very very bad film, only succeeded 'cos the Name Nolan is attached

Rating: 2/10 (5 October 2012)

I'm only giving this 3 stars because of the ensemble of actors, and that's about the only good thing about the movie! The idea that Nolan wants to set this in a realistic world just doesn't work for a character such as Batman. I thought the Gothic and fantasy feel of the comics and the old Batman movies were better..a sort of unrealistic fantasy world where weird characters exist. There's no way in real life a viglante would dress up as a bat and jump on roof tops at night. The only good bit of the entire trilogy that worked for me was in Begins where he met Gordon for the first time in his office and was he didn't have the cape. He was more believable. Anyway that's another story! For me this movie is just boring and very weak, and as usual, crappy dialogue and VERY rubbish editing spoiled it like in the rest of the series, and also a lot of inconsistencies....horrible plot holes you'd expect a newbie director to make(no offence) but not the Oscar worthy Nolan. I am just glad his run for the Bat is over, and can't wait to see what another director will offer. And Bane's death was a joke. It should have been a fight to the death with Batman and he beats him to a pulp. Serena's involvement killed it for me. And that Bat costume? Total crap!