The Avengers vs The Dark Knight Rises

Moviegoers were treated this past summer with two of the best comic book movies ever made: The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises. Both movies have been both critical acclaimed and financially successful and have spawned a debate as to which film was better. While The Avengers significantly out grossed the third Batman flick, it still left something to be desired. The Avengers was an exceptionally entertaining film that was fun to watch, but it lacked emotional depth and plot development. Considering the task assigned to director Joss Whedon, I think he did the best possible job at incorporating adequate screen time to each character. However difficult the task, one cannot help but ask for more of this grand film in the sense of character development. The best performance of this movie is given by the villain, Tom Hiddleston. As Loki, Hiddleston steps toe-to-toe with every single Avenger and holds his own against all of them. But of course in the end his army is no match for the heroes and good prevails.

Final Score is 8 out of 10

Movie nerds everywhere waited four long years for the release of The Dark Knight Rises. Although it could not fill the shoes of its incredible predecessor, the third Batman installment was an epic film and one of the best films to close a trilogy ever. Tom Hardy gives an awesome performance as Bane. Together his voice and powerful body language is enough to scare any viewer. Christian Bale is solid as both Bruce Wayne and Batman again while Anne Hathaway gives a tremendous performance as Selina Kyle and Catwoman. Michael Caine's is possibly the best supporting actor of the film, offering a brilliant performance in two of the movie's most emotional scenes. The biggest problem of TDKR is speedy recovery of Batman after such a serious spinal injury. However, replete with epic action sequences, an interesting plot, and incredible acting, The Dark Knight Rises is one hell of a movie.

Final Score is 9.5 out of 10. 

 Although The Avengers is a solid movie, its lack of plot development hinders its overall score and The Dark Knight Rises is a better movie and is ultimately my movie of the year