10 Best Disappointing Movies Ever

Christopher Nolan did himself out of critical acclaim with the outstanding Dark Knight, a masterclass in comic book adaptation that no sequel could possibly live up to.

Nolan did a lot of things right with its follow-up, The Dark Knight Rises, which boldly reconstructed heroism by introducing us to a fallible, battle-weary Caped Crusader against seemingly insurmountable odds.

There were a few missteps along the way, like putting a charisma-sapping muzzle on Tom Hardy, revealing the main villain too late in the game and the occasional plot hole, but Rises was a solid sign-off from Nolan.

By the end of the film, he reinforced the concept of Batman as an enduring symbol and took the series full circle in satisfactory fashion.

The only problem was, satisfactory wasn't good enough for the Caped Crusader in a post-Dark Knight world.