The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13)

Great review for a very disappointing film. I also had high hopes for Nolan's Batman run after The Dark Knight's Chaos versus Order narrative. Unfortunately, Nolan wasted a really great opportunity by twisting a promising 'A Tale of Two Cities' inspired story into a shallow comic book 'save-the-city-from-destruction' outing. In fact, it was not even pretentious, but just another comic book fluff film with a frantic pace and some decent effects. I did enjoy the overpowering sound though, and felt that it contributed most to the sense of anxiety the film wished to produce. Why Nolan? Why did you fail us? Perhaps we'll have better luck with Zack Snyder's Superman run. However, if Nolan failed at lifting comic book films to new heights, I fear Snyder (who basically adapts comics to film frame-by-frame) have even less of a chance at success... but let's hope.

You wouldn't even know a naked man in a tree if his name was Yossarian!

The last two paragraphs of this review are depressingly accurate. Still, The Dark Knight and X-Men First Class are there to remind us how much integrity these films are capable of posessing when they're not an absolute Hollywood shambles. You shock and sadden me Mr Nolan :(

que mierda de critica, no creo convincente una respuesta que no esta de acuerdo a los mejores criticos del mundo. en fin que se puede esperar del time out of new york. la version barata del new york times.

As wordy and pretentious as the review is, it is unfourtantly on the money. As a huge batman fan (both comics and movies) I came out of the movie feeling disappointed and empty. It is really hard to actual score this movie as maybe to those who haven't been as invested in batman as much as me might really enjoy it but i still feel it will be a marginally above average pass. The dialogue was often stilted and while christian bale seems to be a better actor these days there just doesn't seem to be the conviction there was in the first two. It meanders for a long time in the middle and the "acts" and actions within them just felt like a series of events rather than a story or emotional/ character development. I'd like to explain more but I'll assume those who can't have a rational discussion will gloss over it and call me a tool and those who can take an opinion without hulking up will understand the issues Id reccomened people see it as there is some good in this movie but bane and co just didnt live up to the hype. In the words of the Joker "Gotham deserves a better class of criminal"

3/5 in its rating system is usually a good review. However, with this movie you choose to change the system to qualify only negatively. If you have something personal with this movie should tell clearly and not resort to such strategies as poor.

Die.

Great opening 20 minutes, shame about the other 145.

Good review. Just dont read the comments. For some reason you have to believe that these batman movies are the greatest movies of all time in order to write a review. If this movie is at all like TDK then it will be entertaining but overrated. BAT MAN IS NOT A REAL PERSON. Fanboys should let reviewers write reviews and not get so bent out of shape. especially when they havent even seen the movie.

Geez, it's not like it's Dr. Zhivago or anything. It's a Batman movie. Personally, I thought the first two were overrated, but these days when Transformers and Avengers are hailed as masterpieces I guess they were a step above that. And the high praise heaped upon Heath Ledger for adding some questionable affectations to the Joker character was way out of line: The silly constant tongue-lapping had nothing to do with the art of acting. Still, I'm looking forward to seeing Anne Hathaway's performance as Catwoman; it was she who was the female highlight of Brokeback Mountain, not Michelle Williams.