Life-alteringly good

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2012)

I wish it were possible to retire a franchise in the way that sports teams retire the jersey numbers of their all-time best players. Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy should be enshrined in a hall of fame and no one need ever re-make a Batman movie. I thought "The Dark Knight Rises" was as close to perfect as I could ask for. The story was far, far better than my expectations, and the ending was amazing.
Ironic that Spider Man just got rebooted, and there was a trailer for YET ANOTHER Superman movie shown before I saw Dark Knight Rises. I hope that when someone in the future inevitably starts re-making Batman they give it the same care and level of excellence as we have seen here.