They took the safe route

Rating: 6/10 (20 July 2012)

This movie had the difficult task of following up The Dark Knight. I think they had the best intentions when making this movie and some of the right ideas, but it simply was lacking something. My personal belief was they had the right idea with the tone they were trying to achieve by having it be darker and with a stronger emphasis on despair but failed to capture that element. There are parts where they technically did but it was not as gripping as I would hope. I do not know who is responsible for putting in scenes where characters are explaining the plot but it is starting to become a trend in Christopher Nolan films and it is rampant in this movie. The potential was huge on this movie and with the success of The Dark Knight I was expecting to see something new and to see some risks and I didn't get what I was looking for. If you're looking for a gauge to understand my taste in movies to judge weather or not you'll agree with me before seeing this, my movie collection has everything from A Serbian Film and Irreversible to Beauty and the Beast and Just Friends.