Not bad movie but nowhere close as good as the previous one

Rating: 5/10 (28 August 2012)

I did not expect this movie to be great. Being the previous great with the unforgettable acting of late Heth Ledger I know there was a little chance for another miracle.
But the trailer gave me this idea that Bane was that General who could really outsmart Batman and in some cases blur the lines about who is the good and who is the bad guy. Far Far Far from it !!!!
This movie movie is the old recipe "I am the bad guy and I will beat the hell out of you good guy" which I found rather disappointing. This movie could easily summarised in 5 minute video, Bane comes , beat the hell out of Batmana, drops him inside a hole with other prisoners, forgets to keep track of batman, terrorises his city with .... surprise ... surprise , A NUCLEAR BOMB, batman escapes and defeats him to find out that is the League of Shadows all over the again. Again ? Come on !!! you guys running out of idea, I can find you some 5 year old with better ideas .
I see no reason why Bane is so boring , Tom Hardy is not any less as an actor than Heath Ledger, though I did not expect a same level of performance I at least expected that the director learning from his previous amazing success that in this film Bane would be a lot unconventional. Yet there is nothing there for Tom Hardy to further develop other than the intriguing voice and making the character as interesting he could. And even though he may laugh at the previous depiction of Bane as a slave of Poison Ivy as a brainless piece of meat, he is basically the same thing better depicted in this one. Very sad!
And then of course there is catwoman. Or is there a catwoman ? Because from her costume and her own appearance in the film its difficult to understand whether she is catwoman or not . I had a big problem with Anne Hathaway in this role before watching the film . I still have the same problem after watching the film. I try very hard to find the reason behind here casting, yes she is a good actor , but catwoman ? seriously ? she is probably the most anti-catwoman actor in the world yet she was casted for this role. Actually you could remove her completely from this film and none would feel that she is gone. The previous 2 catwomen were tons better.
Alfred is Alfred, Gordon is Gordon , both are the same with a bit more drama.
Robin looks interesting in the way he is portrayed though he never appears as robin , I guess he is left for a sequel.
Overall there is very little in the movie to have you on the edge of your seat, yet its a good action, it has its drama moments, some new gadgets and overall its not boring. Those 3 hour passed quite fast. But I will have to put this one in the worst place of the trilogy , its nowhere close to a bad one, but also nowhere close as the previous one and yes I do find the first one even better with much more interesting villains.
Overall I am extremely happy with Trillogy , the second one was enough reason to recommend this trilogy, and at least they are serious movies about a serious hero which deserves this kind of quality films. I would definitely recommend this film but only if you go to watch it without expecting to see something good as the previous one or anything original.