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Dark Knight Rises review (crossposted)
Jul. 23rd, 2012 11:34 pmNew Batflick: meh.
The problem is that it was too serious to be fun, and too ridiculous to take seriously. There are some things I liked about it, but overall, the movie was trying so hard to be Important that it forgot to be entertaining. It was also too slow-going for me to overlook its flaws. I don’t mind bleakness in a movie if it isn’t heavy-handed, and I don’t mind impossible or unbelievable things if a film allows for them in setting or tone or, on the other hand, if the pace makes them easy to overlook. The Dark Knight Rises, however, wallows in "realistic" darkness for nearly three hours and then cheats with an unlikely happy ending.
Why so... oh, whatever.
( Spoilers )
The problem is that it was too serious to be fun, and too ridiculous to take seriously. There are some things I liked about it, but overall, the movie was trying so hard to be Important that it forgot to be entertaining. It was also too slow-going for me to overlook its flaws. I don’t mind bleakness in a movie if it isn’t heavy-handed, and I don’t mind impossible or unbelievable things if a film allows for them in setting or tone or, on the other hand, if the pace makes them easy to overlook. The Dark Knight Rises, however, wallows in "realistic" darkness for nearly three hours and then cheats with an unlikely happy ending.
Why so... oh, whatever.
( Spoilers )
