Finally got around to watching Dark Knight Rises after putting it off for the longest time. I'm pretty late to this party indeed.
Not sure what to think of it.
I still think Begins was the best Batman movie. Feels like it tries too much to be both Knightfall, AND Dark Knight Returns, without letting either fully sink in... I just dunno. I felt the second one was trying too hard to be all blockbuster AAA, but it's pretty tame compared to this one. I'm not sure I really liked it. It was alright, but it just seems to try and cram way too much into it's story, without, again, letting those parts really sink in... The ending... Also felt kind of unsatisfying. It was nice, nice way to tie to Alfred's earlier story, but... Felt too contrived. I didn't really buy it too much.
EDIT: Also, Talia really comes right the [tornado fang] out of nowhere. Her purpose is literally just to be "WHAT A TWEEST". She appears literally for no other purpose than to do that, then die. I found Bane to be much better than I expected, but then he wasn't even the true mastermind, and flushed all that down the toilet. AND was dispatched like any other mook. (after having been revealed to be just a mook, essentially.) The [tornado fang].