The Dark Knight Rises was nothing near what I was hoping it would be. The movie plot and characters are alright but it is the length and action that are lacking. The movie was about 30 minutes to long because of the extremely slow pacing throughout. This causes me to lose interest in the characters halfway through the film and begin to wonder why everything was taking so long. When the action finally does come, it is a huge letdown full of overkill, clichés and little surprises. It was also hard to take parts of it seriously because of the rediculousness of the Batman's character ( his absurd voice, and an outfit the that doesn't seem to belong in the setting) A movie like this that makes you want it to end so you can leave, has failed to do its job in capturing the audience!