The well-known movie-aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes has taken the exceptional step of disabling user comments on The Dark Knight Rises reviews posted on their site, a first for the website, after one negative review in particular was met with a virulent stream of comments that threatened the reviewer with beatings, mishaps by way of fire, and the debilitation of his vile website for posting such heinous remarks about The Dark Knight Rises (and his website was indeed debilitated and inaccessible for some time, though it's now up again).

That reviewer is Marshall Fine, and his website is hollywoodandfine.com, where his review of The Dark Knight Rises now has over 150 comments, mostly describing the reviewer as a fool, a contrarian opportunist, and/or someone with no taste in movies.

Reviewers, be warned: there's a large group of passionate Batman fans out there (who may or may not wear capes in private) and they don't take kindly to any harsh critiques of the Caped Crusader's latest flick, whether the movie actually deserves it in your mind or not. Step in line, or face the firing squad.

Did Rotten Tomatoes do the right thing by suspending user comments? Are people going too far in their defense of the film? Is this just something reviewers have to accept as part of their profession? Share your thoughts on the Caped Crusader and his passionate, cape-wearing, negative-review hating fans in the comments.