The Dark Knight implodes.

Rating: 1/10 (22 April 2013)

I hate this movie, the only reason I am writing this review is because I recovering from knee replacement surgery. I hate this movie and I have more comic credit than most anyone on here. I am the guy who hits the comic shop every Wednesday and gets his new books. I have 3 dozen long boxes, but enough of that. This movie sucked. After how incredible the Dark Knight was I almost cried at how bad this movie was. The story was a hodgepodge of Knightfall, No Man's Land, and what I believe were "suggestions" from the WB execs. The acting was good, I will say that. Tom Hardy, Ann Hathaway, Gordan-Levitt are great but their performances are lost in the awful direction and muddled story. The pacing was just awful, the ending held no meaning to me. Bane's venom steroid was removed because it was too comic-booky but Gotham being held hostage for months by an atomic bomb isn't? Bruce Wayne was retired for 8 years, comes back for a week, recreates the chase from Batman Begins, fights Bane gets injuried, he's taken to a pit, saves Gotham by carrying the atomic bomb out to the bay, and boom fakes his death passes the torch to the "not" Robin and moves away with a chick he just met. The only highlight for me was the all too brief return of Cillian Murphy as the Scarecrow.
I would give it a zero if I could.