Batman at War

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2012)

Going into the theater, I had extremely high expectations for this movie for 3 reasons. The first reason was that Batman Begins and The Dark Knight were both amazing, the second reason being Batman is my favorite super hero, and third because of Christopher Nolan directing! Nolan is my favorite director, and all of his work has been superb, my favorite being Inception, so I was praying he would not disappoint and oh he did not. I walked out of the theater after almost 3 hours, blown away and wishing it never ended. This movie is visually spectacular, but the story itself is great. I don't want to give much away but there is a twist that even as a Batman fan, I didn't even see it coming. The entire cast gives great performances, especially Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway (who surprised me with her great performance), Tom Hardy, Joesph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman. This film is different from The Dark Knight as it is more of a war film (as stated by one of the cast members, i don't remember which however). This film has themes about the current political turmoil our country is in right now, something no other Batman film really has ventured into. Now for the ending of the film. The ending brought a huge smile to my face, and I truly loved it. But the ending is bittersweet as Nolan won't do another Batman film, meaning another now will be a disappointment. This movie receives my vote for movie of the decade!