A piece of fine art. Only thing is, at critical points in the plot, it shows its desperate need of WANTING to end the series rather than going with the flow like the other 2.

Rating: 7/10 (29 July 2012)

The movie is really everything and anything you want it to be... Its not bad in a sense that it degrades the other 2, neither is it brilliant as some elements like imaginative plot (like TDK) a necessity for superhero movies, antagonists (Bane mostly) fall behind with the sky high expectations... It is a matter of subjectivity and no one, in my opinion, can justify themselves for either liking it or hating.. I myself think that Nolan did do justice to the trilogy as it was a difficult task to develop a plot set 8 years after batman has taken fall for the Two Face, which pushes the character of Wayne/Batman in a completely unknown dimension...He did a fine job... but like I said, after the TDK, he was setting himself up to make a masterpiece end to the series, he doesn't disappoint as it is a movie worth watching although some elements like intensity of plot, characters (mostly villains) might let you down at some point...If not, after seeing it, you will notice that the story and the logic behind it gets pretty straightforward at times... Towards the end, I felt like I am watching Harry potter's last part as they were desperately trying to end the series.. It never gets boring but it does not have a multidimensional plot like TDK which constantly had you on the ropes, thanks to Joker. This one also gets very close to TDK in terms of overall action with absolutely sensational performances from Levitt as Blake, Hathaway the sexier cat woman, usual brilliance from Caine as Alfred, freeman as fox and Bale as Wayne more than batman. This movie might be no match to TDK and the reason is its elemental flaw, one which is inevitable, ie it has to focus on the closing of the series... With TDK, Nolan had more degree of freedom..I don't want to criticize him for what he has managed to come up with.
But I will have to admit that I am proud and satisfied to have experienced Nolan's Batman series which he took into a different dimension and I congratulate him for ending the series and rising the Dark knight in fine style.