{"id":3497,"date":"2016-06-23T16:02:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T20:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3497"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:38:55","slug":"the-dark-knight-rises-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3497","title":{"rendered":"The Dark Knight Rises-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dark Knight Rises-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Christopher Nolan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Christian Bale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #431<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed June 23, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: C+<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) is a sequel to the exceptional The Dark Knight (2008) and, unfortunately, is a complete letdown, especially compared to that film.<\/p>\n

Perhaps my expectations were too lofty. It is a sequel after all, and sequels typically disappoint.<\/p>\n

To be fair, the film looks great and has a fast-paced, modern feel- slick and action-packed.<\/p>\n

A summer popcorn film.<\/p>\n

The story, though, is uninteresting; the villains aren’t compelling, which is a major miss in a film like this, where the villains are crucial.<\/p>\n

Tom Hardy as Bane is miscast. Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman is underdeveloped and one-dimensional. We never really know much about what makes these characters tick.<\/p>\n

I did enjoy the twist at the end involving Marion Cotillard, which impressed me and I did not see coming throughout the story.<\/p>\n

I might have rated The Dark Knight Rises even lower than a C+ had it not been for the group of top-notch actors appearing in the film.<\/p>\n

Having loved the most recent Batman film, I expected more and received less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dark Knight Rises-2012 Director Christopher Nolan Starring Christian Bale Scott’s Review #431 Reviewed June 23, 2016 Grade: C+ The Dark Knight Rises (2012) is a sequel to the exceptional The Dark Knight (2008) and, unfortunately, is a complete letdown, especially compared to that film. Perhaps my expectations were too lofty. It is a sequel … Continue reading The Dark Knight Rises-2012<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,44],"tags":[6861,6158,2456,3096,11833,12785,3064,2906,2285,3051,1740,6115,12670,2050,2502,1203,2610,1036,1175,1792,12761,3054,4531],"class_list":["post-3497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-superheromovies","tag-aidan-gillen","tag-alon-abutbul","tag-anne-hathaway","tag-ben-mendelsohn","tag-brent-briscoe","tag-burn-gorman","tag-christian-bale","tag-christopher-nolan","tag-cillian-murphy","tag-emma-thomas","tag-gary-oldman","tag-glen-powell","tag-joey-king","tag-joseph-gordon-levitt","tag-juno-temple","tag-liam-neeson","tag-marion-cotillard","tag-matthew-modine","tag-michael-caine","tag-morgan-freeman","tag-rob-brown","tag-tom-hardy","tag-william-devane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3497"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24393,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497\/revisions\/24393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}