The Spectacular climax saves the film......

Rating: 7/10 (14 August 2012)

As a Nolan fan I will do my best not to be biased in my review...so here it is...TDKR is a good movie, satisfying conclusion but nowhere close to TDK . The movie was in many ways a disappointment after the first half. Apart from Anne Hathaway's performance and the plane heist scene there was nothing exciting . No wonder Nolan was initially reluctant to come back to conclude the series with so much hype and expectations riding on it . But with a second half and a climax that leaves you crying and smiling at the same time , along with that hauntingly beautiful , hair raising final score of Hans Zimmer(the same one used in the final scenes of TDK) , pretty much saved the movie from disaster .The biggest black mark was the fact that film lacked the phenomenal Joker and Bane simply wasn't enough to replace someone like him . On top of that , Bane's voice didn't help things at all but Hardy did a fine job with his intimidating presence .
Nolan maybe tried too hard to make it a very impressive conclusion and as a result forgot to apply his usual innovative methods which he employed in his more successful previous movies. The acting was top class , visuals spectacular and the change in Batman's fighting style to mixed martial arts was definitely fresh and cool to watch . I would like to say that the movie's current rating of 8.9 is Waaay overrated...it comes nowhere near The Dark Knight.It is definitely more similar to Batman Begins and acts more like it's sequel than that of TDK. Again , this is the only Batman movie in the trilogy with some surprising twists and suspense in the end , which gives it a small edge over BB . All I can say is that Nolan gave us a satisfying end to his masterpiece of a trilogy and TDKR is without doubt a better conclusion that many other movie series's failed to produce such as spider man 3 , Potc: at worlds end , x-men 3 , matrix revolutions etc. .