Dark Knight Ascends, The

I usually don't like watching edits of movies I plan to edit in the future, but I made an exception for this one because I saw how much passion and effort went into it in the ITW thread.
I have to say I enjoyed this edit a hell of a lot more than I enjoyed the original. I haven't seen DKR in a long time, but I'm fairly confident every change made here was for the better.
I did feel that the pacing and even the dialogue in a few places was too fast for me, but that's an issue inherited from the theatrical cut.
All of the dialogue editing was exceptional. There was one line that stuck out to me. When Blake reveals that Gordon told him who batman was the word "Wayne" doesn't match very well with the rest of the sentence in terms of the tone of his voice, although the lip synching is excellent. It might have only stuck out to me because I was aware of that particular line edit going in, but it did strike me as a bit of an obvious edit.
Other than that line, I have no complaints, and I would recommend this to anyone who likes the Dark Knight Trilogy.

I must confess that I've always enjoyed rewatching this movie more than its overly-lauded predecessor. Not because its a better film (it's absolutely not), but simply because it's a lot more fun and silly. From Bane voiced as a Scottish grandpa to Drama Club Catwoman and the painfully obvious "I was Talia all along!" twist, this film is just plain dumb, but in a way that I enjoy. DonkeyKonga's edit does a good job of keeping the fun while reducing the more outrageously stupid elements. My only quibbles would be with the ending. Trying to keep the survival of Bruce ambiguous doesn't really have any weight given that we've already seen Fox learn that the autopilot was repaired. And while removing the truly dumb 'Robin's my middle name' bit is understandable, I think not hinting at his future as Batman's heir makes his character arc too much a bummer. Otherwise, though, this is a really fun edit that makes the best of a pretty botched film.

An excellent edit of the final chapter of The Dark Knight trilogy. All changes go a long way to remove much of the unnecessary clutter and focus the story on what's actually important.
With some very very minor exceptions, both audio and visual cuts are outstandingly smooth. I genuinely forgot I was watching a fan edit at one point.
Despite being someone who loves the original, this edit is undeniably a huge improvement and I can't recommend it enough.

Another Donkey classic! This editor has quickly shown a ton of skill and talent across all of their edits and this is no exception.

There was A LOT of crafting a new story here and the editor has made some interesting choices not seen in any other edit of this movie. It's truly an original idea that stands on it's own.

It's worth checking out for sure!

The Dark Knight Rises is my least favorite entry into the trilogy. It's a mess of a film, and at times I wonder if Nolan was pressured by the studio to wrap up his trilogy before he was appropriately ready to, what with the DCEU on the horizon and all. That said, it's not a bad film by any means, it's simply Nolan's weakest film to date. If you agree, this edit is for you.

If you don't, I still recommend this edit, because DonkeyKonga has managed to take the most unwieldy Batman movie and streamline it to something far more digestible. The movie opens on a far more evocative edit of the plane assault, one wherein Bane comes off more as a cold and calculating strongman, and less like a hilariously cliche Bond-villain parody. Gordon's character has been reworked into a man with a heavy heart and burden, who is just an old dog waiting for one final hunt. Batman and Catwoman are largely the same, though, and I still don't enjoy Anne Hathaway's take on the character, but that's my gripe with the source.

There are narrative changes I feel work better here than the original. Gordon knowing Bruce is Batman offers a better dynamic, and re-contextualizes his final line to him in a way that left a stronger impact on me this go around. Bane's dialog reworking (and possible dubbing-over?) is fantastic, keeping him a cold, unfeeling assassin who is slowly being corrupted by the power he feels he has. Talia is a machiavellian chameleon who manages to infiltrate the film and, like her father, uses theatrics to make you believe she's on Bruce's side, even going as far as taking control of Wayne Ent. and sleeping with our hero!

Much of the looney tunes logic has been gutted (1 minute bomb timer detonation yet everyone stands around talking, broken-spine punches), but thankfully most of the humor is intact. I laughed more than I thought I would.

One particular emergent quality was the highlighting of Matthew Modine's character, who, due to the changed narrative circumstances (and tighter pacing) of this edit, comes off far more sympathetic, and his death hit me particularly hard by the end. This edit actually granted me a new perspective on the source, and that is priceless.