By now, you know who Bruce Wayne is, Batman, Alfred,
Commissioner Gordon, etc. If you don’t, you may want to do a little background
before you venture in to the movie theater. While you’re at it… watch The Dark
Knight, you may need to refresh yourself. Yeah, watch Batman Begins too… more
reference material. Seriously… don’t watch “Rises” unless you’ve
seen the first two or the movie will make little sense.
I was surprised at how complex the plot was in this film,
and at times the movie drags a bit because keep in mind, Bruce Wayne (Christian
Bale) hasn’t been Batman for 8 years since the Harvey Dent thing in the second
movie. So we spend the first quarter of the movie introducing Bane (Tom Hardy)
as a one of the worse people in the world, though it’s not clear why and
Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) otherwise known as Selina Kyle, a girl with a large
criminal record who robs people. We also meet John Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
who is a streetwise cop who has figured out Wayne is, or rather was, Batman.
Bane comes to Gotham (tie in from first movie), Batman is
needed once more, but has cooler new toys now. Everyone is mixed on
whether this is good or bad because of the Harvey Dent thing (2nd movie)
and we have the flirting with Catwoman and Batman like we are all expecting.
Stop reading now if you think I’ve said too much. I had a
feeling that deep within this movie was some sort of society statement. The
rich should give back to the poor or they will rise up against you, the poor
hate the rich for having so much and not sharing, the police will always
protect you (even if trapped underground for 5 months) and even though you may
not like society…. It could be a lot worse.
All that being said, I thought it was a good movie. Bane is
a little hard to understand at times, talking through the mask and all.
Catwoman looked good and kicked butt. Overall was the movie a little
unbelievable and hard to believe… you bet, but after all… it is a comic book.
Fans cheered at certain points in the movie which I enjoyed thoroughly. Was it
better than Avengers? No. Was it better than Spiderman? A little. Is it worth
seeing? Definitely… but like I said… you need to see the first two.
Official Site: http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Tom Hardy, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman
Dave Murawski
for Movementmagazine.com
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