Spider-Man 3 all over again.

Rating: 6/10 (29 July 2012)

Just saw Robin Begins.
It was like Spider-Man 3 all over again. Except this time, instead of Sony Pictures forcing Sam Raimi to add tonnes of characters with their own little subplots to outdo the previous two entries and turning the series into a mess, Nolan did it of his own volition.
Bane was awesome up until after he broke Batman. Up till that moment, he was a man of action. Just like Alfred said, you could feel his rage, that he was driven, that he had a purpose. Then he became one of those joke villains that just kept talking and talking. What's worse, his voice was so muffled you couldn't understand half the things he said!
Then there were all those redundant characters: that Wayne enterprises board member, that police chief, that orphan kid, that special forces captain, that dude that hired Selina, etc. It's like Nolan just decided to create a new character every time he needed to move the plot along. Then he kills half of them off because he didn't know what to do with them in the end.
Can someone also explain how JGL's character knew Bruce Wayne was Batman? From what I understand, he saw Bruce Wayne's face when he was a kid and BAM that's gotta be Batman!
And wtf was up with the stock exchange/Bruce Wayne losing his entire fortune subplot? A group of terrorists attack the stock exchange and conducts illegal trades, which the WHOLE WORLD knows about thanks to television, then it's like "Bad luck Bruce, nothing we can do about it. Sucks to be you!"
And I can only assume Michael Bay took over directing duties for the last third of the film.
Good grief, I heard this film got a standing ovation. Sure it just wasn't people wanting to stretch their legs after sitting through 2hr 45min of disappointment?
6.5/10