The Dark Knight Rises

  It's 8 years on from the dramatic fall of Gotham's dark all seeing vigilante.  The streets have been cleaned and Gotham is at peace, but to coin a phrase 'there is a storm brewing' and soon it will whirlwind its way through Gotham.  I am and always will be a fan of the Batman! However even as a fan I wasn't prepared for this epic masterpiece (strong praise indeed).  This is as well constructed a film as you will see from a comic franchise.  It has all the pieces of the puzzle and knows where to place them.  

  Directed by Christopher Nolan flawlessly, casting by both John Papsidera (previous bats and Inception) and Toby Whale (History boys, East Is East and Largo Winch) is outstanding.  It is also written by Jonathan and Christopher Nolan.  Then we come to the stars on screen and we have to start with Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne and Batman obviously.  He truly stamps his self as the dark knight in this final instalment.  Next is Tom Hardy who is epic as Bane Gotham's brutal adversary.  Now we come to Anne Hathaway as Selina aka Cat women (who I will always associate as Michelle Pfeiffer in her previous escapades back in 1992's Batman Returns).  The problem that arises here though, is that I believe Anne does more justice to the character showing off Selina's multilevel personality and rocking an awesome costume by the way (love the goggles to cat ears touch).  So unfortunately for Pfeiffer, she is going to have to step aside and dust off the mantle piece for the new and improved 2012 feline.  Worth mentioning are Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Blake, Marrion Cotillard as Miranda, also old favourites Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon and of course Morgan Freeman as Fox.

  At points in this film I was quite literally blown away, the cinematography (Wally Pfister) throughout is mesmerising.  The original music (Hans Zimmer) is powerful, thought provoking and immersing.  You truly need to experience this film on the big screen to understand its true awe.  

  In closing this production is as near to perfection as you could ever hope.  DC Comics can be proud of this trilogy and I believe it wont be the end of there productions... Only the beginning!

9 out of 10

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