The Dark knight Rises Opening Scene Review

'The Dark Knight Rises' is a superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan who co-wrote the screen play with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. This film stars Anne Hathaway who starred in 'Alice in Wonderland', Christian Bale who also starred in 'American Psycho', Michael Caine who starred in 'The Italian Job', Gary Oldman who also starred in 'Lawless', Tom Hardy who starred in 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', Marion Cotillard who also starred in 'Inception', Joseph Gordon-Levitt who starred in 'Looper' and finally Morgan Freeman who also starred in 'The Bucket List'.
In the opening scene we can see a plane flying over/around a mountain in the middle of nowhere, this is a high angle shot but could be a birds eye view shot. The surroundings are beautiful as the grass is thick and green and you can see a big blue sparkling lake in the distance. As the surroundings are peaceful we're expecting the journey on the plane to be as well. We have all the indications of a quiet scene as the Non-Diagetic music is calm and relaxing also. However once inside the plane we see that it's not all it seems, we first see a man who doesn't look like your regular passenger. As the camera tilts to the left we see that this isn't an ordinary flight as there are two people at the back of the plane, on their knees with their hands tied behind their backs and with bags over their heads. The audience immediately recognise this as a hostage scene and so are anticipating what's going to happen next. The man who appears to be in charge of the hostage situation then tugs on one of the guys bags and then pulls out a handgun, this clearly shows that he is violent and that he's not one to be messed with. His stance also shows that he's merciless as he's leaning forward with confidence at what he's about to do and shouting asserting his dominance. One of his henchman then open the plane door, which we know the two hostages are going to end up flying through plummeting to their deaths. The same henchman that opened the door then grabs one of the hostages and holds him over the edge of the door, the 'villain' in this situation then walks over and points the gun at his head. The 'villain' then does something unexpected and fires the gun into the air, the henchman then drags the first hostage back into the plane. This looks like a sick game to scare the other hostage, as the same thing is happening to the second hostage. We then hear a loud firm voice addressing the 'villain' to which he turns around, the 'villains' facial expression is a massive give-away to how he might know this mysterious individual. We then realise that his facial expression turns from shock and fear to amusement, when he realises that this individual is actually kneeling on the floor with his hands tied behind his back and with a bag over his head. There is a bit of prologue that I picked up on as the man with the bag on his head says 'It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan' this is now a massive indication to the audience that this was all planned and in fact the 'villain' has been set up.
When the 'villain' is removing the bag from over the hostages head, the music starts getting faster a drums kick in for tension. The camera is then getting closer to his face meaning that he's who we should be focusing on. When the bag is removed the audience will recognise that it's bane, bane's official image got released before the film was premièred and so the general public already know who he is. We get the indications that Bane is bigger and badder than the 'villain' guy, not just by his appearance which is stereotypically what a villain would look like. A villain stereotypically is built up and so is strong, they might wear a mask to hide their true identity and they show no mercy to anyone or anything in their path.
It's when we see the second plane come into the shot that we realise that an action scene may be on its way and that this plan was part of a bigger plan all along. Bane continues to talk to the 'villain' guy distracting him from the outside influence on his plan.
The second planes cargo area door then opens directly over the first plane, inside the plane the henchmen are looking confused as to what's happening. We then get a glimpse of the pilot and co pilot who are struggling to keep the plane under control.
A small group of men then jump out of the second plane from the cargo door landing beside the windows, these men then open fire and shoot all henchmen on-board the plane. The music at this point is loud and bold, we know now that this is where the fun begins.
We then get another shot of outside the plane and the first plane is being suspended from the second plane by using suspension cables, that the men had attached on their descent.
Violence breaks out inside the plane where Bane punches the 'villain' straight in the face.


The plane is then pulled upwards so the nose of the plane is pointing down which is caused by the suspension cables from the second bigger plane. The planes wings then fly off leaving just the main body frame hanging in the air. Bane is still inside the plane that's being destroyed but like most villains he manages to find his way out, while managing to do some tricky manoeuvres and complete his mission.
The opening two minutes is already full of action and so now the audience will be gasping for more.