The Flaws: Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises concluded in suitably spectacular fashion, though also proved to be extremely divisive with huge fans of the director's trilogy. The script boasts an epic canvas, and to a point this is more important than the individual details, but there are a number of questionable plot elements: how easily John Blake finds out that Bruce is Batman, how quickly and easily Bruce heals his injured back, Bruce losing his money through fraud (this would never be allowed to stand), the entire GCPD being stuck down in the sewers apparently for months, how Bruce gets back to Gotham, why Batman wastes time lighting a fire on the side of a building, and how Bruce fakes his own death but appears to hang out in totally-low-profile, swanky restaurants in Florence. Why It's More Interesting: The above issues (and many more, no doubt) are all valid criticisms or questions about Nolan's plot, and though some of them could have been tightened up to be a little more convincing, others present fascinating questions for the viewer, and have kept the dialogue about the movie going long after it fell out of cinemas. Nolan could have opted for something a little more believable, even sensible, for his finale, but you can guarantee the movie wouldn't be as discussed and interesting as it ended up being. Did we miss any endlessly debatable blockbuster movies as a result of their perceived flaws? Are any of these movies just flat-out bad in your opinion? Let us know in the comments!
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