The Dark Knight Rises reviewed by Mark Kermode 

Since Ebert passed away Mark has been my favorite critic..

Wish Zöe was on more often. It's like getting a second full review but from the perspective of a normal person.

Imagine the tremendous sound that must be produced when Kermode claps

This is one of my favourite reviews by Kermode. The movie was brutal, epic I shed a manly tear. Nolan constantly surprises me, also credit to the supporting roles. Bane and Catwoman were better than I could have imagined

Its actually my favourite of the 3

Some great hand-waving going on here from both Mark and Zoe

Great review! Really excited to see it tonight

Not quite as masterful as The Dark Knight, but still a fantastic movie.

Making a comparison with Kick Ass, the fighting in crowd sequences had the same underlying narrative. The mob mentality, the police, the hoodlums, the good guys trying to do right. It essentially becomes a no win situation, everyone becomes the freak and the damned.

He definitely liked the movie. We've had to delete your comment though. Feel free to repost without profanity.

'Commode' translates as 'convenient' from French to English...

Brilliant review! Can always rely on Mark Kermode for balanced, insightful and enthusiastic comments. I'm going to see it for a 3rd time tomorrow and this has just reminded me of my overwhelming excitement :D

What a great, insightful and passionate review! I wish he'd made more of a comment on the characters/actors, but... wow. What a film!

I love Mark Kermode he's so passionate on movies and i respect him for it

I absolutely love Mark, he is fully able to reflect on both the love and the hate in his reviews and it is so great. Knowing that there is an actual reason behind the slow beginning because that it immerses you in the struggle of Bruce and the bombastic climax. Genius!

LOVE Mark Kemode's reviews

He only cried in 2 scenes, one being when he tells Bruce about burning Rachaels letter and the other being stood at Bruces grave. Both very suitable for 'water works'

This is great, never seen Kermode so passionate about super-hero movies- this is why cape flicks should be made by great artists who have an understanding of creating compelling, epic visuals (as that's what the comics are full of). The Spider-man trilogy, Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy, Aquaman are also well made super-hero by auteurs with vision and an understanding of the source material. As much as the MCU is a great interconnected series- it needs more experienced and skilled filmmakers capable of creating true spectacle and not just messy green screens to truly be worthy of the size of the cinema screen.

Looking forward to seeing this.

been waiting for this one

Absolutely loved this, brings Begins and Dark Knight together wonderfully, and more comic booky, lots of great nods to fans, whilst retaining Nolan's style. Loved it loved it loved it.

The first thing that hits me when watching this is how far we have moved culturally since then.

Excellent review

Hoping to go on Sunday night. Not been looking forward to a film this much for ages

These films also have more in common with 60s Batman & Robin than they would like to admit: Bruce disappearing from parties a moment before Bats turns up, Villains who risk their plans by explaining them for no reason Sometimes you just can't get rid of a bomb.

"They're good gadgets, they do the stuff."

Amazing movie! Going to see it for the second time tonight in NYC at midnight, in IMAX!

Fantastic review

"I think sometimes people look too hard to find anything we can to pull something apart. A movie is supposed to be an experience. It's not meant to be a check list of a bunch of small things that don't really matter in the end. The Dark Knight Rises hit every emotional note it needed to. It weaved multiple characters into a solid story and none of them felt short changed."

Bafflingly, none of the performances are talked about. Tom Hardy is not even mentioned.

Top review as always Mr M Kermode.

fantastic review

Mark is awesome

I usually hate film reviewers, probably watching Barry Norman all them years. However, with Mark I couldn't agree more. The three films are brilliant and I don't mean to be over the top they just are superb examples of film making and to me personally Nolan never puts a foot wrong.

it was exactly what we had been waiting for :)

Bane was the best part, I thought...God, that voice...a real villain voice.

I preferred it to TDK and BB. I loved the atmosphere and there's more emotional weight to it in comparison to the other films, and it wasn't in constant climax mode that TDK was ( I do love TDK though). Also that ending, was perfect.

Going today,can't wait :D

I ABSOLUTELY ADORED IT! One thing Mark fails to mention is the beautiful moral situations the characters find themselves in, which engage the audience and ask us, what would you do?! WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO BECOME?! WHAT WOULD YOU SACRIFICE?!! Utterly stupendous film making. Utterly.

TDKR is the best film out of the trilogy

The film is kind of a masterpiece. I felt it tried to do SO many things, but it succeeded as almost evey thing and theme. HUGELY ambitious film, and rightly so. It delivers. I LOVED it.

