This looked to me the most ambitious Batman movie from Nolan on epic scale. However the coherence seems to be lacking compared to the other two. At times the pace was uneven which was bit surprising given how Nolan commands it. It still though is an excellent movie overall. The trilogy comes to full circle with The Dark Knight Rises. Nolan weaves TDKR like bridge between Batman Begins and TDK but the heart is closer to the more emotional and atmospheric Batman Begins (was great to see the focus on Wayne again which I felt was missing in TDK). And oh the climax was stupendous with all the chaos, twists, action till the very artistic including the last scene with Michael Caine :)The acting was great overall and unfortunately poor Bane seems to be fallen for being compared with Ledger/Joker. May be if this came before TDK people would have liked him more.I need to see it again to judge where TDKR stands in the trilogy. But as of now I will say TDK (9/10)>TDKR(8/10) while BB (10/10) still remains my favorite.Some movies are liked even more on second viewing. "Sometimes movie deserves more...sometimes movie deserves to have their faith rewarded" (TDK..changed "people" to "movie" here)