The Dark Knight Rises

[THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS TO THE MOVIE]

After seeing that film, I was initially speechless. My mind was a mess. My thoughts didn't actually fall on any tangible surface and just fell away like water from one's grasp.

I love movies like these. The action/adventure kind with a nice pinch of fantasy. And to appeal more to my kind, it added a bit of mindfuckery in there.

And now, about two hours later, I am calmed down and can properly think again.

I don't really have any problems with the movie, except for one big thing, that 'almost' shadows all of the good stuff.

The author, Nolan, said he wanted to 'end' the Batman movies. He wanted his Batman movies to have a final kind of note. But, you see, if you're anything like me and you've seen the movie, then you want to call out, "BULLCRAP!"

This movie, while in a whole gave the sort of feel that said, 'Yes, it's the final movie', did not have it's own 'ending'. It felt more like, "oh, wow... So wait, that was it?"

I mean, there were so many unexplained plot-twists, that it didn't FEEL like an ending.

First there's the fact that Batman 'allegedly' died. See, you just CAN'T put that in the last movie and not say that you're gonna make more movies to explain yourself. He either died or he didn't. This 'allegedness' just makes me kind of mad. It raises too many questions for me to be satisfied with that ending.
Did Alfred see an illusion at the end, something he wanted to see? Whatever happened to Bane? Is he still out there terrorizing innocent people? And so on and so back.

Then there's John Blake, whose real name's Robin btw, inheriting the Batcave. While I can see this could be a nice enough ending on it's own, the maybe-death of Batman makes this look worse than it is. It, again, rises questions. What's Blake gonna do? Is he gonna become Robin and protect Gotham? Or is he gonna become the next Batman to continue the legacy of an 'unknown' hero. (I mean, the town already knows that Batman died, but still... Like Bruce said, "Batman could be anyone.")

Then there's the Bat-signal that was fixed (not so sure if it was ever broken... Correct me if I'm wrong). While not anything bad in and of itself, it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Is Bruce coming back? Or is Blake gonna be the Batman? If so, the fixing of that signal looked like it was made quite soon after or even before Blake inherited the Batcave, so it didn't look like Blake fixed it. And why would Bruce fix it if he indeed was alive? Wasn't he gonna spend the rest of his life away from Gotham and with Selina?

In conclusion of the bitching and moaning; it just didn't feel like a 'the end' should feel.
Granted, I haven't seen the first two Batman movies in their entirety, so maybe this IS how they end their movies. But then again, I bet I ain't the only person out there who hadn't seen any Batman movies. And this is just a jab to this one movie. Not the prequels. We're not talking about the other movies, only this.


Now let's talk about the awesome things, because there were a LOT more of those.

I truly loved the little touch of Bane breaking Batman's back. While I couldn't actually stomach the scene itself and turned away, I still liked it a lot. It reminded me of the Arkham Asylum game, where when you lost to Bane he'd break your back. It was fucking awesome!

I actually liked Bane a lot as well. I thought I was gonna be angry at him and think of ways to murder him, but surprisingly, he grew fast on me. I didn't know whether it was his really calming voice, or that the actor could draw out the character's quirks that appealed to me, but I have a similar liking to him like Crocodile from One Piece (although a bit more tamed, since I physically CANNOT pair Bane up with anyone!)

I have mixed emotions on Catwoman. On one side, wow she's awesome and kicks mens' asses. On the other side, ...bluh bluh, huge bitch bluh.

I didn't like the actor's face who played as Bruce Wayne. It didn't feel like a Batman-esque face. But everything else was fine. His body was VERY fine.

And OH MY GOD, MORGAN FREEMAN was truly epic.

The prison where Batman stayed at for a while was really awesome. I can't even begin to explain my emotions when I saw the prison in it's entirety(?). I got goosebumps thinking how fitting the 'hole' was. And when that little kid climbed up it. And when Bruce did it too. Fuck, I was mesmerized.

And I fucking teared up and felt like bawling when I saw Batman sacrificing himself. I was seconds away from howling in the goddamn theater. There was like a whole big lump in my throat that didn't even let me breathe. Fuck me for loving self-sacrificing characters.

And the movie can really REALLY build up tension. The last time anything I've seen that built tension up this good was probably Sherlock BBC or One Piece's Arabasta and Water 7 arcs. Fuck, where do these geniuses come from?! [answer: their mother's womb.]


All in all, it was a great movie. I recommend it to anyone and everyone. And while the ending kinda sucked, you wont start bitching about it until after a few hours. That's how good the movie is. It wont let you think anything bad of it at least the first few hours afterwards.

Thank you and good night! *drops dead*