Has no right to be an average movie.

Rating: 6/10 (26 July 2012)

How the hell is this this still in the 9's. It's beating like... Casablanca and stuff, what's going on? The story was tired, recycled from the first one; which didn't have that good a story in the first place, but is forgiven for being half origin.
The villain motives were poor; weren't interesting enough to be delved into; they didn't challenge the audience, there was intimidation but not intrigue.
Bataman was barely in it... which I have to convince people, isn't a nitpick... I like Batman! Generally character arcs were unsatisfying: What came of commissioner Gordon's storyline? What did he contribute? Why bother with all the Alfred afraid for Bruce's life stuff? We got that from the other two. Why did Bruce, a guy who's parents got shot, only go into solitary when Harvey (who put a gun to a kids head) died? Why was Bruce not Batman for so long? Where was Batman? (It's not a nitpick) And why so long in jail? The twist was bland... very bland.
The revelation or, the scene where we realise the title's relevance, had little relevance; it wasn't well developed and didn't resonate through the rest of the movie.
In another dumb action movie, the criticism's above wouldn't matter, but this film has no right to be a dumb action movie. Nolan has, by now, set the bar too high for dumb action movies, superhero movies, explosion blockbusters, to go now and make a film so shallow. A film so cold and un-moving, with innovation set to nought, with subtext dull or ridiculous. I want depth now, Nolan has inflamed that within me. My demands for blockbusters are low ones no longer; I want depth now, I want intelligence and awe found not in set pieces but in character, in story. In a post Dark Knight world, these are my demands. If you don't fulfil them, you are no longer excused.
Yeah, Bane was good, Catwoman was great, there were scenes of intimidation, scenes of dread, scenes with Batman in them, but overall, and it hurts to say this...
...meh, and that is all.