Why do we fall... so we can Rise!

Rating: 9/10 (20 July 2012)

When Joel Schumachert ruined the Batman name, The genius Christopher Nolan was put in charge of reviving it. After the brilliant Batman Begins showed us that Nolan didn't want a comic book film but a dark Batman, and then the Dark Knight blew all our minds. Now Nolan delivers his final installment and was it what I wanted. in 3 words, I loved it.
As a huge fan of the Nolan Trilogy, this epic is a excellent conclusion which is no doubt on par, if not better than the previous two masterpieces. which one is the best is up to the viewer but this film was incredible, both visually and thematically.
The story takes place 8 years after the end of the Dark Knight and Batman is in exile, but everyone is still struggling with the lie of the death of Harvey Dent. Then Bane comes along and we have a film.
The characters and performances are brilliant in this movie, Christian bale reprises his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman and is excellent (even if his voice is ridiculous). The emotion and suave that he shows is unprecedented. Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Michael Caine are the others who play the same role and despite not being in the movie as much are still solid.
The newcomers though make this film as good as it is. Bane is played incredibly by Tom Hardy, he is better than Batman in every way, and is a terrifying presence. For this to work he had to be the complete opposite of Ledgers Joker, not crazy and chaotic, but precise and meticulous. Hardy is excellent and once again shows how brilliant he can be with limitations (portrays fear just through his eyes).
Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle (Catwoman) was unexpectedly amazing. Unlike the Catwomen of old, she was independent, manipulative and bad ass, not to mention being extremely sexy (like wow). She was my one issue going into it and she was brilliant.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was also really key as an idealistic cop, almost like the early Jim Gordon, but was just really exciting and a great performance, while Marion Cotillard was a brilliant addition and despite not being fully developed throughout the film (understandbly) was great.
The visuals where amazing and the soundtrack was once of the best I've ever heard. People will love it, some more than the Dark Knight, some not as much but thats what a good trilogy should be, more than one great film, so this one has 3. the only issues with this movie is one thing at the end (for me it was too much for the mainstream crowd) and also Bane's voice twice in the movie is hard to comprehend, but the rest was perfect.
Yes it is long, and yes it focuses more on the emotion and relationships than Batman hitting people. But it is so well done and excellently paced.
Met my incredibly high expectations and i hope it meets yours (10/10)