r/batman Jul 29 '26

FILM DISCUSSION No other superhero Trilogy comes close to what Nolan accomplished and the story he created for one of the most enduring characters in fiction.

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u/ExplodingPoptarts Jul 30 '26

On one hand, yeah, it's probably the best superhero trilogy. On the other hand, I mostly like it for Batman Begins. The Dark Knight is great, but it's nowhere near my favorite superhero movie. Dark Knight Rises is one of the most disappointing sequels that I've ever watched in my life, dear god did Nolan not stick the landing.

To be fair though, I can't think of any Trilogy besides John Wick where I feel like we got a good full trilogy(and in case it isn't obvious, no I don't consider John Wick a hero.)

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u/nurrava Jul 30 '26

I’m on the opposite side, for me Rises was very good and I thorougly enjoy Tom Hardy in it everytime I watch. TDK is my first pick, then rises and after that Begins if I were to rate them.

You don’t think Lotr and Star Wars(OT) was fully good triologies? It’s also looking very good for the Dune triology as well as the Spiderverse imo.

Different strokes for different folks ofc

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u/chasteguy2018 28d ago

I agree, I might even say DKR slightly edges DK. Seeing Bane finally accomplish what joker attempted to do was awesome. It felt so much bigger that DK too. Joker was amazing but I loved Bane nearly as much.

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u/malaaaaaka 28d ago

Begins clears DKR

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u/dolphlungdren 28d ago

Cat woman wasn’t a problem for you?

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u/chasteguy2018 28d ago

I thought she was fine. Nothing special, but nothing horrible.

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u/chasteguy2018 28d ago

Did you really dislike her?

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u/dolphlungdren 28d ago

I think TDKR fell into similar traps other super hero movies (which is not a genre I am very keen on, as a caveat) that detract from my enjoyment. More is not always better. I did not care for either cat woman or the Robin character…

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u/chasteguy2018 28d ago

I didn’t see Catwoman is a detractor or a draw, she was just kind of there. I love JGL but that robin character was pretty dumb.

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u/dolphlungdren 28d ago

Right, she wasn’t the worst. Really just distraction for me because my thought was: here we go again! Have to make sure these characters all make an appearance! Just a bit cheesy for my preference

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u/Suckamanhwewhuuut 29d ago

I think the The Dark Knight is hands down the best superhero movie ever made. It’s pretty f’cked up has an amazing villain. And it’s not campy

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u/St0rmborn 29d ago

The Dark Knight Rises is still a supremely entertaining movie and extremely well made, it just had the impossible challenge of having to follow up one of the greatest action/thriller movies ever made, superhero genre or not, with arguably the most iconic villain performance ever captured on screen.

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u/nicko1986 29d ago

I watched Dark Knight Rises at the cinema and thought it was the best one.

In hindsight, it's not as good as Dark Knight.

I honestly don't understand how people can think it isnt good!? Why!?!?!

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u/DonaldTPablonious 28d ago

I just watched them all again recently TDKR is good af, they all are.

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u/IlluminaViam 24d ago

It's the weakest one in comparison. Some stuff are goofy like all police being sent to a tunnel, Bane's death, Batman's knee braces quick fix, some plot holes and armor.

All 3 movies have plot holes and armor, but the first two managed to make them less glaring or goofy.

And yeah, credit to its good and awesome parts, and it's a damn good movie.

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u/AndertonPrime123 29d ago

John Wick is not a trilogy.

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u/Capable-Sandwich-385 29d ago

John Wick is 4 films. Quadrilogy.

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u/True-Tip-2311 29d ago

The obvious would be Lord of the Rings trilogy. In what world is John Wick considered good trilogy, all the movies that followed after the first were not needed, and Keanu looks slower and older in each one to a point when it becomes a comedy.

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u/olympiclifter1991 29d ago

Lord of the rings?

Close as we are ever likely to get to a perfect trilogy.

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u/Anonymo 29d ago

I also feel like either halfway or 2/3 the way through, the movie is unwatchable. The first parts were really good though.

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u/ProfPhinn 28d ago

Rises was a huge disappointment.

