Tin Can ...

Rating: 6/10 (27 November 2012)

There're so many negative aspects of this movie it's hard to point out all of them. The title of this writing might be weird, but that is what I felt about this movie - an empty tin can!
The first impression that I had after watching this movie is it's all made up, like a clichéd dialog in the movie "It's all part of a plan!" The director already decided what "AWE FACTOR"s he is going to cover. I used the term from an official documentary of the Dark Knight Rises, most likely from Tom Hardy.
It looks like the director and the producers thought that "Oh! It's the finale, it must have these and these elements." Then they fabricated a story to tie up the lose ends, and this story was also made up rather hastily.
What this produces is a completely predictable, unintelligent and repetitive movie. There is no intense drama, thrills, or intense action, no feel, and no philosophical or psychological dilemma that conjured up the first two movies of the trilogy. In other words, things that made Batman Begins and Dark Knight special are completely absent from this movie.
What is more depressing to see is that people are fooled by the deception and the movie gets a high rating round about 9.0
If I trust the rating system and there has been no anomaly there then only possible explanation can be due to wide media-hype, the movie gained a huge audience who are not even familiar with the depth and strength of the first two movies and got baffled by the "AWE FACTOR"s and came out of the theater satisfied.
The character development in this movie is very weak to say for the least and their attitude and behavior is rather cheesy and unnecessarily replicating that of the Dark Knight. Has anyone actually noticed the opening scene of hijacking Dr. Pavel from the aircraft? The scene is enthralling to watch in IMAX, but the reason behind this adventurous (suicidal in real-life scenario!) attempt is really trivial. And the acting, dialogue, finger-pointing of the CIA officer who is in command of the plane is more like the joker in the Dark Knight. Well it's 8 years later. But the mood still bears the flavor of Dark Knight, which is rather out of place.
The only plus the movie has is Bane, his voice in the Blu-ray release is OK, but in theatrical release it is hardly understandable. And why the movie sheds no light on Bane's personal life, why he carries a grudge against Gotham, but not against Ducard (Ra's Al Ghul) who excommunicated him from the League of Shadows, and why why Nolan converts him from a gruesome killer to a weakened lover and a mercenary are pathetically unresolved.
The basic flaw with any superhero movie is its end is always predictable, the bad guys lose the good guys win. What make it special are not the visuals or effects, rather its story-line, emotional aspects and the message it carries. The Dark Knight Rises fails in all these categories and I don't know whether the dark knight has risen or not but Nolan has certainly fallen to the level of ordinary.
The Dark Knight Rises is certainly the most awaited disappointment I've faced after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace...