The Dark Knight Rises Above Expectations

As a long time reader of Batman, I came into this film with very high expectations. High enough to the point that I, along with two friends, drove a hundred plus miles to see this film in the best theater possible. Were my expectations reached? As a fan? Yes and beyond. As a film lover? A couple of issues with editing but that would be extreme knit-picking. I will put it to the reader of this review as simply as possible. The movie was so epic (a word I do not regularly use as a descriptor), on a level that only the Nolan brothers can afford us with a hardy assist from great acting and comic to movie heavy weight, David s. Goyer. In this era of the handy cam, first person film; dark knight along with films like Promethus, the Avengers, Amazing Spiderman and so on, are not only a throw back to the time of blockbusters but a throwback to Hollywood giving us the films we want and deserve. Not films made simply to be released.