The Dark Knight Rises
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him… From TMDB
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| Bluesky * | 17 | 23 | 98 |
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Many viewers praise the film as a satisfying conclusion to Nolan's trilogy. [1][2][3] Some find it weaker than The Dark Knight but still a masterwork. [2][4][3] A few critics note plot issues or a lack of Batman focus. [5][2][6]
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So here we have it. The end of a trilogy, the end of an era of the universe of Batman through the eyes of Christopher Nolan. And baby, it goes out with a bang... Going into the theatre tonight I actually wasn't sure what I was up for. I loved Batman Begins, but I didn't actually care that much for The Dark Knight. So the big question was, will TDKR actually be more like the first or the second film? The answer is: …
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Tom Hardy is superb in this denouement to Christopher Nolan's "Batman" trilogy. His depiction of the clever and malevolent "Bane" is intricate and terrifying in equal measure. Christian Bale also has the role very much under control now as he joins forces with his old pal "Gordon" (Gary Oldman) and jewel thief turned "Catwoman" (Anne Hathaway) to rise to his biggest challenge yet... What's great about this film is …
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"And when it is done, and Gotham is in ashes, then you have my permission to die." - Bane, the Dark Knight Rises. An epic, amazing end to the Dark Knight trilogy, with great acting, numerous complex subplots, a creepy villain, amazing action scenes and a heart-thumping score. I really love this film and consider it one of Nolan's better works, and I wish more people on the Internet would start giving it more …
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Even though the plot feels messier than the previous two installments, one cannot resist a smile after the unexpected twist and final scenes, which make ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ a worthy final chapter of Nolan's epical trilogy. 9/10
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I felt like this was a tremendous end to Nolan's Batman trilogy. The Dark Knight Rises may very well have been the weakest of all 3 films but when you're talking about a scale of this magnitude, it still makes this one of the best movies I've seen in the past few years. I expected a little more Batman than we got (especially with a runtime of 2:45) but while the story around the fall of Bruce Wayne and Gotham City …
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Hours before the midnight release of the film, several box-office analysts suggested as much as a $198 million domestic opening weekend. However, in the wake of the mass shooting during a midnight screening of the film, Warner Bros. decided to not report further box-office figures for the movie until Monday, July 23, 2012. As a result, other distributors also delayed the release of their official estimates as well. The shooting is also speculated to have hurt the ticket sales as E! Online reported that a North Carolina audience member had stated that "this theater was kinda empty". Some reports released on July 21, 2012, said that rival studios estimated that the film grossed $75 million to…
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Reactions
60 of 196 · most liked firstThe film beat Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” to become his most successful global opening.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ has become Christopher Nolan's highest grossing movie of all time at $1.1 billion. Surpassing ‘THE DARK KNIGHT RISES’.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s Batman Day. People call Batman ‘66 silly but let’s remember that Christopher Nolan ends The Dark Knight Rises with a slightly higher budget version of this classic scene from that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bongino said on his February 11 show that Trump “should ignore” an unfavorable court order and, invoking the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises", suggested that the president “set up a courtroom” in the White House and “just start making judicial decisions.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Emily Wilson is mad at Christopher Nolan for the wrong thing his biggest crime is *showing* Bruce Wayne in the cafe scene at the end of The Dark Knight Rises, the movie should have ended on a slightly-ambiguous note with Alfred looking up in recognition but us not seeing what he was reacting to
negative · AI labelView post →Have you noticed how movies are getting longer?. Movies have been getting longer for a few years or so but they are especially long this year. Look at the biggest films this year and see how they are about 20-30min longer than they would be in the past. - The Flash - 2h 24m - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - 2h 34m - Oppenheimer - 3h - Barbie - 1h 54m - John Wick: Chapter 4 - 2h 49m - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - 2h 29m And even crazier are the 2 parter movies. - Spider-Man:…
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s Batman Day. People call Batman ‘66 silly but let’s remember that Christopher Nolan ends The Dark Knight Rises with a slightly higher budget version of this classic scene from that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →"The Fire Rises" is a mod that was released just last month on the Steam workshop for Hoi4. The name itself should be a bit of a dead giveaway. That phrase, taken from Bane in the Dark Knight Rises movie is a bit of a stock phrase in accelerationist circles. It currently sits at 169k subscribers. /9
neutral · AI labelView post →Superman (July 11) Probably the first time since The Dark Knight Rises (2012) that I've felt like seeing a superhero movie in theater. (some spaceships too)
positive · AI labelView post →Gonna watch The Dark Knight Rises instead of doomposting. It’s traditionally my least favorite Nolan movie, but, there are certain resonant elements that seem interesting today
neutral · AI labelView post →I love the one movie synergy thing from The Dark Knight Rises movie into comics was giving Bane the coat
positive · AI labelView post →I've always liked The Dark Knight Rises (2012) because my brain has thoughtfully edited out the parts that are not the sharp, tight Catwoman movie with Anne Hathaway.
positive · AI labelView post →There's speculation this image comes from the Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. But... 🚫 We couldn’t find a matching scene in the film. 💻 We know it was created or edited using Google AI tools.
neutral · AI labelView post →How did Batman survive being stabbed in the Dark Knight Rises movie?. Apologies if this is not an Ask Lemmy worthy question, but I couldn't guess an appropriate community to post it to and welcome suggestions to where to move such a question to. Question is as in the title: how could Batman survive what really seems like a deadly stab by Miranda Tate (=Talia Al Ghul) at the end of the movie and still have the strength to go chase the bomb, the lucidity to set up the autopilot and the…
neutral · AI labelView post →Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey reportedly has a $250 million budget which would match the most expensive film of his career: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. Starring Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o and Charlize Theron.
neutral · AI labelView post →*after watching Batman Begins* That was a great film, except for the Batman voice, but I'm sure they'll fix that in the sequel. *after watching The Dark Knight* Wow! That voice was even more awkward this time, but I think I'm used to it. *after watching The Dark Knight Rises* Oh, fuck you!
negative · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises i think i fucking hate this movie
negative · AI labelView post →What Nolan really has is a keen sense of timing: 'The Dark Knight Rises' during Occupy Wall Street, 'Dunkirk' amid Brexit, and now a film about hyper-masculine ancient Greeks that I'm sure in no way taps into the imagery of today’s far right.
neutral · AI labelView post →I have watched exactly one porn parody in my life: it was the porn parody of The Dark Knight Rises, which was released before The Dark Knight Rises was so they had no idea what the actual movie plot would be and had to make a bunch of guesses. It is one of the strangest things I've ever seen
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises doesn't even feel like a Batman movie most of the time it feels like a CoD Campaign but also for some reason the final boss of 007: First Light is the villain
neutral · AI labelView post →On tender hooks for “Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning.” Reviews are comparing it to “The Rise of Skywalker” and to “The Dark Knight Rises”, and those are two very different kinds of maximalist, overstuffed blockbuster! It can’t be both! (“The Dark Knight Rises” rules.)
positive · AI labelView post →after a day of stewing it over in my head my opinion of The Dark Knight Rises has gone down even more but my opinion of Bane in that movie has skyrocketed
neutral · AI labelView post →Ah. This Wicked movie is The Dark Knight Rises for theater kids lmao
neutral · AI labelView post →End of The Dark Knight Rises, but it's a horror movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Henrhyd Falls, nr Coelbren, Powys. Also known as the film location of the Batcave in The Dark Knight Rises. 📷 09.10.23 #WaterfallWednesday #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersofBlueSky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises is from 2012, but worth mentioning since it was Christopher Nolan’s experiment of making a terrible movie, with tons of plot holes and awful casting, to see if critics still considered him a genius.
negative · AI labelView post →Watching The Dark Knight Rises and Michelle Pfeiffer is still the greatest movie Catwoman
neutral · AI labelView post →You: “Nolan’s worst movie is THE DARK KNIGHT RISES” Me (an intellectual): “Nolan’s worst movie is BATMAN BEGINS”
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises is a mess but damn does that movie have some dope scenes. And you know what? While I like to joke about the Bane Voice, Tom Hardy's really good in the flick.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises includes a moment when Bane catches Batman's fist and then hits him with it, so A+ movie imo
positive · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises isn't a good movie, however the sharp, tight Catwoman movie that are the only parts my brain remembers from The Dark Knight Rises is a good movie, so it evens out.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished Logan, which I had somehow missed. Very different film from The Dark Knight Rises, which I also recently watched. I much preferred Logan.
negative · AI labelView post →The 165-Year-Old Novel That Helped Inspire ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/11755652 > > If The Dark Knight felt like a relentless crime thriller inspired by the cinema of Michael Mann, The Dark Knight Rises explored the spiritual and emotional journey of Christian Bale’s version of Bruce Wayne. By connecting to the storyline involving the League of Shadows first introduced in Batman Begins, Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan were able to bring their…
neutral · AI labelView post →Welcome back to the $1B Club, Christopher. THE ODYSSEY becomes the third Nolan film to cross $1 billion worldwide—joining THE DARK KNIGHT and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. An epic milestone, 2,700 years in the making.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't care how grounded or serious you want a Batman story to be. Have Gotham City have some whimsy to it at least. The Dark Knight Rises would have been better if Gotham looked like it did in a Schumacher Batman movie.
