Christopher Nolan films in general and his
Batman trilogy in particular have a way of inspiring a veritable roller coaster of fan reaction. Even before
The Dark Knight Rises opened, it was preceded by an insane amount of hype, which inevitably gave rise to the backlash to said hype, which in turn sparked some rather uncivil reactions to the backlash.
And once the film actually opens, of course, there are still more complicated issues to ...