Worst of the trilogy

Rating: Null/10 (18 August 2018)

I saw this film perhaps 3 or 4 times since 2012 as recent as 2018 again; it's a shame that I still feel it really failed as the final chapter of this great trilogy. I am Not a fan of Nolan as a director, he is become another studio puppet in the Hollywood machine and moved so far away from films like "Momento", which I still hold to be his best film to date. However, I felt what he did with his version of Batman in the first two was really a great treatment of this comic book character, compare to the lame campy version of Tim Burton; that were just stupid.
The second film "The Dark Knight" was probably the best Batman film ever made, mostly due to the great story, its theme; casting of the late Heath Legder; whose performance as Joker will stand the test of time. However, this last chapter was incoherent from the start and not as thought out as the previous two. This film just felt incoherent in parts; some parts didn't make sense. Batman was almost absent half of this film and this 8 years gap was something else that didn't make sense either; where we see Bruce Wayne walking with a limp and kane in hand.
The story had weird holes in it, when Bruce Wayne is seen by his doctor who is telling him how he has no cartilage in his arms and legs and yet, he brakes his back and then heals quick and goes back to save Gotham. That just didn't make sense at all. Why would Bane wait 5 months to blow up Gotham after he already disabled the city and Batman? what was the wait for?. There was also time line from the time Batman healed in the Pit prison, Miranda was with Fox Lucious, so all that time Bane just kept her prisoner? that did not make sense?.
That time line from the moment broke his back to how he healed and jumped out of the pit was very unclear?...why would Bane and Miranda waste all that time to put on the charade?.
I liked Tom Hardy as Bane"; he was actually the best thing that make this film worth while to watch, Hardy, has like Legder also has a this talent of creating very interesting insane characters; from the very beginning scene in the plane and his voice underneath hood was just engaged you into this Bane character. But my biggest problem in the casting was "Anne Hathaway" as the "Catwoman"???????. . I just could not wrap my mind around why this skinny Ugly duckling, who is all bones and nothing to look at, had no sex appeal, with that fake wig and droopy eyes that look like a crack head. What was Nolan thinking when he casting her among so many other choices like "Olivia Wilde" or "Rebecca FERGUSON" and many other beauties whom were closer to fit the character of Catwoman?. What was it about this below average actress who couldn't be sexy even with plastic surgery that even Warner brothers allowed her to be in it?. it just goes to prove what Mel Gibson and many others actors have said, that's its not about talent anymore in Hollywood, it's about who you know.
Anyone with any common sense knows, you want Catwoman to be something the audience can't take theirs eyes off, not a sex object, but sexy; intelligent and charisma; Someone who has screen presence. Every time I watched this last Batman, I just couldn't stand watching "Anne Hathaway", she just makes you want to turn off the TV; her acting was also just terrible. I wonder who did she blew in Hollywood to get this role?...this was the biggest miscasting for a picture that costed millions; but to cast this ugly little Jewish girl as Catwoman?. it was the worst choice to pick her as one of the major characters of this comic book genre, how far have we have gone from Michelle Pfeiffer; who was probably the best of all 3 people who played this character. All I got from "Anne Hathaway" of this character was scum bag, trying so hard to act tough and smart; it was pathetic. I had no interest in what so ever. The second casting that was also wrong through this film was "Marion Cotillard", whose career agenda, ever since she made name for herself in Hollywood, is to be in every major film in the last decade with every leading man, it's not about work anymore, its about money and fame for her.
I recall in 2010 to 2011 reading about problems and issues with production on this last Batman; how things were not going well for Nolan. This last slot felt it was rushed; not as planned and thought out the other two. It was just all over the place and Nolan was riding on the success of the previous two. Hollywood Studios also knew, once they have a product like Batman and huge FANBOY audience, people will come and see the film, no matter how awful it is, they come because its "BATMAN". When I read some of the dumb reviews on this site, praising Nolan and calling this film a "masterpiece"?.., it's just goes proves the FANBOY club is huge, fanboys who just watch without thinking; who are clueless about film making and story structure, this site is infested with FANBOYS for many directors like "Nolan" and "Tarrantino"; we now live in a time where every dumb ass who has no knowledge of film history, or film genre is now a film critic on this site.
Bale was the best actor who played this character and I doubt anyone can top that again in years to come, it's time Warner Brothers really gives this Batman films a rest. As much as I like and respect Ben Aflec; but he is another miscast for this character. To me Batman ended with Bale but this last chapter was a failure.