evil bill
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Of all the films i was looking forward too,this was the one i feared would not be able to match it's awesome part two,TDK,but it did but only just,and having just watched it again last night well i'm still impressed.Bad ponit's i did'nt get to see this on an IMAX screen,and Bane is just no match for the Joker,also on the first showing on Friday afternoon,the picture was blurred a few times,but Tuesday was perfect even though i knew how it ended.
Batman Begins (2005)was wonderful and was what most Batman fans(like myself and many others) wanted so much,a dark avenger,out to rid the world of the bad guys,but ones you could belive in.We also hoped for a second helping,and along came the awesome The Dark Knight (2008) that blew the socks off from start to finish.The Joker of courrse stole the show,in this truly dark and at times disturbing film,that was more thriller/chiller than comic film.This was due to Christopher Nolan and his co writers insisting on a very serious real to life Batman mythology,based in part in what events are shaping the world round us in this and the last decade.Well here he ramps up all those fears in what is a stunning blow your socks off,ambitious,satisfying wrap-up? to the Batman Mythology.This further ensures that Nolan's legendary achievement of turning out an awesome trilogy that will rank up there with Lord Of The Rings as one of the greatest trilogy's ever.
Christian Bale once again gives us a deeply disturbed hero,who has had his heart and soul tore apart,first with the murder of his parents,and then his love of his life,and yet we know we all need him to heal to save us.We see a weakened and dare i say it a sad wreak of a hero who might just fail,and lose all he has left,and this is perfectly played by Bale,as we not only see the Batman fall into an abyss of loss and hate,but Wayne's own empire has been taken from him.Micheal Cane as Alfred tries to get Bruce to leave to make a life of his own,to have a family instead of taking on all the wrongs of the world.This set up gives us the best performance we have seen from these too in any of the previous two films,and gives this film it's heart.Yet for a Batman film we don't get to much of the bat,instead we get a powerful drama of loss,greed,corruption,where the people at the top have forgotten those below them,where terror rules the streets.Where many bury there heads in the sand hopping for better days,or hope that somebody somewhere will stand up for the ordinary folk who just want a decent life.Yeah this film is full on in the whats gone wrong with the world around us,and the actors all come up to the mark to help carry this heavy dark story.
Anne Hathaway on the other hand provides The Dark Knight Rises with most of its lighter moments,and looks hot/sexy as she slices through bad guys with some real high kicking.I like the way she carry's off her role as a professional cat burglar who has had enough of the city and wants out,yet below her bravura she knows what is right and wrong and when to step back.And for me i was glad she didn't descend into a more comic role as others have done,again this is due to a script that wants to be based in the real world,though still it is only a movie??.Then there's Tom Hardy as Bane the main villain,and he had a mountain to climb,he and Nolan knew they could not hope to match Ledger's Joker,and they don't try.Here we have a quite menacing,brooding killer,but he's no psycho he has a plan,and he will use brute force and lies to get what he wants,and he has his reasons as we find out later.The Joker on the other hand was chilling,a psycho who would kill for no reason,who just loved to see the world burn,and came close to doing just that.Hardy in his acting ability shows even with his voice muted and half a mask on,he is a powerhouse in the way he carries himself and the look of true believable menace in his eyes.
Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman once again do what they do best,superb acting,another great performance from both on the screen.And there's so many more great actors it's unfair to just pick a few,But i must mention Joseph Gordon Levitt, who is consistently proving himself to be a decent actor,but here he takes this with both hands and delivers his best role to date.Here in this film in his role as officer Blake,i felt like there could've been more,but that's the same with Marion Cotillard.In her role of Miranda Tate she underplays it admirably,but for good reason as all will come clear though after watching this film.And there's so many more,with a rich and diverse collection of great co-stars with great acting,and a great full blooded script so full of dialog,and yet very few one liners.
Nolan has equaled The Dark Knight,and that is as much as you could expected,yet there are times i felt this could of been so much more.For this is a highly emotionally charged film,that has so many threads and levels,that it looks like it just might burst.From it's opening shot,you know Nolan is out to out do his master class in comic book hero films,with a truly breath taking opening.The tension and terror never take a back seat,even at nearly 3 hours long,as he perfectly blends real action and CGI with out a line in sight.In fact i wonder if he like in Dark Knight just blew the fuck out of real buildings,but on this scale we reach epic war levels.The action when it comes is just awesome,and it's due to Christopher Nolan's vision that it never overtakes the deep story line,yet he crafts a real piece of art with thousands of extras,like when blowing up a football field,or the battle between the cops and Bane's army.It also Has an amazing soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer,who almost tops his last Dark Knight score,with an even darker sound,it realy feels as if this is a battle cry of a score.In fact it's time Nolan and Han's got the Oscar for best director,best score,but this film may be to close to the truth about the faceless ones who run this world,and care little for those at the bottom.Long Live The Dark Knight Rises for we need a film like to release those pent up emotions we thought that they had drown with there lies.
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Actually, no it doesn't, she'd win.
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