The Dark Knight Rises: 20 Things You Didn't Know
end to a hugely successful superhero franchise (recent surprising rumors notwithstanding). The Dark Knight Rises was intended to bring a definitive close to Christopher Nolans Dark Knight Trilogy really, the first time someone on film had taken a character that iconic and decided to give a proper conclusion to their story, instead of leaving off with the typical there are other adventures in the future status quo. Dark Knight Rises took big narrative risks bringing back D-lister Bane from his cultural death at the hands of Batman & Robin to be the films primary villain; introducing the slinky, fun loving Selina Kyle into Christopher Nolans dark, serious Batman world; focusing its narrative around a Bruce Wayne at the end of his career, a Bruce Wayne who is older but not wiser, who lets arrogance and ego get the best of him and who is handily defeated in combat. The final result was polarizing many thought it a worthy conclusion; many found it disappointing but the reviews were solid, and like its predecessor Dark Knight Rises managed to make over a billion dollars worldwide. But you already know all of that, you internet saavy person you; heres a few things you might NOT know about The Epic Conclusion to the Dark Knight Saga...