"I think he's a lunatic," added Joe Kuklis regarding the shooter. "I think he's crazy, and I think he deserves to be hung."

"I just think it's a terrible tragedy," said Dawn Shaffer. "But I don't know how they can control it because there seems to have been more security, should have been, not being able to just come in all dressed up like you're part of the Batman movie."

Tim Bonomo, who owns the Palace Theatre in Corning, doesn't seem to think his business will be effected by the tragic turn of events in Colorado.

He said "The Dark Night Rises" sold out its opening midnight viewing and he predicts it will do well this weekend.