A little disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (22 July 2012)

I'll admit, after The Dark Knight, it would be hard to make a movie that would top it. And I applaud the effort, but for me, this fell short. There were way too many scenes that dragged on, and while I get the need to build the drama it just didn't flow well for me.
I will say that I was pleasantly surprised with Anne Hathaway's portrayal of Selena Kyle.....side note: I DO like that they refer to most of the villains by their REAL names, not the comic book nicknames. She was a great blend of good and bad, arrogance and pain to make her likable and believable. In my opinion, this was her movie, not Christian Bale's or Tom Hardy's. She stole the show.
As for Bane.....not crazy about the voice. I understand that it has to have a unique sound, but it sounded "off" when heard with other characters in the film, almost too comic-bookish. Instead of sounding intimidating, he sounded almost jolly, like a demented Santa Claus.
My son and I had a debate going in about Joseph Gordon Levitt's character....I said he'd be Robin, my son said he'd take Batman's place. Turns out we were both right, but as my son pointed out, Robin's name isn't really Robin, so that kind of took away a little bit of my thunder. Oh well.
Overall, it was a good but not great movie, entirely too long, and not one that I think I'll watch again.