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106254, Because of the disagreement, it seems overwrought.
Posted by SoulHonky, Tue Jul-24-12 03:41 PM
It's a reaction more than a review*. I have to agree with RJ that a lot of the stuff comes from stuff you've brought to the film and not that the film will elicit from any ordinary viewer.
I think if so much is going to be based on your personal reaction, I'd rather read more of you in it. It's a very subjective reading IMO so I'd embrace that element and expand on that.

You also make the same passing glance at the socio-economic issues that Nolan does. I'd have rather read a deeper reading of that because, for me, I'd say this feels like an anti-Occupy/wikileaks movie although, I hesitate to say Occupy because the film seems to relate far more to the UK than the US, with the kids in the sewers relating more to the council housing kids who've been lost by the system and there's a far more antagonistic relationship between the rich and the very poor. (I expected Bane to rock out to Plan B at some point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8GvLKTsTuI )

All that being said, your review is on par with most things I've read in EW, films magazines, or most other film blogs (*and most critics publish reactions rather than objective films reviews nowadays) so on a purely objective level, it was a job well done.