A fitting conclusion to a great trilogy!

Rating: 9/10 (1 August 2012)

So After 4 years of waiting we finally got to see the third installment of Nolan's Batman Saga. After the huge success of The Darkn Knight, Nolan had big shoes to fill and even I questioned the fact if the 2012 Bamtna movie could top The Dark Knight.
So did it? NO... but tat does not mean the movie is bad. The movie is spectacular I am just saying most people who saw all the Nolan batman movies will feel the same as I do.
Lets get this review through then. The whole story is well awesome. You can actually see how Wayne and ergo his alter ego Batman are in a rough shape. Batman was not needed and Wayne was in a deep depression and wants his life to just end. All of that changes when a new villain threatens to disrupt the peace that Gordon and Batman have created based on the lie (Harvey Dent). That villain is Bane- a grotesquely strong mercenary with great intelligence. The pacing in this movie is superb, never once did I feel the movie was going to slow in fact sometimes I felt that the movie had such long and action packed scenes that you felt tired after those scenes (that is a good thing). Never once did I feel bored during this movie. There was action, drama and great set pieces.Not to mention that in every scene the acting was superb which is now a standard thing for every Nolan movie. Christian Bale again delivered a great performance as the caped crusader and so did Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine (his role was especially great because he gave the most heartbreaking speeches in this movie) as Gordon, Lucius Fox and Alfred respectively. The newcomers to the saga like Joseph Gordon Levitt , Anne Hatthaway and Marion Cottilard also gave a great performance especially Hatthaway as Selina Kyle (Catwoman) who surprised me the most out of all.
But what about Bane? Tom Hardy gave a solid performance with his character and he looked pretty badass in every scene he was in. Yet one cannot help to think he is not the Joker. Of course you cannot compare the two because they represent two different things. Though he is not as terrfying as the Joker he is still pretty menaceble. I was worried about his voice a little bit but you could still understand him if you put an effort to it... like trying to tune in to the radio station you want to hear sort of speak.
And the only thing else that I did not like was some plot holes that you felt like "wait that is not right, that does not fit together". Still those are minor flaws.
So in the end we got an excellent Batman movie with great acting, action, suspense that wraps up the Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy (i believe even comic fans will appreciate how it all wrapped up). It was better than the first movie, but not as good as the 2nd in my opinion. Lets hope that whoever else tries to make another Batman movie will learn from Nolan because as it stands the trilogy he has made was a masterpiece. Lets also hope The Oscar Academy will give some recognition to this movie next year!
9/10