For a life long batman fan i would say this movie " the dark knight rises", became to be one of my favorites (because every batman movie is amazing in its own), but not overall from the trilogy... It tend to be a bit slow in the beginning but still had my attention through out the film. the characters were there playing their roles but quite different and more realisticaly (which i enjoy) ... I would give it a great review because it had all of the ttheatrical elements that one would want to be involved in while watching a movie ; surprise, excitment, and immersed...