Feel free to disagree, but this is the best of the trilogy.

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2012)

While i really would like to give it an 11, IMDb only goes up to 10. This is the best superhero movie ever made, and I really can't find words to explain how I feel about this movie. I had hyped this movie up for four years now. I'd been on this page ever since the untitled batman 3 project days, and it's great to see my dream movie come to the big screens.
I'll start with the running time. It is very well-paced for a nearly 3- hour movie. It brisked right by, and I never found it to be boring. Some might argue that the first hour drags, but I find it to be very interesting, and a great start, especially the plane hijacking sequence.
While I loved The Dark Knight as much as the next guy, this one tops it in nearly every way. Christian Bale in my opinion used to only pull off the Bruce Wayne role in a superb way, but this time around, he gave his everything and he was a great Batman. Actually, he was more than great, I just can't find a word to describe his Batman performance. Anne Hathaway proved the naysayers so wrong with her performance as Selena Kyle. She was attractive, and quite the femme fatale. Michael Caine gave an emotionally gripping performance as the faithful butler Alfred. I was impressed with him.
Now the character everyone is wondering about is Tom Hardy as Bane. The only way to describe him and his character is this: Bane is a MENACE. I have never been more terrified of a movie villain, not even in a horror flick. However, this is where I think The Dark Knight tops Rises. The Joker is a much more interesting character. I liked Heath Ledger better as he provided a more interesting villain, But he is a bit more light- hearted compared to Bane. Bane is an absolute brutal terrorist. For the most part, I understood everything Bane said. Tom Hardy really did do a great job of portraying Bane,and it makes Batman & Robin even worse.
So to conclude, this is the best one of the trilogy. The performances are something to brag about for the actors. Bane is going to go down as a great movie villain, but not as great as Heath Ledger's Joker, which is an inevitable comparison. The Dark Knight Rises looks the avengers look worse than it is(I give Avengers 7/10) and it owns the summer movies as it is the best superhero movie ever made, and possibly the best movie ever made. Yes, that good.