Didn't please me as much as the Dark Knight.

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2012)

After a hot hit with the Dark Knight and Inception, Christopher Nolan probably has the mindset that everything he'll make will be great no matter what. No saying that's true, but that seems to be the case with this film. He figured he'd try to make it more complex in the story, more groundbreaking in the effects and action, and try with an interesting villain. It both worked and didn't work.
I'm going to go ahead and say that this is my least favorite of the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy. Batman Begins was amazing, the Dark Knight was a masterpiece, then we have this, which is decent, but that's it. So many expectations came to this movie, and with little payoff. As good as the movie was, I was rather disappointed by it. I enjoyed watching it, but nothing really blew me away.
Synopsis: 8 years after Batman stops the Joker, a retired and disabled Bruce Wayne hides in shadows, watching Gotham crumble with the lack of donations from the Wayne enterprises charities. The villain they give us in this one is Bane, who appears and threatens Gotham with bombs, forcing himself leader of the town, forcing Batman to appear and save Gotham. Not to mention Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman.
The beginning is slow, the middle part is the best, and even it gets confusing, and the ending is a cop out.
Christopher Nolan figured the more complex it gets, the more interesting it will get, but truthfully, it just gets tiring, not to mention its cheap stab at humor here and there. I just didn't see it in this one. In the Dark Knight, everything played so smooth, and in this, it's just sort of played out normal, nothing mind blowing.
The ending is a huge cop out in my opinion. He's gonna sacrifice his life for Gotham by taking the bomb in the ocean. Nope, autopilot saves the day. That makes him seem like a pussy and not a true hero that would risk his life. If he died, it would have made a lot more of an impact, but nope, ends cheerful happy, everybody lives. Biggest problem with the film.
All together, as much as I liked it, it was underwhelming compared to The Dark Knight.