Saturday, July 21, 2012

The Dark Knight Rises: NR #29

This movie is one of the most anticipated films of the year, a movie that if you don't give a perfect review to, the Nolan fan boys will never let you hear the end of it. You know what I'm talking about, you've probably already seen or are planning to see. This is...


Let's End...



PLOT
Its been eight years since the events of "The Dark Knight" and Harvey Dent's insanity has still been kept a secret and is still seen as a hero, so much so that they have a day named after him. But, this including his fall at the end of Dark Knight, has also caused Bruce Wayne to go into seclusion where the only person who ever see's him is Alfred. But there's a new evil in town, and his no ordinary evil. Bane is as strong as he is intelligent, he can crush necks without even thinking. He plans on destroying Gotham City in some way, and Batman has to return. But, it has been eight years and Bruce isn't as capable as he once was.



PROS
Everyone does a great job, Christian Bale is great as Bruce Wayne, who takes center stage instead of Batman, Micheal Cane will make you cry your eyes dry as Alfred, and many more.

Anne Hathaway steals the show as Catwoman, not only cunning and smart, but also strong and capable enough to take on as many guys as Batman and Bane put together. She and Batman are such a great team that I wanted to see a spin-off of just Batman and Catwoman's adventures.

Tom Hardy is scary as Bane. He's cold and lifeless, while menacing and intelligent as well. I was honestly scared of him.

Christopher Nolan learned from "Batman Begins" to zoom out of the action scenes, and he only got better after "The Dark Knight". The fights scenes are all out brawls and Nolan films them perfectly, letting you see every nitty gritty detail.

The last 50-40 minutes of film are amazing. It's what you came to see and keeps you on the edge of your seat 'till the credits have started and your heart racing long after them too.

While it's obvious Bane's voice was re-dubbed, you can still understand him. So don't worry fans, they fixed it.

The plot is more focused on Bruce Wayne than on Batman, so a lot of it is Wayne without the mask, and I liked that. While I did miss Batman at points, I still really enjoyed seeing Wayne dealing with his demons. 


CONS
The first hour or so is not as impressive as the later halves. It seems slow and uninteresting. While I know Nolan needs to get his exposition in, it didn't have me as interested as "The Dark Knight".

Bane, while menacing, just doesn't have the charisma to be memorable. While he does memorable stuff, he as a whole is just not that interesting. The reason is the mask. It forces him to catch your attention with his eyes, but there's only so much you can do without using the rest of your face. This is not Tom Hardy's fault, who is a great actor, it's just the costume's fault.

During the action scenes, I never had a "Stand-Up-In-Your-Seat-Cheering" moments like in the other movies. While they are exciting, they're just never impressive.

The ending, which I won't spoil. disappointed me. It almost had me, I was loving it, until it got to one part. Now if you've seen the movie, you may know what I'm talking about. Let's just say it was something hinted at the beginning that I hoped they wouldn't do. The ending was 99% great, but that 1% really ruined it for me.



CONCLUSION
If it sounded like I was vague, it's because I want to spoil as little of the plot or event as I possible can so you can enjoy it as much as I did going in basically cold. This feels like the end, and while it didn't live up to all of my expectations or was better than the last Batman, it still was great and well worth seeing. If I had to put them in order of how much I liked them from least to greatest it would be "Batman Begins", this, and "The Dark Knight". If you know only the basic plot of what happened in the last movies, go see this. While my rating while contradict what I just said, I see it as more of a star rating than a recommendation of how to see it.


RATING
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