Here's some advice:

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2012)

Just now getting home from seeing 'The Dark Knight Rises' midnight showing on the West Coast. First of all, go see this movie. Likeget up in the morning and go see it. If you were at all entertained by the first two of the trilogy, then this one will BLOW YOUR MIND. Second of all, other than reading this post, do not read one. single. word. about it. Not online, not in the paper, not even if your neighbor writes you a note about it. Don't ruin it for yourself because there are so many surprises happening that I said - out loud on many occasions - WHAAAAAT!???!! as I was watching it. How often do you truly not know what's going to happen in a movie, especially these days when all it takes is to watch the trailer to know everything that's going to happen. And then there's the Internet. Don't do it. You will be really disappointed in yourself, and I will be so disappointed in you, too. And finallywe saw it at midnight. In Seaside, OR. Small theater with surprisingly good sound. Most of the people at the sold-out showing knew each other or just acted in a small town way that made you think they knew each other. NO commercials before it started. Only two previews and one was for the next Superman movie and everyone watching clapped even for that (you can imagine how much clapping happened at the end of the feature presentation). They had everyone get out their ticket stub beforehand so they could raffle off several movie posters from the film. It made the movie better, if that's even poss. So now I'm - obviously - wired and it's 4:19am and I'm still technically on vacation. I'm going to try and go to sleep. While I do that, YOU should be looking up movie showtimes for tomorrow. Make sure to let me know what you think...