I want a Batpod, now!!!

Rating: Null/10 (19 July 2013)

OK don't judge me but I have actually only watched The Dark Knight Rises out of the trilogy. I know! How could I skip the first two films? Well I do have a pretty rubbish reason: remaining faithful to Michael Keaton. I only ever liked the Batman films he was in. So I just stopped watching them. I couldn't come to terms with someone else's mouth area surrounded by the black mask. It just never looked right on anyone else (ok laugh I know it sounds ridiculous). Anyway I have watched a lot of films, admittedly horror yes but a lot of films! So what brought me to TDKR - nothing else to watch in the current situation I found myself in. So in it went....and boy did I LIKE, no wait: LOVE it!! From the first time Bruce transformed into Batman that was it.....Michael Keaton....who??? (gasp!)I am officially a convert. Sign me up to the Christian Bale fan club please! I did like him in American Psycho and The Machinist but as Batman/Bruce Wayne this is a whole new different level of appreciation. He's great......altered deep voice n' all!! I actually felt adrenaline watching this film. Small things like the way the wheels spun on his Batpod when he turned a corner....oh WOW!! Great cast: Bale, Hardy, Caine, Hathaway, Oldman, Gordon-Levitt, Freeman - all AMAZING!! I am now going to get Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and try and pretend (other than on IMDb) that I have always accepted the Nolan films from day one! Apparently The Dark Knight is even better - woo wee! 9