The Dark Knight rises, full of surprises and lies

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2012)

I am a die hard Batman fan ever since I was young. Iv'e been with Batman throughout all the good and bad times (joel Schumakers Batman's of course). I watch Adams Wests Batman on retro daily. I am, a fan. But, I'm not an ignorant fan. Me and my girlfriend went to the showing of TDKR at noon today. R.I.P to the Colorado victims. We waited for an hour in line and got stellar seats. The beginning of the movie is set up pretty cool showing Gordon celebrating "Dent Day".It then goes to the Bane plane scene. The voice at first was a little, odd? but I know thats not Nolans fault as it had been complained about and altered. He sounded a little high pitched, but it was still extremely intimidating and cool. The fall of Bruce Wayne is lengthy and the rise is pretty sudden and for some reason when Batrman reappears it's not that surprising, despite the 8 year absence. And of course Bales Bat voice is a little over done. The characters almost seem to smart figuring out things that in the first 2 were extremely classified. BUT the chemistry batman has with the characters he surrounds himself with are all very different but special and real. How he got back to Gotham i do not know. As the story unravels Bane is not who Batman thought he was, neither is Mirian Tate for that matter. Although Bane is said to NOT be just a mindless henchmen like he was previously portrayed, he is NOT the mastermind, but that isn't to say he had no brain. The capture of the bomb and the loss of Bane seemed fairly easy as he gets shot by cat women and then disappears. Wasen't a very convincing death. But I would say the back story of this tale and the character connections is what really makes this a great film. And be ready for a contradicting surprise with JGL's character "John Blake". Hope you enjoy!!!!
p.s keep in mind, Nolan said he wouldn't make anymore BATMAN movies ;)