I thought this was Affleck's weakest film as director to date. But all that means is that I think he is going to have a really long career as a major director because its still pretty bloody good, if a little too Hollywoody at the end.

Skilfully made, thrilling and genuinely entertaining, just lacks any real sense of character development. 

I watched Batman Begins the other day. What an amazing movie! The soundtrack is totally like the Inception soundtrack, really shows the genius of Hans Zimmer being able to adapt the same music to multiple works. The plot was incredible, I love how they built a water vaporizer weapon that only affects water of the government hydration system so it does not lead to any collateral damage of lifeforms whose bodies contain some minor percentage of water. I was also amazed at the ability of the Batman to hang on a wire attached a train and keep attached even of objects are moving between him and the train. The sturdiness of roofs in Gotham City has to be commended. It is a good thing that professional stunt drivers played the police men otherwise the chase scene would have left casualities. Also it was super cool how i-forgot-his-name spoke in a much deeper voice when he was Batman. 

I suggest you shift your attention to wild life documentaries. 

Oh I am psyched about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTR21os8gTA 

Awesome birds ! 

those birds utterly blow my mind 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk&feature=player_embedded

Yup. Nothing radical looking but looks like it does the job well. 

.. I love the way zombie waves looks like water waves flowing among humans... terrific ! 

looks completely computer generated imo 

The dark knight rises:
ANY American Pie movie makes more sense. Overly dramatic, pretentiously grandiose popcorn poop. At least with Uwe Boll you know beforehand to switch of your brain and enjoy the scenery. I guess I have another entry to that particular list.

It was so bad I had to watch Liar, Liar today. That was a nice movie. 

Tell me you at least liked The Prestige? Memento?

The scale of his films is definitely getting out of control, but compared to what else is on the menu blockbuster-wise, I'm not complaining. 

Did not watch The Prestige, the setting is absolutely a turn off for me. Magicians, ugh. Memento seems interesting but probably quite psycho. Insomnia was weird, I MUCH preferred the original. 

Either you have the weirdest taste in movies ever, or you're doing it on purpose to troll us. Not sure which applies.

When I read about The Prestige, it turned me off as well, but I'm glad I watched it anyway. It's quite nice, with unexpected twists and all, not as gay Copperfield style as it sounds. 

I am sure: it's both at the same time. 

spirit is either the greatest troll ever or just has some of the worst taste in movies. 

do you seriously consider the dark knight movies great? they are pompous with no substance and so full of plot holes and stupid/impossible things. 

 

they are pompous with no substance and so full of plot holes and stupid/impossible things.

http://i.imgur.com/HyS6E.jpg 

the only one I'd say is great, and still holds up for me
(despite holes) is #2. 

I - do not - understand - what - sassy Mister plastic face - is - trying to say - to me. 

Well, they are super hero films after all. :P 

TDK is _THE_ Batman film, unlikely to be topped, and it finally did justice to the source material. 1 and 3 are good, 3 was a bit of a letdown but still good, just like Inception was a bit of a letdown, but still good.

Nolan focuses so much on having a fast-moving script with twists and turns, that if you think about it afterwards there are inconsistencies at best (or plot holes at worst), a tendency there since Memento. Despite the realistic veneer his movies aren't at all about plausibility but instead about obsession scheming and double-crossing. I hope he stops increasing the scale and goes back to something a calmer, but I haven't disliked any of his films. 

Exactly. WTF do you expect from BATMAN?? The basic premise is ludicruous, as is the comic-book background - that Nolan managed to make the idea impressively credible is one of the many triumphs of the trilogy. 

I expected some well designed plot.

I thought all the characters were pretty much normal humans, not like Superman, Spiderman etc. Almost all the things they do are possible except for the technological stuff. For example Batman can not fly, he uses some wing suit. So I guess I expected at least the human decisions to be remotely logical. But they aren't.

I mean, if Batman was crushed by Bane earlier why does he go up against him in the same way (fist fight) again later, after his imprisonment in the pit? Why didn't he use his bat sign shaped tranquiliser thingies? Or knives on his fists like he had in the previous movie.

The movies give such a sense of importance and drama(ticality?) that I felt like they meant serious business. 

normal humans go around as masked vigilantes and have amped up not even the army has this tech at their disposal?

The decisions are remotely logical in the world they are in, which is not the same as this world.

And yes thematically they are pretty serious, but that doesnt have to translate into reality. Its like games, you can go be immersive and serious without having to forces realism down your throat.

Also, why is almost everything you dont like automatically "pompous" or "pretentious"?