We can all agree to disagree. Personally I thought the final movie was a great conclusion to the trilogy. The Robin thing bugged me as well...would have been much cooler if he said Dick Grayson was his real name, then it would make sense.

I actually really liked the Bane character and the accent that Tom Hardy used. It was creepy because how British aristocrat sounding it was, and the way that Nolan makes these films he tries to make it more of a crime story than a super hero story (at least in my opinion).

The Talia Al Ghul reveal was still well done so long as you avoided most of the spoilers on the internet, which I did for the most part outside of the couple of shots they showed of Batman fighting Bane on the steps of Carnegie Mellon University.

Of course I respect all opinions when it comes to film reviews! I just really liked this one...not nearly as well done as The Dark Knight, but the bar was set remarkably high for a comic book film with that movie.

Something told me that it wouldn't be a good movie. And it's not just my cynical and pessimistic nature that compelled me to think so. My gut never lies to me. Especially about movies. And I knew it would be dumb from the first preview I saw for it.

This is precisely why I believe that movie sequels should end at 3, no exceptions. Otherwise, you get a collection of rectangular garbage, collecting dust on your bookshelf.

Sorry you had to endure that torture, Bob.

LOL the second man died XD....Professor Kitty is amusing.....LOL...H202=Hydrogen peroxide.

now i see the movie in a complete different light. unfortunately I have no comic book background and i'm so bad in technology, media stuff....this was my first batman movie, the only thing that i noticed was the Robin thing...i was thrown off.

Oh, and can you tell us how Anne Hathaway's performance was as Catwoman? I haven't heard anything about how she did since the movie's been out.

There were definitely holes in the plot, Kevin Smith pointed this out in his podcast about the movie....why does everyone know who Batman is in these movies? Everyone figures it out. Joseph Gordon Levitt saw him once at a boy's home and saw the pain in his eyes and knew he was Batman?

But for me most of the plot holes were 'acceptable' if that makes sense. Not to say they couldn't strive for better, but the things that bugged me were fairly minor.

I think the problem is you need to be able to remove yourself from the knowledge of comic books or real books when viewing a movie like this. Just like Harry Potter, all the other Marvel movies and such and take them for what they are. I avoided all the internet buzz completely and viewing it in this light thought it to be a great movie. Obviously no where near as good as The Dark Knight but still a good movie in general. And I agree it to be more of a crime story than a super hero one....but I think that's how batman is in general considering he ISN'T a mutant/alien or have "super powers" (does DC actually call them mutants? I'll be honest Batman and Kingdom Come are the only DC things I've read, Marvel fan here).

I completely agree with you about the movie there was one part of the movie that did bug me and that was when batman cried yes he did cry when he got stabbed with this tiny knife since when did his eyes get all watery when someone stabs him? He is Batman he gets injured and takes it like a man he doesn't cry and get all shocked some 2 timing hussy stabs him. If we look at batman returns he didn't cry when catwomen clawed him in the side now did he. That is what bugged me about that movie i still think marvel did the best this year with spiderman and avengers.

I can understand all the elements that bugged you.
It was definitely not quite the high bench mark the Dark Knight was, but i gotta say, I really enjoyed it.
True,the whole Robin arc was a little redundant overall really, and it did irk me that he had figured out Batman's true identity after meeting him once,when he was 5.That seemed a little lame.
But the Bain voice very much hooked me, I've seen the movie a few times now, and his sections are the parts I'm enjoying the most. I never really remotely cared about the Bain character before this movie came around,
so for that to happen was an unexpected treat. but it is all as it should be,
this movie, like any movie, effects, reasonates or equally, doesnt, with us all uniquely.

I really enjoyed reading your review though, and you are definitely quite right about loads of the storytelling gaffs. But i think two really strong movies before it, and a load of pretty fanboy satiating scenes in this one,
helped to overlook and no doubt forgive, a ton of mistakes.

i loved your two cents and with my two we have four, its how fortunes are started.
Have a great weekend.

Hahaha why dont you tell us how you really feel? I have to agree, the whole bane voice made me thing of talking into a cup as a kid. Kinda bugged me. And i agree with some other parts of your assessment, while disagreeing with others, but you hit the main problems.

the sience cat reminded me of a meme that my father taught me from when he was in chemistry in the mid 50's
"Little Tommy was a boy,
Little Tommy is no more.
For what he though was h2O,
was h2so4"

I'll still see the movie eventually.

Well you madam, have it down to a "T". I couldn't have said it better myself, but at the same time I'm the type that enjoyed it just because I was able to get out of the house for awhile and forget about life for a few hours haha. In retrospect I completely agree though

Also your drawing is almost done. I will work on it more tomorrow and show you what I come up with. I keep looking at the pics of you in the R2 swimsuit and I'm thinking a drawing of one of those is in order too. All in time

It's definitely not the greatest movie ever, but at the same time, it's probably one of the better ones in years.

I think Nolan had Hardy do the super accent that everyone could hear incredibly well despite the mask to foil the Batman exposed mouth but gruff voice.

I think the Talia reveal was more shocking because it relied on the whole patriarchal we can't imagine girls as tough we never said it was a boy complex rather than the last minute d'uh.

I was a little disturbed by the whole ending with Blake. Batman literally can go on forever. The mansion is an orphanage, the batcave is underneath, and every time whoever is wearing the cowl feels like retiring they can just go upstairs and pick out the next angry kid with no family to train to be Batman.

I think for what Nolan usually does with the mythology, I really liked how he approached everything with a nod and disregarded it.

I always look forward to your reviews--you're one of the most intelligent and well-spoken voices on this site, and that's no flattery. I must say that I enjoyed the film as others did while keeping the inconsistencies and failings in mind. I actually think that this has been one of the strongest years for superhero films in quite a while, with THE AVENGERS, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES all hitting the mark for me (I'll take any of those over GREEN LANTERN, THOR or even IRON MAN 2).