Pretty bad

Rating: 5/10 (18 November 2015)

We've all seen Batman. We all know Batman. While many people would use different terms to describe him, we all know who Batman is, how he acts, what he does. We've seen him played by plenty of actors such as Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and, my personal favorite, Kevin Conroy, and all of them have left a mark on the character for better or for worst. Then, there's Christian Bale. Don't get me wrong here, Bale's a great actor, but he just... he... can't... play... Batman. At all. As Bruce Wayne, he's great. As Batman, he's... a goof. My point is Batman in this movie is an idiot. Don't act like he isn't. He's a doofus. He sucks at his job. He gets his butt kicked, falls for every possible trap and (minor spoiler here) trusts Catwoman on her word. That is the absolute least Batman-y thing to do. Ever. And for the record, does every person in Gotham City know Batman's secret identity?! AND HIS VOICE SUCKS. COULD NO ONE ON THE SET JUST STOP HIM AND TELL HIM "F*cking rre-- seriously?" BEFORE HE MADE THREE WHOLE FILMS TALKING LIKE AN IDIOT?!
With the Bat-rant out of the way, TDKR. I enjoyed the other two films (The Dark Knight was great, if not a bit overrated, but it was the best live action Batman film) but this one just... felt lazy. Yeah. It was a lazy film. The overall plot is terrible. It has holes so big you could drive the whole cast of the Transformers films through it (Bane's entire plan, alongside how he takes care of Batman makes no sense, sending the whole police down the drain, Batman's escape, the city surviving the bomb, etc.). Tom Hardy is a good actor, but he was terrible in this role. How do you take him seriously?! HOW?! He's hilarious! He was also nothing like the comics (minor complaint, I know). And Talia? Talia Al Ghul got f*cked sideways. Batman's equal, huh? Leader of the League of Assassins? Interesting character? Maybe a cool love relationship? Nah, let's just make her a whatever evil villain and make her have sex with Batman. Sure. Anne Hathaway looks WAY too young to play Catwoman. She's not that bad, I guess, but she didn't really fit the role. The movie moves at a snail's pace. I know it's Nolan, but Jesus. 30 minutes of Batman. In a three hour long film. It drags like a car with no back wheels.
And as a last "Screw you" to the fans, Nolan casted Joseph Gordon Levitt as Notrobin so that he can tease the fans with Robin and then call him Robin. Like he's shaking the keys in front of your face.
The movie isn't terrible, it's somewhat competent, certainly not the worst Batman film ever, but it is overrated. Way too much. Let's hope the next one get's it better.