The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 comic book movie, not only being based on the DC Comics' character Batman, but it's also the final chapter to The Dark Knight Trilogy. The movie was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Entertainment, Legendary Pictures, and Syncopy and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The Dark Knight Rises was written by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, and David S. Goyer and directed by Christopher Nolan.
The story is it's been eight years since the events of The Dark Knight, and not only is Batman not around anymore but Bruce Wayne has become a recluse. He later he hears that the League of Shadows has returned and have a new plan to destroy Gotham. Bruce dons the cape and cowl once again, but will he be any match for the man named Bane.
- Negatives
I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.
- Mix
The only thing I wasn't 100% loving about the movie was the action. Sure there was still some great stuff in there. For instance chase scenes, those were awesome. Batman's newest vehicle "The Bat" flying around, that was fun to watch, and Catwoman's fight scenes were also pretty good. Where it gets iffy is with Batman's fights. Other than the instances with Bane, I didn't like some of those other fights. They were very stiff and almost lifeless.
- Positives
Now to move on to more positive aspects, one of those being Christian Bale & Tom Hardy's performances. Tom played a great Bane (I'll get into that character later), and Bale was wonderful as this broken and saddened Batman. This time around he's character [Christian's] was really questioning if he still has it, or if he can even stop this new threat. It made for a great story for his version of Batman. And throughout the movie Christian made everything work. Then we have Tom Hardy. Now when this movie first came out, I never heard of him. So I did have some doubt with him being Bane. But when I finally watched the movie, I became a fan. Tom was just awesome. Not only did he make Bane sound villainous, but physically he looked like someone I really shouldn't mess with.
Now I mentioned Bane so let's get into that his character. What a perfect final villain. This guy not only wanted to break Batman physical, but mentally as well. This was what I wanted with Bane. He had a master plan, he could outsmart his enemies, and everything. This is the Bane people wanted, as supposed to whatever that...thing was in Batman & Robin.
What also made The Dark Knight Rises a really good movie was the tone. This quite possibly the bleakest movie in The Dark Knight Trilogy. Characters are broken or are bearing some sort of weight because of what happened in The Dark Knight. And if that's not enough there's a huge amount of time where it felt like the heroes aren't going to win. But then the film very smoothly transitions into a more hopeful tone. Which I love when a movie, show, or comic can do that. When you believe all hope is lost only for something to come around and say otherwise.
The last thing to praise about The Dark Knight Rises is it truly is a perfect end. Everything that happened with the previous movies was wrapped up, our characters are where we felt like they should be, and I can't really think of a loose end that was hanging around. It's an ending that really showed there's no reason to continue with this franchise, or anything relating to this story. A fourth film would be pointless to have.
The Dark Knight Rises is a satisfying end to the trilogy. It's got great performances, a great villain in Bane, a bleak to hopeful tone, and it's an overall perfect ending. The action can be good, but there are those times when it's just not working.
My final rating is Great.
That's going to do it for me. Come back on Monday, Jan 31st for part one of the first edition of Looking Back at the Films of 2021. For that one I'll be reviewing Run Hide Fight. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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