Eight
years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham's finest,
and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him
an enemy.
No
snarky comments from me on this one.
Why
did I come to this movie again?
Uh,
because it's Batman. I have to admit being a bigger fan of Spiderman
than Batman in general, but the first two movies in this trilogy were
so dang good, that I was way excited to see this one!
5
out of 5
Characters
I
think I have to say that Commissioner Gordon is my favorite character
of this whole series—he is the man. The new kid is cool, Cat Woman
did great and since I'm a big fan of Christian Bale I'd go just to
watch him. Of course in a universe as established as this one, they
writers had a lot to work with. I'm not sure the villain alignment
in this movie ever happened in the comics, but I thought it was
great. The bit part by the Scarecrow cracked me up. Bane isn't as
crazy as the Joker is/was, but he revels in his badness, and in
general provided a presence that is hard to overshadow on the screen. And he kind of sounded like Sean Connery.
4
out of 5
Did
I care what happened?
Yes,
I totally cared what happened. The writers pulled every emotional
strand they could throughout this movie, and I have to admit that it
didn't feel even close to 2 ½ hours long. The journey of Bruce
Wayne had me on the edge of my seat, as well as the cops and everyone
back in Gotham.
4
out of 5
Plot
Holes
Okay,
so these aren't plot holes, but bits of the movie that made me go,
“What?” In my head, of course, not out loud. And I won't go into
specifics, but there were three moments (pivotal for the characters
involved) that didn't ring true to me. The emotional ramp-up to
these moments felt weak and one I didn't really understand at all.
They make sense for the plot and for the subsequent series of new
Batman movies that I assume is coming, but these three psychological
moments did not work for me. There were subtle clues, but nothing
concrete enough for me to totally believe the reactions. I'm being
nit-picky, but I'm a customer, so I'm allowed.
4
out of 5
How
many times did I yawn?
Uh,
never.
5
out of 5
Cool
Factor
The
opening scene with Bane has to sit at the top of my list on this one.
Very cool. This movie didn't feel as much as a “wow me” movie
as it did a deeper story. Which I liked, but it does keep me from
giving the movie a 5 in this category. All the toys were cool, and
the bad guys plan was brilliant.
4
out of 5
The
End
The
moment that reversal happened all I could think was, “Why didn't I
see that coming? I knew that!” But the writers distracted me
enough that I think I actually gasped out loud at one point. Nice
job writers.
Then
the VERY end made me walk away from the otherwise dark and depressing
movie (laced with hard-won triumph of course) a happy girl.
5
out of 5
Overall
Enjoyment
I
need to see it again. They put a bunch of hugely profound lines in
there that I want to hear. The one that struck me the most was when
Bane leaves a broken Bruce Wayne and says something akin to, “Real
despair cannot be felt unless there is some hope.” True and cruel
all at the same time. There were like ten of those lines in there,
and frankly I didn't expect them out of Batman. Again, kudos to the
writers.
5
out of 5
Score=36
That's
a Black Belt!
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