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<\/a>Candace Chambers<\/strong> The Batman movie trilogy ended as \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d made its world premiere on July 16, 2012. This highly anticipated movie of the summer has been a blockbuster hit. Over the Labor Day weekend, the movie crossed the $1 billion box office mark, surpassing its predecessor, the \u201cDark Knight,\u201d earning 12th place on the all-time box office grossing list.<\/p>\n The movie explains the journey of Bruce Wayne\u2019s revitalization into Batman. He launches his mission of fighting evil in the film \u201cBatman Begins,\u201d after a threat to destroy his hometown of Gotham City.<\/p>\n In \u201cDark Knight,\u201d Wayne reunites with his allies to continue the fight against crime.\u00a0 In the midst of protecting the city from the evils of the Joker, the district attorney, Harvey Dent, commits crimes in order to save Gotham. Wayne takes the blame for Dent\u2019s wrongs, which causes the city to shun his presence. He is convinced that the city is now safe with Commissioner Gordon leading the police force, therefore retiring his duties as Batman.<\/p>\n Eight years after the events of \u201cDark Knight,\u201d Bruce Wayne struggles to make the decision to continue his retirement from the Batman or to defeat the enemy, Bane, who is destroying the city of Gotham. With the help his allies, Batman decides to enter a new world of crises and must endure the setbacks in order to save the city!<\/p>\n Christian Bale returns as Batman from his role in the beginning of the trilogy \u201cBatman Begins,\u201d and \u201cThe Dark Knight.\u201d\u00a0 Bane is played by Tom Hardy, star\u00a0 of the film, \u201cInception.\u201d<\/p>\n Christopher Nolan directed the film, along with the previous Batman trilogy films. A few of his works include, \u201cInception,\u201d Insomnia,\u201d and \u201cMemento.\u201d<\/p>\n Other main characters include Anne Hathaway (Selina), Morgan Freeman (Fox). Gary Oldeman (Commissioner Gordon), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Blake), and Michael Caine (Alfred).<\/p>\n Many Jackson State University students said they liked this Batman movie because of the enthralling plot.<\/p>\n Karen Knox, a sophomore, English education major said, \u201cI really enjoyed it. The actors portrayed their characters well. The plot was built well, with a few surprising twists.\u201d<\/p>\n David Brewer, a sophomore, physics\/pre-med major said, \u201cIt was fantastic, better than I expected. It was so good. I\u2019m ready for the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n According to IMDb.com, the film earned $160,887,295 its opening weekend and reached $1.010 billion the Labor Day Weekend.<\/p>\n The film\u2019s opening was overshadowed by tragedy on July 20, 2012 when at a midnight premiere in Aurora, Colo., James Holmes shot and killed 12 people and injured 58 inside the movie theater.\u00a0 Both Bale and Nolan released statements on behalf of the cast expressing their condolences for the families of the victims.<\/p>\n I enjoyed the film, especially the costumes and background music. The story line was easy to follow and the characters were well defined. Even though I had not seen any of the other Batman films, I was still able to understand the plot! Overall, I would rate it a 4 out of 5 stars.<\/p>\n This movie is a great ending to the entertaining trilogy and will be a joy for all to watch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Candace Chambers Blue & White Flash \/ Staff Writer The Batman movie trilogy ended as \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d made its world premiere on July…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBlue & White Flash \/ Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n