Good but not Great

Rating: 7/10 (21 July 2012)

I have been looking forward to this film for quite some time and honestly, I feel it was rushed. It was clear that Nolan didn't even want to do a third film and this rings true for me.
With the introduction of 4 major characters to all be squeezed in to just under 3 hours is just not enough time. After discussion I felt the film could have easily been halved and made in to 2 films that would have given the characters and story the time it needed to be played out. But obviously this was never going to happen.
I feel it is the weakest of the trilogy (I personally think 'Begins' is the best overall, say what you will, but without Heath Ledger 'The Dark Knight' would have killed me through boredom) and would have been just "good" for me apart from the final 20 minutes really sealing the deal and making it much better.
Anne Hathaway was my star performance, I was really critical of her casting originally but she really pulled it out of the bag.
Split in to 2 films this could have been a great, but unfortunately Nolan tried to squeeze 6 or 7 story arcs in to one movie. Although a decent send off to the trilogy.