The Dark Knight Rises - Review

Over the past couple of weeks, I have often stated in my reviews that certain films simply do not hold up a couple years after seeing them. The Dark Knight Rises hurts the most. I still really like it, except this for a while was on my Top 10 list of favourite films ever. This was the very first Batman film I saw and it absolutely blew me away. The epic scale, the triumphant musical score, the action and the terror of Tom Hardy's Bane. I had never seen a villain like that before. Sitting in the theatre thinking, "How in the world can Batman beat him? Can he?" Bane was just awesome and terrifying. Anne Hathaway's Catwoman was very good and Joseph Gordon-Levitt was another excellent addition to the already stacked cast. Christain Bale also kills it as Batman, however, I still can't decide if I like him over Michael Keaton. It's a close call. For a movie with all this in it, how can it be a disappointment? Well, the first time I saw this film, I had never seen any Batman films, which includes the Dark Knight. I had nothing to compare it too. After watching them back to back, I can finally understand why people enjoyed The Dark Knight over this. Simply having the great characters of the Joker and Harvey Dent pushed that film over this one. Plus, I never felt bored in The Dark Knight, whereas I definitely felt the length of The Dark Knight Rises. Overall, this film is not as good as it's predecessor. It may not be the ending this franchised deserved, but it's the one it needed. Do you like that one Batman fans?