The Dark Knight Rises better than The Dark Knight?
If you were one of those fans who prefer Batman Begins to TDK then you’ll find much to love about TDKR. And if you weren’t then no Batman film will ever match TDK for you. Boasting scenes where all three main characters are together in masks and costumes, The Dark Knight Rises is certainly the most comic book-y of Nolan’s three Batman films. It’s also the most epic and lengthy one, and has the greatest inherent stakes and emotion.
It’s imperative that one sees Batman Begins before watching TDKR; all you really need to know from The Dark Knight is that Dent became Two-Face, Batman took the fall, and Rachel Dawes died. ( The Joker is never mentioned here.) There are plenty of callbacks in TDKR to Batman Begins that directly affect Bruce, the other characters, and Gotham.