More Crap from Bloated Hollywood

Rating: 1/10 (7 June 2013)

Unfortunately just like the Star Wars franchise (talking 1,2, and 3 here) these movies make money and therefore Hollywood keeps making them. It's like the news. Good news doesn't sell but a tragedy or a sensational story will make headlines. Nolan and his producers have created a ridiculous piece of cinematography with Dark Knight Rises. I'm sure the paycheck makes it easier to live with this kind of sappy, clichéd, inane nonsense. Still, I would think that taking a little pride in your work might offer some hope that this movie would be watchable. That turns out not to be the case. Ultimately, I feel bad for Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard (even if she isn't a fan of the USA), Christian Bale, and Joseph Gordon- Levitt. These actors have done some very good work but having your name associated with this movie must surely be embarrassing, especially for the Oscar winners. I can enjoy a mindless movie with great special effects like the next person but not when you add these ridiculous plot lines and twists. Shouldn't this stuff be halfway plausible? I mean Chris (may I call you Chris?) you have Michael Caine and Bale and Hathaway somehow randomly meet up at the café in the end. Really? It seems like everyone was drinking the Kool-Aid on this shoot. Trust me this movie is not worth the 2 hours and 45 minutes. In fact, I feel cheated and think Nolan should compensate me for the truly wasted time I spent slogging through this garbage. I kept hoping that things would improve but as I said before these franchises pull you in and you keep hoping they'll turn the movie around. I kept hoping that something resembling Batman Begins or Dark Knight would appear, but no. I mean it. This movie is not good, not good at all.