8. The Death of Two-Face
This is where the franchise started to completely abandon the soul of the main canon lore for me. For a start, killing Dent almost felt like an insult. I feel TDKR would have been much better if its main antagonist was Two-Face. The whole Bane origin is just so massive and complex that it could have easily used its own trilogy; if it were me, Id have shied away from even going there for just one movie. Two-Face would have been a great way to show (not tell) how Batman doesnt stop, ever. Between Dark Knight and TDKR hed have been constantly on Dent's tail, following a trail of mayhem and murder as he combated Dents growing army of henchmen. You want to bring the franchise full circle? How about examining the fact that Wayne and Dent are so similar; how they both have near identical motivation; how if youre in the shoes of a crime-fighter, youre looking directly into the abyss and its looking back into you. And only Batman can resist its call. But no. Instead, Nolan chose to kill off one of Batmans most memorable villains just moments after his rebirth effectively crushing any hopes Batman fans had of seeing a worthwhile cinematic Two-Face storyline come to fruition.