Quite an ending..!!!

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2012)

Careful as I have been over the past few days to avoid all contact with outside world, should someone/thing reveal plot points in the movie and spoil the experience, I still ended up looking at a few news articles that mentioned that "critics" found the movie as an "epic letdown". Well, I've now seen the movie and I just don't see what those guys are talking about. The movie's awesome, more so when you watch it in IMAX. The story, locales, the special effects, background score, dialogues, acting - everything comes together perfectly and the almost-3-hours go past in a whiz. We get to see more of Bruce Wayne than Batman (though not as much as in "Batman Begins") and Christian Bale does give a nice performance. Same goes for the others too (though as charming as Anne Hathaway appeared in all her scenes, I'd have preferred seeing the gorgeous self of Selina Kyle in non-black-dresses too).
One sore point was Bane's voice. The garbled-speech pattern in his "voice" was little unsettling and at times the background score would drown his dialogues out. Just like Batman's voice in "The Dark Knight", this was disappointing. The dialogues, at certain times, would appear a little contrived and not "fit" the scene. In all honesty, the movie wasn't as good as TDK, but it was close. And a part of the reason behind it is that in TDKR, the villain is not as enigmatic as The Joker. Tom Hardy does give a good performance as Bane, but there is only so much you can act with just your eyes and half your face in a mask.
Many have felt that the ending could've been better. I, on the contrary, felt that the ending was the most appropriate end that the trilogy could've had. All said and done, there is no doubt that the movie is right up there with the rest of Chris Nolan's movies and he continues to dazzle the viewers with his brilliance.