Far too many holes

Rating: 5/10 (27 July 2012)

I've just come back from the cinema after watching Batman - The Dark Knight Rises and am really surprised at the ratings this film has. I think it's IMDb's highest rated film ever now??? Wow, I actually think I have something wrong with my brain functionality if this is how people are rating films these days!!
Firstly, I am a huge fan of the previous 2 films but, this one left me feeling really confused as to what was going on. It seemed as though the film just jumped to new scenes and and you were meant to know what was going on?? For example. There was a mention of the worst prison ever, next thing you know Batman has been beat up and is in the prison. Quite feasible really?? Well no, not really. I'm not sure the exact location but I'm pretty sure it was somewhere like Russia, Siberia or Tibet. How on earth did they get there? They had a fight and he was there??? Then, this is even better, he manages to climb out of the hole to escape from the prison, after having his spine that was sticking out of his skin pushed back in. ha ha, yes this really does happen!! He escapes from the prison and then ends up back in New York, OK its Gotham, but we all know it meant to be NY. Did anyone see an explanation of how this happened? Im pretty sure these parts were filmed but left out of the edit. Which then poses the question, do they think we wont ask, and, are we stupid??
Also, I thought the acting throughout was very cheesy and quite badly acted to be quite honest. Some of Gary Oldman's lines and movements were ridiculous. I'm not blaming Gary, he is one of the greatest actors ever, I just thought it was as if the director just accepted the first take. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who is also a fabulous actor. I just thought he sounded really false. It was probably due to the deep ridiculous accent that he was using. I don't know if that was him or the director doing it, but he really should of just used his own voice.
Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Tom Hardy & Marion Cotillard played their parts really well. Except when they were asked to do the ridiculous. I thought the star of the show was definitely Anne Hathaway. Visually the film is stunning, the action was great and I think that is the reason why it has been so highly rated. It was just the lack of flow and just expecting people to know whats going on because something was maybe suggested, or not at all, totally spoils the film. The the past few years I feel films are doing this. Surely films should be getting better with the amount of technology directors and film makers have at their disposal. But it seems to be the reverse. Is it down to the people who edit the film and put it all together at the end? This is where it seems the magic is lost in so many films these day. Like they have tried to throw everything in and the film loses its way??? I don't know if this is the case but it certainly seems this way... That said, this should surely should the blame of the director as its his vision that should make that final flow.
5 out of 10. Great action film spoiled by bad story line and more wholes than fishnet tights.