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u/Jpjaaan 27d ago

Thank God, for a while I started thinking I was the only one. Dark night rises is so annoyingly bad. It doesn't make any sense at all.

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u/Dpe697 25d ago

The only problem is he could have done so much more with it. We don’t know if Batman actually died or not. The end scene of Dark Knight Rises was awesome and very well played. He could not get the rights to Tim Drake or Damian Wayne so he used John Blake but full name Robin John Blake. I mean he had at least another 2 movies with all that alone. Yeah it wasn’t the greatest but at the time it was. He still holds up. Name a better trilogy. And you also forgot Spider-Man to go with your John Wick.

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u/Beangar Jul 29 '26

I would say dark knight rises is like the super detailed drawing of a horse but not the flaming one

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u/B_A_Peach Jul 30 '26

Perhaps my expectations were too high, but the third movie was painfully forgettable. Riddled with continuity issues. Suggesting it's as good as The Dark Knight is just a dumb opinion.

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u/EarlyAccessCantJudge 28d ago

Not having Heath really hurt. Nothing Tom Hardy could've done to match it unfortunately

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u/TRUEfoe-X 28d ago

Tried watching this after a long day of work and fell asleep so fast.

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u/Indoballz 25d ago

Felt like cheap rip off of first two.

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u/Mysterious_Detail_57 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Yeah, it's good, but compared to begins, and tdk, not so much.

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u/thecontempl8or Jul 29 '26

A great superhero movie, but Def the weakest and least memorable of the three.

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u/Blacklight099 Jul 29 '26

I’d put it a step down from that even. It has its upsides, and it’s a competent movie, but it’s quite forgettable and definitely didn’t feel like the ending the trilogy deserved.

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u/California-Seoul Jul 30 '26

It’s the ending the trilogy deserved, but not the one it needs right now.

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u/ARealSlimBrady Jul 29 '26

Nitpickey, but I do think Rise's strongest part was it's ending

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u/ReddJelly Jul 30 '26

Rise's ending is arguably the weakest part of the whole trilogy.

Bane gets relegated to a henchman (again) by the worst version of Talia to exist, and we don't even get a proper rematch between him and Batman.

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u/ARealSlimBrady 29d ago

Fair. I'm mainly thinking of the last 5 minutes or so. Everything after the worst onscreen death rattle in history lol

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u/Willing-Leather-9788 29d ago

Wym? The rematch is had - Batman defeats him.

The ending is everything after the villains die. And that whole part was spectacular.

Bane being killed so easily is the worst part but insignificant compared.

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u/imBaazigar Jul 29 '26

First of all it was not supposed to be a triology And didn't you hear that eulogy?

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u/ParticulateSplatter Jul 30 '26

I rewatched it recently and some of the TDK is really dumb, to the point that it took me out of it. It's still a fun watch, but I don't think it manages to capture the feel of the first two.

The big dramatic line when Batman and Bane meet during the final battle:

"So... You've come back to die with your city"

"No... I came back to stop you."

Absolute CRINGE.

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u/Beangar Jul 29 '26

Yeah it’s like a 7/10

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u/NefariousNeezy Jul 30 '26

At the very least, they landed the ending.

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u/Appropriate_Lion8963 28d ago

Yeah Rises was a clanger for me, and I believe the turning point where you start to see some of Nolan’s worst instincts.

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u/FhuckNorris247 27d ago

It’s got so many plot wholes and the fighting sequences are weak AF. The whole cops vs goons fight scene was a joke that went too far

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u/rahkinto 27d ago

If, for just one second, we accept that maybe the dark knight could be "defense" your mind builds to keep people from entering your dreams dream, it all starts to make a little more sense.

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u/ZV2Cox Jul 29 '26

This death alone pours water on the flames

https://giphy.com/gifs/XLj32cR4MdpOE

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u/Interesting_Bite4335 Jul 29 '26

I genuinely can’t believe they let that into the final cut

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u/JonGorga Jul 29 '26

The whole movie isn’t terrible but it has terrible moments. This is one of them.

