The masterful conclusion to probably the greatest trilogy ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (23 August 2012)

While entering through the cinema doors, ready to experience Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Rises', I was feeling a multitude of emotions. Ever since I left the theater after viewing 2005's 'Batman Begins', I knew this was something special. This thought was solidified when I saw 2008's 'The Dark Knight' and I was ready for the next entry to what was already the greatest superhero trilogy ever. So how was 'The Dark Knight Rises'? In short:It was amazing. Many things contributed to my overall rating. Superb performances, a well written and deep script and excellent cinematography, to name but a few.
The whole cast provided top notch performances, Christian Bale gave his best performance as the troubled and scarred Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Caine gave a heart-wrenching performance as poor,long suffering Alfred, Anne Hathaway was a surprisingly excellent and witty(and VERY attractive) Catwoman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was great in his role of beat cop John Blake and Tom Hardy gave a terrifying, while not Heath Ledger's Joker, excellent performance as Bane. The rest of the cast Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and the rest give their usual excellence as Miranda Tate, Lucius Fox and Commissioner Gordon respectively.
David S. Goyer and Chris Nolan's story is fulfilling and satisfying, it rounds the trilogy off very smoothly. The Nolan brother's script is dark,slick,natural and quite funny at rare times, but occasionally a tad cheesy but very rarely.
The spectacle is truly awe inspiring and the lack of CGI really makes a visceral, gritty and wonderful difference, especially in IMAX and the directing is fabulous and Christopher Nolan's directing comes through very well.
Now, I don't mean to sound like blind fan boy, the film is not without flaws, the occasional cheesy line, inaudible Bane quote or rather the difficult to follow without constant attention, dense plot slightly irritate you but it's never enough to marre the experience.
Personally,I have no favorite entry. They are all perfect do what they need to do impeccably. If you take a long and deep look into the whole population of Dark Knight enthusiasts the order of favoritism is most varied, I think the most of any trilogy. But whether or not The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight, or Batman Begins gets to be called your favorite, one thing I think is undeniable. That each one of these films is truly brilliant and that this is not only the greatest superhero trilogy ever, but the greatest trilogy of all time.