Dark Knight Rises breakdown

One of the most anticipated films of summer 2012 is Batman: Dark Knight Rises. As a huge fan of the Batman comics and of Nolan's series and yes, even of the old films, im one of the many who is one the edge of their seats to see what Christopher Nolan does with the final sequel to his Trilogy.
The standard was set so high with The Dark Knight thanks to excellent script writing and a breath-taking performance by Heath Ledger as the Joker that some people are questioning whether Nolan can out do himself again or whether he's peaked to early.
So here is 5 Pros and 5 cons as to why this sequel could be daddy of all Batman film (btw sensitive topic with Bruce Wayne) or if the 3 installment will a massive anti-climax;
PRO'S

1. Christopher Nolan and his brother are still writing the sequel and directing the film so that can only be a good thing, the last thing this film needed was a new director to take the series in a different direction than Nolan's direction that we fell in love with.
2. New cast members! There was so much speculation over who was going to star in the film and actors were practically chomping at the bit but Nolan made a wise decision when casting great up and coming actors like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard and Anne Hathaway.
3. Villains-a-plenty! So far we know Bane will be the main antagonist of the film and Catwoman may swing to the dark side but there's plenty of speculation whether Talia Al Ghul will make an appearance and her dear Daddy Ra's Al Ghul who kicked the trilogy off as the Main villain in Batman Begins.
4. Comic book fans will be very pleased! loyal comic book fans will pay close attention to the film and its been highly speculated that the film could quite possibly be based on one of the best comic book series "Knightfall". This series was particularly famous as Bane broke Batman's back putting him out of his caped crusading for a while
5. Bad Bane! Quite possibly one of Gotham's most famous outlaws 'The Man Who Broke The Bat' isnt just the physical threat that Batman's never had before but he's also a tactical genius oh and he's played by the amazing Tom Hardy so its good news all round

CONS

1. Catwoman, pppuurrrrrrfect for Nolan's World? excuse the pun but its hard to resist when every interpretation there's a cheeky little cat related pun always close by. It's one of the reasons fans are a little skeptical whether Catwoman can be brought into Nolan's real interpretation of Gotham. Then again doesnt Anne Hathaway look great in that cat suit?!
2. Jim Gordon dies?! if you've seen the trailer then you'll have seen commissioner Gordon on his death-bed ;'( he's the only one who really knows that Harvey Dent was the villain not Batman and if there killing big Gordon off then who else will they kill off?
3. Is Bruce's pining for his lost love Rachel gonna grind on us? we all know Bruce was very much in love with Rachel but unfortunately she got blown to bits, but is his moping going to be a little OTT? are we going to want to shake the man shouting "get a grip! there's more bats in the cave of love!" ?
4. Is this Batman 3 or Inception 2? Nolan's other famous film that got a huge fan base was Inception and it's clear it made an impression on him too as a lot of the new characters are played by the same actors. So are we going to be watching the film thinking about Inception and the actors other roles they played in it.
5. Will TDKR be as good as TDK? Nolan did such a good job on The Dark Knight could he really top what he did? As much as Bane is exciting Ledgers villain the Joker was an amazing performance and one that may not be topped and although im sure I wont be comparing the 2 crime lords there will be plenty of fans who do.

What ever side of the fence your on though its clear this is going to be one heck of a film, put it down in you diaries!!
The Dark Knight Rises is out 20th July 2012.