Completely and wonderfully delivered

Rating: 7/10 (19 July 2012)

Seven years from the release of the precursor for Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy which marked the beginning of a new trend, a new era for filmmaking. Nolan, from how I see it, remade the superhero genre and developed it to something more, a lot more. Then came 'The Dark Knight', with rightful acclaims and praises, Nolan yet again proved his profound knowledge not only in filmmaking but as well as his understanding of what the audience wanted to see.
With all the hype for the finale of what is labeled as 'the epic trilogy' for the genre, I grabbed tickets for the earliest screening on the local theaters, 12:15pm to be precise, and boy, was I amazed. It wasn't surprising that the film was this good, not as good as 'The Dark Knight' but well worth the watch; we've all seen Nolan's prowess and is very consistent with his work. It was nearly as perfect as its predecessors but Hans Zimmer's musical score tore this fantastic image of film realism and turned it into a Chinese New Year celebration. The percussions were extremely excessive that it stole away the whole experience.
Music score aside, the film was as close to perfect as I can imagine it to be. Wally Pfister's transition from his usual soft-lighting towards the snowy, icy fields of New York, in this case, Gotham City was highly commendable and delivered as good of a cinematography as from his other works. Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, and Michael Caine, all alumni of the past two Batman movies were as consistent as they were brilliant in their respective roles. Playing the primary villain for the film, Tom Hardy's portrayal of Bane was nothing short of excellent, though it does not par with Ledger's 'Joker' Hardy made the most out of the role. Anne Hathaway, to be frank, had my doubts before seeing the film, though after her wonderful performance as the gorgeously sexy counterpart of The Dark Knight, needless to say, was entirely reversed. Marion Cotillard along with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, both formerly casted by Nolan on 'Inception' complemented the ensemble and we pivotal in the development of both the characters and the story. The plot unfolds rather slowly as compared to the previous films but compensates with an impressively directed, brilliantly choreographed climactic end. The film, with all its flaws and glory was an incredible ending to what is perfectly described as the 'the greatest superhero trilogy' of out time.