First of all, I loved the movie. I thought it had SO many moments, so much story telling, and some really great character development. I am almost disappointed that a certain character's storyline won't be delved into any more, now that Christopher Nolan has said he won't be doing any more Batman films. Perhaps that's tricky wordplay on his part, perhaps I'm reading into too much.
Perhaps... I'm getting ahead of myself.
Back to the beginning:
The Man of Steel trailer is AMAZING, and I cannot wait to see Christopher Nolan and company's next visual endeavor. Zack Snyder, just takes notes from the pro on how to tell a story. You might just go places if you do. 300 and Watchmen did the story telling for you. You've already shown us you're not a very good storyteller with "Suckerpunch".
All three movies in Christopher Nolan's trilogy had pivotal themes in each movie. For Batman Begins, it was "To Fall", and in The Dark Knight Rises it was "Good and Evil" or more specifically "the definition of what it means to be good, and what it means to become evil, or to do bad things, and yet still become seen as 'a hero". The movie talks about oxymorons. It's why The Joker was metaphysically the perfect villain. To him, all of this "right and wrong, left and right, heads or tails" made him laugh. The idea of it, especially with Batman thrown into the picture, no wonder he'd think it was all a joke.
Technically, a series of Batman movies should end at "2", with Batman Returns being a perfect example, and The Dark Knight should technically have followed suit. But Chris made a great fucking movie that caused a generation to rethink their very existence thanks to Christopher Nolan's take on the age old struggle of Good and Evil through the story of The Joker and Batman, and throwing Two-Face in there for good measure.
It was a great movie; TOO great. The people demanded another. We ALL did. Those who said "it's perfect just the way it is" weren't living life to its fullest! We needed ONE MORE thrilling adventure!
And so here we are at The Dark Knight Rises.
The theme here of course happens to be "To Rise".
What does it mean in this world, to be born into absolute hell, and yet STILL find hope for freedom?
Or on the other side of things, to be born into wealth, and think that you understand the lives of those who struggle without privilege.
To rise from being broken, and live on to fight another day, until you've won.
Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle oh my god I was so excited. Holy shit you had to hold me down from not bouncing off the walls every time she did ANYTHING. She COMPLETELY understood what Nolan had in mind for Selina and she just... Fucking... OH MY GOD! She FUCKING NAILED IT!
My nerdy queen friend (now... imagine the nerdiest person you know, and don't change a thing about them physically.... Now imagine they happen to also be gay. Yeah, my nerdy queen friend) said he loved her, but had a problem "with her outfit".
My mind almost exploded when he said that. I LoLed fo' days.
Bane was really interesting. I think the mask made it very difficult for him to come off as human, but I don't think we were ever supposed to think of him as being human. He was a Monster, truly, but had this terrifying eloquence to him that made him that much more intimidating.
Oh Michael Caine... You are an ugly crier lol. But you understood Alfred god dammit. You understood him.
The ending has a nod to a certain boy wonder that I think was far too on the nose. The woman that mentioned the name should have said "Mr. Richard Grayson" it just, would have felt more "human". The way Christopher Nolan has it, it was very fan-boy-esque.
All in all, PLEASE go see this movie. Be prepared for 3 wonderful acts, each one has a SPLENDID hour of so many many entertaining, character-driven moments. You won't be disappointed.
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