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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herschel" data-source="post: 5975138" data-attributes="member: 78357">Now that was a great movie. There was just so much going on and the depth was a really nice change after so much fluffier summer fare.  1. The opening scenes were interesting. MNaybe they could have been a bit tighter, but there was so much going on and really helped sink in that Bane was the central "bad guy". Nolan misdirection at work.  2. After it was rumored that Marion Cotillard was cast as Talia even before the plot was known it planted that seed and then when the plot was revealed it made sense that Talia would be involved, so her reveal was not a surprise to me but it still worked well. It was especially telling when she honed right in on the "re-awakened" Bruce while trying not to seem like she was. I thought she played that very well. It also explains their "romance". 3. Alfred's such a good supporting character. The scene when he left was done very well by both actors where Bale looked like he could explode or cry and didn't know which.  4. Morgan Freeman was his usual self, but he had very little screen time. I suppose at 2:44 they felt they were still really pushing it though.  5. Anne Hathaway was very good. She had some nice scenes with Bale that added not only depth but bits of humor too. I would have liked a little more of her backstory but the film was 2:44, so I'll wait for the Director's Cut for that bit. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> 6. The climactic battle was tremendous in that it really felt "human" with the cops charging the thugs and the forces trying to keep the people in the city. Unlike the Transformers, erm, Avengers big battle that one brought it home and made it feel more personal.  7. The ending was also tremendous. It kind of wrapped up the trilogy but was also left WIDE open. Should they want to do another without Bale, they have "John Blake's" Batman, but should Bale return, there's Robin. One tidbit that really sticks in my mind: Neison's line in the first film about how 'The world is too small for Bruce Wayne to disappear.' I also loved the climbing kit and the Pearl Necklace bit from the will. I also liked that he was able to let Alfred, Lucious and Jim know he had survived. 8. The time passages were a bit ..."tough" to follow except the cut to Winter. At times a month or more had passed but it took a bit to realize that had just happened, like Bruce didn't get back to Gotham by hopping the next flight once he escaped, it took him weeks. There I thought maybe the editing was a bit too tight or ..... something.</blockquote>

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