Just put the pipe down and walk away drugs lead to nothing but ruin

Suddenly, No Man's Land seems more timely for the Batman Clix event.

Though I can not understand the John Blake figure in terms of the movie...

-J

I liked the movie overall. The only thing I didn't like was how it jumped around at times though. I understand that it was a long movie but I think the editing at times was a little rough. There were a few times, especially after Gotham falls where they would be one place and then in another and then another with not a great explanation of where they were, how they got there or why they were there.

Honestly thought amazing Spiderman was a better movie. Felt they took Dark Knight Returns, Knightfall, and no man's land and tried to tell it all at once. Was too much story that they just couldn't tell at once. Should have been told in two movies ending the first with Bane breaking Batman's back. Also to me they messed up the ending,

I just saw a FB friend saying, "Bring a PILLOW in the first 155 minutes of the movie"

And I just PRE-ordered tickets...

I am supposed to believe that Lucius or Batman wouldn't have fail safes on their own weapons like that?

I'm getting tired of saying this:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is not an action hero.

Anyone notice the word "HEIST" misspelled as "HIEST" on a newspaper in big block letters on the bat computer when Bruce is researching Selina early on on the movie?

No amount of Christopher Nolan forcing it on me will ever convince me that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an action star.

I was shocked as I started to see people talking about this movie online. I, and the group that I saw it with, all pretty much agreed that this movie was terrible and 100% disappointing. My short list of complaints was as follows (mind you that I could write a lot about the topic):

1. Bane's voice was WAY over the top and, consequently, cartoony. I was laughing instead of being scared.
2. The two best actors in the film: Michael Caine and Gary Oldman, did nothing for half the movie.
3. The 'genius' plan of the main villian was disjointed and made no sense.
4. The world is three dimensional, so destroying all of the bridges onto an island does not make it an inpenetrable fortress.
5. John Blake's twist was predictable, forced, and was more of a middle finger to the audience than a nod.
6. The characterization of Bane was poor, done too late in the film, and was ultimately negated.
7. The 8 year gap from the last movie put a cast of characters on the screen that we knew nothing about, and consequently had no emotional connection to.
8. The idea that the entire police department was incapacitated in the way that they were is completely senseless and lazy.
9. There was literally no reason for Bruce and Miranda's relationship other than the fact that they were both physically attractive.
10. I don't understand why Nolan went with the whole 99%/occupy Gotham thing. It was stupid and lazy and it will make the movie extremely dated in 5 years.

So, if you haven't seen the movie yet, do not click my spoiler box!

Was I the only one who was severely disappointed in the last 30 minutes of this movie?

I feel like they just beat the Source material to death with a lead pipe.

My bet is the director's cut will be a 4 hour epic that ties everything together much better, allowing for a better story.

Loved it. It wasn't the classic that "The Dark Knight" was, but that was lightning in a bottle.

The fights between Batman and Bane were spectacularly brutal, Anne Hathaway (who I never thought was entertaining or attractive before) was outstanding.

It was the most fun I've ever had watching a movie.

Plus, it was original. There are lots of "final" Batman stories...but none that went in this direction.

To the person that said Alfred's actions were out of character:

He did exactly the same thing in Knightquest, so you are mistaken.

"Not Bane-y enough?" You DID see what he did to Batman, right?

No friend, I completely agree with you. The whole sense of time in the climax leading up to it was sloppy and took me out of the experience of the movie. And the 'countdown' thing was so cliched I felt like it belonged in a summer 'B' action movie.