The Dark Knight didn't quite Rise enough

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2012)

Im probably the only person who isn't giving this movie more than 8 stars & will probably will be hated for it. Don't get me wrong I liked the movie a lot, but it just fell short of greatness when compared to The Dark Knight. I wanted TDKR to rise above TDK and fully expected it too. Maybee I wanted too much from a Threequel, lets face it how many 3rd movies have outdone their predecessor. Whilst it delivered in terms of spectacle & scale especially leading to the Climax, but the story & flow of the movie I felt didn't flow & fit like TDK did. TDKR at times suffered from some choppy scenes that didn't quite fit. This is what was wrong with the movie. There are also moments when you have to suspend your believe at some outcomes & although the ending was visually spectacular especially in IMAX some of the capers around the peril at the end of the movie seemed a bit tacky & obvious. O.K. thats enough about the bad points. Now what was good. The fights between Batman & Bane are awesome, thumping, crunching dramatic & thrilling stuff. The Bat is the type of thing that got me giddy, I loved it. I can remember actually bending to my right as I manouvered this beauty around the skyline. There is of course Zimmer's soundtrack which points out when something important is happening or accompanies the action scenes to lift them to another level, in a way only Zimmer can do. Oh and the Batpod does a couple of manouveres which were freaking awesome & again got me giddy too. On the whole when Batman is on screen the movie rocks & with some better more cohesive story telling this would be right up there with TDK. Having written all these points I've just realised I want to go see it again. That says it all, it didn't quite fulfill my expectations but still good enough to watch again, it is a Batman movie after all.