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听The Dark Knight Rises trailer 3 is here! The Avengers听is the belle of the ball in theaters right now, but Chris Nolan鈥檚 finale to the Batman trilogy is far from forgotten 鈥� and will surely be in the forefront again (for better or worse) after people get a look at the new footage.

After three trailers we have some of the answers that fans have been wondering and/or worrying about 鈥� plus new questions to wonder and/or worry about. Scroll down to the comments for the discussion.

The best word to describe this听third听Dark Knight Rises听trailer would probably be 鈥渃rescendo.鈥� Starting from Selina Kyle鈥檚 (Anne Hathaway) ominous whispered threat to Bruce Wayne (海角大神 Bale) about coming storms 鈥� to the final shot of The Bat hovercraft soaring and barrel-rolling across the skies of Gotham, this trailer attempts to showcase just how epic this third and final film is going to be.

Admittedly, however, this is clearly a trailer that is meant for a big screen 鈥� the final scene of The Bat hovercraft seemingly taking advantage of the film鈥檚 impressive IMAX format (along with many other scenes glimpsed in the trailer).

Here are a couple of things of note, in terms of questions that have been answered:

• Catwoman seems like a cynical crook-for-hire, but one who eventually takes up Batman鈥檚 cause. I have a feeling the new footage will assuage a lot of doubt about Anne Hathaway getting the role.
• The audio on Bane鈥檚 (Tom Hardy) vocals has definitely been cleaned up and clarified. While it鈥檒l be easier to understand, there is something lost in the effect the ravaged, scratchy version had.
• The movie seems to be a combination of the Batman comic book storylines 鈥淜nightfall鈥�, 鈥淜nightquest鈥�, and 鈥淣o Man鈥檚 Land鈥�. Click any of those titles to learn more about the respective stories.

As for new questions and worries:

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard鈥檚 characters 鈥� for the moment 鈥� seem to be no more than what they are: a local Gotham cop and Bruce Wayne鈥檚 girlfriend, respectively. Rumors have long been flying about one or both of them having secret identities of their own 鈥� but Nolan is playing that close to the vest for now (or, scary thought, not playing that game at all).
• Looking at the story structure, it seems like there will be a significant portion of this film in which there is no Batman, just Bruce Wayne. Don鈥檛 know how fans will feel about that.
• Side characters like Joseph Gordon-Levitt鈥檚 cop character and other supporting players like Commissioner Gordon, Miranda Tate and Catwoman may not serve as suitable听substitutions for Batman in a 鈥淏atman movie.鈥�

As we discuss on this week鈥檚 Screen Rant Podcast, Dark Knight Rises听in some ways has it harder than, say, The Amazing Spider-Man. Nolan and Co. have HUGE expectations to live up to 鈥� critically, financially, publicly 鈥� and even if he does a really good job, anything short of goosebump-inducing awe will be considered a disappointment. By contrast, if Spider-Man听 is even marginally entertaining, it鈥檒l be deemed a pleasant surprise.

Kofi Outlaw blogs at Screen Rant.