Going into this movie I had moderate hopes, the Dark Knight for me was an impressive film as was the Avengers from earlier this year, both films would be hard to live up to so with that how was the film?
Well, I will say that the film is indeed a good film, it was entertaining and its mainly due to Nolan's direction, his action staging and editing is some of the best I've seen since James Cameron's work, you really get a sense of scope and scale in his action scenes and rarely do you get bored while watching them.
The film also has some good performances by Hardy, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the film really gives you the feeling that this is the third film in a trilogy as locations, story ideas and characters from the first two are very nicely revisited.
However, the film also has story problems with it, mainly around the motivations of Bane himself which are not explained very well unlike the Joker's motivations in the last film which were well explained, the story feels somewhat unfocused with characters at times feeling like they're just coming and going through the plot and only re-appearing when the script requires them to for a dramatic moment or a fight sequence and the film also rehashes moments from Batman Begins.
But the last problem is also the action, yes its impressive to watch and yes its handled with masterful skill but after a while of Gotham being blown to kingdom come (wherever that is) I just got bored watching it which in contrast to the last film had its action beats enhanced with a feeling of exhilaration and tension not seen since Cameron's Aliens.
That said, despite the faults, Nolan and his team do indeed deliver a good finale for the series that will please fans and movie-goers, I do think the Dark Knight is the best three for sure but this film pleased me in its main aims and as a result I liked it, 3 out of 5.
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