Fabulous!! but not the best of the trilogy.

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2012)

The Dark Knight blew me away and I had humongous expectations from this 'most awaited' movie of 2012. 'The Dark Knight Rises' has delivered. This is yet another masterpiece from Nolan and it puts all your expectations to dust as Batman rises up to the occasion and saves Gotham city yet again. But not without the help of his aide - Catwoman and the most dependable Fox.
The Dark Knight Rises is a story with a lot of twists and turns. Still, it is not as complicated as The Dark Knight, but then it does not have the character so menacing as Joker, which is why I feel that The Dark Knight will remain the best movie of this trilogy, forever.
But talking of villains, Bane strikes fear in your heart as you see him destroy Gotham and Batman. To rise one must fall and so the knight does. Every sequence is crafted masterfully and the way Bane has been portrayed, his intimidating modulated voice coupled with the strong but austere background music of Zimmer, is excellent. Bane is threatening as hell and would nearly have competed with the Joker but for the end, which I found drifted away from the spirit of the movie.
But then it is the end you want to watch out for. Nolan keeps the audience wanting for more. Do we expect a Batman-4? Quite possibly.