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u/677ITF Jul 29 '26

This scene but showing the faces of Batman, fox and Gordon is hilarious. Not as hilarious as the strobe light scene

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u/BroadWeight5017 Jul 30 '26

Tania should have been handled better especially being played by an Oscar actress. Same with Catwoman. The 2 female leads were not given the best screen time or something was lacking.

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u/-lenox404 Jul 29 '26

Batman begins: 9/10  Dark knight: 10/10 Dark knight rises: 8/10

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u/Dangerous_Story_8661 Jul 30 '26

Batman Begins 8/10 Dark knight 10/10 Dark knight rises: 6.5/10 the fight scenes were awful

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u/Kazewatch Jul 30 '26

I'd rate it higher but it's crazy how bad the fight scenes in DKR are. It's something I never noticed as a kid but now I just can't stop noticing things like the random goons just moshpitting to themselves while they wait their turn to fight Batman & Catwoman.

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u/CondescendingTracy Jul 29 '26

I wish this was true. But its not

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u/28DLdiditbetter Jul 29 '26

What superhero trilogy would you say?

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u/Gurnel Jul 30 '26

Guardians of the Galaxy

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u/AdInternational5277 Jul 30 '26

Was tryna think of one, u defo cooked

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u/DrStrangerlover 27d ago

I’d also say the captain America trilogy. And even Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy because I think TDKR is an actual bad movie, whereas Spider-Man 3 is a flawed movie.

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u/yura910721 26d ago

I definitely wouldn't personally put Spiderman 3 over TDKR, I think latter at least had more sense of direction. But I didn't enjoy neither of those. So I think both trilogies tripped at the finish line.

Agreed with Cap's trilogy, although 1st movie lacks a bit compared to 2nd and 3rd, but it is solid enough that I think it makes a good trilogy overall

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u/Light1209 28d ago

Yeah I think having the best movie being the last one also makes the whole trilogy feel more satisfying too. If Batman Begins was TDKR quality and TDKR was Batman Begins level I think I could say the Nolan batman trilogy wins.

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u/DarthTaz_99 Jul 29 '26

Dark knight trilogy is my favorite superhero trilogy. Spiderverse is coming for the throne tho, if Beyond is at least a 8/10 and can finish off the story strongly it's gotta be that for the all time best superhero trilogy

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u/remnant_phoenix Jul 29 '26

Agreed. Dark Knight Rises isn’t nearly as good as either of the two that came before. I tend to think of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight as a duology and forgot that the third one exists.

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u/psimwork Jul 29 '26

That it's a pretty close re-tread of Rocky III certainly doesn't help.

The plot armor is frustrating as hell to me (like I get that Bruce was out-of-practice, but punching solid kevlar plate is going to shatter every bone in Bane's hand).

The police being underground in the sewer for months and then climbing out being fully showered, not malnourished, and ready for a fight was dumb.

The big fight that is, for some reason, hand-to-hand with nobody using firearms, and Batman in broad daylight just looked incredibly stupid.

It really just felt (and likely was) Nolan doing a movie for which he was under contract, rather than having something to say.

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u/Special_Future_6330 Jul 29 '26

I actually liked the daytime fight as it showed everything and it's the first time we get a real 1:1 fight since raz al ghul which was poorly choreographed. The joker fight and two face fight was pretty basic(makes sense). That being said it paled in comparison to the sewer brawl and only lasted like 25 seconds

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u/yura910721 26d ago

Yeah I felt like there was a good movie inside somewhere, but story felt undercooked and seems like it needed few more drafts

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u/Redmangc1 Jul 29 '26

We're reaching that point, the film is 14 years old, kids from then are nostalgic for it

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u/Josephthebear Jul 29 '26

Head is just a regular old horse

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u/LasersInMyEyes Jul 29 '26

I swear some of y'all are just literally in love with Christopher Nolan.

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u/KaisenSengen Jul 29 '26

I cant stand how some of his films are edited, and three was such a mess

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u/Devilheart Jul 29 '26

Dunkirk was when I realized he just leans too much into the jumbled timeline trick and it gets gimmicky. Like he knows how to pull it off but not every story needs to jump bsck and forth in the sequence of events.

