A half-hearted effort hastily done to close the series.

Rating: 5/10 (26 August 2012)

I felt this movie was a half-hearted effort, made only to provide a hasty closure and to appear as a trilogy. The movie had a decent story (as expected of a Nolan movie) but there were several plot holes throughout and none of the characters were explored thoroughly. Joseph Gordon-Lewitt does the job of Commissioner Gordon who sleeps through most of the movie. I felt that Gary Oldman spoke like his character "George Smiley" in several places.
We hardly get to see Lucius Fox and any of the "Batman" gadgets namely the bat-claw, grapple guns, or the glider with his cape. Tom Hardy has good body language but at times it becomes difficult to understand what he is saying. The soundtrack was rather loud and interfered with the speech at several instances.
Christian Bale has performed really well as Bruce Wayne but his Batman voice was probably the worst in the series. It almost looked like Bale was spoofing the character himself, especially towards the end, lol. You can't help but feel that he has a throat problem and needs some sort of cough syrup.The Catwoman suddenly has a change of heart and decides to help? Her character does not have any specific motivations throughout the movie.
The plot twist towards the end was decent but it could have used some good acting on the main antagonist's part. I found myself laughing at the dialogues. It fell way below my expectations, considering the first two movies. This deserves not more than 5 out of 10.