The Dark Knight Rises is a mess of a film. If
The Dark Knight was filled to the brim with weighty ideas, then
The Dark Knight Rises' cup overfloweth. Director
Christopher Nolan, whose previous films have frequently dealt with the darkness of human nature, was not content with creating a light and fun summer actioner. Instead, he has packed his trilogy-concluding film so full of ideas, plot points, characters, emotional arcs, and ...