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Dark Knight Movie Review Catwoman
(Anne Hathaway) in The Dark Knight
Rises This latest iteration of the Dark
Knight saga takes place eight years (in
movie time), after Batman battles both
the Joker and Two-Face.
At the end of The Dark
Knight, Batman takes the blame
for the death of Harvey Dent/Two-Face,
so that the public does not know the
villain that Dent, the District
Attorney for Gotham City became. Batman
went into seclusion, as did his secret
alter ego, billionaire Bruce
Wayne. The movie assumes the
audience is familar with the major
recurring characters from the first two
movies and goes on to show that Gotham
City is a more peaceful place since the
death of Harvey Dent and the passage of
legislation in his name (since he died
a hero in the public's eye), with a
thousand criminals denied parole over
the past eight years, inlcuding some
from the first Batman movie. (The details provided here are
intended to give away no more than what
can be learned from the Dark Knight
Rises movie trailers and tv
commercials). Gotham is fairly peaceful until a
new villain named Bane shows up with
his army of henchmen. He is basically a
terrorist with an agenda of
destruction, and he visits a terrible
retribution on Gotham. Batman faces him
and is, and has, shall we say, a
difficult time defeating him in their
first encounter. Tom Hardy as Bane is
malevelent, evil, and oddly enough,
almost Shakespearan and biblical in his
multiple speeches and pronouncements.
Bane's agenda is basically "Occupy
Gotham," literally, and in a much more
violent fashion than the political
movemnt of 2011 and 2012. Anne
Hathaway is Selina
Kyle, alias the Catwoman, a
jewely thief with a dislike of the rich
and powerful, but who seems to have a
soft spot for the Batman. Just as in
the comics and in the earlier Batman tv
shows and movies, the Catwoman is not
as evil as her sometimes cohorts in
crime. Anne Hathaway portrays the
Catwoman with grace, and a nicely
gymanstic fighting style. And, it must
be said, in her Catwoman costume, Anne
Hathaway is perhaps the sexiest and
most sultry version of Catwoman yet to
hit the silver screen. The inclusion of Joseph
Gordon-Levitt, who plays Gotham police
officer John Blake, is interesting. He
has a very large role in the movie, but
the true nature of what he is capable
of is not seen until the end. And, speaking of the end, I will not
provide spoilers here, (a review with
spoilers will be posted later), but I
can say that the ending of Dark Knight
Rises will take your breath away. The
finale of this film is will be seen as
a classic end ot a thrilling trilogy
and an emotional roller-coaster. The
ending of The Dark Knght Rises brought
a wave of applause and cheers from the
audience at the midnight showing I
attended. All I can say is WOW!! This
film rates five full stars! Quasi-Spoiler
Below: One thing to look out for when you
see The Dark Knight
Rises, are the several
instances of foreshadowing in the film.
Some things are only clear after you
see what happens, and some things leave
you thinking, "Oh, that is what was
meant when So-And-So said that to
You-Know-Who. To catch most of the flashback
scenes, be sure you are familiar with
the details of Batman
Begins and The Dark
Knight. And, I must say, one of
the films lighter moments brougth forth
spontaneous applause from the midnight
audience was a surprise appearance from
a character from a past Batman film.
That is all I will say on that in
this review. Look for the full,
spoilers-included review soon. In early July, a 13-minute sneak
peak video of promotional scenes from
the movie as well as some
behind-the-scenes interviews, hit the
internet, fueling more interest and
speculation as to what exactly happens
to Batman in this film. See The Dark
Knight Rises sneak peek video here: Movie
Review Summary: The
Dark Knight Rises is possibly the best
superhero movie ever made! It is THAT
good! Rating: 5.0
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