Dark Hype Rises

Rating: 5/10 (22 August 2012)

Nolan and the team shot themselves on the foot trying to over-hype the film. I mean from guerrilla advertising to every annoying little details such as "get your t-shirt" or "action figure" on Facebook pages, by the time the film aired on big screen there was nothing more left for an intelligent fan to look forward to. Yes, it's a superhero film and plot-holes need to be overlooked, but so was The Dark Knight, which in retrospect seems to be a masterpiece only because of genius of Heath Ledger and not because of Nolan. I became huge fan of Nolan after TDK but after disappointment from Deception and now this film, it is pretty evident Nolan cares for big budget grossing and nothing more.
Sometimes much is left unsaid or unviewed. But just as I mentioned Nolan et al, gave away pretty much the entirety of the film in the trailer from start to finish without leaving viewers begging for more. Although the opening was brilliant and just like villains that make up the Batman series, I enjoyed Bane's performance but it was NO WHERE character driven as TDK's Joker.
My only reaction during the movie was when is this thing gonna end. Really? Three hours? I do not go to movies to watch self-patting director/producer for grandeur and magnitude that is supposed to represent "art". Other than comic con nerds - who by the way WILL NOT acquiesce to the fact of being deluding themselves (after all they waited lifetime for this movie setting aside countless dates and they would rather go with bandwagon instead of face the truth about negativity) - and fan boys, people DO NOT want to be drained by the movie where one knows - either through trailer or umm...common sense- that Batman will save the day.
For all the tl;dr's here's a summary why after Deception, Nolan lost the plot with TDKR:

too long of a movie making it a chore to watch - no character driven storyline - no interesting catchphrase - over-hyped by guerrilla advertising - just plain visuals, eye candy and CGI instead of subtleties - trailer gave away everything - movie makers were most concerned with money making instead of creating art

So there. Like Shymalan, now I will gladly avoid anything with Nolan tag to it and yes, I can see miles ahead that Superman one would be a major flop too.