[Movie] The Dark Knight Rises

I have to admit that i've never been much of a Batman fan, but i decided to watch this film because Christopher Nolan is my favorite director ever since the movie "Memento", and seeing as his brother has helped him write the screenplay for the last installment in this Dark Knight trilogy (like he did with Memento as well), and hearing comments like "this movie will change your life", it made not watching this almost impossible… and while i am not disappointed with the film, i definitely did not see what all the hype was about.
Plot-wise, "The Dark Knight Rises" falls in line with the two other movies in this trilogy: very dark and sinister situations which lead to a darker conclusion, even though that, given this was the final film in the series, the ending was a bit more upbeat and hopeful than what its predecessors got. We see a reluctant and beaten down Bruce Wayne coping with the idea of donning the bat cowl again after deciding on voluntary retirement years ago, and also get an insinuation that this movie could be a prequel for a new Batman series, or maybe even a Nightwing spin-off, something that time will have to tell if it's just wild assumptions of concrete reality.



The whole bit about taking down rich and powerful people from their homes and stripping them of their fortunes and, basically, sentencing them to death, fell too connected to the whole "Occupy" movement, in spite of director Nolan saying that it was never his intention, stating that none of his movies are intended to be political. While i am inclined to believe him in that statement, it's very hard not to see some type of social criticism in this aspect of the movie, as thinking "rich people don't deserve their fortunes" is a pretty common idea worldwide, and even having Bryce Wayne become completely broke in this movie has too much of a tint of political commentary, but of course, that's just my humble opinion. I felt a little annoyed by the incidental background music at times, but i think this is one of Nolan´s trademarks by now, as i felt the same way when i watched "Inception".. it's like there were times where we didn't really need the suspense music in the background at all.. but there it was anyway.



Not a major setback, but somewhat of a pet peeve of mine, nothing much to it. All in all, this was a decent end of the Dark Knight trilogy, but which may have been too hyped for its own good. Now, let's see what Christopher Nolan is going to come up with next, i will definitely be looking forward to it.

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