Everything came together

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2012)

Now I think that this film was different to what I expected. I expected more of an action story plot like in "The Dark Knight" (2008) however, it felt like Nolan took the approach where he wanted to show how everything from the previous two films gave off something, for this film to deal with and for it to bubble up and explode. It's hard to explain but the main thing that I loved about this film was it's message of rising up against everything that is against you (could have easily used a title of a song to explain my point, but I resisted to urge to sound cheesy) Bruce Wayne has been in exile for 8 years and now has to "rise", but it's how he does which is brilliant. He slowly gets back into the game but I loved how he found his purpose to become Batman again, not just the typical one of becoming a symbol for the people, but more of a personal reason. The fight scenes between Bane and Batman were breathtaking, it was amazing to see Batman find his physical match.
It's wrong though to dismiss the involvement of Hathaways's amazing take on Catwoman. Slick, ambiguous and "adaptable" she was just so cool! The chemistry between Hathaway and Bale was great as well. The great thing about watching this film is that there are so many surprises that were thankfully hidden from the heavy promotion of this film, It was just genius. Let's just say it all came full circle. The cinematography was beautiful, cinematically breathtaking and the production design was to fall in love with. Hardy was just exceptional as Bane, menacing and brutal he was a great choice for the villain of this film. I think it was clever how Nolan decided to choose a different type of villain from the Joker, it makes both of their performances distinct and you don't have to compare their performances. They are both amazing in their own right.
Hanz Zimmer does not disappoint, his eerie yet inspirational feel to his music is a perfect marriage with what is happening on the screen.
I think it will take a while to sink in, because like I said it was different to what I expected, but Nolan is a genius in concluding this masterpiece of a trilogy.