This movie was amazing! Itโs a lot better than I remember! Thereโs no way The Dark Knight Rises could have topped The Dark Knight, given the fact that The Dark Knight is a masterpiece, and it changed the superhero genre forever.
What I love about this movie, is of course the story, the acting, the writing, and the music. But besides that, I love the villain, even the opening scene, the fight scenes between Batman and Bane, but I prefer the second fight, and I absolutely love the scene where Bruce Wayne was climbing out of the pit, with the chant, and last but not least, I love the ending.
I love Tom Hardy as Bane, because he was a great villain, but he was a mediocre Bane. He was a great villain because he was menacing, terrifying, and manipulative. But he was a mediocre Bane, in my opinion because he didnโt look anything like Bane in the comics because he didnโt have the tube on his back filled with venom. They also changed his origin story. Bane in the comics was never a member of the League of Assassins. But in this movie he was a member of the League of Shadows, but he was excommunicated by Raโs al Ghul, because Baneโs existence was a reminder of the hell Raโs al Ghul left his wife to die in.
The reason why I prefer the second fight scene between Batman and Bane is because when Batman was looking for Bane, and Bane was looking for Batman, and with the snow falling, it just looked and felt so epic. Fun fact: this is the only time in the entire Batman franchise where we see Batman in the daylight.
Also when it was revealed that Marion Cotillardโs character, Miranda Tate, is actually Talia al Ghul, Raโs al Ghulโs daughter, I was shocked, and when she stabbed Batman, I was like, โOh no! Whyโd she do that?โ Then she revealed herself as Talia. Oh yeah and after Batman got stabbed, I noticed nowadays that he lost the raspy voice, and he instead used his normal voice.
The way this movie concludes was perfect; it was the most satisfying way to conclude the trilogy. Batman died, but Bruce is still alive and heโs happy and in a relationship with Selina Kyle. Iโm glad that heโs with Selina. In other words, Alfredโs fantasy happens for real.
Joseph Gordon-Levittโs character, John Blake, he was excellent, heโs one of the few good cops in Gotham. He also knows that Bruce is Batman. When I first saw this movie, when itโs revealed in the end that his legal name is Robin, I was confused, but then I looked it up and now I understand: The whole point is that itโs a throwback to Batmanโs sidekick in the comics, Robin. Not the actual Robin character, because Christopher Nolan said, in a June 2005 interview, so after Batman Begins came out, he said, โRobin will never be in my Batman movies.โ So basically, his full name is Robin John Blake. But I hate that we never knew who heโs going to become.
In the end I will say that The Dark Knight Rises is epic. Itโs one of the best Batman movies ever made, itโs also a satisfying conclusion to an incredible trilogy, definitely the best superhero trilogy ever made. And The Dark Knight Rises is by far the best movie of 2012.