Entertaining, but not God-Like

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2012)

I love Batman, I love Nolan, I loved Batman Begins, I worshipped Dark Knight, but TDKR isn't quite the same league as the rest. It's a very good entertainer. It's the Hollywood movie made for the public and made for big money. Yes, in my opinion, Nolan has reaped the best anyone can from a hungry audience, but hasn't really proved his mettle as a filmmaker (not that he has to anymore after Dark Knight and Inception).. Just saying, "I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED!!" but I honestly am not gonna be praying this movie like the previous ones.
The first blow - Bane and Tate Powerful physically and strong mentally,sometimes Bane is the ultimate villain that one can get in comic books. But that is because they are comic books and readers are up for dramatic build ups and emotional meanderings of the story. TDKR isn't really the medium for such unnatural a villain as Bane. Bane seems to have little motivation to "destroy". His past is hardly known and his actions are based on the superficial reasoning of his "love" for Miranda Tate. One of the most appalling scenes in the movie is when you hear Bane say "I'm going to poison the people of Gotham with hope". However, both Miranda and Bane seem to have lost vision of their plan, at least for a 100 odd days. The biggest question to ask is, why weren't they like Ra's Al Ghul in the first place? Why didn't they destroy Gotham when they got the chance?
The next blow - Logic There are so many points of logical flaw. Let's start from the last, why on earth does batman lie when catwoman asks him about the autopilot plan? Fooling Gordon? Maybe.. But that's just one, slightly flawed point. There are an array of others:
Too much chatter as Miranda tells the story of her life to Batman before pressing the trigger, helping Gordon disable the trigger.
Fistfights is what thugs with guns do when they meet 3000 policemen?? And why doesn't Bane shoot the Batman? Why doesn't Batman use his batarangs to stun Bane? :|
It doesn't seem like a big deal to disable the trigger. Gordon did it quite easily and it should have been done without batman, given that Fox and Gordon were in contact already.
Simply too easy for "Robin" to find out that Bruce is batman. "He had it in his eyes"
Never explains why batman gave the bike to catwoman and not to robin. Clearly she can't be trusted. But in any case, why didn't he make arrangements for people to escape through the open tunnel?
The ice turns hard enough when Gordon is walking on it! He and his people don't fall in.. let alone Batman appearing from the middle of the frozen river, making sure he left a trail of oil to have a bat light up the bridge
Omnipresent is Batman whenever he appears. He always seems to be at the right place at the right time
Invisible is Batman ALONE as he slips into Gotham without triggering the bomb after escaping the Hell on Earth (presumably not inside the city). To add salt to the wound, he even manages to shave and come. Well, if he can enter, why can't some counter-terrorist teams enter too and make merry?
Talkative are the thugs of Blackgate and Bane himself who always make it a point to not to kill people when they get a chance to. Let it be Fox, Robin or the Batman himself. They let the hero come and save the day.
Conviniently, all the cops are stuck inside the tunnels? Who was manning the traffic lights and the emergency services when the cops went inside? Hidden has been the sewer city for so long. Likely? I'd say "no".
A MEDICAL MIRACE is what we call that punch that puts Wayne's vertebrae back in place.
The Russian doctor suddenly becomes fluent in English towards the end. Oh but, the doctor also failed to mention that the child was a girl and that Bane was rescued by Ra's Al Ghul.
A flying plane crashes down, miles away from where its wings fell, with bullet holes and everything. Why was this never looked into, why was the doctor assumed to be dead? Dental records?
The last blow - Dialogues Something that Nolan has always given us.. Priceless dialogues.. Initially, there were a few, until they decided to bring the flashbacks in and the older dialogues. Come to think of it, it would actually make sense for Bruce to get inspired by the same old quotes. But a lack- lustre quality is seen at times, especially when Batman does the talking. Though I wouldn't count this to be a big disappointment, I've come to expect a lot from Nolan and the only quote I will remember from this movie if you wake me up in the middle of the night is "Deshe Bahsara"
Okay, telling what's right about this movie:
Music in TDKR is par excellence. It builds, blows and brings life
VFX, Cinematography and SFX in TDKR has excelled
PERFORMANCES are amazing as ever
Bat Gadgets are more modern and add much credibility and awe