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Newspaper Page Text7 /26 Air conditioned! 7 /2 8 7/27 7 /2 9 7 /3 0 7 /3 1 8 /1 8 /2 for 7.26-8.2 FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU THE BEST EXOTIC 1:00 1:00 5:00 7:45 MARIGOLD HOTEL 6:00 6:00 6:00 6:00 6:00 6:00 6:00 THU A R T 4:15 7:00 9:30 WOODY ALLEN’S TO ROME WITH LOVE SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD C I N E M A S 492 East 13 th 686-2458 SOON: NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD CELESTE & JESSE FOREVER SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN bijou-cinemas.com 2:20 5:00 5:00 7:40 7:40 10:10 10:10 3:40 8:45 8:45 BY DANTE ZUÑIGA-WEST 2:20 5:00 5:00 5:00 5:00 5:00 7:40 7:40 7:40 7:40 7:40 3:40 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 8:45 THE ROOM $5 11:00 *Adults—$7 * Students w/ID—$6 * Seniors—$5 * Matinees—$5 * Miser Mondays—$3* Asian Food Market EXPIRES 8-2-12 Largest Selection of Seaweed, rice, noodles, frozen products, deli, snacks, drinks, sauces, spices, produce, housewares, and more. We carry groceries from Holland, India, Pakistan and Polynesia THE DARK KNIGHT RISES : JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI 5:50 THE ARTIST 5:50 SA SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN 7:40 Sushi & Asian deli take-out 5 Sunrise www.sunriseasianfood.com AMERICAN REUNION 7:40 WANDERLUST 9:40 CASA DE MI PADRE 9:40 M-Th 9am-7pm•F 9am-8pm•Sa 9am-7pm•Su 10am-6pm 180 E. 5TH AVENUE • 762-1700 70 W. 29th Ave. Eugene • 541-343-3295 21 & OVER THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (DIGITAL) PG-13 11:25, 2:40, 5:55, 9:10 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (3D) PG-13 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 BRAVE (DIGITAL) PG 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (DIGITAL) PG-13 10:45, 12:00, 12:35, 1:30, 2:25, 3:30, 4:15, 5:10, 6:05, 7:00, 7:55, 8:50, 9:45, 10:30 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (DIGITAL) PG 12:25, 2:55, 3:45, 5:25, 7:55, 8:45, 10:25 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (3D) PG 11:35, 1:15, 2:05, 4:35, 6:15, 7:05, 9:35 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (DIGITAL) PG 12:05, 2:20, 4:40 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER R 11:15, 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 BATTLESHIP PG-13 11:50, 3:05, 7:15, 10:05 DARK SHADOWS PG-13 11:40, 2:20, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX PG 11:00, 1:05, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 9:45 FOR GREATER GLORY R 11:10, 3:20, 7:10, 10:10 THE HUNGER GAMES PG-13 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 THE HUNGER GAMES (DIGITAL) PG-13 1:00, 7:00 MAGIC MIKE (DIGITAL) R 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 MEN IN BLACK 3 (DIGITAL) PG-13 11:40, 2:15, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 SAVAGES (2012) (DIGITAL) R 7:30, 10:30 STEP UP REVOLUTION (DIGITAL) PG-13 2:45, 10:15 STEP UP REVOLUTION (3D) PG-13 12:15, 5:15, 7:45 TED (DIGITAL) R 11:35, 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:20 THE WATCH (DIGITAL) R 12:20, 1:35, 2:50, 4:05, 5:20, 6:35, 7:50, 9:05, 10:20 Adv. Tix on Sale TOTAL RECALL IMAX: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.1140 320 700 1040 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13) ★ Fri.(1210 1240 110 255 350) 420 450 730 800 940 1010 Sat.(1115 1210 1240 110 350) 420 450 630 730 800 940 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES [OC] (PG-13) ★ Fri.(1115 AM) 630 PM Sat.(255 PM) 1010 PM STEP UP 4 IN REAL D 3D (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(215 PM) 445 PM 715 PM STEP UP 4 (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1145 AM) 945 PM THE WATCH (R) Fri. - Sat.(1215 245) 515 745 1015 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1150 220) 440 710 935 SAVAGES (R) Fri. - Sat.(1245 345) 650 950 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(105 PM) 725 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN IN REAL D 3D (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.415 PM 1035 PM MAGIC MIKE (R) Fri. - Sat.(1155 230) 510 750 1030 TED (R) Fri. - Sat.(1200 235) 505 740 1020 BRAVE (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1130 200) 435 720 955 SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) Fri. - Sat.(1125 205) 425 655 930 MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1225 240) 500 735 1000 Summer Movie Express - Tues & Wed. 10 am PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS PG 11:05, 1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:45, 9:50 PROMETHEUS R 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 PROMETHEUS (3D) R 4:00, 10:00 ROCK OF AGES PG-13 11:55, 3:25, 7:25, 10:20 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (DIGITAL) PG-13 11:35, 3:00, 7:05, 9:55 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING PG-13 11:20, 1:55, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Directed by Christopher Nolan. Screenplay by Jonathan and Christopher Nolan, based on a story by the Nolans based on characters created by Bob Kane. Cinematography, Wally Pﬁ ster. Editor, Lee Smith. Music, Hans Zimmer. Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2012. PG-13. 165 minutes. 