I like to rate movies like grades in school, few A's more B's lot's of C's and some D's and some only rate a F grade. so this was a C- movie. We liked the first one and wanted to see the second trilogy and found it to be good but this last one is very mediocre we had a difficult time watching it to the end. About half way through I turned to my wife and asked, is this any good? & she answered marginal at best, but lets watch more to see if it will get any better. Ups a big mistake there are too many really good movies available so one does not have to wast time on a stinker like this.
However I am sure some will watch and find it just fine and give it a 5 star rating. I think people give way to many stars, if they liked it it is a 5. But that is life today everyone get the blue ribbon.

The entire trilogy is amazing. You can't compare one to the other because they are all unique in their own way.

Maybe I just wasn't ready for this franchise to conclude, but this was my least favorite of the Christian Bale as Batman movies. I really appreciated the performances put in by Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy, but overall this story was just too bleak for me to really enjoy.

The final installment of Chris Nolan's Batman trilogy, "Rises" had the drawback of following what is now considered one of the biggest pictures in history, "The Dark Knight" (2008). With that said, where bigger doesn't necessarily mean better, "Rises" offers a much larger battle for the Bat against Bane and Gotham city's gangs. After appearing in Chris Nolan's "Inception" (2010), Tom Hardy achieves some of his earliest notoriety here portraying Bane. Where not eclipsing the Heath Ledger performance of the preivous film, the Bane character offers a combination of physical and mental strength not seen previously. Anne Hathaway, portraying Selina Kyle/Catwoman is easily the most effective - and best - of the female roles in any of the films since and including Burton's "Batman" (1989). Where the previous film is noted as more of a Ledger (Joker) picture, this one delves more into Bruce Wayne's psyche and weariness (battle scars intact), making this really Christian Bale's strongest piece in the trilogy. The film, overall, is really more brooding and darker than any thus far and with Gotham's future more bleak than ever, achieves the most emotionally-charged climax yet. Nolan's influences included the French Revolution and Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859), as well as more directly Frank Miller's Batman adaptated series, "The Dark Knight Returns" (1986).

Everybody likes Dark Knight best; I like Rises best. But in the end the entire trilogy is quite incomparable.

The Dark Knight rises is the grande finale! A must watch for Christian Bale fans!

Christian Bale does it again. Great movie!

While not quite as good as The Dark Knight, the final installment in the trilogy is still a great movie. Kind of sad it ends at only three films, as I would love to have seen Nolan and Bale tackle other villains down the road, like Red Hood, Deathstroke, or Owlman.

Weak film. I think Nolan was set up to make two movies and it was demanded of him to create a third. You can see where that gets you. Not quite as over-hyped as Inception, but it's fairly close. Don't waste your time. If you must, read or watch some spoiler review.

An entertaining action-movie with a meaningful plot.