TDKR hits FAR down the genre charts and ends the trilogy on a low note

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 2012)

Sad to say but this movie falls into the abyss of most summer movies - excellent advertising for an at-best mediocre product. Who saw that one coming? Just think, some people thought they could follow TDK without Ledger and that it would be just as good. If that's the case, then they are in for a HUGE let down. TDKR makes Spider-Man 3 look like Casablanca by comparison. Yes, Spider-Man 3 did the same thing that TDKR does here. It reached too far to tie loose ends and jammed too much in to the film. Yet, Spider-Man 3 honestly did it better. That's no joke, TDKR has all the flaws of Spider-Man 3 without its action strengths. TDKR hits FAR down the genre charts and ends the trilogy on a low note for the most part. Such a shame that even a Nolan led production couldn't avoid the curse of the terrible third movie.
TDKR offers nothing new in any way, shape or form. It's a convoluted mess that's caught in no man's land. It actually takes itself too seriously yet offers ridiculous action (ridiculous as in dumb, not as in wild or fun) and even more ridiculous characters. It wants to be taken seriously like TDK managed to deliver but functions in bizarre surroundings with a foolish plot. Movies like TDK and most efforts from Marvel work because they develop characters, tell a smart story by grounding the concept and still deliver the action. This movie tries to take a similar approach but it simply can't stand on its own as a film. Will the fondness for the past two films mask the terrible failure that hits the screen here? Will dumb and chaotic appeal to even the youngest crowds or the biggest Nolan fans? Maybe it does but the rest of us want way more in our summer movies.