Sadly Overrated

Rating: 4/10 (28 June 2013)

I was really excited when this movie was finally coming out. Seeing as it was Christopher Nolan, I thought it would be great as I've liked every other movie he's been involved with. But I couldn't get myself to like TDKR. Too much was happening and Nolan introduces all these problems that are solved moments later which makes me wonder why they were introduced in the first place. Nolan also gives us all these new characters(Catwoman, Robin, etc) and why? They didn't serve much of a purpose and I couldn't get myself to care about them. Also, nothing about this movie was clever. The twist at the end that reveals the real mastermind behind destroying Gotham wasn't all that surprising. The second Miranda showed up, I was immediately skeptical. This movie was just full of plot holes and I honestly wish they just hadn't made a sequel to The Dark Knight.
I loved TDK and I really wanted this movie to be great. I really did, but I just didn't think it was. I think everyone feels obligated to praise this movie because it's Christopher Nolan and won't admit that even the greatest directors and screenwriters make bad movies.