The Town of Odyssey

This movie was impeccable from beginning to end, it's so good. SO FREAKING GOOD! Every character is improved upon from the past movies and the new characters are astonishingly amazing (especially Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt), Bane and Talia were better villains than any others in my mind. Fox was excellent, Alfred was excellent, and this is Bale's most excellent Batman movie yet (and yes, he's open to a 4th movie). This movie lives up to the hype, and can I say I'm so glad Batman didn't die (even though they totally tricked us and made it seem like he did). This is what superhero movies should aspire to be. Really.... I cannot wait for another movie with Robin in it. (I kind of guessed that JGL was some type of Robin halfway through the movie, and the way they executed it was flawless.) This is what I really would consider a sequel to batman begins, while TDK needed to happen and was an amazing movie, they both pale in comparison to this movie. This is a short review but in summation this movie was the best movie I've seen in the past few years, this movie is a masterpiece... an achievement of cinema in all regards. 10 out of 10! If you're reading this and haven't seen it, shame on you for reading spoilers but GO SEE IT! I can't say enough good things about it. Throughout the entire almost three hour ride I was entranced, at no time did I want to check my phone, go to the bathroom, and I didn't even finish my popcorn. It's that good, I don't think I blinked.

However... I want Batman to live just as much as the next person, but, come on, that's just not believable. It almost ruins the whole thing for me. However, although it seems implied he lived, I think it's possible that was just to satisfy the "casual moviegoer." That sounds snobbish, I know, but it does seem plausible to me.
The soundtrack was amazing.

The fight scenes were really good, especially between Bane and Batman.

I couldn't understand half of what Bane said, and one tenth of what everyone else said, so that kind of sucked....but thankfully the movie was long enough that I got the gist of it.

Also, Bane's voice was just goofy. I wasn't quite sure what type of character was trying to be portrayed...

I was also somewhat disappointed with the villain's motive. Bane seemed kind of like Ra'as al Ghul part 2. It seemed to me to be, once again, Gotham is corrupt so we need to destroy it. I was kind of expecting something more complex or sinister this time around.

The film was literally LOTR-esque epic. And it was very dreary. But that's what made it so good. I can't stand when they throw stupid humor into other superhero-type movies that would otherwise be pretty solemn. I think Nolan understands you can't have it both ways.

about a month ago, I had low expectations for this movie, but then, as the release date neared I was getting more and more excited, and then a week ago when I saw the "Dark Knight Rises Official Trailer 3" For the first time my expectations were even higher, higher than even the Avengers. And lets just say I wasn't disappointed. From the first minute on, this movie captivated me like no other movie had. The whole cast played their characters beautifully, And I was especially impressed like EK said, with Joseph Gordon Levitt. He played his character amazingly, and he stole the entire show for me. I was also very impressed with Anne Hathway, which I previously thought was not going to do very good. She did excellent. The plot was well constructed, the score was my favorite of the The Batman Trilogy, and the climax- WOW. The chills never stopped while I watched the climax. And you know what? Batman didn't die. And that's OK. I trusted Nolan and he delivered with an ending that still put a lump in my throat. And when the credits started rolling I just sat there in shock for a minute or two, and realized that this was the end. Yeah this is the end of Nolan's Batman. But that doesn't mean another Batman can rise. And I'm glad I have these Batman movies to watch while I'm waiting.