The Dark Knight Rises Is Undoubtably the Most Overrated Batman Film Ever

After 9 years, we can admit it is not as good as we thought

The Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy will go down as one of the best series of films in history, let alone films based off of a comic.

We’ve seen Batman portrayed in various lights, like the classic Adam West TV show and film. They introduced darkness to the film with Michael Keaton starring in Tim Burton’s Batman and Batman Returns, and then the more recent brutal Ben Affleck, or “Batfleck” as some may call him, in the DC Extended Universe. Even the nipple suits are worn by Val Kilmer and George Clooney in their less popular movies — I liked these movies, if I’m being honest. These were all great in their own way, but most will say they don’t compare to Christian’s Bale take on Batman.

As a Batman fan, I remember seeing the trailer for Batman Begins and realizing, outside of comics or the animated series, we have never seen a Batman origin story unless you’re not counting the fantastic animated movie Mask of the Phantasm. In that case, I’m only excluding due to it not being a live-action film. Knowing that we would see a young Bruce train and build himself into The Batman in front of our eyes made me so excited to see it first hand, and when I did, it exceeded my…