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I thought DKR was a very solid film, I enjoyed it a lot. However, I had a few major issues with it that I did not have with the Dark Knight. One, Bane was a terrifying and powerful villain, but he did not have nearly as much depth, dimension or fleshing out as The Joker. He just felt flat in comparison. I realize its a very tough at to follow, but Bane, while enjoyable, wasn't even close.
Second, Nolan went for a very ambitious plot, but perhaps too ambitious. Having a six month time frame where an entire city of approximately ten million people is under siege left wayyyy too many massive plot holes. I'm not going to elaborate on any of them because anyone with common sense who has seen the movie should be able to point them out.
Third, this is my biggest issue. The last five or so minutes. I thought the perfect ending was Batman blowing up. He made the ultimate sacrifice to save the city he had sacrificed everything else for. Having him turn out to be alive really compromised this and made his "sacrifice" seem cheap and without meaning. The most important attribute of Nolan's Batman movies that separated them from other Batman films and hero films in general was how dark and provocative they were. Forcing in a happy ending at the end completely ruins this. I realize they probably changed the ending due to focus groups because most mindless morons love happy endings, but I thought Nolan was an artist. See Se7en for an example of a movie not compromising so audiences can feel okay when they leave.
That being said it was an excellent movie and you should all go see it. Just keep in mind it will not reach the high water mark left by The Dark Knight, but it definitely surpasses Batman Begins in my opinion.
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SPOILER ALERT
SPOILER ALERT
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Still reading?
I warned you.
I thought DKR was a very solid film, I enjoyed it a lot. However, I had a few major issues with it that I did not have with the Dark Knight. One, Bane was a terrifying and powerful villain, but he did not have nearly as much depth, dimension or fleshing out as The Joker. He just felt flat in comparison. I realize its a very tough at to follow, but Bane, while enjoyable, wasn't even close.
Second, Nolan went for a very ambitious plot, but perhaps too ambitious. Having a six month time frame where an entire city of approximately ten million people is under siege left wayyyy too many massive plot holes. I'm not going to elaborate on any of them because anyone with common sense who has seen the movie should be able to point them out.
Third, this is my biggest issue. The last five or so minutes. I thought the perfect ending was Batman blowing up. He made the ultimate sacrifice to save the city he had sacrificed everything else for. Having him turn out to be alive really compromised this and made his "sacrifice" seem cheap and without meaning. The most important attribute of Nolan's Batman movies that separated them from other Batman films and hero films in general was how dark and provocative they were. Forcing in a happy ending at the end completely ruins this. I realize they probably changed the ending due to focus groups because most mindless morons love happy endings, but I thought Nolan was an artist. See Se7en for an example of a movie not compromising so audiences can feel okay when they leave.
That being said it was an excellent movie and you should all go see it. Just keep in mind it will not reach the high water mark left by The Dark Knight, but it definitely surpasses Batman Begins in my opinion.
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