In my opinion one of the best reviews you have ever made, i havem t seen the movie yet but i will watch after this positif critic . Keep showing these reviews on your channel. I also would like to know what s your perfect movie 10/10 (if there is)

The amount of gesticulation in this video is amazing.

This is the most genuine review of this movie on youtube. He actually gets what this movie was supposed to be. Lots of people that didnt like this movie didnt like it because its not the dark knight 2. People really need to look at this movie as a character piece because in that regard,its one of the best comic movies ever made, and in terms of the character of batman and portraying the greatness and depth ofhis character,this is the best film of the trilogy. Its not perfect, but it getsthe char

Just went and saw The Dark Knight Rises at the BFI IMAX - I thought it was incredible! Just an amazing way to finish an amazing trilogy. Nolan - You have done us Bat-Fans proud :)

I saw this in 35mm and am seeing it again in Imax. I was stunned and tolerated gripped while watching it. Mark Kermode thanks for reviewing the film and at the same time giving a unique critical appraisal of The Dark Knight Rises in terms of Nolan's other works. I eagerly await his next film . The only thing going against Inception was that Shutter Island came out around the same time and was thematically similar-both films revolve around the lead character's experience of grief and loss.

Thank you so much for this great review. Don't mean to spoil but I thought I was the only one who thought the ending was kind of inception like. Nice to see someone so smart agrees with that.

tdkr was awesome, those who havent seen it, see it for urselves, its great, you be the judge, i give 10 of 10 stars!

That was an intelligent review! enjoyed it plus the movie is Amazing!

great review

Great review. Kermode is awesome.

I LOVED the film, but the ending wasn't "open to interpretation" in the slightest! It was completely clear and spelled-out and totally unambiguous. Unless you want to go the "Alfred was hallucinating/daydreaming/imagining Bruce and Selena in Italy at the end" route, of course. But it's a pretty big stretch and not really supported by anything else in the film.

I've just started watching this video, having just come back from seeing The Dark Knight rIses, and I agree with Kermode's comments on the Burton Batmans being a bit panto. I found the 1989 Batman flick VERY overrated. Nolan's trilogy pulls a weird trick of seeming radically different to the original comics, yet they're closer than you think when you dig deeper.

Great review. Mark Kermode sees quality in film making when he recognizes it.

mark kermode is spot on with this review great to see someone who understands the film so well and understands nolan

I re-watched the Dark Knight trilogy recently with my daughter and we agreed that it is a masterwork.

Superb film and superb ending to a great triology

I agree, love Mark's voice, that laugh gets me every time, ledgers laughed when he needed to. Hamil doing why so serious in a convention was fantastic, ledgers is my fave live action joker, just because of the unpredictable factor, and this screen presence he brought with him. It does not have to stay true completely looks wise origins is always different for the joker,, but if the essence of the character is there, it will kick ass. And that what the joker was always about,

The film is well acted, well crafted, stylish, effective, well directed & is overall one of the best Batman films if not the best. (93%) (4.5/5 stars) (positive)

Better paced film compared to Dark Knight. I enjoyed it more and had more fun.

Best of the 3. Period.

so glad mark kermode gave this a raving review,as it deserves.i always agreed with his views on many films before.i think the reason people didnt like rises,is because they didnt get it.they didnt understand what nolan was trying to achieve.the ones who didnt like it,were maybe expecting more of a super hero extravaganza,like the avengers.they didnt see how in depth it was to show the complexity of the characters or understand how the end was what everyones own interpretation of it would be.

wow, that was a great review

Great review by Mark. Nolan's Dark Knight triolgy, imo, is the greatest trilogy of all time.

An intelligent review, its clear he knows his stuff whereas other reviewers, especially the American ones make little lame jokes with someone laughing along on their video, complain about 'plotholes' when they're easily justified

Yeah I can totally understand that, also with every Nolan film from Begins to Rises (including Inception), you have to watch them all multiple times to get everything out of it and to completely understand it all.

I loved the movie, it is an epic. I have also seen lots of reviews of it, but this one makes me want to go and watch it again, right now. So bravo to you Mr. Reviewer.

Kermode is clearly wrong about the ending being ambigous, right? Spoiler warning. We are both shown that Fox discovers that the autopilot was fixed and that the pearl necklace, Selina was wearing, had gone missing. Did Caine imagine these things as well? Also in the entire trilogy we have not been shown unreliable images other than when characters were clearly medicated. And questioning what is real or not is not a central theme of the movie.

It was quite nice. It had more substance than the avengers.

