Thanks to Christopher Nolan, We can all now die in piece.

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2012)

I am writing this review for the second time. Earlier one was written with a lot of emotions and loyalty to Nolan and Batman. But I guess after around 10 days I am out of the dilemma. The film is no doubt the best ending. But I want to express a lot of things which have now questioned and pushed my thinking.
When the first film of the series was released a new era of comic book heroes originated. This was completely different from what was seen earlier. Hats off to Christopher Nolan. This first part was dedicated to the pain of batman. His initial struggle to learn everything was the key feature of the film. We couldn't expect from the first film any more than what was given. The second part of this trilogy was superior to its predecessor in terms of batman's experience, mental power and characters. The most important part of this film was Heath Ledger in his iconic role of joker. His acting has been my favorite since I first saw the film.
The dark knight rises on the other hand is the end journey of the hero of a city. Before reading further keep out the memories of batman comics. Films and the books or comics on which they are made have a very delicate relation. We have to learn to keep both of them apart. First thing that I heard and which irritates me most is the comparison of the two villains in the two films. Now just think how the film would look if joker was in the film and with all other baddies had attacked again on Gotham. With all the same chaos in his work and same thoughts, wouldn't the film look like something of a repeated sort? So there should be no doubt that a new villain was needed in the film. I don't know much about the different enemies of Batman but I read somewhere that the Riddler was going to be chosen for the lead villain. May be he would have been good and would have competed in acting also because it would have been Leonardo to act in that, but just think once again. Don't we expect a superhero to fight rather than act and be a part of a great story? In the first part the villain was a little bit of physical in strength but again for most of the times Batman had to fight with the side villains. Now wasn't it fair to test him physically at least once. And we know this that joker was nothing when It came to strength. In that sense Bane is the perfectly chosen villain for the film. In fact he has a great mind too.
PROS:
There could not be much better ending for an epic trilogy like this. From the starting there were so many characters in the film but all were properly developed and by the second half we were comfortable with them. The new role of Joseph Gordon Levitt was my best in the film. He had the same sense of justice as Gordon and Bruce had in the first part so it kind of takes you to the first part too. Another great thing was that both the previous films were connected in this part which truly completes the trilogy. The integral part of any of these three films has been a nice story and it has been delivered in this part also with complete satisfaction. The role of catwoman was mysterious and let it be like that only. Some things better be left unsolved. The climax scenes were beautiful and it is better to say that at that time each and every person in the audience was awestruck. For four years I was listening to the soundtrack of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. And my favorite composer has provided another epic soundtrack. The dialogs by Alfred, Lucius and mostly bane combined with the fascinating soundtrack are sure to get you goose bumps.
CONS:
Another thing that I read and felt also about the screenplay was some plot holes which they say is a disappointment. I myself consider that sometimes there were things which seemed too much but when after a few days I myself realized my behavior and found that it was the nature of the character which was built in our minds that made us all feel that way. Because of these three films the image of Batman has changed all together in our minds. We believe that he is a man after all. This thing has become so firm in our minds that when he did anything extraordinary our mind (which had the image of Batman as a normal human being) could not accept that. So this is a mistake of our own which made us feel that way. But still I do feel that some plot holes could have been avoided but the man who has made the film and story should have researched all possible options. There might not be a good substitute for what we consider plot holes.
So from my side there are a few tweaks here and there but they sure are easily avoidable.
VERDICT: "A must watch for every individual"