Exile on mainstream

Rating: 8/10 (27 July 2012)

Wow, I'm totally speechless and have no idea where to begin! After thousand of praises to "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight", along with four years of expectation, Christopher Nolan couldn't disappoint the spectator in any way-- and in fact, he doesn't. The story begins with subplot happenings and Wayne giving up on his Batman thing-- I know it doesn't sound particularly original, since Spider Man trilogy already used this hindrance a few years ago. The town this time gets in panic due to the massive destruction the villain Bane has been causing to Gotham city. Art direction portrays Bane with a scary face that makes him look like Hannibal, which helps making the spectator fear the villain. Catwoman is well portrayed by Anne Hathaway-- who would imagine she could play a so sexy character with brilliance. Her utterances are very erotic and deliver an interesting Catwoman, maybe in the same level Michelle Pfeiffer did ten years ago. "The Dark Knight Rises" is a STRONG movie made with excellent special effects; it has 164 minutes of intense atmosphere and story telling, restraining the spectator from blink his eyes. Everyone in the cinema was extremely entertained with the movie, and it's one hard thing to do when you have three hours of running. The movie is filled with plenty of beautiful messages and profound philosophical thoughts. I can't deny I still preferred Tim Burton versions which had much more fantasies and much less action scenes; Burton built a strong scenario to entertain both children and adults, whilst this Nolan's trilogy is declined to an older audience. Not that it is any bad-- it is actually GREAT-- but they had more spirit of the cartoon. Other complaint of mine is that some fighting scenes are lame and we can see they aren't really fighting-- with such budget and great production I believe Nolan could've been more careful in this aspect. Aside that, the movie is still VERY entertaining, thrilling, startling and emotional, be prepared to watch something deep and sometimes painful to watch-- I have to confess many dudes cried in the end of this picture, and I didn't just because I hardly tried not to. Watch it in cinema and you certainly won't regret!