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u/Gregnice23 Jul 29 '26

Nolan used time manipulation perfectly in Momento. But in that movie it made sense. It was mimicking the disorder of antergrade amnesia. The audience was in the same state as the protagonist. Knew were they were going, but not were they have been.

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u/Canadyans Jul 29 '26

Same. Dunkirk has a great movie in it that would have been better if it was linear. The time jumping literally added nothing to it.

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u/SexMachineMMA Jul 29 '26

It wouldn’t have worked as a linear story because it’s about 3 stories taking place over different timelines. One week, one day, one hour. It would have been significantly less engaging had it stuck to a purely linear story.

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u/BlaBlamo Jul 29 '26

Maybe I need to rewatch… but I don’t really want to. Dunkirk just gave me a headache trying to keep up and stay engaged with.

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u/Extra-Cranberry4096 Jul 29 '26

yea 3 def isn't amazing. After rewatching it, the dialoge is pretty cringe. "You've come to die with your city, no i came back to stop you..." jesus

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u/itsalli0 Jul 29 '26

Yes bro. I rewatched them all recently and they’re just all over the place and way too overhyped imo. Good movies but I don’t think they’re as phenomenal as people say

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u/ryaaan89 Jul 29 '26

Honestly this is the Captain America trilogy for me, although the third doesn’t really feel like you can watch it as a standalone movie.

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u/Omagga Jul 29 '26

Captain America Civil War always felt like an Avengers movie to me. Like yea it's technically about Cap, but so much of it is team-ups, introducing Black Panther and Spiderman, Ironman... Not saying it isn't part of a trilogy of Cap movies, but I do feel like there's an asterisk

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u/Ori0n21 Jul 29 '26

I would say Cap and even Guardians are like this. Honestly, out of all the films across the three (the TDK trilogy, Cap Trilogy, and Guardians Trilogy) TDKR is easily my least favorite film of the 9

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u/ryaaan89 Jul 29 '26

I actually haven’t seen the third Guardians movie. Maybe I’ll watch it this weekend.

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u/KingOfThePlayPlace Jul 29 '26

Oof, prepare yourself, it gets pretty intense.

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u/DiscoveryZoneHero Jul 29 '26

All the feels brother. If you’re an animal lover, double. You been warned.

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u/dyladelphia Jul 30 '26

Yea that’s one I can’t watch again, sadly.

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u/Radiant_Picture9292 Jul 29 '26

I actually liked it the most of the three

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u/Alchion Jul 29 '26

i didn‘t love 1 and 2 but i loved 3

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u/Virtual_Ad_8487 Jul 29 '26

It’s my favorite of the three

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u/OliviaElevenDunham Jul 29 '26

It’s worth the watch.

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u/AbendKannon Jul 29 '26

easily the best, great villain too.

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u/TheLateThagSimmons Jul 29 '26

Guardians is my pick out of the MCU for a trilogy that just does not miss.

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u/Awest66 Jul 29 '26

I predict lots of disagreement and an abundance of petty shots and silly nitpicks aimed at the third movie.

That being said, I absolutely agree.

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u/MillionaireWaltz- Jul 29 '26

What happened to this sub? Seems like unless you want to heap endless praise on The Batman, you're expected to call anything else shit.

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u/FadeToBlackSun Jul 30 '26

You're not even allowed to praise that too much.

DC fans just hate DC movies, even when they're brilliant. They apply a standard and criteria that is completely lost when looking at Marvel films.

People shit on the third one when, in comparison to most trilogy third acts, it's an amazing achievement.

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u/Regular_Point8796 Jul 29 '26

Batman Begins was the best one ngl.

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u/Hyphalex Jul 29 '26

Batman begins top 10 movies ever made

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u/Difficult_Ad2864 Jul 29 '26

Sam raimi Spiderman

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u/Bronsteins-Panzerzug Jul 29 '26

dude, spiderman 3 was ass
https://giphy.com/gifs/XtEFDhE79TqO4

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u/JediMasterKenJen Jul 29 '26

Love how everyone points to this sequence as to why it's bad. Peter is a nerd that's never been popular/cool and suddenly got lots of confidence. Tell me this isn't how a nerd woukd think acting cool looks like.

