The most incredible trilogy comes to a conclusion. You will forget Schumacher and Burton movies

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2012)

What an incredible experience. This movie was just a breathtaking experience and needs to be experienced in a theater with IMAX.
I would rate this movie one notch about "Dark Knight" simply because the action, acting and extremely dark theme of the movie all trounce "Dark Knight". Yes, "Dark Knight" had the Joker as the ultimate villain, but if you remove Joker for a second, the rest of the movie in every other was completely outdone by "Dark Knight Rises"
First off, I never went into the movie expecting another "Dark Knight" movie. Christopher Nolan had made it clear that he will be looking at doing a completely different theme for the third movie. He was willing to take the risk and it really paid off.
Most of the people expected to see another Joker like character, but Nolan did something completely different and brought the movie closer to how the comics are. Dark, gritty, gloomy and with lots of personal turmoils. Bane character was completely different from the Joker as it was about physicality, terror through eyes and creating chaos through intimidation.
Michael Caine was the stand out actor as the last 5 minutes of the movie were made earth shattering by Michael Caine's acting alone. Then there are other spectacular actors like Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy all did a fabulous job to give the movie a very dark, very gritty and very somber tone.
The weakest link of course was Anne Hathaway. Nolan was smart to really understand her very limited range of abilities in acting he never made her come outside her comfort zone in her limited acting range. Plus, her role does not detract from the main story line so I have no complaints. Plus, she did a half decent job. She just was desperately trying too hard to act "sexy" and it came off ridiculous on the screen.
All in all, I would say if you expect this movie to be a completely new and different from "Dark Knight", this movie will exceed all your expectations. This movie is not about brainless action and mayhem, but it is about how the story, acting and thrilling plot are complemented by breathtaking action sequences.
The last 5 minutes alone are going to be tear-jerking for you thanks to Bale and Michael Caine's spectacular acting. Hans Zimmer again did an amazing job at the music score. The pulse pounding music complementing the action sequences really amplify the entertainment.
Now that this is Nolan's final Batman movie including all of the cast, I must thank you all of the cast Goyer, Nolan brothers for bringing back the true comics Batman and making a movie so complete in every respect that also is incredibly entertaining. Thank you.
My ratings:
Batman Begins - 9.5/10 Dark Knight - 9/10 Dark Knight Rises - 9.5/10