Gotham's Reckoning: Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises by Donald McCarthy

Drunk Monkeys

Fair warning: this will have extensive spoilers up to and including the very end of the film. This is not a review so much as it is a discussion on the nature of the film.

Before I begin talking about Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, I have to address the tragedy that happened in Colorado. I went to see the film here in New York at a midnight showing, came home at 3:30 AM, posted on Facebook that the film was great, and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning I signed on, ready to see what people were saying about the film. I immediately saw the breaking news about the shootings in Aurora, Colorado at The Dark Knight Rise’s premiere. As I write this the death count is at 12 with many, many more injured.

Captain Canada's Movie Rodeo

Gabriel Ricard

I feel like I’ve written myself into a corner with these introductions. Writing this column has been a great deal of fun, and I hope people have been digging it, but I’m not entirely sure why I’m so obsessed with developing an idea that I can use to get us into the actual reviews.