excellent finale for the series

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2012)

I believe this was a great movie and did a excellent job ending the series. The film starts with a very powerful intro that hits the viewer hard. The overall tone of the film is dark such as its predecessors carried. There is the occasional humorous moment that is well placed. Anne Hathaway was an excellent choice for catwoman and played the role perfectly with an awesome balance as an anti-hero. I felt her costume should've had a full mask, and kinda wish they incorporated her whip, if not for a second as a novelty, but they took nothing from the character. Thomas Hardy also played a convincing Bane, but felt he should not have been written as intelligent as his character should be more based on the overall brawn, but enjoyed his costume design especially with the mask incorporating the strength. The plot was well written and well thought out and went smoothly other than a few scenes where dialog seemed to drag a bit. The actual Batman character was the same as the previous films, and really dug the new costume. The character though I felt lacked screen time to an extent as the film was more dialog based. My biggest problem with the film though unfortuanelty was the ending, I felt to end the series it was way too corny, and some aspects should've definitely been altered or left out all together. Excellent film though and was a fitting end to series 8/10