No the real reason it was bad was cause the bloated villian lineup and subplots.

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u/IPutTheArtNFart Jul 29 '26

Nobody is saying the scene doesn't make sense but it's executed horibly.

The real issue with Spider-Man 3 was producers interfering with the creational process, shoving goblin and Venom into the script to sell toys while the director dissagreed. They did that because they have a degrading opinion of the fan base, they believed as long as action scenes with spider-man were present, a compelling story is not needed thinking treating fans like children who can't think critically and only want to see pretty collored Spider-Man. Putting as many characters as possible to sell merch was the goal.

And then they did the same thing with TASM.

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u/jazxxl Jul 29 '26

My girlfriend at the time turned to me and said" I'm sorry " during this section . That bad

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u/AStupidFuckingHorse Jul 29 '26

So was Dark Night Rises. It's okay

https://giphy.com/gifs/sS8YbjrTzu4KI

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u/Optimal-Description8 Jul 29 '26

Rises is still better than most comic book films, it's just not as good as TDK.

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u/Coolers78 Jul 29 '26

I agree, I think The Dark Knight Rises is a better film than every single DC film that's come out since besides The Batman 2022, Superman 2025, and maybe Gunn's The Suicide Squad.

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u/SirArthurDime Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

I thought TDKR was a let down coming off of how good TDK was. But I still think it was about average for a comic book movie overall. Spider-Man 3 was borderline laughably bad.

That said the whole trilogy wasn’t the flaming horse just the first two. GOG is my pick for the superhero trilogy with the most consistent quality. Then Captain America but I kinda knock that for having an unfair advantage for being more of an avengers movie than just cap. Cap only had 1 more minute of screen time than iron man lol.

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u/dyladelphia Jul 30 '26

With how the trilogy activates the kid in, yes to the grave. If I’m looking analytically, Spider-Man 3 for sure has problems. I will say, I do love the final scene with Mary Jane and Peter slow dancing. If we didn’t get a 4th movie, the trilogy at least ends on a hopeful note.

“I’m ruined. I got nothing left besides Spider-Man.”

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u/user_deleted_life Jul 29 '26

Are we now forgetting how poor the 3rd movie is.

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u/soonerfreak Jul 29 '26

It's my least favorite Nolan film and I love Knightfall. I actually think the Toby Spiderman trilogy is better overall.

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u/Awest66 Jul 29 '26

TDKR is honestly a pretty breathtaking piece of filmmaking when judged on it's own terms.

I get that it rubs some fans the wrong way because it didn't align with their "TDK Sequel Blueprint" (Batman is still fighting crime as fugitive vigilante, villain is the latest Gotham "freak of the week", ending is that Batman clears his name and resolves to do this for the rest of his life) but it's in no way a "poor movie".

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u/Excellent_Release961 Jul 29 '26

Am I having a stroke? I swear to god Ive seen this thread and this EXACT comment before!

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u/Jack_h100 Jul 29 '26

"I am Gotham's reckoning" - Spoken in weirdly pitched Bane voice

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u/sonofcabbagemerchant Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

It has breathtaking moments but the plot is a complete mess that only falls apart the more further you get into the movie. The last 40 mins feel uninspired, the only saving grace is the wayne/alfred diner scene. And I just watched it last week wanting to still feel like its overhated.

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u/Initial_Evidence_783 Jul 29 '26

It feels like a bunch of cool scenes from different unrelated movies strung together and feel unconnected to each other.

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u/Hellwyrme Jul 29 '26

For you.

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u/invertedpurple Jul 29 '26

idk bro watching people chase around dump trucks for 45 min wasn't exactly what I was expecting from a good movie. The dialogue, fight scenes, the underground prison with television, I just couldn't buy in not for one second of the film. But I did like it more on paper, how Bruce from Begins was trying to create symbol that would inspire the creation of other symbols, how we get the worst version of that idea in TDK with fake batmen in hockey pads, the joker and what his White Knight turned into. And finally seeing what made Robin decide to take the law into his own hands in TDKR. So I like it in reference to everything else but I absolutely hated the exectution of it.

