the dark knight rises
I really did need to make a separate post for this to properly illustrate my return and appropriate nerdgasm over this movie and appropriate work of godliness by Christopher Nolan. However, for the sake of those who may not care or who haven't seen the movie, I'll stick it behind a cut.
I think the God_Damn_Batman said it best on Twitter: "The Dark Knight Rises isn't the Batman ending we deserved. But the one we needed. Thank you, Mr. Nolan." This movie really was the perfect endcap to a trilogy that recreated the conventional image most people had of Batman until that point.
I was curious how Christopher Nolan would proceed with the film after the passing of Heath Ledger, if he would even proceed at all. Despite the mass amount of secrecy surrounding TDKR, I'm really glad Nolan carried on with the trilogy, even though this is the last piece of the elaborate Batman story he wove.
I was a little disappointed with the beginning until I realized it's importance in the context of the entire movie. You see at the beginning of the film a Gotham that believes Batman is a villain and has risen from the ashes of that "villainy". It is a Gotham that has Batman, but doesn't need him. And the interesting part was seeing how many people believed that nothing was wrong, when in reality the city was rotting from the inside out--it was just better hidden.
I loved Bane, actually. Even though he was hard to understand, I love that he was really just the protection for a much larger scheme. He manipulated everyone so perfectly, and Nolan left you guessing at the end (as he does with most films) about what exactly happened with Bane. Or maybe he made it quite clear, I've only seen the movie once and I need to go see it again.
I really liked how he pitted the city against itself, though. He was able to pit the city against itself in the way the Joker couldn't, turning the lower classes against the rich elite and turning the city on itself in the wake of a dangerous situation that couldn't be stopped in the end.
Let it be noted at this point, that I loved the use of Dr. Crane as the judge in all the "courtroom scenes". Brilliant.
What I loved the most is how Nolan turned the city on itself from beginning to end. At the beginning the city was one who had Batman but didn't want him or need his help, in the middle it was a city desperate for a savior but Batman was removed, and at the end the city got the hero it really deserved.
This ramble is probably making no sense but I'm just going to keep going because feelings.
Like John Blake. Holy cow, I loved his character. It was sort of like he was the audience in the film, asking the questions that we would ask in certain situations and doing the things that we would sit and wonder why other characters hadn't. Or Miranda Tate and her sneaky villainy. Or Selina Kyle because holy crap she was awesome. I loved how ruthless she was, but at the same time she had these bizarre dapples of concern for people. And Alfred. And Lucius. Just this whole stinking cast.
And don't even get me started on the stinking soundtrack because Hans Zimmer can do no wrong ever, really.
To sum up the epitome of my experience, I spent the better part of the film on the edge of my seat, gaping like a fish at the screen and wanting to shout "OH MY GOD" every thirty seconds. And I need to see it about ten more times before I will be adequately satisfied.
END RAMBLE.