Another Masterstroke from Nolan

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2012)

The Dark Knight Rises: Ever since Nolan delivered The Dark Knight, it has been a long impatient wait for four long years for its sequel. Let us be honest here-The Dark Knight was a masterpiece but it was Heath Ledger's portrayal of Joker which had made the film iconic. Anybody can make a masterpiece but it is only a handful of those who make iconic movies, and Nolan made it. Christopher Nolan, take a bow. The Dark Knight Rises is another masterstroke from Nolan. Though there might be nothing iconic about this one but certainly it brings justice to the kind of finale one might expect from a person of his caliber. The only unfortunate thing about TDKR is that it is being released after The Dark Knight. Had this movie been released after Batman Begins, it would have brought order in this universe where one movie is a step ahead of its predecessor (surprise>>>>masterpiece>>>>iconic). People would have appreciated this masterpiece as a worthy sequel and not point fingers at it just because it is not there with TDK. That being said let us now come to TDKR. Since I was not able to get tickets online for the nearby 15 odd multiplexes, I had to earn a ticket for it to see it 25kms away. I could imagine myself walking in slow motion into the theatre, with tickets clenched in my hands (fade loud noise), to witness something which will tell you-that seat on which you are about to sit has waited there for decades for you to witness this orchestra, after all it has been a wait for a lifetime. This movie has everything what you expect from a Nolan movie. I will not undermine it by saying this movie has great acting, great screenplay and everything cliché. But I will say this-experience this experience, for after this there will be none and even if there is who knows who will be and who will not be.