Could Have Been Better

Rating: 6/10 (21 July 2013)

With only his third movie into the reboot, I believe it was much too soon to present Bruce Wayne as a semi retired, half broken crime fighter who needs to come back and save the world. There were many more bad guys that went untouched. What happened to the Riddler? Or the Penguin? Then there is the issue with Bane. After seeing Batman take out dozens of 'bad guys' all at the same time, with his ninja training, smarts and gadgets, I just couldn't wrap myself around the notion that this one, albeit big guy, could just toss Batman around like a rag doll. I saw many instances where a nice 'bat gadget' could have easily taken Bane down and tossed him out to sea. And if Bane truly was trained at the same 'Ninja Academy' that Batman was, I never saw any Ninja moves. It was nothing but a slug fest. The movie was decent. But not the blockbuster it could have been.