When The Dark Knight came to Uppsala

Sweden is anything but a commercial nation- not just because its a political system with socialistic fundamentals, if not the conventional socialist, I was just this once very upset with Sweden. The release date of the years most awaited movie- The Dark Knight rises.

There are so many reasons to be a fan of the Batman character, not just because its the largest selling superhero movie franchise yet, because of Chris Nolans puzzling prowess. All over the globe, the release date was set to be on the 20th of July, but as laid back as the general populus is, I'd expect there would be some commotion- IMAX release. The closest IMAX to Uppsala is located at the National museum of Sweden, Stockholm. The movie now holds a record for the highest ticket bookings done, beating James Cameron's blockbuster ,Avatar. Also, the record for the highest fetching 2D movie in its opening weekend. The tickets were released for sale on the first of July at 0000hrs. A great deal of my friends managed to book a couple of tickets for the 0615hr show on the 20th, at the IMAX in London. Me, I was keeping my eyes out for ticket release at IMAX, but heres what I saw-

The release date in Sweden was 25th of July! Icing on the cake was when I found out that the IMAX in Stockhom didn't cater to playing commercial movies. For some insane reason, the Royal cinema in town were playing the movie at 2000hrs on the eve of the 24th. My friend managed to book two tickets for ourselves in a jiff.

On the 24th, we reached the theatre an hour in advance because one of us couldnt keep it in his pants anymore- obesession with the character. After the movie, this was one of our Facebook status update-  "Infernal Eulogy of the Dark Knight- Knowing that its foolish to expect the similar feelings from its predecessor from 2008, a bunch of friends and I went to the cinemas. The networking of the characters and their trivia was exhilerating. The ride that the movie took me, as a Batman fanatic is par my vocabulary. I had to hold back a bladder full of pee (thanks to the Coke) till it was almost a ball

on that burst. Then, the ending. I thought I had predicted it, but, Nolan's puzzling prowess is something that I now bow down to. Watch out for the line, "... then you have my permission to die". I wept, my throat chuckled for breath at times and by the time we walked from the cinema, I was left shaken in my knees. 
Only regret- I didn't obsess enough about this movie. 

Will I watch it again? FCUK YEAH!"

 

This was the only time when I felt a considerable amount of anger with how "non-mainstream" Sweden is. But, the movie changed the mood. Despite the tickets being pricy, I am thinking of watching it again sometime soon. 

 

 

P.S- Same was the situation with IMAX's all over Scandinavia. It truly is different from the rest of the world!