Definitely a superb conclusion to one of the best franchises but does have some issues

Rating: 5/10 (15 February 2013)

After a third viewing, I cannot praise enough how much I adore this movie. It is another magical film made by a director on a role since 2000, Christopher Nolan.
There is so much to love about the conclusion. Our favorite characters are back. The story itself is superbly told, the acting is brilliant, the music is superb, the action scenes are brilliant and the dialogue is good but cheesier than ever before Tom Hardy looked the Bane for this movie. Christian Bale had not lost it with Batman, neither had Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman or Michael Caine. The story was very well told and honestly, the dialogue in the movie is good but very cheesy, adding much unnecessary dialogue parts such as Bane- "So you have come back to die with your people" Batman- "No, I came to stop you" That part would've been a whole lot more powerful without Batman delivering any dialogue. There are certain dialogue points that do let the movie down, but only for an instance. There wasn't five minutes in the movie where I felt bored. It was that entertaining The direction by Nolan...is well....BRILLIANT! He has done it again. The beauty about Nolan, despite his immense success with the Dark Knight is that he was able to start right back from the beginning in this movie. He knew the job had to be done new and that he had to go back to the basics if he were to succeed The characters are great. Bane was superb. Blake was great as was every other character who was there The movie was emotionally draining and intensely exciting. The comedic lines were done well but the script could've been a bit better. My only real issue with the movie is in the DVD where some scenes contain black bars but other scenes do not have any. It would've felt much better if the entire movie contained no black bars or black bars all the way through.
*Spoilers ahead** The plot twist at the end of the movie with the discovery that Miranda is actually Talia Al Gul, the daughter of Ra's Al Ghul and friend of Bane, who all along was just a protector was a surprising plot twist. By the end, we are emotionally connected with Bane Bane's death however was a vast disappointed when he just gets blasted away by Catwoman. Despite having a fight, seeing his torture himself to death would've felt far more satisfying than getting blown to smytherines.
Batman's supposed death was handled very well and despite knowing what happens, I still felt teared up.
***End of spoilers** Overall, the Dark Knight Rises is a must get movie for DVD and is a very satisfying conclusion to an epic triloy, suffering very minor issues with some cheesy dialogue sequences.