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Saw it. Enjoyed it. It has warts, but I'd still hit it.
Tried to shoehorn in too much at the expense of THE central story in Bane/Bats and their conflicting ideologies. The Talia'ing wasn't necessary, and sadly deflected from the more interesting characters that could have been further developed (Bats and Blake, Bats and Cat, the people and their views on their would-be saviors, the true push of Bane as an answer to the decadence of Gotham as opposed to the suicide bomber he became).
But these third parts usually offer much to be desired anyway, and compounding the fact that they lost their key player in the run-up to this final chapter definitely is felt throughout and I couldn't help but wonder "what if" throughout the runtime.
To have not even a single mention of the catalyst of much of what transpired in those unseen eight years is more insulting to the man's memory than to have a complete moratorium on the mention of his name, or a glimpse at his face.
I feel the more I continue to wax on about it, the more I feel Nolan truly pussed out on a spectacular finale in the death of Batman as a hero. Yeah, there's that autopilot long-con gag at the end, but it rang hollow after that fucking graveside breakdown courtesy of My Cocaine.
I still liked a lot of it, but it just felt too bloated in the wrong areas. And yes, even at a runtime of nearly three hours, it needed more to justify some of the events and tweeests throughout. As is, it is the weakest of the three, and sadly, had no choice but to be condemned as inferior from the close of the curtain on The Dark Knight.
But hey, at least Ed's boytoy might get a franchise out of it.
Tried to shoehorn in too much at the expense of THE central story in Bane/Bats and their conflicting ideologies. The Talia'ing wasn't necessary, and sadly deflected from the more interesting characters that could have been further developed (Bats and Blake, Bats and Cat, the people and their views on their would-be saviors, the true push of Bane as an answer to the decadence of Gotham as opposed to the suicide bomber he became).
But these third parts usually offer much to be desired anyway, and compounding the fact that they lost their key player in the run-up to this final chapter definitely is felt throughout and I couldn't help but wonder "what if" throughout the runtime.
To have not even a single mention of the catalyst of much of what transpired in those unseen eight years is more insulting to the man's memory than to have a complete moratorium on the mention of his name, or a glimpse at his face.
I feel the more I continue to wax on about it, the more I feel Nolan truly pussed out on a spectacular finale in the death of Batman as a hero. Yeah, there's that autopilot long-con gag at the end, but it rang hollow after that fucking graveside breakdown courtesy of My Cocaine.
I still liked a lot of it, but it just felt too bloated in the wrong areas. And yes, even at a runtime of nearly three hours, it needed more to justify some of the events and tweeests throughout. As is, it is the weakest of the three, and sadly, had no choice but to be condemned as inferior from the close of the curtain on The Dark Knight.
But hey, at least Ed's boytoy might get a franchise out of it.
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