I was close with someone who worked on the fringes of Hollywood, and what I learned was that the movie belongs to the director. My vote is with The Dark Knight Rises, 100%.

Don't get me wrong, The Avengers looks like fun and I fully intend to watch it (at some point...), but I am EXCITED for The Dark Knight Rises.

Normally, I would be challenging you to a duel for badmouthing Mr. Joss Whedon who has been in the biz for over 20 years with nary a bad word against him, but I know that comic book movies are srs bsns, so I will refrain.

However, he does have a fanbase, and some of us (me) had no interest in the Avengers/Marvelverse until Whedon signed on to the project. (I'm really more of a DC chick.) I had to rent all five previous movies and catch up. I saw TDK three times in the first week, and I've seen The Avengers three times so far, too.

Not aimed specifically at you, but for me, the answer was The Avengers for these reasons:

• TDKR is not coming out in 3D. 3D added an estimated 30 mil to Avengers' 1st weekend total. Both will/are being released in IMAX.
  
• Much larger cast, with lots of handsome, playful men. (Check out tumblr if you think this isn't relevant. Remember, it was teenage girls that put Titanic where it is now.) Over the past five movies, all of these characters/actors have acquired stans. Don't like Thor but love Captain America? Guess you're going to see this movie. Hate Stark but a big Hulk fan? Whoops, if you want to see Hulk pwn his way through several scenes, guess you'll have to buck up and go see Avengers anyway.
  
• TDK was so DARK in comparison to Avengers, and Mr. Wayne is in an even darker place now than he was then. I've yet to attend an Avengers screening that didn't have at least five moments of reliable laughs, to the point where you miss the next line. Other than one fairly obscure British vulgarism, there's no naughty language or adult situations, "just" the major city damage, and that one off-screen body part thing. (No spoiler tags available here, sorry.) TDK had a hanged Batman imposter and a character introduction with the now-infamous pencil trick.
  

The Avengers is going to get more money not because it is a better movie but because it appeals to a larger set of audiences.

rtwesterlund wrote:[At the time of post, of course] 42.9% of Woot voters have no faith in Christopher Freaking Nolan. Have you not seen The Dark Knight? Inception? Please...I don't even know WHO directed The Avengers.

Big-name actors (let alone big-name characters) don't compete with big-name DIRECTORS. I may not have ever worked for "the biz," but I was close with someone who worked on the fringes of Hollywood, and what I learned was that the movie belongs to the director. My vote is with The Dark Knight Rises, 100%.

Don't get me wrong, The Avengers looks like fun and I fully intend to watch it (at some point...), but I am EXCITED for The Dark Knight Rises.

Joss Whedon directed Avengers.

I'm kind of tired of Christian Bale as Batman...

Always so angry.

I AM BRUCE WAYNE

I AM BATMAN

Which is why I voted for Avengers, will probably wait to see the new Batman movie when it is released on DVD.

Avengers, hands down.

Batman Begins was fantastic, my favorite Batman movie, but TDK was mediocre at best. Heath Ledger was great, but everyone else was seriously lacking. Aaron Eckhart shouting Rachel every 2 seconds got incredibly annoying, Batman's insanely low growl of a voice was awful, and I don't even need to say anything about Maggie Gyllenhaal. Saw TDK in an imax the first time and couldn't tell what was going on half the time. Saw Avengers in imax and I could follow it with ease.
Another reason why I think Avengers will do better? TDKR is the third movie in a series, and if you look at history of movies, the third movie is almost *always* the worst one. Add Anne Hathaway as Catwoman(with that terrible looking suit) and you have yourself a nice recipe for a flop. I love Nolan, so I'm hoping I'm wrong, but that's how I see it. Also, whomever was saying Joss Whedon is "a nobody", is an rebel scum and your lack of knowledge discredits anything you say.

kanedax wrote:Avengers has an earlier release date, a wider potential audience, and weaker competition. With MIB3, Prometheus, and Snow White being its biggest contenders over the next month, it may stay in number one one until Brave hits at the end of June.

Avengers was already knocked out of first place by [ahem] Battleship. Yeah, I said Battleship.

RWoodward wrote:Avengers was already knocked out of first place by [ahem] Battleship. Yeah, I said Battleship.

Um, you better recheck your info source because these sites report the opposite.

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avengers no.1

bobcrenshaw wrote:Marvel beats DC... always.

I was going to post the exact same comment. Now I see it is unnecessary.

Too close to call I'd say. On the one hand, Avengers looks to be a long-term moneymaker as it's one of the few films this year that's not either Serious Business or terribad. But Dark Knight Rises is going to benefit from the trilogy climax effect just like Return of the King/Jedi did.

LarryLars wrote:Um, you better recheck your info source because these sites report the opposite.

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avengers no.1

I'm actually quite relieved to see this. I was scanning the Yahoo News headlines on Sunday and nearly lost my lunch when I read "Battleship Dethrones Avengers at the Box Office." The story has completely disappeared now, so I'm guessing someone made a dreadful mistake.