A sequel to what is considered by many to be the greatest superhero movie ever made, there was always going to be a backlash against The Dark Knight Rises. But despite going through production with many fans sceptical, no one expected it to be to the level it ended up being. Interstellar may split opinion, but, bar intense Nolanites calling it a 2001-level masterpiece, it's not been as polarising as Rises proved to be. Originally much of the ire came towards the ending. Tying up the whole Dark Knight Trilogy, many of the developments in the last few minutes - Bruce Wayne survives somehow, giving John Blake the ambiguous stuff he needs to become Batman - felt hollow to audience. It was certainly an ending, but its execution didn't sit right, relying heavily on coincidence, something the film explicitly condemned later on. But the ending was just the beginning. With Bane's complicated plan seemingly existing outside the realistic bubble The Dark Knight had created and the editing of various sequences creating pretty glaring plot holes a general dissatisfaction set in, with the internet still unable to reach a happy middle ground.
