The Dark Knight truly did rise!

Rating: 7/10 (19 July 2012)

If i am writing review no 111(which is the nelson's no by the way) there has to be a reason especially when i have so many other things to do! Yeah...it's that good.
I went to see The Dark Knight Returns assuming that nothing can beat the last Dark Knight but somewhere down my heart,i was anticipating my utter failure again(to my pleasure). It turned out to be true. This picture truly is the humble reminder of living greatness in the form of Christopher Nolan. Either you can live a lifetime of a scholar by reading thousands of books or you can live a lifetime watching or i should rather say experiencing greatness.
One thing which i can't cease to notice is that how grotesque the scenes of the collapse of Gotham were and how brilliantly he managed to encapsulate the desolated spirit of the people of the city. Some visuals were breathtaking and nerve chilling. To be honest,you truly start feeling somewhere in the middle of the movie that the Dark Knight won't rise. Since i haven't read the graphic novel so i thought so,but the part where he comes out of the well is one hell of a scene! There are moments,where you can just marvel at the genius of the director and this movie will provide you hundreds of such moments.I thought it would have its share of dull moments as its a long movie but i was proved wrong again.
As fantastic as Nolan's concept itself is, The Dark Knight Returns truly belongs to the actors performing the difficult task of playing protagonists within the tragedy. Their individual talents, as well as diverse personalities, shine through to make the story poignant and the emotions so real that I found myself in awe in one instant, only to replace the admiration with shock in the next.Photography was brilliant especially when the city came under siege during the football match.
Finally the bottom line is you just cannot judge greatness.A piece of art is called great not just due to the recognition it gets at its profane stage but finally when it is measured in its totality,when its message outshines the concoctions which made that piece invaluable.The Dark Knight Returns is one such movie. Christopher Nolan is a revolutionary and i can say with pride in my eyes that i lived in an era,which had people like Nolan who were instrumental in giving us such blaze of glory that we forget that the world in which we live has a Batman in real or just in books! 10 on 10.