When it comes to The Dark Knight Rises, I'm not hoping for an Oscar. Just for the movie to actually live up to the hype. While I liked the underlying premise, I thought Batman Begins was kind of boring. The Dark Knight was better but mainly due to Ledger's performance. To this day, I still prefer the 1989 version.
Blasphemy, I know.
I think it will be impossible for it to live up to the hype (I hope it does, but that would be unrealistic). I liked all three films wih TDK as my favorite. Batman Begins was good as well but I agree that the whole origins story aspect of it was a bit boring IMO, but it needed to be told.
