Option 1: In the span of 30 seconds, Odo ex machinas the female changeling 180°. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the war is over. Motivations are dissolved and scattered to the winds without question or comment.

Clearly you've never been to Chicago. :) The first two movies were fun for me because there were so many distinctive Chicago landmarks they used, most notably the bridges.

Clearly you've never been to Chicago. :) The first two movies were fun for me because there were so many distinctive Chicago landmarks they used, most notably the bridges.

As someone else who shotgunned the whole trilogy in one theater sitting, I'm kinda there with you. My impression on reflection is that, after the operating awesomeness that is the end of The Dark Knight, that first hour of Rises is DAAAAAAAAMN SLOOOOOOW. And I think that that, coupled with being really tired by the…

As someone else who shotgunned the whole trilogy in one theater sitting, I'm kinda there with you. My impression on reflection is that, after the operating awesomeness that is the end of The Dark Knight, that first hour of Rises is DAAAAAAAAMN SLOOOOOOW. And I think that that, coupled with being really tired by the…

I felt the same way. I can only assume that was so we could see he was tapping that fine, fine Catwoman vagina.

I felt the same way. I can only assume that was so we could see he was tapping that fine, fine Catwoman vagina.

Considering its the Nolans who are such wizards at structuring a plot, I feel your pain. The way I see it, though, this is the first 3rd-chapter comic book movie that didn't totally shit all over itself (ie, X-Men, Spider-Man and Superman). It had a lot of ground to cover, and if it was anyone other than the Nolans,…

Considering its the Nolans who are such wizards at structuring a plot, I feel your pain. The way I see it, though, this is the first 3rd-chapter comic book movie that didn't totally shit all over itself (ie, X-Men, Spider-Man and Superman). It had a lot of ground to cover, and if it was anyone other than the Nolans,…

Very good points, especially about using populist messages as a front for darker agendas. I guess what I was expecting to see was Batman being the catalyst for the masses of Gotham to rise up (hanh? hanh?) against Bane, sort of what Gordon did on a smaller scale when he called Detective Foley out for "keeping his head…

Very good points, especially about using populist messages as a front for darker agendas. I guess what I was expecting to see was Batman being the catalyst for the masses of Gotham to rise up (hanh? hanh?) against Bane, sort of what Gordon did on a smaller scale when he called Detective Foley out for "keeping his head…

Dug the flick, but I guess I'm just not 100% clear on what they're saying in the bigger picture. At the end of Dark Knight, Gotham has turned a corner. Organized crime is wiped out, and we see things are still not great—the core problem seems to be financial inequality. Okay, cool, that was a big problem in the first…

Dug the flick, but I guess I'm just not 100% clear on what they're saying in the bigger picture. At the end of Dark Knight, Gotham has turned a corner. Organized crime is wiped out, and we see things are still not great—the core problem seems to be financial inequality. Okay, cool, that was a big problem in the first…