The Dark Knight Rises was
arguably the most anticipated movie of this year. 2008's The
Dark Knight is widely considered
the greatest comic book movie ever made, and Christopher Nolan is, in
my opinion, the best director making movies right now. Obviously the
expectations for the final film in Nolan's Batman trilogy are very
high, and it largely delivers. I do have to say that Rises
isn't quite as good as it's predecessor, which is largely a factor of
the difference in villains and Heath Ledger's unforgettable
performance as the Joker. All things considered, The Dark
Knight Rises is a fitting end to
the what is arguably the best series of movies of the past decade.
I'm
going to warn you now, there are going to be spoilers ahead. If you
haven't seen the film yet, everything you need to know about my
opinion of the movie has been described in the above paragraph. Only
continue reading if you have already seen the movie or don't care
about having it spoiled for you.
Spoiler-filled summary and analysis after the jump.
