July 27, 2012
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ABOUT FILMS, TV, ARTS AND EVENTS IN THE VALLEY A Quote By
The Dark Knight Rises Is a Satisfying Close to the Trilogy By Art Byrd It’s a big year for superhero movies, with The Avengers, The Amazing Spiderman, and the one I’ve been waiting for. A few weeks ago, I watched Batman Begins, the first of the trilogy. I‘ve also been watching The Dark Knight on and off for the past two years, prepping myself for The Dark Knight Rises (TDKR). TDKR is the perfect title for this movie, having a character that rises from the ashes. I don’t care who the director, characters or actors are, if the storyline is lame, so goes the movie. But that is not the case here. The TDKR storyline takes places eight years after Harvey Dent’s death and he’s remembered for his laws enacted to keep criminals behind bars, which are making Gotham safer. But in reality, in The Dark Knight, Dent became a villain known as TwoFace and died at the hands of Batman, who took the blame for his death so the laws could be enforced. Bruce Wayne/Batman, played by Christian Bale (The Fighter), has become a recluse with a cane. During an event for the Harvey Dent Memorial at Wayne Manor, Bruce encounters a female cat burglar, aka Catwoman, played by Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada). She is amazing as Catwoman, committing thievery and showing fighting skills while delivering cool one liners. Hathaway’s Catwoman has below-the-radar sexiness and a great fight scene with some shady characters.
“I studied English Literature. I wasn't a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making films at the same time with the college film society, was that I started thinking about the narrative freedoms that authors had enjoyed for centuries and it seemed to me that filmmakers should enjoy those freedoms as well.” Director Christopher Nolan. The Dark Knight Rises, the final chapter of the Batman Trilogy, is in theaters now.