negative · AI labelView post →#MarchMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky Day 3. National Anthem in a Movie. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ is officially Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing film with $1.1B worldwide. It ranks ahead of 2012’s ‘THE DARK KNIGHT RISES’ with $1.08B, not adjusted for inflation. #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #TheDarkKnightRises
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ has become Christopher Nolan’s third film to cross $1 billion at the global box office. It joins ‘THE DARK KNIGHT’ and ‘THE DARK KNIGHT RISES’. #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #TheDarkKnight
neutral · AI labelView post →Nolan getting a kicking, so let me say this: Worst film: The Dark Knight Rises Best film: The Prestige. I will defend The Prestige till the brink of doom. I will battle for it on the cusp of the great waterfall of the void.
negative · AI labelView post →#JulyMovieChallenge #Moviesky 7/12. Riot in a movie. The Dark Knight Rises ( 2012)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises? Cat movie
negative · AI labelView post →... Walk on ice..? wait... Guys... Guys.... You DO KNOW that the Dark Knight Rises was just a superhero movie and not a documentary, right? RIGHT?!
neutral · AI labelView post →TENET is definitely Nolan's Bond Film, but THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is the movie with the Bond Opening.
neutral · AI labelView post →How has it taken us this long to get the two most intensely dedicated actors in one film together? Obviously we know Tom’s credentials, but for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, Anne Hathaway actually spend 10 months as a high end international jewel thief and Interpol STILL hasn’t put it all together
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatched? I, Robot Spider-Man Homecoming The Dark Knight Rises Captain America the First Avenger I, Robot, while not an adaptation, still has an interesting twist to the laws of robotics. These Batman and Capt. Am. movies are my favorites. #Letterboxd
positive · AI labelView post →Happy Birthday to the talented and stunning Marion Cotillard, Oscar-winning French film, TV, and stage actress, acclaimed for her roles in BIG FISH, LA VIE EN ROSE, INCEPTION, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, CONTAGION, RUST AND BONE, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, THE IMMIGRANT, TWO DAYS ONE NIGHT, and many more.
neutral · AI labelView post →The 'Dark Knight Rises' star continues his tradition of outlandish accents in his latest Netflix thriller. www.huffpost.com/entry/2025-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: The Dark Knight Rises
neutral · AI labelView post →Recently re-watched The Dark Knight Rises (I'm a defender of the film, and enjoy it) and have only just noticed the MASSIVE plot hole regarding Bane's plan in knowing that Bruce Wayne is Batman but NEVER revealing it to Gotham during his siege, especially when revealing truth about Harvey Dent, FFS.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Knight Rises is a good example of a movie that is a great theater experience that doesn't hold up nearly as much under rewatches.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s #LetterboxdFriday again! My #LastFourWatched shows an unplanned progression of Anne Hathaway movie, Batman movie, Anne Hathaway movie, Batman movie. So the logical question is…do I ride this trend to its inevitable conclusion in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’??
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ is currently eyeing a $1.1-1.3 billion finish at the worldwide box office. It would become Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing film, surpassing ‘THE DARK KNIGHT RISES’. #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan
neutral · AI labelView post →🤩 CHAND BAORI STEPWELL Abhaneri, Rajasthan, India This place was totally giving me MC Escher vibes. Batman fans might recognize the stepwell for its cameo as an inescapable prison in the opening of Christopher Nolan’s 2012 film ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ #photography #travel #art #architecture
neutral · AI labelView post →The 165-Year-Old Novel That Helped Inspire ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. > If The Dark Knight felt like a relentless crime thriller inspired by the cinema of Michael Mann, The Dark Knight Rises explored the spiritual and emotional journey of Christian Bale’s version of Bruce Wayne. By connecting to the storyline involving the League of Shadows first introduced in Batman Begins, Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan were able to bring their interpretation of the caped crusader to a satisfying…
neutral · AI labelView post →🤩 CHAND BAORI STEPWELL Abhaneri, Rajasthan, India This place totally gives me MC Escher vibes. Batman fans might recognize the stepwell for its cameo as The Pit, an inescapable prison in Christopher Nolan’s 2012 film ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ starring Christian Bale. #photography #travel #movies
neutral · AI labelView post →Batman the Dark Knight Rises was not a good movie but a great collection of disjointed moments
negative · AI labelView post →I just rewatched The Dark Knight Rises. I don't remember this scene.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't understand Catwoman.. I like when characters are clearly defined. You need a clear baseline of a starting point of who these characters are, and where they come from. Their personality can change over time, but not WHO they are. So things like age (unless you plan to age the entire universe equally), facial features, race, gender, eye color, hair color, body size, body shape. These are all things that need to be consistant no matter how many times you reboot the series. Peter Parker has…
neutral · AI labelView post →Once I am through with Prometheus Posting, I am going to move on to how The Dark Knight Rises (2012) is the only good Nolan Batman film
positive · AI labelView post →With an estimated global total of $1.1048B through Sunday, Universal's The Odyssey is now Christopher Nolan's highest grossing film of all-time globally (having passed The Dark Knight Rises). #TheOdyssey #BoxOffice
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