wow!!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (4 August 2012)

after hearing all the rumors, all the controversy, all the hype of this film. after waiting four very long years, and after seeing the dark knight, everyone was hyped to see this film. and finally July 20th came and i sat down three hours in advance to watch it. the crowd was pumped ready to see this.
when 12:01am hit the movie started and from the start this felt epic. i absolutely loved this movie. this movie starred Christian bale, Michael Caine, Gary oldman, tom hardy, Marion cottilard, Morgan freeman, and Joseph Gordon Levitt.
this movie starts off showing everyones epilogue after the cover up about Harvey dent from the previous film and i liked that they took there time showing how each character was effected by the lie. and now bane comes in to the picture. voice fixed and all. i realize a lot of batman comic book fans will be mad about the representation of bane but again this is Nolan's franchise and he wants to make is more reality based. tom hardy was excellent as bane. even though he kind of reminded me of Darth Vader, what tom Harry did with just his eyes was extraordinary. his performance was charismatic and surprising. not as good as heath ledgers though, but tom hardy did say he didn't want to top the joker
anyway bane comes into the picture and finds out the lie that has been covered up and after eight long years batman is back in action. with a little help by catwoman played by Anne Hathaway who is catwoman. tops Michelle pfieffer and represented catwoman honorably. she shows the sneaky side, the selfish side, the loving side, the betraying side of this character. she justified this character and makes it her own.
we see batman a little rusty but they don't go into much detail with that and the first face off with bane is perfect. Christian bales performance as batman in this film is his best ever. he steps up his game and he shows a batman film can be carried by Bruce Wayne, not just batman. don't get me wrong batman is in it. just not extensively. Michael Caine returns as loyal butler Alfred who gives the emotionally driven performance a run for its money. i don't care what anyone says. Michael Caine is Alfred. he represents love to Bruce Wayne better then anyone. you'll see that in the film. Morgan freeman returns as Lucius fox and well its Morgan freeman. great actor, who values every scene he is in and gives a great performance
new characters come into the picture such as john Blake (joseph Gordon Levitt) and Miranda Tate (Marion cotillard) there small roles at first but crucial to the story later. enough said. this movie is the longest of the three, but you want is to be longer. the story keeps you emotionally involved the whole way through. and i like how they show the strength, and drive of batman but also gives him a justifiable ending that the batman character deserves. it takes his time with telling a good story and stepping up the theme good vs evil and get creative and have fun with it.
there's just enough of everything in it to make a perfect movie. now some comic book fans will say that didn't happen in the movie. well a lot happened in the dark knight and batman begins that didn't happen in the comics. so accept the movie as a movie and be open to change.