Well, here's that "Special Edition" post I said I would have for you last time: my review of The Dark Knight Rises. See, I always keep my word. It may be delayed a little bit, but I keep it. Photo Credit: IMDB.com/Warner Bros. Finally we’ve come to an end of another Batman saga of movies. Supposedly. The movie does play in such a way that sets up the possibility of a fourth film. But even if no fourth film comes along, The Dark Knight Rises still does a great job of concluding director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Dark Knight Rises carries on well its consistent realism of the previous two movies. Two elements it does this best with is the plot and characterization. Bruce Wayne has been hiding out since his friend’s, District Attorney Harvey Dent’s, death eight years ago which is the time lapse in setting since the events of the previous film. Feeling guilty about Dent’s death, Wayne has abandoned both his role as socialite and...
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