The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)

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Saw this last evening, and enjoyed it, but thought The Dark Knight was more interesting.

I'm not very familiar with the comic and the history of the villains.  I understand how Bane and Talia are tied together, but I didn't really understand the storyline behind Talia's father and how she is fulfilling his mission or dream by doing all this.  Can someone help me connect the dots there?  Thanks!

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Batman Begins was the one in the trilogy I missed.

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Got it, thanks.

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I'll definitely check it out.

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No offense taken, Joe.  I think in my case, I loved the Batman series and tv comics when I was a kid, even though I don't remember much detail from them now in my middle age, and I watched some superhero movies when I was in my teens.  But from my twenties to early forties, I just lost interest in them--I watched the first of the previous Batman film series installments and didn't care for it, and when this trilogy started, I just said to myself: "oh God, another one" and skipped it.  When Dark Knight came out, the girlfriend dragged me out to see it, and I thought it was absolutely outstanding, so I went to see this one too.  So, my bad entirely, I should have known Nolan would do a much better job with it than others, and now that I've been properly educated, I'll gladly go back and watch the first one.