I have become a huge Chris Nolan fan over the past few years. I struggle to recall any of his films that were below 8/10. Memento, the prestige, inception and the dark knight trilogy are some of my all-time favourites. I agree with doctor K with regard to his sense of satisfaction from seeing it, especially due to the fact that the other 2 has set such a high bench mark. This one did seem slightly detached from the others in my opinion but still overwhelmingly a success for me! Awesome!!!

BB is my favorite too. For many reasons.

I also liked this more than the dark knight. It was more exciting to watch I thought. I thought bane was scarier than the joker.

NOW THIS IS WHY I LOVE THE BRITISH!!!! US AMERICANS, WE TAKE EVERYTHING FOR GRANTED AND IT'S STUPID!!! BUT BRITISH PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT A FILM, BIG OR SMALL, AND RECOGNIZE WHAT A MASTERPIECE IT REALLY IS LIKE WE ALL SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW!!! FILM IS NOT JUST A PIECE OF ENTERTAINMENT OR A MERE ENJOYMENT TO BE HAD OR A GIMIC, IT IS AN ART.... A CREATIVE ART THAT MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT IT WAS EVEN MADE! IF YOU CAN'T APPRECIATE MOVIES LIKE THIS, THEN YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.....

I've loved batman since the first time I've seen him; I've bought every game, seen almost every show, and read everything I can about batman. I loved the first two movies so much-they were amazing, I got goosebumps, something I never expected, and I wanted so much. When I saw the new trailer for this movie, I got chills, I was so happy, I pre-ordered the tickets, sat down and got giggly preparing for the movie, and watching it, it looked good. But at the end, I just, it didn't lead up to my hype

Kermode Rules, he told Spielberg about seeing Jaws in Turnpike lane, I remember that cinema, love your reviews, top dog critic!!!

It blows my mind that people are willing to look over the major, and i mean MAJOR problems with DKR but they are so whinny over the reboot of Spider-man. While i do love DRK, The Amazing Spider-man was a great movie and so enjoyable.

greatest superhero film EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Saw this last night, blown away! Bane was unaudible at times and I saw it in an IMAX screen, but other than that perfect

Thank you. Honestly, so many people are reviewing and criticizing this movie as if they had no idea this was the case. If you have read the comics or looked them up you can find the points they borrowed from and if people like those comics then they'd like the little bits that were infused within this movie.

The review of this and the Dark Knight are among just the very few of Marks reviews i think are good.

I enjoyed The Dark Knight more. I thought Heath Ledger’s Joker was a better villain than Bane. Rises is a good film but isn’t in the same league as Dark Knight.

will in 2 days. i can't wait! was the first fight between batman and bane as good as they say?

Great review. Gave nothing away. Glad to see someone championing Begins, I think it was very underrated. I think The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises surpass it in terms of story telling and spectacle, but I think people don't always watch Begins in context - this is the opening act of Nolan's trilogy, he is setting the scene and I think it does this job fantastically. Rises however blew me away. As the closing act to the trilogy...if you haven't seen it, go see it. In iMAX.

inception was lame

Isn't the French for toilet 'toilette'?

Yes so true, you have to watch this film a second time too really love it, i did.

Excellent review! As an American I like to see the British perspective

i found it bloated and convoluted, a nolan hallmark.

It's very mediocre, watching the second time was incredibly boring.

Got a standing ovation here in most theatres in India

The Dark Knight Rises = Best Movie Ever

Okay, okay. We got it. everything Nolan is the bestest ever.

Great review perfect film, Modern visual art is the greatest of all arts in my opinion.

He spends like two-four sentences on other films, most of the time he is talking about this movie and Nolan's achievement. And he was being in order to not give anything away. Which I really appreciate.

Easily the weakest of the trilogy

Batman Begins 9/10 The Dark Knight 10/10 The Dark Knight Rises 7/10

I understood every word of Bane's dialogue. Being prepared to listen carefully really helps.

All 3 of the movies are brilliant. Batman showed us how he started and got all his toys,the The Dark Night with Heath Ledger was amazing. And the Dark Night Rises is just the perfect ending. My favourite trilogy for sure.👍

Superb review, agree with every word. I don't think it's the best film of the three (TDK > TDKR > Begins), but the fact that this trilogy which at its heart is a kids comic book story can be so challenging and groundbreaking is a testament to the talent of Christopher Nolan. Mind blowing.

i love his arm motions lol anyways, ive never seen a movie like this that actually lives up to the hype that has been set. This movie was absolutely amazing, and i actually understood the plot(s) and i understood bane very well. Christain Bale and Micheal Caine had the best performances in this movie, and Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway are a very close second (: