The Dark Knight Rises Above My Expectations

Rating: 9/10 (20 August 2012)

I just want to start out by saying I am extremely surprised at the amount of low ratings from critics out there along with fans.
The greatest acting performance definitely goes to Tom Hardy in his portrayal as the character Bane. He is able to scare the audience and come off as a real hardcore bad ass. Tom Hardy becomes Bane in TDKR and had to follow up to Heath Ledger's Oscar winning performance as The Joker and in my opinion came extremely close to beating it. In my opinion Tom Hardy will follow in Ledger's footsteps and will be nominated at the Academy Awards and at this point in time, could win. Another surprise acting performance was that of Anne Hathaway's. If you have seen previous work of either Tom Hardy or Anne Hathaway, you cannot deny that this acting performance is nothing like any of their previous ones. Anne Hathaway portrays the character of Selina, also known as, Catwoman. Hathaway shows us the true essence of the comic book character Catwoman as someone that can get in the way of Batman, but is someone he can rely on. She is very sleek and has the movement of the flexible and sly Catwoman. The two performances I will put together because we all know they were superb were those of Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne and the fantastic Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon. You can truly get the vibe of their two characters in the way they act. Now, the performance of up and coming actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Detective Blake is a performance that I want to praise, but honestly can't say it was AS fantastic as the rest. Don't get me wrong, Levitt is one of my favorite new actors out there, I think he does a great job and definitely fulfilled his role, but when matched up against the other performances it is hard to praise it. My only complaint is that some of his emotions weren't very believable, but don't get me wrong, others were but just not all of them. Now, the one acting performance that really pulled at the heart strings was Michael Cain's. Cain plays Bruce Wayne's butler and longtime father figure known as Alfred. Cain is able to show us the toll that Batman's lifestyle has put upon him and you somewhat feel bad for him and get angry at Batman. I have to admit that I had to hold back tears at some parts of his performance. It is no surprise to people that know me that Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite directors. I hate the amount of criticism that Nolan receives from people saying he isn't great or that he is overrated. Chris Nolan is a true visionary as a director and has been able to take Batman to a true dark side and make the story of Batman realistic and believable. I remember watching Batman cartoons on television and it was all very colorful and childish, and the same even went for the movies, none of them were very dark. In my opinion, Nolan translated the story to the audience superbly and made everything make sense. All in all, on behalf of Loopisduner Productions, I give it a 95/100