I could have mentioned this in previous reviews, but I’m not particularly a “superhero” type of girl. I usually find the idea of ​​a person wearing spandex and a cape but somehow still strong enough to beat someone up a little … weird. So when I agreed to take my son to the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, I felt like I was a top contender for “Mother of the Year” by No. 1) staying up after 9:30 p.m. M. And the n. 2) sat a two-and-a-half hour movie about a man with an extreme case of fashion misstep.

THE GOOD: Several years after the untimely death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Gotham has had some success cleaning up its streets, but it is those in charge who have become corrupt, and the citizens are increasingly more restless. There are only rich and poor, so clearly what we need is a revolution. As if it’s a sign, a new villain emerges, by the name of Bane, so named I guess, because that’s exactly what it ends up being for society. His charming suggestion is to end class inequality through tyranny and destruction. Things start to spiral out of control when normal law-abiding citizens start taking what they believe is their rightful, and chaos abounds. The entire city of Gotham seems to be on the brink of self-annihilation, so where is Batman when you need him? Well, he’s lying in a giant prison pit with a broken back, watching everything that happens before his eyes on the evening news – it’s the final piece of Bane’s plan, letting Bruce Wayne suffer, both physically and mentally. , while Bane and his minions systematically destroy everything.

Christian Bale’s sometimes stony performance in previous films is exceptional in this final chapter, and he’s joined by Joseph Gordon Levitt, who plays rookie cop, John Blake, with a childlike connection to Batman. they’ll know exactly where this is going). , along with the talented Anne Hathaway who plays cat thief Salina Kyle. While she’s never SPECIFICALLY known as “Catwoman” except in a newspaper headline allusion, she does the character —– and costume —- so much justice that you may never imagine anyone. more playing the role. On a side note, I got home and immediately Googled what diet and exercise plan he followed to fit into that costume. I’m not ashamed to admit that I now have a picture of Catwoman on my diet motivation board on Pinterest.

THE BAD: It’s tempting to compare Bane’s character to Heath Ledger’s late “Joker,” and if he does, prepare to be disappointed. There is certainly no depth or charisma, but clearly Bane (Tom Hardy) is a force to be reckoned with, and he reminded me of my hot Russian yoga instructor when he was in a bad mood. The man is obviously mad about something, and we learn that it’s mostly about his shitty childhood. Dressed in his “The Silence of the Lambs /” worst-nightmare-headdress-orthodontic-nightmare-mask, Hardy is a great actor, but sometimes he’s hard to understand. I’ll be the first to admit there were moments in the movie where, after he uttered a line intended to incite panic or terror, I expected some of the characters to look at each other and shrug their shoulders. “I don’t know WHAT you’re trying to say, buddy … What did you hear? “

If you’re going to be a fearsome villain, you have to STATE.

THE UGLY: Yes, the movie is dark and brutal. And yes, it is almost unbearably painful to hear people hypothesize that this movie is CLEARLY an analogy for certain political parties involved in this year’s election. (For the record — give me a break. What if it’s just a story of really bad things that happen to a society when greed and anarchy take over? We REALLY want to pull the rope on WHICH political party Which best describes?) But let’s talk about what is the most disgusting part of the movie, and this is how you can take a Tom Hardy lookalike and make him virtually unrecognizable and gross. Please see my previous review of ‘This Means War’ to get a full understanding of how far of a jump this is. At the very least, this movie should get an award for makeup and special effects.

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ will undoubtedly go down in history as one of Christopher Nolan’s greatest accomplishments, and will definitely please even die-hard fans who felt the Dark Knight didn’t get the credit that he was due during the season of 2008 awards. It even made me rethink my point of view on men wearing latex … However, I still draw the line on the layers.

The Trophy Wife gives this movie 4 trophies.

The Dark Knight Rises is 2 hours 45 minutes long and is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality and language. (No words F)