The Dark Knight Rises Review- As of my first time watching it (To be continued!)

     So, I think we can all agree that Christopher Nolan's newest Batman movie is a smash hit. The trilogy of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises is one of the best trilogies of all time in my book. The casting, the portrayal of most major characters (not fond of Maggie Gylenhaall's Rachel...too harsh), the music, the camerawork, the villains...I could go on. To say all of these things are up to par would be a giant understatement. The Dark Knight Rises had an exceptional plot, and the choice of Bane as the villain for the last of the three movies was a genius idea.
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     I have to say that I actually believed that Bruce was dead when I saw Alfred crying at the grave site. In fact, I was so distraught, that I missed the part where Fox discovers that Wayne added an autopilot feature and thought the ending was up for interpretation when I saw Bruce and Selina at the cafe in the end. ANYWAY...Bane was amazing. I loved everything about his character development, from his mannerisms and physicality down to his wardrobe and his voice. For me, he was perfect. Tom Hardy transformed himself from a pretty boy into a psychotic supervillain.
     There were a few changes from the comic book that I became aware of, but nothing too terribly plot changing. However, Miranda Tate doubling as Talia would have been awesome and completely unexpected had it not been on IMDB. Dumb. One of the criticisms I have for this film was the lack of Alfred...I didn't like that he left. BUT, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the subtle way of making him Robin was very well done and minimally cheezy.
     I plan to go see the movie a few more times and add to this later!