Tacit Ronin
Avenger
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2009
- Messages
- 20,527
- Reaction score
- 8
- Points
- 31
I think it's a good movie. Definitely breaks the superhero threequel curse, but it's a big step down from BB and TDK. Watching TDKR made me appreciate them even more for being better movies.
After watching it several times on Blu-ray, I have come to appreciate it's qualities more. I was way too consumed in my disappointment back in July to give this film's qualities their due credit. However, what I perceived to be this film's flaws on first viewing remain unchanged, neither more or less. These flaws, alas, stick out like a sore thumb as ever and press the film back so that it never really soars. This film reminds a lot of Inception. Like it, this film almost crumbles under the weight of its own bloated exposition in the first third; where it differs from Inception however is that it never gains any lofty heights. Once you struggle through the dry first half of Inception, the second half is cinematic bliss. The stretch of montage that comprises the third act is the most impressive thing Nolan has ever done. TDKR, i feel, has a good third act, but not nearly good enough to reward us for patiently slugging through so much baggage as Inception did.
A 7/10 is what I feel is appropriate. I doubt this assessment will much change in the future.