The trilogy ends... with the biggest bang yet!

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2012)

After I watched the first movie Batman Begins, I became completely Bat-sessed. That movie blew me away with all the action, characters, story and how they could make such a good superhero movie. Then I watched The Dark Knight and that movie was even better. Heath Ledger's performance was stunning and all the other characters were so great and well made. So of course I had HUGE expectations for: The Dark Knight Rises.
I was so nervous when I sat in the cinema looking at that big screen. Soon I would witness The End of this trilogy. This trilogy that means so much to me now. The movie started and I was dragged right into story. Much has happened in Gotham. After the events from 'The Dark Knight', Gotham has lived peacefully (peacefully in Gotham terms) and Batman was no longer needed. Well until Bane showed up. Batman then has to drag himself into his suit and face his, perhaps, greatest enemy ever (?).
Well Bane himself is... perfect. I wasn't expecting to be blown away like Heath Ledger portrayed Joker, but Tom Hardy as Bane is PERFECT. His voice and looks is so intimidating and he's the villain Batman hasn't faced before. He is terrifying. I love all the villains in Chris N. Batman trilogy, but Bane is the best. He's Batman ultimate challenge. The way he talks, looks and deals with things is... wow.
Anne Hathaway portraits the sexy Selina Kyle. She does a really good job in this role and you feel for the character. Much better than Tim Burton's. She also has a really major role in the story and everything around her is so good. Bane still steals the show I think, but Selina Kyle is definitely great in this film.
John Blake is also one of the new characters and he's portrayed by Joseph Gordon Lewitt. John Blake is a cop. A good cob. One of these idealists and he has a major role in the story. Joseph plays the character really well and as with Selina Kyle, we feel for him.
Marion Cotillard plays Miranda Tate, who is a business woman, who has a major role in this movie. She is played well, but doesn't get as much screen time as the other new characters. I won't say anymore about her, but she's a good character.
Of course we have the old characters consisting of: Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne/Batman, who plays this character really, really well. He is The Batman. We also have: Michael Caine - Alfred Pennyworth, who also plays his character so well, like in the other movies. Unfortunately, he doesn't have as much screen time as in the other movies. Fortunately we still feel for his character, and that is great. We then have Gary Oldman - Commissioner Gordon who, as all the others, plays his character really, really well. We don't really see much to his family this time though. In fact we never do. It's like they don't exist, which is a little stupid, but his character still rocks, and we definitely feel for this guy. And at last we have Morgan Freeman - Lucius Fox, who as every other actor in this movie, plays his character so well. You can't, but love this character. Lucius has always supported Batman with equipment and in this case we're going to see a different vehicle of his.
Batman Begins has The Tumbler. The Dark Knight added the Bi-cycle. The Dark Knight Rises has: The Bat. A really awesome flying vehicle that Batman uses a great deal. It's goddamn awesome! The movie also gives us a great deal of action. Especially the fight scenes between the main protagonists and the antagonists, is so nice to look at. The first scene with Bane is stunning and intense.
The whole tone of the movie is "pain" and trust me. We see a great deal of that. I won't say more. You need to see it yourself.
I won't spoil anything, but I can say the ending is great satisfying in many ways, but a little "meh" at some other points. The "meh" is because I think we don't really get The Ending for the awesome support cast. Gordon and Lucius for example, but perhaps I just need to watch it again. I'm definitely going to.
This movie is so stunning to look at, the soundtrack is amazing - everything is so awesome about this movie. There are some minor plot holes, but it's only the Nip-pickers, who are going to be affected by those. The whole movie is spectacular and it all ends with a great climax.
Christopher Nolan delivers again!