Not exactly what I was expecting

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2015)

I find it very strange to understand why is this the most loved movie of the dark knight trilogy. I find it even stranger that many fans of this movie seem to forget Batman Begins, or don't know that there is a previous chapter.
Don't get me wrong, I liked it after all. My first complaint must be with the beginning. For the first I dunno, maybe 20 minutes, I couldn't recognize that I'm watching the sequel to Batman Begins. Gotham City is just completely changed, in what is supposingly a year after batman begins. The fact that Rachel's actress has changed messes up things as well. Yeah, we meet known faces, such as Gordon, and *SPOILERS*. But the atmosphere is completely changed, even the batcave isn't a batcave (I don't feel that this is too spoilery...) Added to this there is a wuite fast-paced change of scenes from place to place, which gives you no time to get used to this new atmosphere.
Things get better from batman's first extended action. from there on I can again find myself in the original world. Hey, don't get me wrong, I didn't came for this movie just for some action, just thinking about a point that makes you get in the movie I would say from that point. From that point on, damn it is enjoyable, and interesting.
Definitely acting worked well in this movie. Heath Ledger performed as a great Joker, and all the others were just perfect in their roles.
I found it interesting to find at least two "accumulation" scenes that Nolan usually does: I am referring to scenes where you see seemingly unrelated stuff happening in fast shots, with tension music or a voice-over, and end in a suddent twist, such as an explosion. These kind of scenes appear in quite a few Nolan films, naming one: Interstellar.
Another thing that I couldn't like much was this particular movie's scoring by Zimmer. It didn't feel at all that great as the others were.
Still, this seems quite unrelated to Bruce Wayne / Batman's journey through the Dark Knight Trilogy, and being a good movie I didn't felt about it being the 4th best in the world or the best in the trilogy.