The blog has been dormant for a while and there have been
multiple reasons like the latest socio political developments around the world
and an appalling fall in the rate of monsoon in a bitter gourd shaped state in
the southern part of India. I haven’t been watching too many movies, reading
too many (Or even any) books for the last couple of months, which accounts for
the absence of reviews. ‘Dark knight rises’ was the last English movie that I
watched in theatre, and I did write a review for that. As I used to do with all
of my movie reviews, I immediately sent it out to ‘The Hindu’, annoyed by the
constant requests of the editor. But, by some unexpected turn of events, it didn’t
get published. The editors had found it really hard to manage the e mails that
flooded their inbox, after my previous reviews were published, and now, they
are not going to publish movie reviews other than the ones by their own
critics. Fair decision. But by the time I learnt that, one week had passed, so
I didn’t feel like putting up the review here, because a movie review should
never be that late.
Yesterday morning, as I opened Hindu Magazine, I found an
article, which was a response to another one published in August.
There was a subsequent reply by the author of the first article as well. The
hot debate was about nothing, but the ‘Dark knight rises’. Damn! This movie is
still being discussed. So why I can’t I put my review as well, in the blog?
First of all, I will provide the links of those two
articles, which, I found, to be very interesting. Here is the first article,
and here is the response.
I personally feel that, the allegations of Dark knight
rises lacking the right political implications is void, because you can never
thrust the responsibility of conveying the right ideas upon an artist. The
greatest success, for an artist is when his/her work is being appreciated, discussed
and digested by maximum number of people. Christopher Nolan could do that, with
the story of a comic hero.
So, here comes my review, which is, a very small note, on
how excited I was, about the movie. I am a Christopher Nolan fanboy, and
especially a huge fan of the Dark Knight series, so it is possible that I have
missed out on all the down sides, if any.
Again, all of this doesn’t matter because the readership
of my blog is that huge.
Begins. Falls. Rises. Goosebumps!
Trilogy. Prodigy.
Movie : The dark knight rises
Cast : Christial Bale, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gorden
Lewitt, Tom Hardy
Expectations, is a double sided sword. It could be an
inspiration to go the extra distance, and sometimes, it could burden you, and
even beak you down. This applies for films, too. Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark knight rises’, which was hailed as
the ‘Most awaited movie of this generation’ arrived last week, amidst the
skyrocketed expectations of the movie lovers. As the Villain of the film, ‘Bane’, tells in a memorable dialogue, ‘There cannot be true despair without hope’.
But the makers of the film have delivered a piece of cinematic brilliance,
which meets our hopes, and saves us all, from falling into the pit of despair.
It has been eight years since the Batman has vanished,
after taking the responsibility of Harvy Dent’s vicious acts. Organized crime
has been pushed into oblivion and the people of Gotham are having a peaceful
time. But as Bane arrives, spreading chaos and fear, Batman has to come back.
He has to revamp his spirits, to stand up to the stronger enemy.
There is so much to appreciate in this film, that it
obscures the mind on what to mention and what not to. It’s superbly directed,
and very well cinematographed. The cast has done well, without anybody falling
short of the mark. The adrenaline pumping action sequences are as good as it
can ever get. But the film has much more to offer, that the scintillating
fights. The emotional depth of the film has to be attributed to the writers.
They have created a soulful story, which depicts the inner battle of an
individual, while leaving a room for all the thrills and frills.
The movie lacked a villain as good as the Joker, and you
cannot be without getting reminded of Heath Ledger’s mystifying performance, as
Tom Hardy walks around, as the masked villain. The film, as a whole, doesn’t
reach up to ‘The dark knight’, but having a too good predecessor can hardly be
a fault.
Bottomline :
Worthy culmination of the legendary trilogy. Must watch. Just decide how many
times.
