excellent movie that provides a grand finale to a great trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2012)

the dark knight rises has been getting rave reviews from most of the people who have seen it,and i have become one of the large number of people who have watched it and find it very satisfying.it is a perfect ending to what i feel is the greatest superhero trilogy of all time.
the plot is already well known .To be concise,it happens eight years after the batman took the fall for two face crimes.terrorist bane has arrived in Gotham and has hatched a master plan to hold the city at ransom.the batman comes out of his self imposed exile for one last time to counter bane with the help of the cat woman.but the problem is that bane seems to be more than a match for the batman this time around.
first of all ,the performances are solid as expected from the great cast of the movie.Anna Hathaway is surprisingly refreshing.Michael Caine provides the emotional quotient early on and the love that Alfred has for Bruce Wayne is explored more in this movie than its predecessor. you only wish that he shares more screen space.bale as Wayne takes the cake with what i feel is his best performance in the trilogy.freeman and old man are solid as always.tom hardy caters to the exact need of bane character considering there is little emotion involved.Gordon-Levitt plays a stand out performance as well.
the fight sequences are engaging with the visuals more pleasing to the eye than TDK.the screenplay is superb and so is the cinematography.music by Hans zimmer is quite effective.the direction is top notch.yet there are more plot holes than in TDK.i felt that a little too many layers of stories are cramped in the movie ,ultimately betraying the final experience.however no shame in branding the movie very good.
the movie is not as dark and gritty as the TDK.i did not feel as emotionally attached to characters as i was in TDK. i feel that expecting a movie on par with its predecessor may leave you disappointed,but these two films should not be compared.finally,you cannot help but bow down to the visionary that is Christopher Nolan