Nolan portrays his idea and originality in a different but overall satisfying and appealing way

Rating: 9/10 (6 December 2012)

I thoroughly liked this movie from the beginning to the end. It's probably one of the best films of 2012. Indeed it's the best film of 2012 SO FAR, because both "The Hobbit" and "Django Unchained" are still on the way, so I can't say much. Actually the real enjoyment began as the movie approached the ending. The start (Act 1) was a bit too slow, and the middle was again pretty slow, and the ending (Act 3) was too fast. The timing was not correct, it went from slow to very slow to fast. That made the movie a lot more complex than it was. The complexity of the plot was already there, however the timing made things more complex. This was probably one of the few weak points of this film. It should've been split up into 2 movies, because of the timing and complexity. If they made 2 movies then both of them would've been balanced, and surely it would've made things more understandable.
Other weak points were that the movie was a bit boring at times. Especially in the middle. The beginning wasn't too bad, because we were introduced to many newbie's. However in the middle Bruce's hardship was too long. It lasted about 45min. Also where was Batman? The movie lasted for 2hr 45min, and Batman was there for about 20min? The movie is based around Batman, and he should've deserved much more screen time, at least 45min. 20min is too short. In short, the only weak points were complexity, plot holes, timing errors, and editing. That's pretty much it.
Note- Major spoilers.
The film also had many strong points which made a decent balance between the strong and weak points. The strong points were mainly at the end. The ending was flawless. It was one of the best endings to a movie. I really liked how Nolan made you think one thing, and then turned it around in a very nice way. At first you really think that Batman died, well at least I thought that, and then in the last 10 seconds of the movie Batman miraculously reappears without any apparent and solid explanation. I was actually positive he died, because his funeral was shown, and his family/friends were crying. Other than this I also loved the twist involving Talia. If you ask me I actually had no idea that she would turn out to be a villain. Not only that I was very surprised that she was part of the whole plot, and was the "key" to the movie. I kinda already suspected that John Blake was Robin, so that wasn't really surprising, but it was cool, because my suspicions were correct. The BIG kicker was when it turned out that Bane wasn't all that bad-ass after all. It turns out that he was just another member of the league. I thought he was the son of Henri Ducard, but he wasn't. And I thought he was the bad-ass who escaped from the tunnel (Underground cell), and again I was wrong. Talia was the bad-ass all along, and Bane was just a companion. This was the real shocker for me. The whole climax made sense, and explained a lot from the movie. I also love the other plot twists. All of the twist and turns were shown at the climax of the film, and they were all shown in a good way.
The second half of the movie was the best, because that's when the real stuff started. After the explosion scenes the movie kept my eyes glued right to the screen. The suspense was at its strongest point. This began in the later part of the second act, and lasted till the end of the final act (Act 3). I was really wondering what was going to happen next as every minute passed by.
The acting and dialogue were also great. I really loved the final moments between Bruce and Alfred. That dialogue from Alfred was very touching and was very well said. Anne Hathaway did a great job with her acting. She was an enjoyable character from start to finish. I really liked her acting, and the atmosphere she created. Without her the movie would've been all too serious, but she made it a bit funny, and I got some good laughs out of her.
The action was also awesome. Especially the stock exchange chase scene. The explosion scenes were also great. The sound effects that went with the explosion scenes were phenomenal. I saw this in IMAX, so that's probably the reason the sound effects were that great. The football explosion scene was the best of all. The fight scenes between Bane and Batman were epic. Overall every action scene was sick. I liked "The Bat", and the final chase scene was really cool. The opening action scene was really amazing too. The midair plane hijack happened right at the start of the film, and set the scene.
No doubt the cast was good. Bale, Caine, Hardy, Hathaway, Freeman, etc. All of these actors are great, and were all really good in this film. If I were to rate this film, I would give it a solid 9/10. It indeed deserves this much, because the strong points really blew the weak points away. There were many more strong points than the weak points. This made the movie much more better.
Overall I must say this movie was enjoyable to watch, and made complete sense in the end. It started off slow, but went into the climax in a great way. It was obviously not as good as TDK, because TDK was pretty much a perfect film. However this was pretty good too, and it was a satisfying conclusion to TDK legend. I still wish Nolan split up this movie into 2, because it would've been better. Nevertheless this is one of my favourite films of 2012, and of all-time!