Just bad

Rating: 3/10 (16 April 2020)

The Dark Knight is one of my favourite films, and I want to like this film, I do, but I just can't. I envy those who love this film but I can't. The Dark Knight Rises is not just disappointing because it is a bad film, but it is disappointing because it comes off the coat tails of the 2008 masterpiece.
Unfortunately, I cannot talk about this film without going through some of the huge plot holes, so spoilers I guess.
Nolan did not want to make three Batman films, he only wanted to make the two, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, however Warner Bros roped him back in to complete the trilogy. It is quite apparent that Nolan didn't really want to make this film. There are the obvious problems with the script, like the infamous time skipping from when Wayne escapes the prison to managing to get to Gotham extremely quickly, and everyone has talked about that so I'm just going to skip it.
Now, is everyone in Gotham an idiot? I cannot believe for a second that anyone would believe Batman, the protector of Gotham, The Dark Knight, would have killed all these people and Harvey Dent. At what point has anyone seen Batman with a revolver? Surely no one would believe that Batman killed Dent nor killed anyone, especially seeing as he left Joker alive.
The Dark Knight Rises has much to many things packed into it's two and a half hour run time.I don't think that anyone needed a sequel to The Dark Knight, so this film does just feel like a contrived, over packed mess of a finale to a pretty good trilogy up until this point. If you do like this film, I am very jealous, but I just couldn't enjoy this film. I suggest you rewatch the film if you enjoyed it because I doubt it will hold up to your memories.