Condition Critical

Early in her long, positive and rather pompous review of The Dark Knight Rises, Manohla Dargis of The New York Times makes a point of saying that Imax "is the way to see the film." Then she goes on to say nothing whatsoever about what Imax adds to the experience and, in fact, very little about any of the film's visual qualities. She does mention, in a vague sort of way, that director Christopher Nolan "continues to refine his cinematic technique" and that the action in the new film is "more visually coherent" than in the earlier films of the series, but that's about it. Oh, yes: she does use the word "visceral." Twice.