Final Conclusion

Rating: 9/10 (7 September 2012)

I have to admit from the beginning that I was not an avid Batman Comic reader. So this review will not have any comparisons with that "world". And I try to distinguish that from the start, because you have to accept (if you want to enjoy the movie) that Nolan did create something different from the components the Batman universe gave him to play with and made it work.
Of course this other world does seem to be more grounded in reality (as much as is possible) and couldn't be compared to what normally is a comic book movie. That's either a good or a bad thing, depending on your view of things. Only thing I might not agree with entirely is Marion Cottilard. While I like her, I think someone else should have been in the movie instead of her. You might understand after you watch the movie.
I really like the conclusion and while the previous movie (The Dark Knight) seems a bit better at this point of time, the third Nolan Batman movie has a lot to offer too. Of course the "reboot" is in the works already and we will get another Batman soon. Spiderman showed it does work and is successful too. Tom Hardy is not as charismatic as Heath Ledger, but he doesn't have to be. Hope you're watching it on a good sound system, because his voice could be a bit hard to understand if not.
The number of IMAX scenes have been increased and the movie looks incredible. I also had the feeling that the fight scenes (while not the best choreographed), look a lot better on the IMAX screen than on the regular one.
Unfortunately the movie might be associated by some (even when time passes) with two things: The shooting in a theater during a screening (which led to another movie being delayed due to the fact it had a cinema shootout - Gangster Squad) and the Bane/Bain discussion, summing up some republicans and democrats using this movie as propaganda. Hopefully you'll see this as entertainment (as Nolan intended it to be) and like it too.