*Spolier Alert* My Official Dark Knight Rises Review WARNING!!!!!!! CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2012)

*Spoiler Alert* This review would be impossible to write without spoilers. I don't recommend reading this review until you have seen the movie. Honestly, I'd ruin the movie for you and you probably wouldn't understand the review.
Once again, this review contains spoilers. I've warned you three times now. If you've come this far you've either seen the movie, or have no interest in seeing the movie. If the latter is true, let yourself be known so I can delete you as a friend.
I'd like to start by saying wow. Christopher Nolan, you have done it again. You're a brilliant man and I can't think of anyone better to write/direct this trilogy. You have made Batman a symbol for people of all ages. For that, I thank you.
The writing was superb as always. While slow at times, any Batman fan knows that was necessary. There was a lot of explaining that needed to be done. The camera-work was flawless.
My biggest fear when coming into this movie unfortunately became a reality: it was hard to understand what Bane was saying. While it could've been the theater that I saw it at, but I don't think that was the case. It was hard to understand 80% of Bane's lines. But I will say that Tom Hardy did a superb job. Also, every time Batman came in contact with Bane he fought him using only strength. Why? Knowing that strength is Bane's main strong point, why wouldn't Batman use his mind? Gadgets even? Brute force isn't the way to deal with Bane. I didn't like that.
To anyone that said Anne Hathaway was going to suck in this move, I hope the cat got your tongue. (See what I did there?) She was absolutely wonderful and ridiculously sexy. Also, before the release I had heard a lot of complaints about her suit. I don't understand why. It was AWESOME! Anne Hathaway, well done!
The thing that upsets me the most is that almost all of the rumors I had heard/read were truths. Bane did break Batman's back, which I thought was possible. Miranda Tate was indeed Talia Al Ghul.
Batman died. I cried. I literally cried in the theater. Tears coming from my face. My hero, dead. He died saving Gotham. Wow. Powerful stuff.
Here's the biggest compliant I have, JOHN BLAKE IS ROBIN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WHAT????????? Ugh. That almost ruined it for me. $10 says that about 4 or 5 years from now a spin off starring JGL as Robin is released. Was that a money thing? Sell the rights for a spin off? Smart financially, but that would be a load of crap.
All in all, The Dark Knight Rises was the film of the decade. I loved it overall. ANd now, it's over. Batman movies are done, until in about 15 years when some shitty writer/director puts out his own crappy movie. I had a lot more to say, but it's 4:30 in the morning and I seemed to have forgotten a lot. Sigh. I'll see it again within the next few days.
Thanks for reading. Comments STRONGLY encouraged, but let's keep them serious. This was an emotional experience for me.