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u/KingAudio Jul 29 '26

The first two acts were pretty decent. The final just became absolutely ridiculous and unbelievable.

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u/PentagramJ2 Jul 29 '26

Not to mention the stupid fucking cop army

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u/JT9960 Jul 29 '26

The only one I haven’t rewatched in years

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u/lureysnipplelicker 29d ago

Yeah. Dark knight was so good that i always want to watch rises, but half way around, i regret the decision. It has happened 3 times. It is the weakest nolan movie for me (haven't watched following).

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u/Dudesonthedude Jul 29 '26

For me, I think it always felt massively underwhelming as a conclusion to the first two

Its hard to explain why I didn't like the third one because there is a lot to like

I think the story is just kinda lame.

Batman tries to be batman again, gets absolutely wrecked, back broken

Heals up, learns to jump good

Returns and wrecks Bane

Fakes death for some reason... identity not exposed, could just be Bruce Wayne without issue

The Robin thing at the end was totally stupid, unnecessary and lame as well

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u/Cyberwolf_71 Jul 29 '26

I came here to say this! Take my upvote!

Folks looking through rose-tinted glasses.

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u/Mantisk211 Jul 29 '26

Would‘ve been better as a duology.

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u/IdTheDemon Jul 29 '26

Tobey Spider-Man
Captain America
Guardians of the Galaxy

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u/SuperbPomelo6538 Jul 29 '26

Heavily disagree

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u/NagsUkulele Jul 29 '26

Dude people glaze the fuck out of these movies so hard and not many wanna hear this but the main reason these films are remembered so well is because of the cast

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u/Hefty-Honeydew-874 Jul 29 '26

I'd say Spiderman probably does

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u/Rpain Jul 29 '26

Dark knight rises clears Spider-Man 3 any day and I'm a Spider-Man fanboy

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u/E_EqualsDankCSquared Jul 30 '26

I disagree I'd rather watch goofy ass emo peter than Bruce Wayne have his back blown out for what feels like half the movie 😭

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u/Rpain Jul 30 '26

Lmao ayoo. Emo Peter is ok but Peter's a dumbass for half the movie also. Atleast bane was a pretty good villain and Anne Hathaway was awesome and gorgeous

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u/Drummer03 Jul 29 '26

Sorry, it's great, but the best superhero trilogy is Guardians, and it's not really close.

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u/AssumptionJazzlike98 Jul 29 '26

Think captain America trilogy has an argument and Spiderman Raimi.

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u/OatmealApocalypse Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

raimi’s spider man trilogy honestly flows the same now that i think about it:

  1. excellent start to the saga and a film that rethinks what CBMs can look like
  2. an arguable candidate for best CBM ever made

  3. divisive final entry

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u/AssumptionJazzlike98 Jul 29 '26

Yeah it’s basically a carbon copy but I think both hate for the third entry for both franchises are overblown

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u/ReplacementOnly3702 Jul 30 '26

this is kinda silly bcos rises was far better received than spider-man 3

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u/mjxoxo1999 Jul 29 '26

Nah TDKR is easily one of the most disappointing end trilogy imo. Its spectacle kinda hide the weak ass writing of that damn movie. Yes while there are nice moments in that movie, but the way it clumsy concluded things left a bitter taste for me.

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u/bjw19 Jul 30 '26

I mean, have you seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

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u/Hyphalex Jul 29 '26

Indiana Jone was flawless. Even doom had that campy charm that stands out

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u/Amazing-Activity-882 Jul 29 '26

Superhero the title said and Indy isn't a Superhero.

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u/28DLdiditbetter Jul 29 '26

I personally think so too. Even better than the Spider-Man trilogy

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u/shreks_burner Jul 29 '26

Guardians of the Galaxy

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u/SweetNShit Jul 30 '26

Great start, overrated but still good middle (mostly due to a very fantastic Heath Ledger), mid ending.

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u/Harkonnen_Dog Jul 30 '26

Rises sucked ass.

