The Dark Knight Rises
Well I enjoyed it more than I was expecting, though I'm no big fan of the series as a whole. Seemed like there was far too much going on, crammed into an a bloated 164 minutes. I like my super hero films simple and streamlined - Spiderman 2 is still the benchmark for me. I thought the Nolan 'real world' style felt at odds with the material in this one - the Batplane especially looked like something out of Transformers! Seemed to be peppered with plot contrivances and little niggles throughout, and I found the ending quite weak. God, that sounds like I hated it! Performances were all good, Gary Oldman especially, and Catwoman worked a lot better as a character than I thought she would. Enjoyable enough, but I'd be in no rush to watch it again.
Saw the Dredd trailer before - looked pretty cool . . . !
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