Movie review: The Dark Knight Rises (+trailer)  By Russell
Baillie  Herald reviewer Russell Baillie reviews the last
instalment of Christopher Nolan's epic Batman trilogy, The Dark
Knight Rises.  Jeez, this was meant to be easy. It's a superhero
movie after all. Passing comment on The Dark Knight Rises should
only really require a contemplation of awesome-ness.  Maybe
offer a comparison or two to its recent lighter, brighter
superhero competition The Avengers (awesome fun!) and The
Amazing Spider-Man (awesome new kid!). Or to its predecessors in
Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy - the surprisingly
awesome reboot Batman Begins and the awesome-because-of-Heath-
Ledger-as-Joker The Dark Knight.  But no, pondering The Dark
Knight Rises requires something other than the popcorn flick
crit-phrasebook.  For it's a film which sets its own homework
assignment with its allusions to a world beyond that of the
vintage DC comics character. Some come from the contemporary
real world, like its nods to the global financ