Bane wants you to watch the film, then you have Bane's permission to die

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2013)

You don't need that much CGI, and special effects to pull off a good movie, and Christopher Nolan third and last film in the trilogy pull it off again. Being a huge fan of superhero movies, I like realistic heroes more. I always love Batman because he's just a normal guy. He doesn't have super powers; he's a man who fights crime by training himself and outsmarting his foe. Well, also gadgets and money, but he's a hero whom get beaten down by time after time, when he call to fight for the people against criminals, preventing him from anything that represents normal life. He is always tormenting by the crimes of others in the past. It's 8 years since the events of Dark Knight, the movie starts out, with ice breaking—it's seems to be symbolism of all our favorite characters being broken down by the great lie of the last movie. (Lying about Harvey Dent becoming Two Face) and the lie about the death of Rachel. Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) looks like an old man with a bad knee and cane, nearly Howard Hughes like while crime is all time low. Here enters Bane (Tom Hardy), a muscle assassin that sounds like Darth Vader if Sean Connery voice him began to terrorize Gotham. Hardy is great in the role, both playing sinister and a challenging foe to Batman whom is very superior than Batman, but sometimes it's hard to hear what he is saying through that mask. It doesn't help Batman, that also Selma Kyle AKA Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) is on the loose as well. At first, it felt like Anne was miscast, but she truly fill the role in, by giving it some needed edge. Things get worst, as a young police officer detective John Blake (Joseph Gordon Levitt) is digging for the true, about what really happen to Dent and Commission Gordon (Gary Oldman) is losing control of the city due to the chaos. Not only that Wayne Enterprises invested in a clean energy project with Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard), and after learning that the core could be modified to become a nuclear weapon; the project was closed leading to the company's financial loss causing Bruce Wayne to loss his money. Tate is elected as the new CEO of Wayne Enterprises and Wayne entrusts responsibility for the reactor core to her. Bane continue with a series of terrorism attacks, the stock exchange, traps the majority of Gotham's police underground, sets off bombs throughout city, kills Mayor Anthony Garcia in the process at a Gotham Rogue game (I think the Animated Series is the first to show the team) , and destroys the bridges and tunnels leading to the city. The city turns into anarchism state. When Batman does fight Bane. Bruce is betrays by Catwoman– leaving Batman to fight Bane alone. Bane breaks Batman's back (similar to the Knightfall comic) and imprisons him in his former prison, and gains access to Bruce's armory and nuclear weapon. Bane claims to have armed an anonymous citizen with the trigger who will detonate the device should anyone leave Gotham – unknown to the citizens, the unstable bomb will detonate regardless in five months no matter what happens. Trying to recover from his injuries in the prison, Bruce must try to save the city. This is a true cinematic experience, to behold. The movie exceeded my expectations in terms of action, and entertainment. I love the similar plot points to the comics like Batman Cataclysm and No Man's Land. I love the symbolism of the prison (it's like escaping from Hell on Earth). The twist ending of Miranda Tate and Blake was amazing. I love the story arc that boils underneath the main narrative, between the rich continue to enjoy their successes at the expense of the poor. The Occupy Movement in a way being a very real parallel to the proceedings on screen. The editing, sound, score, visuals, direction and action are all top notch, but it's not the perfect film, people think of. The film lacks Batman, most of the 3 hr movie, as Batman is in 33 minutes of it. The villains have way to over complicated plot. I didn't get—why did the villains kept the bomb so long, if they works for Al Ghul. Didn't Ra Al Ghul wanted to destroy the city so badly. Wasn't the original reason Ra Al Ghul wanted Gotham gone was because he felt that the city was a cess-pool of crime, but it's 8 year since Dark Knight, and the city is made out to be peaceful and crime an all time low. So why destroy it, and if so why wait. It was a pointless waste of time. The movie has no sense of time, and travel with its pacing. Bane is made to be, older than Ra Al Ghul in flashbacks, come on! Yet, he's stronger than Batman. Batman is made to be old, while Bane is young. How on earth, did Batman, Bane, get back and forth from Peña Dura to Gotham so easily: wasn't Peña Dura in the Caribbeans? It's clear that Dark Knight was the better film, still in conclusion, this film is a gorgeous reminder that great writing and direction can enhance any movie-going experience, even superhero movies, which are usually thought of as mindless entertainment. I am wholly satisfied with Christopher Nolan's vision and thank all who worked on this film for bringing such an intricate interpretation of its very famous literary source.