This weekend has been a weekend of Batman for me. Saturday morning I sat down and watched my Blu-ray of Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan’s epic and fantastic reboot of the Batman franchise. Sunday night I watched The Dark Knight, completing a trilogy watch, albeit out of order.

My plan had been to watch both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight on Saturday and on Sunday morning go watch The Dark Knight Rises, but the length of the films involved and other activities meant I only watched Batman Begins.

The Dark Knight Rises is not just the third film on the serious, until other third films, Goldfinger for James Bond, The Search For Spock for the Star Trek Franchise, and Son of Frankenstein, this film really is the final act of the Batman story. Too many times I have watched a film go off the rail and crash in the third act, not so with The Dark Knight Rises.

I will discuss spoiler material from the first two films, it’s been four years since The Dark Knight, and I shall try not to be spoilerific for this newest and final installment. Continue reading →