My favourite of the trilogy. It was a great climax, with some serious twists & turns.
Tom Hardy as Bane is an outstanding villain. Both him & the Joker were so theatrical. I know the Joker wasn’t in this but I mean Nolan must have a bit of a flair for it.
Obviously brilliant visually, sonically & story-wise but in sequence it’s let down by Rachel (Katie Holmes) being replaced by Maggie Gyllenhall. Then some of the dialogue / speeches from Bruce are so superficial or boring but maybe that’s intentional?
I tried to watch it without the Heath Ledger bias but he really is a shining light every time he’s on screen.
And Alfred, we all loves Alfred we do.
Well worth the re-watch!
I watched this in the context of a men’s retreat and they explained a man’s journey of initiation and this film captures it perfectly so it was immensely enjoyable in that context.
I also realised that Ridley Scott loves to do these epic historical battles. He’s got the masculine heart pumping inside his rib cage for sure.
It got me thinking about Christianity at the time of the crusades (though I doubt it’s very accurate) but enjoyable to think about nonetheless.
