The Best of the Trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2012)

WARNING! Spoilers ahead!!!!
Wow! What a way to end the best comic book trilogy ever! Christopher Nolan has outdone himself with this cinematic masterpiece. Christian Bale gives his best performance in this final film. Gary Oldman is perfect as always, despite his role being diminished slightly. Michael Caine is once again brilliant as Alfred, and the scene with him, Gordon, John Blake (Joseph Gordon Levitt), and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) at the Wayne family graveyard is devastatingly beautiful.
Levitt is one of the man fresh faces, and his performance in the Dark Knight Rises is, in my opinion, his best. The scene at the end where he goes into the Batcave makes me wonder if there will be a spin off with him as the new Batman, or possibly Robin. Anne Hathaway is the perfect Selina Kyle/Catwoman and Marion Cotillard is a welcome addition as Miranda Tate. But as those who seen TDKR, that's not her character's real name.
Tom Hardy, in my opinion, is perfectly brutal and menacing as Bane. His Bane is way better then the one in Batman and Robin. Unlike B&R, TDKR's Bane actually speaks. Overall, this film ties with the Avengers for the number one film on my list of favourite movies. Thank you Christopher Nolan and crew for giving us Batman fans such a satisfying conclusion. The story was excellent, the direction top notch, the visual effects well done and the acting strong.