A terrific cinematic experience. A great end to the Dark Knight trilogy inspite of small inconsistencies and logical loopholes. As always Zimmer's music lends soul to the narration. Bale-Hathaway chemistry was good to watch and their face-offs were interesting. It's a known fact that even Nolan himself might find it hard to better the 'Joker legend', so the comparisons to Bane are not necessary. Bane does his part of terrorizing the Gotham population. As a Nolan-Batman fan, I sincerely hope that Chris Nolan reconsiders his decision and makes the franchise bigger than just a trilogy. Hope he atleast makes a Batman-Robin feature with Bale & Levitt just to erase the memories of Joel Schumacher's disaster
The Amazing Spider-Man. I was not really excited to watch this movie. Especially since the original Spider-Man was not that old to cause excitement for a reboot. The final movie released just 5 years back.
This time, there were lot of improvements. Graphics and action sequences were definitely better. But it had less action and more drama for a super-hero movie. That would leave ardent fans disappointed. Talking about the technical aspects, the stunt choreographers have made the 'Spidey swing' more real this time. Usually it was just CGI. But this time, they made an international Gymnast to perform the stunts and captured the pattern. For example, in CGI the downward and upward motion will be in same speed. But after observation they have made the downward motion fast paced so that it gains momentum for the upward swing. Wonder how something basic like this was missed in the original franchise.
The red and blue suit looks cool as always and this time Peter invents a device that he ties to his wrist which throws the sticky substance to create the spider-web. One notable difference.
For Indians fans, the talented Irrfan Khan plays the role of tough boss at Oscorp.
The lead pair (Garfield and Stone) and their chemistry were great. The villain was not that 'fear-inducing'. Heard Sony has plans to make at least 2 other movies in the Amazing series. Hope the villains are more menacing than Dr. Lizard. *Spoiler start* The villain staying alive at the end doesn't get my hopes high. Looks like there will be more of him in the sequel. *Spoiler end* The after-credits scenes (don't leave the theater too soon) also seem to suggest the same. Overall, it was a fine movie. It had his funny moments and Garfield has nicely managed to fit into the shoes of Peter Parker.
But for me, the Actual Spider-Man > Amazing Spider-Man. Also Green Goblin >> Dr. Lizard.
One thing I still don't understand is why Spider-Man was never part of The Avengers even though he was a Marvel comics Super-hero!
