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- First reviewJuly 20, 2012
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PostedJuly 20, 2012
Mero
from Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age:25 to 34
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
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Special Effects
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Art Direction
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Acting
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Story
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Camerawork
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Throughout Director Christopher Nolan’s career, he has shown a flair for dynamic storytelling that revolves around amazing circumstance whether it be the ability to steal dreams or a billionaire orphan who likes to stalk criminals at night while wearing a cape.
The Dark Knight Rises is the pinnacle of Nolan's work and he ends his vision of Gotham's protector with a visually stunning if not entirely critically captivating masterpiece. The story picks up 8 years after Bruce Wayne ran off into the night to protect the ideal of Gotham's crusading District Attorney Harvey Dent. While the city seems far better for it, the drama's main players - Batman, Commissioner Gordon, and Wayne's confidant Alfred - seem to be overburdened by the secret they share. Crime is down as a result of Batman's toppling organized crime but what Nolan's script insinuates is that while things may appear to be better for the everyday citizen of Gotham, there is always a dark underbelly waiting for the chance to strike.
Cue Bane and Selina Kyle, played by Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway respectively. Bane is by his own admission "Gotham's reckoning'" while Kyle is jewel thief who raises the always interesting question if crime is one's only means of survival then is it so morally objectionable? Her fate in the film seems to tell the viewer how Nolan would probably answer.
On the good guys side, Batman finds new allies in young cop John Blake and philanthropist Miranda Tate each played brilliantly by Nolan veterans (Inception) Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard. If Bane and Kyle represent Gotham's dark side, Blake and Tate balance the narrative in their idealistic existence or so it would appear.
It all makes for an entertaining final act for Nolan's Dark Knight. Veterans Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman return so seamlessly to the roles they've played in the first two installments that one might believe they truly live in Gotham City. Hardy, Gordon-Levitt, and Cotillard all give strong performances to hold their own while adding depth to story.
If the movie has any shortcomings, they lie in Hathaway's failure to portray the inner conflict within Catwoman (not to mention the fact that the film never once utters the title Catwoman) and a 164 minute runtime that sometimes finds itself reaching for subplots (see Matthew Modine's unnecessary character, Nixon). Still, the film is definitely the best this Summer has had to offer and if Batman's story had to end somewhere, most will leave theatres believing that Nolan has found the best conclusion.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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