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Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2012)

I just got home from seeing "The Dark Knight Rises" in theaters. It far exceeded all of my expectations for every category of criticism. Where to begin... Christopher Nolan has outdone himself another time in proving his obvious talent of directing for the screen. His themes weaving throughout the movie along with the portrayal of the characters and settings fit together perfectly. The performance by every single actor and actress in supporting and main roles are in my opinion worthy of the highest praise. Cinematography was splendidly executed by Oscar wielding veteran Wally Pfister. The technical aspects of the film are mind blowing. One thing that I was skeptical about was the plot of the movie. ***spoiler alert**** I was a little worried that Bane, a more minor character in previous Batman stories, would not be able to hold a compelling enough story to last 2 hours and 45 minutes. I was completely wrong. The plot of the movie and the menace of Bane was absolutely wonderful. Tom Hardy is Oscar worthy in his portrayal of the super terrorist bent on making Gotham into a "Free" city run by the people (the criminals to be exact) who prosecute the power-holding officials of Gotham. ...... One thing that was a little odd was that the character Batman was in a considerably small portion of the film that is named after himself. This brings out the importance of the other characters who are played with superior acting ability. I enjoyed Joseph Gordon-Levitt in particular as John Blake, the police officer turned detective who believes in Bruce Wayne / Batman and shares some of the same past with him. Gordon-Levitt brings his A game to the Dark Knight Rises. .... The end will also leave you smiling, even if you did call it. .... Props to Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Gary Oldman for astounding me in almost every role they have. Especially these ones. ..... Go see this movie