the epic battle concludes.

Rating: Null/10 (22 July 2012)

The Epic Battle Concludes The Dark Knight Rises: The Review; Rating: ****/*****
After the release of The Dark Knight, people were awestruck by all the parameters of the movie and anticipated a comeback with an equal power or more. Christopher Nolan however reluctant to complete a trilogy gave in to the demands of his fans. Generally many of the directors lose interest and make a movie that merely just 'wraps it up' to tie all lose ends but not with Chris. Not only did he exceed the expectations of the people by giving them all the action and the thrill but also 'wrapped it up' pretty exceptionally. The best part is that generally when we talk about trilogies the first movie is the best and then the remaining two have their rating in a decreasing order but not this one. Well this one is the only exception whose finale was truly epic and superseded the rest deserving the standing ovation at its conclusion. The actors especially Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway played their characters so well that people had to take back their accusations that they would ruin the movie. I for one if given a chance would personally apologize, as I was literally blown away by the performance of Anne Hathaway. The movie on a whole held the audience on the edge of their seat; I deduced this by the grumbling noises that I heard from the back seats at intermission. Many people who walked out of that theater were contented because the movie was a total 'paisa wasool' but had passed some rather unfair judgment about the villain and his role in the entire macabre. Obviously this was due to their comparison between the Joker and Bane. I say this was unfair because as a die-hard batman comic fan I am more on the ball with its characters. The Joker is a psychopath and has no agenda or any rancor against the city of Gotham unlike Bane and The League of Shadows. Sir Heath Ledger (yes I added a 'Sir' to his name as he truly deserves it!) was remarkable with his character the Joker but Hardy's Bane should not be compared with him. Why so? Because the ground on which the characters stand are miles apart. If the core villain was say the Riddler or the Mad Bomber, someone who share the same insanity as that of the Joker then the argument would stand. So then for those who stated-"the menace was missing", I ask – "was it needed?" The movie did exceptionally well without an insane Arkham escapee. The same reply also answers another such argument about the lack of witty lines like the one used by the Joker in the previous movie. The Dark Knight Rises involved all characters from all the movies linking all of them in a single thread making this the best ever trilogy of all times. The best part of the movie was its story and its script. Why so? It is because it used the actual comic of Batman Knightfall (1993), Batman: No Man's Land (1999) and The Dark Knight Returns (1986) as its foundation, which is quite uncommon with many comic strip converted movies.
This movie along with the rest of the parts has revolutionized superhero sector of the movie industry. I say this because I notice a drastic change in the stories of the movies that preceded The Dark Knight like Watchmen, The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-man which did not stick to the cliché of the superheroes being saints and their morality never being disputed, also the fact that there is always a damsel to be put out of her distress. These movies displayed more of a human nature to all their characters. After this trilogy I guess Christopher Nolan has set a new bar for all the directors and writers and I am pretty sure that no one can dare to add anything more to this series or even reboot it. That day will come only after a decade or two because this is going to last for a really long time
(The phrase 'paisa wassol' is as native Hindi phrase which is equivalent to the phrase 'worth every penny' in English . ) By Karthik Rao