Whatever else you say about Christopher Nolan, the man knows how to end a multipart comic book superhero epic. By “end,” I’m talking about the last 40 minutes or so of The Dark Knight Rises. Maestro Nolan and his team expertly orchestrate the soaring conclusion to bring this Batman trilogy to a wholly satisfying close. The rest of the movie, however, is a mess. To be sure, it is a [...]
