{"id":4091,"date":"2012-08-23T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T18:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sisterrosemovies\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2012-08-30T17:17:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T23:17:01","slug":"the-dark-knight-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sisterrosemovies\/2012\/08\/the-dark-knight-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dark Knight Rises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Christian Bale is the Batman in \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d (Warner Bros. Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

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After eight years, Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) has finally rid Gotham of its criminal element, but he conspired to cover up deceased District Attorney Harvey Dent\u2019s crimes and implicated Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) in his murder. Bruce has spent these years as a recluse at Wayne Manor. Now, Bane (Tom Hardy), a masked mercenary, has come to rid Gotham of the dominance of Wayne Enterprises and replace the city\u2019s new civic order with anarchy.<\/p>\n

Bane targets a nuclear reactor that Fox (Morgan Freeman) has been keeping for a peace project along with other weapons to prevent them from ill use. Against the wishes of his faithful butler, Alfred (Michael Caine), Bruce returns to Wayne Enterprises. But when he is voted off the board, he asks Miranda Tate (Marion Cotillard), a humanitarian, to take his place. Meanwhile Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman (Anne Hathaway), makes a pact with Bane to obtain information she needs.<\/p>\n

Click here\u00a0<\/a>to continue reading my review at St. Anthony Messenger<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are links to my review at RCL\/Benziger for\u00a0\u201cThe Dark Knight Rises\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(If you like the review be sure to vote!) and a study guide to use with children and teens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was asked to prepare something on \u201cHow to talk to kids about tragedy\u201d and in particular How to talk to kids about the Aurora tragedy\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0because of its link to the premiere of this latest Batman movie. You can download a print version here<\/a>\u00a0(courtesy of RCL\/Benziger<\/a> that produces my video reviews at Sister Rose Goes to the Movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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