The most
anticipated movie of this decade doesn’t leave you disappointed and doesn’t leave
you wanting for more. It’s a top effort
from Nolan and company creating a very fine cinematic piece and an end that the
series needed.
As movie starts
we can feel the tension in the air, yes we have waited for this for so long and
it started where it ended. The city has Gotham has moved on in 8 years, making
Harvey Dent a hero and Batman as a villain. Bruce Wayne is in tatters, he has
become old and weak barely standing on his feet, hasn’t been to public
gatherings, official meetings in years. Rachael has left a big hole in his
life. As he says there is nothing out there for him.
We have
some notable new characters in the movie. The first one is Bane, well Tom Hardy
has a great screen presence but the mask has definitely stolen his on screen
charisma, and the voice modulation is also very shrill, sometimes to blank. Ahh..
yes we have a worthy enemy for Batman. “Too big for you”.
A young cop
played by Levitt plays an important part as Gordon is given rest for most of
the movie, but the show stealer is definitely Hathaway. She is smart as Mr.
Wayne admits, she is fast and she is greedy. She becomes a perfect bright spot
in a movie which sets in a dull city. Perfectly opposite to Batman.
The
regulars have done their jobs perfectly. Freeman as Fox is witty as ever, Caine
almost makes you cry for his beloved Master, and Oldman has a lot to do in the
end as the cops are trapped in the sewers.
The action
scenes are superb. Batman has been missing a lot from the movie so his entry is
superb and enjoyable. The launch of “The Bat” that comes in Black is legendary.
The tone is set for a perfect finale battle as Bane overpowers Gotham and
Batman. Capture him to the darkest
prison of all somewhere in Jodhpur, India leaving him to see his city rot with
terror. And we wait for him to come back its all drama in that hour of movie
with Bane creating havoc, Gordon and Blake trying to gather their limited resources
and city living on edge of a nuclear explosion that is inevitable.
And yes
batman rises for one last time for one of the best climax of modern cinema, the
one on one with Bane was always coming, but Nolan always have some cards
unopened till the end. I will write no more, don’t look for spoiler reviews,
just go and watch the movie. But as I mentioned it will leave user not wanting
for more as it shuts down any possibility of batman returning to save Gotham,
but Robin that’s another story.
