The Dark Knight Rises
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2012 · Crime / Thriller

The Dark Knight Rises

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

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2012
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Crime / Thriller
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@CREDITS_FLEE2025-12-20 09:00 UTC

The Dark Knight Rises has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.

@RATIO_RAT2025-12-10 18:00 UTC

The script for The Dark Knight Rises feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.

@REEL_DEAL2025-12-20 17:00 UTC

Counted four explosions before the studio logo finished. The Dark Knight Rises knows its audience.

@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-25 11:00 UTC

Even the popcorn looked bored during The Dark Knight Rises.

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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 16/100.

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The Dark Knight Rises scores 16/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.

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r/movies · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 3.8k points

The cinematography in The Dark Knight Rises is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Honestly, The Dark Knight Rises would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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r/criticalkino · u/CinephileCynic🔥 4.0k points

Hot Take: The Dark Knight Rises's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece

Everyone praising the The Dark Knight Rises performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.

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r/movies · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 4.4k points

[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Dark Knight Rises?

Look, I wanted to love The Dark Knight Rises. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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r/TrueFilm · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 1.3k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The Dark Knight Rises actually is?

Just got out of The Dark Knight Rises and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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