A Spectacle, but not Nolan's best.

Rating: 9/10 (21 July 2012)

The movie is undoubtedly a spectacle to watch with a brilliant score, beautiful cinematography masterful effects and great acting, however for me the script falls short(albeit by a small margin) of the usual Nolanesque brilliance. Maybe its because of the higher expectations.
The start was promising and it quite smoothly developed into a good plot but it ended more like a usual masala flick with a not very convincing climax and a rather unambiguous/routine ending, unlike Inception(although there was scope for a similar open-endedness). Also it lacked in depth as compared to Batmans Begins ,not that it didn't have those wonderfully emotional and philosophical Nolan moments, partially because it seemed like a jump start from where the The Dark Knight left off. That apart Bane with his wonderfully modulated voice was every bit the antagonist but no one competes with the Joker.
On the whole, definitely a very good movie, and worth a watch in IMAX.