10 Reasons The Dark Knight Rises Is Awesome

5. Love Interests

Something else Nolan has been criticised for in the past is his handling of love and sex, both of which he tackles head on in TDKR - but in a typically understated Nolan way. Selina is sexy in sophisticated way, rather than a hyper-sexualised fanboy's view of what she ought to be, and Bruce's night with Talia was handled in a similarly grown-up way. The pair's one-night stand also had my inner fanboy yelling "Oh my god, Damian Wayne!"