I didn't want to see it - wife made me go. Loved it

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2012)

I have not liked any of Nolan's movies. Memento confused me, The Prestige bored me, Hated The Dark Knight, and couldn't make it through Inception. But I absolutely loved The Dark Knight Rises. Not sure what that says to people who love Chris Nolan films. . . I had a writing instructor tell me that a good writer shows the reader the story, he doesn't just TELL the story. I have always felt that Nolan gets so involved in being clever, and hiding the 'mystery' of the plot, that he forgets that he is supposed to be making a point - any point. In the Dark Knight Rises, Nolan lays a good base for the story, tears the characters down and lays them bare - then rebuilds it all to a grand conclusion. And he blows some stuff up in the process. Gotta have some explosions to make it fun.