I'm lost for words when reviewing the praise heaped on this Batman finale. I can't tell if it's blind faith or bribery, but The Dark Knight Rises fell far short of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The plot is ludicrous with an absence of excitement or action. Bane fills most of the screen time and yet fails to show any menace or strength. In fact Nolans vision has pushed the realism of Batman to such an extreme that the original imagined characters look like a bunch of idiots running around in Halloween costumes in broad daylight. Without revealing any spoilers I cannot emphasise enough how ridiculous the plot is, filled with sequences that make no sense from the beginning to the end. It's bad enough that the director has turned out a really poor film to what was an exciting re-envisioning of a Batman trilogy; but for critics to then heap praise on top, just turns this film into one large stinking pile of garbage. Shame on you all! In summary... liked the Catwoman, Batman was absent and overall I was BORED!!!!!!