But it wasn't epic and it didn't feel like a finale, it just felt like Batman 3 with Anne Hathaway as Catwomen.

Rating: 4/10 (28 July 2012)

It was probably the first time I walked out of a cinema shrugging when people asked how it was "it was alright I said", and I think to myself "but that was TDKR!!! A FINALE OF AN EPIC TRILOGY!" But it wasn't epic and it didn't feel like a finale, it just felt like Batman 3 with Anne Hathaway as Catwomen. I know I did walk in there with extremely high expectations (thanks to all the advertising shoved down my throat for months on end beforehand), but I usually get past the hype and enjoy it in the end. However, this film felt forced, the budget they had was enormous, I felt as though they had to spend every last penny on it, Nolan was trying to hard to make it epic and so fantastic so that half the cinema walks out with *beep* streaming down their legs. I've seen all of Nolan's films and has definitely proved himself a very fine director, but he put his foot to hard on accelerator with this one, and all he needed was to take the pace off and he would have a gotten a better effect. Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon Levitt were the ones keeping me awake for me.
I felt as though TDKR never hit its climax, It just kept slowly building, every scene I was waiting for something surreal to happen like the major battle, between Gotham's finest police force and criminal group lasted only a few moments. Bane who physically destroyed Batman in their last encounter, felt like a mindless henchman on weak steroids when he fought for the last time.For the main villain, someone who was built up throughout the course of the film was dismissed so suddenly. And it didn't get any better with Talia Al Ghul's death scene it just seemed like once Talia Al Ghul was suddenly introduced, Banes role just felt thrown away. Bane, the man with a plan, was simply cast off as number two.
Their also comes a time, where to many characters is enough. I had trouble keeping track, because the whole time I was thinking and trying to rearrange the plot in my head while at the same time watching and taking in the movie, it was just to much to process at one time and I felt I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have. A twisted plot is good, TDK was the right amount, but i lost count with TDKR and that's what ruined the 'epicness'. It relied heavily on past stories and new characters, because in hindsight, Alfred, Batman,Fox and Gordon were the only characters we knew from the previous installments.
The consistency of plot holes and the contradictions said by the characters, for example when robin says he doesn't like guns but is willingly ready to shoot off the men in Gordon's hospital room, and how no one else but a rookie cop knew the true identity of batman, without Wayne even trying to deny it. What pushed it over the edge for me, was the idea of sending the Gotham police force into a confined area. Nolan usually makes his Batman's believable to a point, because that's what separates this superhero movie from the other DC garbage like the green lantern and Marvel's Spiderman 3. But he lost his touch in this one. On another note, Christian bale has definitely gotten better through the trilogy, adding more depth and emotion and developing a better audience relationship and has proved himself an honorable Batman that we can all praise for years to come.
Its a movie that will touch fanboys hearts and make them drool, cause teenage boys to maz on themselves by the end of the show , but for us mediocre fans of the batman franchise, like the rest of the world, will be wowed by the impressive $250 million budget Nolan had to use to make this movie and the recent discovery of the sexiest women on the planet. Anne Hathaway. It was an above average movie, but Nolan didn't outshine his last film, he just fell short.