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Story was a good interpretation of a number of different stories from the comics as well continuing themes and arcs from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
Alot of people were a bit iffy on Anne Hathaway, but she absolutely nailed the character of Catwoman. She had the humour, sex appeal and physicality spot on. The Batman/Catwoman interplay worked really well. And they even included Holly Robinson (the blonde chick that was hanging around with Selina)!
Tom Hardy was superb (if slightly hard to understand at times) as Bane. They captured his brutal physicality really well, but also put a good emphasis on his intelligence. His 'Breaking of the Bat' scene was captured very faithfully to the comics which was great. Perhaps his 'death' scene was a little weak (Catwoman just blasts him away with the cannon on the Bat-pod lol), though I guess it wasn't explicitly shown that he died.
Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul - I was convinced she was Talia before watching the movie, but all the interviews with Nolan and Cottilard explicitly said she wasn't. I guess they aren't above lying to protect plot twists lol. But when they had Miranda take over as CEO of Wayne Enterprises I knew she was gonna be revealed as Talia (in the comics she takes over as CEO of LexCorp when Lex Luthor becomes President of the US). Both Talia and Catwoman were really strong portrayals of female characters too, especially since they didn't cheapen Talia's villain status and kept her on as essentially the ultimate Big Bad of the movie.
John Blake was interesting. I guess he was Nolan's interpretation of how a Robin would work in a 'realistic' setting. Literally having his real name as Robin Blake was a little on the nose though lol. I guess it's up to the viewer to decide whether he takes up the mantle of Batman after Bruce's "death" like Dick Grayson in the comics, or whether he actually becomes Robin to Bruce's Batman.
Alfred, James Gordon and Lucius Fox all got good moments though they did seem slightly sideline compared to the previous movies. Alfred leaving because he disagrees with Bruce's motivations was straight from the comics, same with Gordon leading the cops in the cut-off Gotham City.
Alot of people were a bit iffy on Anne Hathaway, but she absolutely nailed the character of Catwoman. She had the humour, sex appeal and physicality spot on. The Batman/Catwoman interplay worked really well. And they even included Holly Robinson (the blonde chick that was hanging around with Selina)!
Tom Hardy was superb (if slightly hard to understand at times) as Bane. They captured his brutal physicality really well, but also put a good emphasis on his intelligence. His 'Breaking of the Bat' scene was captured very faithfully to the comics which was great. Perhaps his 'death' scene was a little weak (Catwoman just blasts him away with the cannon on the Bat-pod lol), though I guess it wasn't explicitly shown that he died.
Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul - I was convinced she was Talia before watching the movie, but all the interviews with Nolan and Cottilard explicitly said she wasn't. I guess they aren't above lying to protect plot twists lol. But when they had Miranda take over as CEO of Wayne Enterprises I knew she was gonna be revealed as Talia (in the comics she takes over as CEO of LexCorp when Lex Luthor becomes President of the US). Both Talia and Catwoman were really strong portrayals of female characters too, especially since they didn't cheapen Talia's villain status and kept her on as essentially the ultimate Big Bad of the movie.
John Blake was interesting. I guess he was Nolan's interpretation of how a Robin would work in a 'realistic' setting. Literally having his real name as Robin Blake was a little on the nose though lol. I guess it's up to the viewer to decide whether he takes up the mantle of Batman after Bruce's "death" like Dick Grayson in the comics, or whether he actually becomes Robin to Bruce's Batman.
Alfred, James Gordon and Lucius Fox all got good moments though they did seem slightly sideline compared to the previous movies. Alfred leaving because he disagrees with Bruce's motivations was straight from the comics, same with Gordon leading the cops in the cut-off Gotham City.
