weak

Rating: 2/10 (11 December 2012)

Having watched and largely enjoyed this films' predecessor and having seen the very positive reactions from members of the public,including some of my friends, I was looking forward to this film.Well,given this is a style of film making I rarely engage with my expectations were not great but still,ultimately,disappointed.The characters were paper thin largely conveyed by dialogue consisting of stock phrases and outright cliché.The development of the plot,such as it was,hardly mattered among the movements of the main characters and was as equally thin as the banal dialogue.the plot moved in its inevitable fashion to the end that was telegraphed so badly it could have been written by a child.This weak development of the plot was further hampered by the staccato style of motion which introduced numerous elements with no seeming relationship to each other only that they move the film to its conclusion.frankly most of this was unbelievable.The scene where Wayne and Alfred disagree with each other and Alfred leaves is a prime example of this.We are asked to believe that these two men who have known each other for so many years would end that relationship in the course of a facile conversation lasting little more than two minutes-ridiculous.this scene does what it was intended to do-move the film on to the next scene.the fact that the characters are like paper cut outs is incidental.The scene where the bomb is about to blow and Batman and catwoman are standing talking-thats what you would do when faced with an immanent nuclear explosion-she kisses him.Ohh boy.thats new.It is,though,a required element of a particular kind of film-big budget American "movies".Werner Herzog once made the point that when he is watching a film with a lot of movement he was watching an empty film.that is pretty much the definition of films like this.The Dark Knight was more than that but this film reverts to type.I know many have enjoyed this film and thats great but I don't think history will be so kind to it.Forgettable film flam.