How to turn the tired destroy the world plot in to a complex mess.

Rating: 6/10 (24 July 2012)

The movies is entertaining. It's definitely worth seeing. The action in this movie (in my opinion) is nothing special. You're not seeing anything action-wise you haven't seen 1000 times elsewhere. Not crazy about the bat chopper - in fact it was crappy. The basic plot of this entire movie is "bad guys try to destroy Gotham with a nuclear bomb" - that's it. All other added plot elements are attempts to give this tired story line some depth. Instead what it becomes is a complex yet silly extension of just the same old tired theme. Best part of the whole movie was cat woman - perrrrr-fect.
As the pickiest movie fan on the planet here are some short elemental gripes: Master criminal uses countless construction firms to pour explosive laced concrete? Why? I'm thinking ordinary explosives would work fine. And then why blow up parts of the city anyway? Wayne enterprises builds the fusion generator knowing it's destructive force in an unsecured area with it's single defense being the ability to be flood the chamber it's housed in. Really? When prompted to start the nuclear device the two board members who are required to do so haven't the constitution to say no and willingly turn on a bomb that can kill millions of people.
The bad guys (here Bane and the bad girl) have the ability to detonate the bomb at any time but decide instead to take over Gotham (for months?) with an elaborate undertaking involving a sewer trap and capture of the entire police force (why?) and decoy bomb trucks running all over the city for months. Not to mention the kill the elites sub-theme which is thrown over everything else like an old blanket. All totally unnecessary since the intention is to detonate the bomb. Giving the people of Gotham "hope" and then crushing them not only serves no purpose but it is meaningless and diminishes the belief in the ultimate motive of the gad guys.
Why didn't they kill the police underground? Why capture them? Why did the police send ALL 4000 police officers in to the sewers? And why are there only 4000 police officers in a city of millions? Bane: What's so evil about this guy? He's not a typical superhero villain. He apparently had his face ripped off so he needs the mask to breath yet that also makes no sense (since we breath with out lings). At times I couldn't understand what her was saying - and his deep voice is just added to make an ordinary man seem evil (which is fine if you're six years old). A guy who could have his face ripped off suddenly has super human strength? Overall - not scary or exceptionally evil at all.
Batman - no knee cartridge one day, broken back the next, fully functional with some Rocky type training two weeks later. Not buying it. Also not buying his inability to climb out of the prison (is he Batman or not?) or the fact that Bane would leave batman in a place where he could escape so he could watch the carnage but then later says "I have to kill you know" right before the bomb is set to go off. Overall don't like the recluse Batman with bad knees - he has very little super-hero qualities in this movie until the very end. Personally I like the batman with guts and moxy.
No way out of the city but one bridge. No one trying to escape - everyone content to go to the Kangaroo Alison in Wonderland (why?) court and be killed. Government can bring in supplies but can't sneak in special forces to take out the truck carrying the bomb. Oh wait they do - they send in three (three?) special forces to investigate - although communication with the outside world is working just fine.
Didn't quite get the motivation of Bane's minions? Anyone? Okay it's a superhero movie - but it's got a million plot holes and unnecessary story elements and layers added just to make the old bad-guys-kill-everyone plot more interesting.