I've seen this discussed just about everywhere on the internet. No matter where you go, if some site is promoting the Dark Knight Rises, a fanboy comes in to interject that it has no chances of beating the outstanding records Marvel's The Avengers have set, and rightfully so. Keep in mind that The Avengers practically came out at a time where we were just about desperate for a big blockbuster to kick off the summer, and Marvel chose the first spot they could get to dominate the summer movie season, also considering you have five movies that sets up this very event, and you have box office gold. Given this very reason that we've never seen a character mash up on the silver screen before, The Avengers was poised to make the bank within no time at all. But if we get into a point of dissecting movies because of some form of insecurity to see which movie is better, are we really enjoying the film?

Let's be clear: movies are hard to pull off, especially ones like The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises. As much as movie studios wants us to believe they aren't competing, we know that they are. And while making money happens to be the thing they want to do whether their movie is good or bad, we should be content with enjoying the films the way Christopher Nolan and Joss Whedon intended them to be seen. Directing is another form of storytelling and taking people along a ride you'd love to share with others. Some people will hate the ride, others will without a doubt love it, but when comparing it to other rides you are just about sure to get the full enjoyment the creators of it had wished when they began making it.

Let's look pass the fact that these are also two different kinds of movie types with different kinds of stories to tell. The Dark Knight Rises is the wrap up of a trilogy. showing how Bruce Wayne has changed his world since becoming the Batman starting in 2005's Batman Begins and continuing to 2008's The Dark Knight. These movies were chosen to not just be a movie to just be about the comic book fans, but to people who love action movies and thrillers as well. They are character driven to the point where Nolan tries to take away the unnatural in response to trying to find the natural in a world in need of heroes. It works for his form of storytelling.

The Avengers, as stated above, is a culmination of five movies over four years and coming together as one. It's not directly tied to the previous narratives very much, and that's what works for the fun of Joss Whedon's super hero mash-up. It's full of laughs, action, yet light on narrative but it works and comes together in a great fashion.

People love to compare apples to oranges. For the sake of doing so they like to compare the sweetness to the juiciness and the bitterness to the sourness without taking into context that the two things have different things going for themselves. It doesn't make one better than the other, it just means one is a different flavor than you might be use to. With being a little open minded, a person could see that regardless of their taste, they could enjoy both movies without trying to destroy one or the other.

These movies are meant to be enjoyed regardless of you taste in the Superhero genre. Nolan and Whedon are good at being the masters of their craft and are gifted in telling a story the only way they know how with the characters they are given. It doesn't matter what movie does better at the box office, it only matters if the story that's told is sufficient enough for us to say we enjoyed it or not while not trying to compare them and destroy them at once.