Okay
so I was super stoked to see this at the midnight showing Thursday night and I
would have posted before now but I was feeling rather irritable with the AC not
working yesterday and not even remembering the joy that was the midnight
showing could not help. Now here I am
though with my review.
So
for those of you who live under a rock The
Dark Knight Rises, is the 3rd and final movie in the Dark Knight
series. So…if you by some great miracle haven’t
seen the others yet (shakes my head in disbelief) then be wary there will be
spoilers for the first 2 movies. Now for
those of you who just haven’t seen Rises
yet then don’t worry I won’t give away any major spoilers. I promise.
Ask anyone who has known me for any amount of time and tried to get a
spoiler from my lips…not happening*.
Now
this movie picks up 8 years after The
Dark Knight where Batman takes the blame for Dent’s final demented acts to
preserve his reputation and keep the faith everyone had in him. He became the monster the city needed him to
be. The years have not been good on
Bruce either as he also lost someone he cared for. Then a new force comes to Gotham and Batman is
needed once again.
Yep,
you guess it. Bane. Now I won’t lie I knew there was something
familiar about Bane from the posters but honestly I never looked to see who the
actor was. Then just as I was sitting to
write my review I had to make sure it was Bane and not Bain, can’t have that, I
found out it is Tom Hardy. Wow had no
idea but now I see the similarities once I knew it. Anyways, Bane was awesome in his bad ass
way. He was a cool foe and let me just
say that mask thing really added to the creep factor. He was everything that a good bad guy should
be to me, he was strong, dangerous, smart, and oh so psychotic.
Now
Bane wasn’t the only great performance.
Nope we have new faces of Catwoman and Blake played by Anne Hathaway and
Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Now my old
favorites are there too like Michael Caine as Alfred and Morgan Freeman as Fox
and Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon, wonderful group. And if I need to say it as well then well…Christian
Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne, though I think that goes without saying.
Now
the story in this isn’t completely about Batman. Like the others there are multiple story
lines going on that meld into one larger story.
Now this movie runs at almost 3 hours and I never felt bored. There was gripping stuff, tear jerking moments,
and the amazing action we come to know and expect. The cool gadgets of Batman continue from Fox’s
special department. Yes the story
continues to unravel and you see things from the other two films tie into this
one. There are twists and turns and
great shocks and action throughout the journey and I had a blast.
Let’s
see great acting, check. Amazing story,
check. What else? Oh so much and I could write for a long time
about this but I think I will leave it with just one more thing. The look.
The look of everything on there was so amazing visually. I do admit, and my movie partner in crime
(one of them anyways) pointed out that this movie wasn’t as dark as the others
having more daylight stuff. This is true
but it did give a new feel to Gotham. A
new way to see things. Plus the actions,
the explosions (come on what would a movie be without explosions), and chases
so much fun to watch. I think they have
a home run.
The
only thing I will say about the ending of the movie was that I find it
fitting. See I managed to make it
through a whole review without any real spoilers. If you didn’t know something I put then you
clearly didn’t watch the first two movies or seen the previews. Now I suggest you go out and see this movie
ASAP and then tell me what you think. I
can’t wait to see it again, and look forward to when it comes out on DVD and I can
do a Dark Knight marathon. With that I end
this review with my rating of 5 Bat signals in the sky.
Rating: 5
Bat Signals
*Yes I have to amend this as two friends of mine
did manage to get a spoiler out of me once.
To be fair it was a reward if they could solve a puzzle. So yes once I did.
I saw it with my hubby, and I'll admit, I was a little confused. But, my hubby tells me I'm confused because I don't remember everything from the last Batman movie. Makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI loved how they did Cat Woman. Her "cat" ears was very smart. :)
Hey Rachel,
DeleteYes if you don't remember the first 2 movies there would be some confusing moments for sure.
Yes her 'cat' ears were great. Clever.
I dig the amendment, Dood. :-D
ReplyDeleteNow, let's talk shop. Visually stunning! The cape! Oh, how I loved the cape. Waving and flapping so gracefully, beautifully even! And the gadgets! You know how my brain likes glitter? Well, that's how my brain processed the gadgets. Like glitter. Shiny, pretty glitter!
I was down with the humanity of Catwoman. There was depth to a previously one-dimensional character. Before, Catwoman was an essay without a prompt. Now, there's a reason to her madness.
Normally, I want to have ol' Tom's bebes because he's just so pretty. His lips alone are magically delicious! This time, I was digging his criminally bad ways. Really, though, he was a puppy. His actions were born of love, loyalty, and strangely enough, a basic goodness.
Because of who I'm is, you know I'm is bound to mention the sadness and the giggles. Alfred's tears broke my heart. And had I not known the ending would have a twist, I would have relegated the Dark Knight to Lethal Weapon status. My disbelief and denial carried my through. :-)
Now, tehe hehe. The giggles were great. His reaction to the acme disappearing act was fantastically awesome!
Sigh. See what I get for doing this on a phone? It killed the last little bit, so I'm back! I can't wait to see Joseph again! There's a story there. And who knew that scrawny little thing would grow into a right handsome fellow? Entirely adorable and sexy!
DeleteObviously your phone just doesn't want you sharing your love about the movie. It was great fun and I knew you would have a wonderful 2 cents to put in ;)
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