I originally intended to write a
review alongside Britt and Cara a threesome IF YOU WILL, but those chicks are
crazy professionals and I can’t keep up with their greatness. So here is my
simplistic late-to-the-game review of the Dark Knight Rises.
Overall my reaction to the final
installment in the Batman trilogy was a series of exaggerated facial
expressions. At times I was over the top impressed and at others I was just
left shrugging or gritting my teeth. At the end of the day I’ll go with “I
think it was a great conclusion to the Nolan series and I’m glad I wore my
cape.”
Catwoman: Hathaway didn’t sell me. (I’M
SO SORRY CARA) I feel terrible saying it but she seemed a far cry from the vicious
vixen of the Comic book. I went into the movie excited to see if she could pull
it off, and at the first scene where she encounters Bruce my hopes remained
high. Shortly thereafter the character began to fall apart. The agility and
speed of Catwoman was reflected pretty well in her first appearance. She did
that sexy flippy thing and back flip vaulted out the window after exchanging
some witty banter with Bruce. There after she stuck to stealing cars and
driving around on the Batcycle with her perfectly applied lipstick. I was
hoping to be blown away as I was in Dark Knight with Ledger’s performance but I
suppose that was setting the bar too high. I could forgive all of this however
if her bad-ass-chick demeanor hadn’t been swayed by a simple pep talk from
Bruce. Yeash, that’s not the Catwoman I have come to know and love. Now this is more like it:
Rachel: So glad you are dead, Rachel. So glad.
"No! I'm more unattractive!"
Robin: F*ck yes. I don’t say this
lightly. Let me be clear on this, I don’t think Nolan’s Robin was a good
representation of any of the existing Robins. If anything, he was a combination
of all of their characteristics. His character did not embody one of them
exclusively. Looking back I can see qualities of Dick Grayson, Jason
Todd, and Tim Drake thought his character development. I hate to admit it, but
it took me quite a ways through the movie to figure out that Gordon-Levitt was
indeed going to be the Robin character and when I did I may or may not have squealed with joy. Honestly, I thought the “Robin” rumors
had been discredited a long while ago, but I guess that what happens when you
drink excessively… you just make up shit. I have to say though, as a Batman fan
I was pretty ecstatic when Nolan decided to give the Robin character the name
“Robin,” perhaps it’s not all that clever, but it was appreciated. I could see
how the hardcore fans could tend to freak if at the end it was revealed that
his name was “Jason” or “Dick.” No, Nolan made the correct decision by
“creating” his own Robin.
BUT SOMEONE IS BOUND TO GET THEIR OWN MOVIE.
For the record. I stand with Hood. Although, Gordon Levitt would look sexy as hell as Nightwing.
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Batman: I think Batman’s character
had been developed well enough in the first two movies and that this time
around it just became a bit much. I get it. He is trying to climb his way out
of the prison. I get it. He’s all bummed up because his B-List girlfriend got
blown up (EIGHT YEARS AGO GET OVER IT ALREADY). I guess at this point I just
stopped caring. Batman’s life is marred with death and tragedy, it’s
commonplace. And that whole “Parents being killed in front of you thing” kind
of sets the tone. Don’t get me wrong I love Batman and I think Bale did
an excellent job portraying this version of him, but the repetition of the
prison scene just really pissed me off. On a more positive note, I liked that
they “killed off” Batman. The only people who needed to know that he was still
alive, found out, and the rest of Gotham can just go F*ck itself because they
doubted him. I also like that he ended up with Catwoman at the end. It
reinforced the idea that he had moved on from what’s her face. As a side note,
Bale visiting Aurora was a very classy act. Mad props.
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Bane: Difficult to understand at
times but over all I was impressed. I liked the humanity of the character
revealed at the end of the movie and the fact that he killed all but one of the
Steelers (GO PATS). His character also threw me off the scent of Talia
for a brief moment which I found pretty cool. For a while I was not sure if
Nolan had decided to do his own thing with the “Child of Ra's al Ghul” or if he
was just being deceptive. You got me on that one, Dick.
"I think he's trying to sell me ...Tupperware?"
Talia: I’m going to skip this one
because Britt did enough sploodging for the rest of us. But I’ll leave it at
“Damn, that actress was good.” What was her name again? The whole crazy eyes
thing was pretty impressive and it was nice to see Bruce get his rebound bang.
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Gordon: Excellent as always. Except for that whole being bed ridden for the longest time only to stand up and walk out upon realizing he is one of the two remaining cops in the whole of Gotham thing. But heck, who notices that kind of thing anyways.
Other Thoughts: Alfred and Fox: Thumbs up up up! I’m going to be honest, at the end of the Dark Knight I thought the Dent character was still alive. I know they had a funeral and all, but I assumed they had locked him away in an institution and “killed” him off to preserve the purity of his character to the citizens of Gotham. I was really expecting to see him resurface in this movie at the very least as a background character. Not complaining though, it was good to see a new roster this time around. It was also nice to see Cillian Murphy again. Man is sexy in a creepy sort of way. It's captivating. I don’t care who you are. I highly respected the decision to leave the Joker character be. There was a lot of talk early on about the Joker being brought back in the third movie, whether it was through face actors with dubbed voices, or through recycled clips, it would have been a tacky move. The best way to honor Heath Ledger, was to leave his star role alone. There was no need for that. Gotham had moved on, healed if you will, and so had the audience. Overall I rank the movies
Batman Begins < Dark Knight Rises< Dark Knight
DKR is a solid 9 out of 10.
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