For my reading journal, I had chosen the film ‘The Dark Knight Rises’Bane backbreaker by Christopher Nolan.

8 years after the events of The Dark Knight, we find Gotham at a time of peace. Due to Batman imprisoning the infamous crazed criminal known as the ‘Joker’ and taking the fall for criminal lawyer turned criminal Harvey Dent’s (Two-Face) self inflicted, death. However, a new evil force to be reckoned with named ‘Bane’ has arrived in Gotham in order to fulfill ‘R’as al Ghuls destiny’, which had been to take over the city and detonate a nuclear-bomb in order to wipe out and cleanse the corrupt in the city. Now that Wayne Manor has been completely rebuilt ( Watch Batman Begins) – Bruce Wayne has become almost reclusive and rarely leaving the estate. Due to the guilt that he had not been able to save his childhood love, ‘Rachel’ from an unjust demise handed out by ‘The Joker’ as he questions his morals and code of not killing, as if he had killed him then perhaps she could still be alive. And with Bane taking over the city by direct force, it forces Bruce Wayne to come out of retirement. But his allies are few and far apart. He comes into contact with an elusive feline-like vigilante, Selena Kyle (Catwoman) the notorious  jewel thief who is perhaps will be a key factor to stopping Bane – but whose side is she on? Will he prevail and foil Bane’s master plan of destruction ? Is Batman the hero Gotham needs or deserves ?

I had very much liked the film and it stands in my top five favourite films that come to mind. Partly due to the fact that I am an avid reader of Comics and love science fiction action movies.

The character of Batman, had been acted seven times before, yet the majority of comic lovers alike prefer Christian Bales performance over them all. The character of Bruce Wayne is a billionaire playboy philanthropist that was induced to a somewhat, ‘Life of Pain’ due to the fact that Bruce Wayne watched his parents murdered before his very eyes.

Thomas and Martha Wayne were walking home from the Monarch Theater one night with their son due to the fact that he had not enjoyed the play and had demanded that his parents take him home, when they were held up at gunpoint by a mugger who demanded the pearl necklace that Martha had been wearing. His father, Thomas Wayne refused to surrender it, both he and Martha were shot dead in the streets.

Bruce had blamed himself heavily for this, as it will be the drive to which he leads a life of anger and retribution. Bruce Wayne swore an oath to rid the city of the evil that had taken his parents’ lives He spent his youth traveling the world, training himself to peak intellectual and physical perfection whilst learning a variety of crime-fighting skills, including chemistry, criminology, forensics, martial arts, gymnastics, disguise, and escape artistry.

Christian Bale had performed this well because even in silence, the facial expressions and body movement had said a thousand words. Due to Bruce Wayne being a recluse, he had been out of shape and fragile, vulnerable etc. All of which he is not.