Wasteful? $150 for The Dark Knight (Batman) Tickets
Posted by Cap in Stop Buying Crap! |
From the issue where Bane broke Batman’s back, to the kick-ass Batmobile toy from Batman Returns, and finally to the Batman mug that I broke due to pouring cold milk into a mug full of hot chocolate (oh how I miss you, Batman mug) — my crap of Batman collectibles spells one clear thing: I’m a fairly big Batman fanboy.
But $150 per ticket for The Dark Knight?
Uh, no thanks.
According to an article on wcbstv.com, Craiglist was flooded Friday with ads for buyers and sellers of weekend Batman tickets. Most are willing to dish out $50 per ticket, but one hardcore fan is willing to shell out $150 per ticket:
Of course, Jafri says there’s some other motivation involved as well. “I’ve never seen anything you can text a girl that’ll get her to respond with a ‘YES!’ to meeting up more promptly than, ‘Dark Knight IMAX tonight. You in?’” he says.
I don’t want to be an ass, but if an IMAX movie is the fastest “yes” you’ve gotten for a date — maybe it’s time to cut back a little on the Batman love (says the super-senior-college- student-fellow-hobbyist-who-still-doesn’t-have-a-day-job).
Anyway, maybe it’s a Manhattan thing.
From [wcbstv.com] (Thanks Jim!)
July 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Outside of the usual entertainment media, the consensus from the general public is that this new movie is a plotless, terribly acted rip-off waste of money and 3 hours of your viewing life, so that tells me I should keep hold of my cash and wait for something else better to come along. No contest.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:20 am
That is frackin’ ridiculous (and wasteful)!
My best friend and I are going to DK sunday for the $5 matinee - I like big screens for big movies.
Wanted was plotless… but what do you expect from summer blockbusters… art films are for the school season.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
People are nuts. I took a half day off from work (with pay) and went to a matinee. There were about 20 people in the theatre.
I really liked the movie. Gary Oldman was great, Heath Ledger scared the poop outta me, and Christian Bale was, well Batman, in what is probably the best incarnation of the series ever.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I have never been a big fan of comics, or super hero movies, but I saw the last b/c of Bale and I really enjoyed the film. I’d like to see this one too but there is no way I’d pay that much for anything other than plane tickets. I am able to wait a few weeks.
July 19th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Who’s Jim? :)
July 20th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Cuz I’m sure that girl REALLY likes you, if you have to lure her with $150 Batman tickets. I guess the $14 IMAX ones aren’t good enough (then neither is she).
This guy will be lamenting how women “use” him soon enough.
And really, TEXTING someone for a date, that’s pretty weak.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:12 am
BatMan was great. $5 matinee is great! There were around 10 people in the theatre I went to on a Sunday afternoon. $150 is too much to pay for a ticket to see movie, even if it is the best one I’ve seen in a long while.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
The Main Street Avenger said, “Outside of the usual entertainment media, the consensus from the general public is that this new movie is a plotless, terribly acted rip-off waste of money and 3 hours of your viewing life, so that tells me I should keep hold of my cash and wait for something else better to come along. No contest.”
Hmmm, after two weeks, the “general public” is buying enough tickets to perhaps bush Batman past the all-time money maker Titanic.
So has the public changed its mind, and fallen in love with Batman, in the two weeks since the Avenger published his comment, or was the Avenger just wrong?