This generations Godfather Trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2012)

The batman trilogy should now be at stakes among the greatest trilogies in cinema history. It's third movie did not hesitate to give us what so much other's couldn't. The third film normally marks the last of the series, and for good reason. What Nolan has done has given us a final film, without good reason. From the opening scene, which, in my opinion, was better than the dark knights opening. The same cannot be said as far as the overall films. The dark knight was incredible, and left an amazing shadow to be filled. It was filled. I would say this is as good, but not better than The Dark Knight. It's truly an amazing feat.
All actor performances were top notch. I cannot think of a bad performance, only show stealer's. Most notably are: Michael Caine, who gave us an excellent performance unlike one we've seen Alfred give. Christian Bale did excellent, amazingly portraying Batman, but even more so the pain and suffering of Bruce Wayne. Anne Hathaway was the one I was a little worried about. She did amazing, damn near stealing the scenes she was in and giving the character a huge amount of realism. Tom Hardy as Bane was just about the best follow up to Heath Ledgers (may he rest in peace) Joker. Something happened while watching Bane that the Joker couldn't give me; I was terrified of him. The joker was the better preformed and more interesting villain, but Bane brought something to the table that was different than what the Joker had. Joesph Gordon Levitt and Gary Oldman both did excellent, as expected, in both their roles.
Christopher Nolan has said that Batman Begins is about Fear, The Dark Knight is about Chaos, and The Dark Knight Rises is about Pain. This is true. TDKR is probably one of the bleakest and best films I've seen a while. At one point, I wondered, how do you end Batman? How can they complete it?
This was a perfect ending. It is stunning how well they managed to wrap up something as big as the dark knight so phenomenally. Truly fantastic and not to be missed.