The Dark Knight Rises

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2012)

I have been a Batman fan since I was a kid and watched the original TV show. I have enjoyed the Nolan movies so I expected nothing less with this movie, I give the movie an 8 out of 10, it should have gotten a 9, but since the dialog of Bane was SO hard to understand I felt it diminished my enjoyment of this film. The addition of Catwoman was a pleasant and unexpected surprise, what I mean is I didn't think they could tie her into the story seamlessly, they did. Bane was a good villain, but in my mind Heath Ledger's Joker was much better, he became the Joke. The shock to me was that Bane, although he is cast as the main bad guy, he is (in a plot twist I did not see coming) not the real bad guy....I'll leave it at that. The ending left me satisfied, with some sad ( my wife was crying ) and what would be considered a happy ending. And IMO they left it open for a "Robin" film of some sort....time will tell. Had the voice of Bane been clear and easy to understand...easily a 9.