The Dark Knight Rises is very good as a standalone movie. As the bookend to a trilogy, it’s even better. Either way, it’s not without one or two slight problems, but they’re not massive ones.

Good. We adored The Dark Knight Rises , and we’re looking forward to discussing the best bits with you. And of those best bits, the plane heist sequence is by far one of the most impressive.

“The Dark Knight Rises“ is never more enjoyable than when Bruce, Selina and their respective alter egos confront each other, whether in all-out battle or something far more ambiguous.

The final chapter in the Dark Knight saga allows Bale to move deeply into Bruce/Batman’s troubled soul. Bale, up to every challenge in a tough role, gives a hypnotic, haunting performance.

Out of Movies.com’s 12 questions about “The Dark Knight Rises,” 11 are spoilers (the twelfth is a joke); likewise, HuffPo’s 7 lingering questions all ruin important secrets about the movie.

The Dark Knight Rises B+ Despite the self-conscious grandiosity, Christopher Nolan’s Batman films are more doggedly grounded in realism than any other superhero movies I can think of.

“The Dark Knight Rises,” like Nolan’s last film “Inception,” is a house of cards built out of dream logic. The construction is flimsy but stunning, and it’s intended to be admired from ...

But, much to the relief of fans, "The Dark Knight Rises" was the final Batman film audiences both needed and deserved. By Renee Lorenz Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Jul 20, 2012 at 3:00 AM ...

The Dark Knight Rises begins years after Batman took the rap for the murders committed by the insane Harvey Dent at the end of The Dark Knight. Since then, the Batman has disappeared.

The Dark Knight Rises, which is easily the most pretentious of the trilogy, did lose me about halfway through, when the action slows a bit for some blurry exposition and ham-handed introspection.

“Dark Knight Rises” is certain to have the biggest opening ever for a non 3-D movie, a record currently held by Nolan’s second Batman movie, “The Dark Knight,” which bowed with $158.4 ...

Thus ,I fear The Dark Knight Rises might have a struggle on its hands to get that nomination that so many of us -- myself included -- felt was such a guarantee just a few months ago.