Will this be the last one? Really?

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2012)

I am a huge fan of the batman movies. I also was when I saw Burton's version and when was announced that Nolan would bring his own version, I had serious doubts. I am glad I have seen the trilogy of Nolan. It is almost worth living for. Before I am going to comment this movie, I must say something about the rating on IMDb on this movie. It is very wrong to rate this movie below 5 because you are or not a batman fan (just don't watch this movie) or to rate it very low because you think it is not worth to be number one movie made ever. The first batman movies of Nolan were terrific and a lot of people rated them 1 also because they did not want this movie on number one in the top 250. I don't think that is the way to rate a movie, that is definitely worth above the five. Nolan's work deserves more to be treated like this.
Now about the movie. I must say we don't see much action in Wayne. The fast man (playboy) he was in the first two movies is gone. Christian gives us a broken man and shows us what a great actor he is. Even Michael Caine, we don't see him much in the movie and that's a pity, but what an actor! Nolan knows how to pick out the cast. Joseph was great, his alter ego was hidden very well! He made the ending open, I wonder why. If this would be the last Batman movie, why would the ending be left open? Hardy is a fine actor, but we did not get to see a lot of him because of his mask. I did not recognize his face or his voice. His role could have been played by Billy Zane and you would not see the difference.
The movie was three hours long and the hours were flying by! It did not feel like three hours. These Batman movies are very addictive. When one is made, you still want more. Nolan gave this third (I won't say last because I don't want to believe that) a great script. The movie grabbed back at the first movie and misguided the viewer often and very well. Due to the shooting at the premiere in America I had the shivers seeing Bane shooting for nothing at people. I got this weird feeling seeing this movie in the cinema, because also in The Netherlands we have crazy people with guns shooting for nothing at the shopping malls. I was shocked when the bomb exploded at the end, I did not believe what I saw. But the way the hero revived was a little bit under timed, also with the background music. Dutch subtitles were very, very wrong. I'm glad I have learned to understand English a bit.
For my last words; great movie. Three hours are like one and a half. Nolan showed us with all three his Batman movies that each one of them are aces. Don't let this be the last Batman movie. I hope not that there will come an other director and wants to blow the Batman movies a new life like The amazing spider-man. Burton and Schumacher showed us that changing Bruce Wayne from Keaton to Kilmer and Clooney did not do any good. Even changing Homes into Gyllenhaal was a wrong move, to be precise, adding Holmes to the first movie was not very great to begin with. If Nolan wanted to do it right he should have taken Gyllenhaal for the first movie as well. Make a next movie with Bale, but don't go on a fourth movie with Gordon-Levitt alone. That would be a mistake like Berry's cat woman.