00211 H OAK STREET SHOPPING CENTER WILLAMETTE STREET WoodÀ eld Station Last Exit to Gotham The Dark Knight Rises but fails to fly Asian Groceries 29TH AVENUE movies Adv. Tix on Sale TOTAL RECALL STEP UP 4 IN REAL D 3D (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(130 PM) 710 PM STEP UP 4 (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.400 PM 935 PM THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1130 1200 300 330) 630 700 1000 1030 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG) Fri. - Sat.(350 PM) 910 PM ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT IN REAL D 3D (PG) ★ Fri. - Sat.(100 PM) 650 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(115 PM) 720 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN IN REAL D 3D (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.415 PM 1020 PM TED (R) Fri. - Sat.(120) 430 725 955 BRAVE (PG) Fri. - Sat.(340 PM) 910 PM BRAVE IN REAL D 3D (PG) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1245 PM) 640 PM Summer Movie Express - Tues & Wed. 10 am THE WATCH (R) Fri. - Sat.(1200 230) 450 715 945 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1125 1145 250 320) 630 700 1000 1030 TED (R) Fri. - Sat.(115 350) 720 950 igh expectations sometimes lay you low, and the very word “su- perhero” spurs one’s anticipation of a movie adaptation to leap tall multi- plexes in a single bound and travel faster than a speeding bullet to the box ofﬁ ce. It can’t be helped. Walking into the July 20 midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, my hopes were high. I assumed that this grand ﬁ nale would be not only a step above all predecessors, but also well worth the particular discomfort of cramming into a packed theater at midnight. Neither of these assumptions panned out. Don’t get me wrong: The Dark Knight Rises isn’t complete bat guano. It has enough redeeming qualities to allow for some people to overlook the glaring ﬂ aws. First off, the ﬁ lm has guts, confronting our fears of terrorism and militant police states, as well as full-blown economic collapses. Director Christopher Nolan (who also helmed the ﬁ rst two ﬁ lms in the trilogy) plunges the viewer into a Gotham City that metastaticizes from peaceful and prosperous to dangerous and defunct. And don’t worry: In the end, all those bat-toys come out to blow stuff up in ﬁ ne fashion. The special effects will not disappoint you, the soundtrack is superb and the cinematography is solid. Here’s the ﬁ rst problem, though: The Dark Knight Rises is two hours and 45 minutes in duration and, at that length, screenwriting brothers Christopher and Jonathan Nolan’s story arc could not be properly sustained. The movie needs to be way shorter, and even then it should contain more connective tissue. The Dark Knight Rises opens with a scene of Abu Ghraib-style black-bagged prisoners being driven to some airstrip in the middle of nowhere. A CIA agent oversees the prisoner transfer, the plane takes off and, within moments, moviegoers are treated to a spectacular mid-air hijacking. Enter Bane (Tom Hardy), the new Batman bad guy who looks like a hybrid of Darth Vader and Vin Diesel. Unfortunately, Bane’s character presents the movie’s second serious stumbling block. Granted, after the late Heath Ledger’s bloodcurdlingly epic portrayal of the Joker, any ensuing Batman mega-villain has some pretty nasty boots to ﬁ ll. Bane, however, just doesn’t present a quality super villain — that is to say, he is not super; he’s just a villain. Bane’s iniquity is more suited to something out of the Die Hard movies, where he’d be ﬁ ne playing opposite Bruce Willis. Not only does Bane lack the charismatic ﬂ are required of a Batman baddie, but his villainous voice is nearly impossible to understand. Just because you’re wearing a souped-up SARs mask and need to counterbalance Christian Bale’s raspy Batman voice doesn’t mean you can be aggravatingly inaudible. Other places where the ﬁ lm falls short include a distended storyline; a lackluster Cat Woman (Anne Hathaway); Bale spending more time as an emo Bruce Wayne than as an ass-whooping super bat; and a generic cohort of mercenaries- turned-terrorists who all somehow happen to be black, Middle Eastern, Asian or just very tan Europeans. This last dynamic is rather interesting. Given that Gotham is intended to mirror the look and demographic of cities like New York and Chicago, the ﬁ ctional city’s inherent lack of diversity among its residents is curious. They’re pretty much all white, excluding Morgan Freeman, some football players and a cop or two. I wanted to like this movie. I returned the following day to see it again, despite the horriﬁ c shooting less than 24 hours before- hand in Aurora, Colo., that killed 12 people and injured 58 more at the midnight screen- ing of The Dark Knight Rises. I wish I could tell you I was paying full attention to the movie, but I can’t. My eyes kept scan- ning the emergency exits, just like the dude next to me. The collective consciousness of moviegoers that night — and perhaps for- ever — was seriously rattled. So maybe I didn’t get the best second look at The Dark Knight Rises. And yet, for the periods of time I wasn’t memorizing the exits and premeditating the best escape route, I did enjoy the movie a bit more. Maybe it really is better the second time around. Or maybe it’s just that those high expectations were no longer present. ew Times For 07/27 - 07/28 © 2012 24 JULY 24, 2012 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM