Good movie, but nothing more

Rating: 7/10 (23 July 2012)

The Dark Knight Rises is the final chapter in Chris Nolans Batman trilogy. I will not go in to details, just in case you haven't seen it yet.
As Nonal has said from the beginning this was the last movie in his Batman universe and therefore he has tried to tie up every loose end, and close the movie of without a cliffhanger or the sense that there will be more to come.
I will avoid spoiling anything, but the ending is most likely the part of the film that will split peoples views of the film the most. I personally didn't really like it all that much, but it also didn't, ruin the movie for me.
This is more of a Bruce Wayne movie than a Batman movie (much like the Amazing Spider-Man movie), as Bale is only in his cape and cowel for maybe like 30 mins. of the movie. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but I would have liked just a little more Batman as this is the last chance to see him in this line of Batman movies.
There are tons of amazing set pieces and big money shots, but nothing that will really blow you away like The Dark Knight did. Unfortunately they way too often show Gotham from camera angles, from which anyone in the world can clearly see it's actually Manhatten, NY, it's a little thing but it sadly ruins the illusion that Gotham could be a real place.
All in all it's a very good film, that captures the feeling of the previous films very well, it moves along at a little slower pace, but that doesn't matter. I wasn't absolutely in love with it and I'd suggest people don't listen to the ones calling it "the greatest movie of all time" and such, because you will most likely be disappointed if that's what you're expecting (unless it's the only movie you've ever seen, then you may agree ;)