After revealing the
critics reviews last week United Leeds Endeavours gives their opinion on the
biggest film of the year, The Dark Knight Rises.
At the headquarters of
United Leeds Endeavours we read the reviews of The Dark Knight Rises with
anticipation last week. As a direct sales
and marketing company, which specialises in direct sales for the entertainment
industry, we’ve been keeping our ears to the ground surrounding the hype for
this film.Would it live up to our expectations? Would the bad guy ever be as bad as Heath Ledger’s Joker?
The film didn’t disappoint and a group from United Leeds Endeavours put together their own
thoughts and feelings over the weekend after their Friday night viewing. The reviews of the critics were largely spot on. Tom Hardy as Bane was formidable, though one could
only wonder at how he managed to bulk up so spectacularly for the role.
Christopher Nolan had said that Ann Hathaway’s performance of Catwoman was
worthy of its own spin-off and we’d have to agree. She looked every inch the
part and played the torn thief with class and elegance.
Though the film was
admittedly long, we can forgive Christopher Nolan for being slightly self-indulgent in his last ever outing as director for the franchise. Despite the
length it didn’t drag and twists and turns along the way kept an audience of
all ages enthralled. The ending was both fitting and unpredictable. It left a
strong enough conclusion for there to be no sequel but also enough open ends
that one could easily be made. Such is the nature of huge movie franchises. At
the viewing that a group from United Leeds Endeavours attended the audience
broke out into spontaneous applause as the final credits rolled through.
The opening of the
film was marred by the horrific tragedy that occurred at a midnight screening
in Aurora, Colorado when 12 people were shot dead and countless others injured
in a mass shooting by a crazed man. In the wake of the shootings Christopher
Nolan spoke out in horror and shock at the events. Nolan
summed it up fittingly describing the killings as a ‘senseless tragedy’ and
that he couldn’t understand why someone would ‘violate that innocent and
hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way.’ The whole team at United Leeds Endeavours would like to pass on their condolences to everyone affected by the
tragedy.
