We'll miss Nolan's Batman...

Rating: 9/10 (11 August 2012)

So here I am reviewing this unique movie for those who might be interested in what do I think about "The Dark Knight Rises". I have to say it is a privilege to do so. But on the other hand, I think it's better to review the whole trilogy as one piece. Because it is that way intended.
I've come from the theatre (gladly I saw it in IMAX-screen format) and my first impression is that Nolan caught me again with his same old formula. And it is not bad. Oh, what am I saying, it's still awesome for true comic and cinema lovers!!! Huge, astounding scenarios, spectacular script, but the most important of all. He hadn't forget to pay his tributes to acting roles. Even though you know there will be plenty of fetish actors. It happens on most directors. Yeah, but this was not Inception.
Probably the most human of superheroes, Batman is cherished for being a 100% human being. Not for Hollywood standards, the Dark Knight had to be a pariah, border-limit vigilante, thoughtful and concerned maybe overwhelmed hero. And to make this set interesting, Batman had to be a 21st. century hero. That's what Chris Nolan quickly took advantage of.
So he unfolds tricks and treats with super budgets but never forgetting the most important subjects of the Gotham world. The people. The individuals, the collective feeling. The poor, the lonely, the rejects. And surprise! FX are not the most important thing of all in the series. Though really amazing, they were never the strong point of the whole Dark Knight stories.
Let me say it. If trust, care, belief, perseverance, friendship, love, mercy and hope are not the most important words in our language, we're absolutely done.
So the whole series of this Nolan's Batman made a cult from these words. Doesn't matter the budget. Imagine what happened to the quirky Joel Schumacher's Batman. Doesn't matter the setting. Imagine Burton's ultra grotesque Gothic Batman, and you'll see what I'm talking about. Nolan gets the point from the start on Batman Begins. And repeats (with more or less luck) the spirit on his sequels.
Well, TDKR is the perfect ending for a big big romance we all had in this last decade.
He guarantees you villains with human touches and relivable statements, love-hate relationships, honor, pride, madness, humour, glamour, flawlessness, minimalism, humanism and heroism in the same dose. And God we loved that!!
And that's the uncomfortable idea I felt when I left the room. It was over. The waiting was over. Four years of waiting plus three after Batman Begins makes seven. Almost a decade under the Nolan's shade. Almost a decade with those perfect impersonations of Gordon, Fox, Pennywise, Dent, Napier, now Bane and Blake, Tate and Selina Kyle. Almost a decade of a Bale's Bruce Wayne. The perfect Bruce. And I'm saying it as a Michael Keaton fan.
And I also think of the casts all over these years. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart and Gary Oldman will never be so charming, memorable and breathtaking as they were on these Batman series. They achieved their new (or last) stand.
I truly hope that Nolan agrees to do a new trilogy some time further. It could have not ended this way (we have a bit of an open and full of new- Batman-series ending). But if this really ends, I'd like to say thank you, Chris Nolan. You brought back our love and fuc**ing belief for the Batman. He was not a dancer, neither a ridiculous Maxwell Smart type of hero. Yeah, we got it. We could be heroes, just for one day. It's his legacy. We are the Batman. He represented all of us.
And, as a message for C.Nolan, there's no Superman forecoming franchise capable of surpass this memorable trilogy.
I put it on my list along with The Godfather, Star Wars and Back to the Future series. Above the Matrix's one, of course.
I'm still a little sad. At this point TDKR is a bit irrelevant as an individual. It's the ending. Don't be so concerned about we the reviewers with technical aspects or script devariances think. We should shut up and behold the might of Nolan's Batman. Plus, you won't get a hint if TDKR is the first film you watch from the whole series. So, catch up f you didn't, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, then go sit on a cinema, and let yourself go. You won't be disappointed. Every dollar or peso, or lira will worth it. Enjoy with a sad tear, the finish of the Dark Knight series.
But you MUST see it, in spite of all the reviewers here. Sure you won't care what people say about this. You just will go and see it for yourself. Cos you loved the two last ones, and absolutely will love this one as well.
Cheers from Argentina.
Long live the Batman.