The Dark Knight Rises

What They Think
- IMDB - 9.1/10. Ranked #9
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/
- RottenTomatoes - 86%
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight_rises/

What I Think

• Pro's

- The movie pulls all stops. By far the best movie of the year so far. 
- It has the best ending out of all of the other Batman movies. It's so clever that it's not worth spoiling. However, there is the whole thing over whether Batman dies or not. Regardless of ending, the movie would've still worked for me.
- It's the most emotionally invested out of the three.
- It finishes a good trilogy and fulfills a proper character arc. Batman gets to finally be the symbol and idea of hope that he promised in the other movies.
- Bane is a pretty good villain. Reminds me a lot like Darth Vader, hence the respirator like thing, deep voice, his unpredictability, and choking.
- They used Selina Kyle's role in a proper way as an anti heroine. Her character is strong and interesting and her body isn't exploited.- Batman is not shown so much but when he does, it feels great. The audience waited four years for him to return, much like how Gotham had to wait eight years for Batman to return.
- The conflict in the movie heavily affects Batman both physically and emotionally. The conflict over Gotham City is on a grand scale. Almost war like.
- Batman's voice improves. Thus showing that Nolan listened to the audience.
- The movie was in 2D and was filmed with real IMAX. Plus, CGI was replaced with practical special effects.

• Con's

- The exposition was a bit long and it didn't feel like a Christopher Nolan movie. However, it starts to pick up.
- There are some plot-points that do sometimes detract you from the movie. Such as, how in one scene would change from day to night, and why Bruce Wayne is limping. This is all due to the fact that Nolan's film go at a really fast pace and they tend to not explain every plot-point.
- Alfred is absent in most of the movie. He is a very crucial character and I wanted to know what's going on with him during Bane's siege.
- Bane's voice is kind of hard to hear and it sounds unrealistic being that it sounds added.


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The Amazing Spider-Man

What They Think
- IMDB - 7.7/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/
- Rottentomatoes - 71%
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_amazing_spider_man/

What I Think

• Pro's

- An origin story that was told better than the first movie.
- Has a more emotional core than the other Spider-Man movies.
- It had a faster pace than the other Spider-Man movies.
- The visuals were unexpectedly new, especially when Spider-Man uses his web. I like the fact that we see him in first person, and we see where the web is actually shot. Fantastic swinging scenes that still retain the orientation of time and space.
- Uncle Ben's death is more of an impact than in the first movie.
- Great chemistry between Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker.
- No cliched damsel in distress scene.
- Andrew Garfield works really well in carrying out Peter Parker.
- James Horner's excellent music is more original than Danny Elfman's score.
- There is an excellent scene where Spider-Man rescues a kid from a car. It almost mirrors the train scene in Spider-Man 2.
- Surprisingly, The Lizard was a pretty good villain, playing off the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde archetype.
- Possibly the second best Spider-Man movie. Spider-Man 2 is still the best one.

• Con's

- Aunt May wasn't as great as she was in the last three movies.
- The Lizard can look cartoonish at times during action sequences.
- No Jonah Jameson character (my favorite Spider-Man character).


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