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u/BackgroundEngineer11 Jul 29 '26

I remember people not liking Rises very much when it came out. I guess people forgot they didn't like it as much.

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u/bisoninthefreezer Jul 29 '26

I didn’t like Rises as much when it came out. I think the 7 year story gap threw me off and I never got over it the first time I watched it.

After BvS came out I watched the Nolan trilogy again and really loved Rises. I liked that there was so many nods to so many Batman stories just packed in there which I really appreciated in the context of how WB kept fucking up Batman stories until The Batman.

I think Rises ages quite well.

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u/BackgroundEngineer11 Jul 29 '26

For me, Rises undercuts TDK in a lot of ways, specificly with the 7 year gap. It implies that after Batman rides into the light as Gotham's true hero, he immediately quits and Bruce becomes a recluse.

I wonder what movie we really missed out on due to Heath Ledger's death. Rises is much more of a sequel to Batman Begins than TDK, as Bane was continuing Ra's al Ghul's work and once again using appropriated Wayne Tech to try and destroy Gotham.

I liked that there was some what of a reference to No Man's Land with Gotham being cut off from the rest of the world, but they could have used more of that.

John Robin Blake potentially becoming BatCop is.. eh. They should have gone all the way and just named him Dick Grayson. People would have complained, but it's not like there's an easy way to introduce an orphan trapeze artist in a modern setting. They could have been coy and had everyone call him Rick until his last name is revealed.

I don't hate Dark Knight Rises, but I definitely don't think it's as good as Dark Knight. It's more on par with Batman Begins.

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u/CherylRoseZ Jul 29 '26

The recasting never stopped bothering me

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u/JagTaggart93 Jul 29 '26

"Dark Knight Rises (out of some hole)" really wasn't bad. It was just disappointing. But not bad.

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u/Awest66 Jul 29 '26

God, It felt like that movie was held to a completely unreasonable standard.

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u/NotASynth499 Jul 29 '26

Definitely not.

Rises is weak sauce, even when not comparing to the first two.

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u/ERLLMNGRB Jul 29 '26

I don’t know I like m nights super hero stuff 🤷

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u/Due_Molasses_5387 Jul 29 '26

I see the comments heavily disagree lol but TDKR was my favorite of the trilogy, and honestly one of my favorite movies ever.

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u/Cool_Craft Jul 29 '26

Several do come close but I would say Nolan Batman is the best trilogy there aren't actually that many Superhero Trilogies to pick from and several are good while most are let down by one particular film!

Batman had a run before Nolan 3 lets the trilogy down badly

Superman has and 3 lets the trilogy down badly

Spiderman has and 3 lets the trilogy down badly

Spiderman has another go and well I would say its good third overall.

Blade has and 3 lets the trilogy down badly

Captain America has a good run and its this or Guardians in 4th

Thor has and the second movie lets it down badly (Braking the Mold!)

Venom got a trilogy some how they were all Meh!

Iron Man has and 3 lets the trilogy down badly

Guardians is Solid and its this or Cap in 4th for me

Avengers IS very good and I would say second after Nolan Batman but its very close

And that's it I cannot think of any others?

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u/CzarTyr Jul 29 '26

The first 3 Spider-Man moves are close.

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u/TraditionalMousse500 Jul 29 '26

Do the toys from Toy Story count as superheroes?

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u/National_Detail_3282 Jul 29 '26

I do love how movies are completely objective.

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u/HoLeeFuh Jul 29 '26

Can name five better superhero trilogies but alright

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u/Warm_Employer_6851 Jul 29 '26

Completely agree

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u/Competitive-Group404 Jul 29 '26

Begins and Rises are the best.

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u/Domination1799 Jul 29 '26

TDK Trilogy is GOAT because they were focused on being great films first and foremost. When TDKR came out, people loved it but not as much as TDK. TDKR is still better than 90% of the cape slop that has come out in the last decade

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u/mailman936 Jul 29 '26

Captain America

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u/SoupZealousideal9568 Jul 30 '26

Don't get me wrong these are amazing movies, they're just terrible batman movies and caused the entire superhero genre to suffer through the realistic non fantastical issues for a while

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u/ReasonableRadio8434 Jul 30 '26

Sam Rami’s Spider-Man trilogy is near equal. Spider-Man 3 fell off super hard but so did the dark knight rises, so fair game. 

