The Dark Knight Rises is truly a milestone in the comic book movie industry. The movie was very well plot out with witty lines and great action sequences. With the release of Marvel's The Avengers in May the movie had very high expectations following the highest grossing superhero film of all time. Christopher Nolan however had given fans exactly what they were waiting all four years for, the superhero film to define the industry. Avengers had a good plot, witty dialogue, and great action scenes leaving us all wanting for more. However TDKR had the exact same things and more while giving us the audience a more mature view of superheroes. The beginning was a little slow even I'll admit that but it picks up very quickly and keeps the movie going for the next two and a half hours. TDKR was not quite as well done as TDK but still it left me speechless with the ending being surprising, spellbinding, and incredible. Bottom line The Dark Knight Rises is the goodbye to a series that defined the way people view Batman and maybe all superheroes.