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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

Action | Crime | Drama

Most recently watched by VicnaLobster, sleestakk, sensoria, GMOM65, lordofthemovies, ashe5k, jeneot33, SIxBORG, Angjonesy, lolareels

Overview

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent’s crimes to protect the late attorney’s reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham’s finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Rated PG-13 | Length 165 minutes

Actors

Christian Bale | Gary Oldman | Tom Hardy | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Anne Hathaway | Marion Cotillard | Morgan Freeman | Michael Caine | Matthew Modine | Alon Aboutboul | Ben Mendelsohn | Burn Gorman | Daniel Sunjata | Aidan Gillen | Sam Kennard | Aljaž Tepina | Nestor Carbonell | Brett Cullen | Nick Julian | Miranda Nolan | Claire Julien | Reggie Lee | Joseph Lyle Taylor | Chris Ellis | Tyler Dean Flores | Juno Temple | Duane Henry | James Harvey Ward | Gonzalo Menendez | Cameron Jack | Lex Daniel | Thomas Lennon | Trevor White | Rob Brown | Fredric Lehne | Courtney Munch | Chris Hill | Travis Guba | Jay Benedict | Will Estes | David Dayan Fisher | P.J. Griffith | Glen Powell | Ben Cornish | Russ Fega | Andres Perez-Molina | Brent Briscoe | John Nolan | Oliver Cotton | Mark Killeen | Sarah Goldberg | John MacMillan | Robert Wisdom | Ronnie Gene Blevins | John Hollingworth | Ian Bohen | Uri Gavriel | Noel Gugliemi | Max Schuler | Daina Griffith | Hector Atreyu Ruiz | Patrick Cox | Aramis Knight | Josh Stewart | William Devane | Harry Coles | Joey King | Liam Neeson | Julie Mun | Cillian Murphy | David Gyasi | Patrick Jordan | Tom Conti | Joshua Elijah Reese | Desmond Harrington | Mychael Bates | Rory Nolan | Tomas Arana | Peter Holden | David Monahan | Jillian Armenante | Aja Evans | Aldous Davidson | Michael James Faradie | Wade Williams | Antwan Lewis | Jake Canuso | Josh Pence | India Wadsworth | Kevin Kiely Jnr | Daniel Newman | Massi Furlan | Warren Brown | Luke Rutherford | Phillip Browne | Christopher Judge | Aldo Bigante | Charles Jackson Coyne | Patrick Leahy | Todd Gearhart | Gus Lewis | Isiah Adams | Charlie Alejandro | Robert Arensen | Grant Babbitt | Fileena Bahris | Rick Bolander | Kyle Patrick Brennan | Scott Churchson | Bill Cowher | Graham Curry | Stephanie Domini Ehlert | John Farrer | Frank Fata | Christopher Bryan Gomez | Vito Grassi | Michael Wren Gucciardo | Ed Heavey | John W. Iwanonkiw | Cindy Jackson | Daniel Jordano | Tiffany Kemp | Sun Jae Kim | Hrvoje Klecz | Alex Kruz | Tyler La Marr | LeJon | Paul Jude Letersky | Joe Lipari | Silvia Lombardo | Jorge Mardel | Cale McConnell | David Dale McCue | Michael Papajohn | Salomon Passariello | Allen Merritt | Olan Montgomery | Alex Moore | Shane Nolan | Kyle David Pierce | Troy Polamalu | Michael Power | James Rawlings | Kirsten Roeters | Ben Roethlisberger | Mark Roman | Eric Salazar | Emily Schooley | Thomas Tull | Chris Vaina | Barbara Vincent | Jason Yee | John Zion | Alex Ziwak | Tommy Bayiokos | Jeff Moffitt | Diogo Hausen | Gary Sievers | Orion McCabe | London May | James Quinn | Joe Fishel | Ming Wang | Simon Rhee | Hines Ward | Heath Miller | Collin Taylor | Jackson Nunn | Leonard Zimmerman

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I saw it in IMAX, which is definitely the way to go. While I certainly enjoyed it, I thought it paled in comparison to “The Dark Knight”, and it actually became tedious at times, which I’ve never said of a Nolan film, him being one of my favorite filmmakers. The action scenes were fun and unique, though and the story was interesting enough.

Overall, I thought there was too much Bruce Wayne and Bane and not enough Batman. That being said, Bale once again did a masterful job as Wayne. Bane’s voice definitely caught me off guard at first, but I grew to appreciate it. It was a little hard to understand him, though. I also liked how ruthless he was. However, there was too much of him in the movie and I ultimately found him to be a rather boring character. He always looked exactly the same and struggled to show any emotion behind that godforsaken mask, yet it felt like he was in almost every scene. I liked The Joker and even The Scarecrow much better.

Hathaway, however, was a huge surprise. She was a fantastic Catwoman.

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