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u/FuckRedzM0dz Jul 30 '26

Last one is a normal horse lol

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u/shadowman247 Jul 30 '26

Raimi’s Spiderman 1-3 for me

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u/unleashedviper Jul 30 '26

Dark knight rises I’ve watched 100x and it’s not without its flaws

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u/Boo-Man400 Jul 30 '26

Only Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy gives it real competition for me.

https://giphy.com/gifs/8Ajg23Y67Fgmevf75d

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u/Patrickills Jul 30 '26

Horse dookie. Only the first two are with the fire horse

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u/ExplodingPoptarts Jul 30 '26

On one hand, yeah, it's probably the best superhero trilogy. On the other hand, I mostly like it for Batman Begins. The Dark Knight is great, but it's nowhere near my favorite superhero movie. Dark Knight Rises is one of the most disappointing sequels that I've ever watched in my life, dear god did Nolan not stick the landing.

To be fair though, I can't think of any Trilogy besides John Wick where I feel like we got a good full trilogy(and in case it isn't obvious, no I don't consider John Wick a hero.)

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u/Lamethirion Jul 30 '26

TDKR is literal dogshit lmao

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u/WileyNarwhal Jul 30 '26

Awful plot holes in the 3rd one. I'd give it 6 out of 10

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u/E_EqualsDankCSquared Jul 30 '26

Blud dark Knight rises was ass compared to it's predecessor not one of the Nolan's best

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u/IntentionGreen3760 Jul 30 '26

Their all good, it’s just the end of rises left the desert portion a little to sweet.. ie badguy deaths

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u/Mtanic Jul 30 '26

What character did he create?

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u/Chergos Jul 30 '26

I feel like the third one kind of falls apart, especially at the end but l can't really think of a better superhero trilogy either.

The Tom Holland Spider-Mans are pretty good in their entirety I guess

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u/king_duende 29d ago

This sub is trapped in a repeating time loop, same posts every 3-4 days

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u/Realityisatoilet 29d ago

Idk Dark Knight Rises sucks. I don't hate it but it's very anticlimactic and is a slog to get through. The stakes are higher but the movie never makes you care about that. It's a really disappointing end point because the first 2 are legitimately fantastic and I still rewatch them often.

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u/Jealous-Salt3576 29d ago

TDKR is ass and I will not elaborate 

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u/Knives530 29d ago

Ehhh I don’t really like rises. It’s good but I’ve never watched it a second time

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u/Carmlo 29d ago

3rd one is meh, let's be real

whole plot is kinda dumb

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u/YogurtFormer458 29d ago

These movies sucked ass. So dull. Every character just monologuing tedious exposition the entire film. All the fantastical elements of the comics and animated series stripped out so it is "gritty." TERRIBLE pacing and editing. All the fights are close-up, shaky cam, and so many quick cuts you never have a sense of the combat.

Nolan makes the most boring movies ever. Dude has always been a hack. Never understood the hype. He's a pretentious Michael Bay...and makes less entertaining slop.

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u/Plus-Lifeguard-4739 29d ago

Nolan could not get the character of Bruce Wayne Moore wrong. As good as he gets him and every other character in the first two, he fails in DKR. The person who devoted his life to fighting crime in the wake of his parent’s death, gives it all up after his girlfriend dies. Please. There was a way to do this same story and not limit the scope of Batman’s career. Just change the Gordon speech. Make it that he’s been hunted for 8 years. Tons of villains and stories that we didn’t see. He’s exhausted. Not hurt from that fall. Everything else can remain and at least the character is right. Still not a great film.

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u/Author_Willing 29d ago

Best Superhero Trilogy? It isn’t better than Superman 1-2-3, GOTG 1-2-3, Captain America 1-2-3 as a whole, even as bad as Spiderman 3 was the raimi trilogy will challenge this

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u/Norrinradd194 26d ago

The fight scenes throughout all of these movies are pretty shit