RESULTS: Which Movie In Christopher Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY Was Your Favourite?

Over 7,700 of you voted when asked which film in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy was your favourite, and while the results are fairly close, there is a very clear winner. So, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, or The Dark Knight Rises? Find out here!

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By Josh Wilding - 7/31/2012

This was far from an easy question. Batman Begins told the definitive origin story of Batman. The Dark Knight brought us Heath Ledger's Oscar winning performance as The Joker. The Dark Knight Rises was an epic conclusion to the trilogy which finished Christopher Nolan's take on the Caped Crusader in true style. Over the course of three films, we followed Bruce Wayne's incredible journey, while also being introduced to many of the greatest Batman supporting characters and villains. Throw in some of the best actors in the business, incredible action and special effects, as well as a rousing theme courtesy of composer Hans Zimmer, and there can be no doubting the fact that The Dark Knight Trilogy will go down as one of the greatest ever. However, it seems as if the second instalment in the trilogy has remained the favourite among the majority of you, despite the recent release of The Dark Knight Rises. Here are the results in full...

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	UltimateSpiderman - 7/31/2012, 5:22 AM Login to report abuse Batman Begins is the best.
	marvel72 - 7/31/2012, 5:22 AM Login to report abuse batman begins & the dark knight are equal,the dark knight rises not as good. i voted batman begins.
	XmutantX - 7/31/2012, 5:22 AM Login to report abuse closer than i thought it would be...
	40oz - 7/31/2012, 5:23 AM Login to report abuse They were all great.
	NeoBaggins - 7/31/2012, 5:23 AM Login to report abuse Nolan gives good trilogy.
	CubanRaftRider - 7/31/2012, 5:23 AM Login to report abuse Batman Begins was the best Batman movie, TDK was the best overall movie, and TDKR was the number 1 letdown movie.
	Batman27 - 7/31/2012, 5:26 AM Login to report abuse Best Comicbook Trilogy!
	ralfinader - 7/31/2012, 5:26 AM Login to report abuse Another poll with less than 24 thousand voters...hmmm, how odd. Haven't seen TDKR, but from everything I have read and heard, BB would probably have been the one I voted on.
	HellsHammer - 7/31/2012, 5:28 AM Login to report abuse I liked them all. Its crazy Batman has been apart of my entire life, First film i saw in theaters was Batman returns, when I started kindergarten Batman Forever came out, and when I graduated college TDKR came out.
	LP4 - 7/31/2012, 5:30 AM Login to report abuse TDKR
	MrLoki - 7/31/2012, 5:34 AM Login to report abuse Begins was my favorite, TDK was still great and TDKR was horrible, just horrible.
	marvel72 - 7/31/2012, 5:34 AM Login to report abuse @ Batman27 i agree but it hasn't got much competition at the moment. -blade trilogy -spider-man trilogy -x-men trilogy -iron man trilogy(2013,we'll have trilogy) not sure if i've missed any,some have four like superman quadrilogy.
	Sabconth - 7/31/2012, 5:35 AM Login to report abuse The great thing is that no matter which of the 3 is your favorite, it's totally understandable given how great they all are.
	Linta - 7/31/2012, 5:35 AM Login to report abuse Batman Begins is the winner for me.
	redskull666 - 7/31/2012, 5:36 AM Login to report abuse Its a great trilogy. I want a #4 tho. Christian Bale is great as Bruce/Batman
	HellsHammer - 7/31/2012, 5:36 AM Login to report abuse Costume in Batman Begins was hands down the best Batman costume we have ever seen on the big screen
	BenderDickCumPatch - 7/31/2012, 5:38 AM Login to report abuse I like this one:
	TheDetectiveComicRises - 7/31/2012, 5:40 AM Login to report abuse Hard for me to say I love all three but that's when U know a person has made a great trilogy when it is great debate about which is better among the masses :)
	MoonDoggyX - 7/31/2012, 5:48 AM Login to report abuse Begins barely edges out rises for me... Tdk is last for me...
	Batman27 - 7/31/2012, 5:56 AM Login to report abuse @Marvel 72- Iron-Man 3 is going to have to be really damn good maybe even better than the original to challenge this trilogy. Just my opinion.
	BANEEE - 7/31/2012, 5:56 AM Login to report abuse You know I saw the movies after each other.. and at first The Dark knight was my fav.. but put out heath's performance and its a pretty mediocre film. and Frankly batman begins is A better Movie overal than the Dark knight.. but I voted The Dark Knight Rises.. because.. the overall style story and Bad guy is just my kind of thing.. I really love Bane.. for me it's as good as the Joker.. People compare The joker to bane.. it's like comparing Soccer to basketball.. they are totally different in handling situations and planning their attacks.. and The joker is everyone's fav Villain so its really hard to be equally handled.. Look if Nolan chose Hte Riddler than we have A character we could compare and say well that one is the better one.. but what Nolan and tom did with bane is incredible.. because bane always wears A mask .. so its hard to show emotions through it.. but Hardy pulled it off!.. THE Dark Knight Rises is the Best out of three for me.. but batman begins and TDK are on the same line..
	NeoBaggins - 7/31/2012, 6:02 AM Login to report abuse TDK and TDKR are like two parts of one story. Like what they did with Reloaded and Revolutions but not as quickly released together. Speaking of which, I just heard one of the Watchoski brothers had a sex change.
	MrReese - 7/31/2012, 6:04 AM Login to report abuse Great Trilogy indeed XD
	marvel72 - 7/31/2012, 6:06 AM Login to report abuse @ NeoBaggins are the watchoski brothers gonna be know as the watchoski brother & sister now.
	BenderDickCumPatch - 7/31/2012, 6:06 AM Login to report abuse People here need this and some weed:
	Luminescent - 7/31/2012, 6:07 AM Login to report abuse @TheGoddamnDeadpool: That picture scares me :'(
	comics2film - 7/31/2012, 6:09 AM Login to report abuse The Dark Knight absolute masterpiece. I can watch that movie over and over. then begins and can't remember the last ones name.
	Rong - 7/31/2012, 6:10 AM Login to report abuse Obvious win. Heath made the movie especially special for me.
	NeoBaggins - 7/31/2012, 6:14 AM Login to report abuse @marv Yeah, the name doesn't have that ring to it now. The Dark Knight Trilogy is pretty tight and cohesive now that it's gone full circle back to the Leagur of Shadows. The BB link to TDK was a little thin with only Rachael who was recast and a mention of Joker at the end. Gotham looks pretty different in TDK. But TDK and TDKR has a good bridge with the Dent back story and the whole LOS plotline brings BB in closer to TDK and TDKR. It's a tight [frick]in trilogy.
	opencurtain - 7/31/2012, 6:17 AM Login to report abuse Is it worth seen ,I heard it's too long and a bit boring .
	SigmaCenturion - 7/31/2012, 6:22 AM Login to report abuse Yeah I won't miss these polls getting thrown off by nolanites XD TDK had a lot of plot holes that made the movie fall apart for me. I like Batman Begins best out of the two I saw. Going later today to see TDKR.
	deanwilkins - 7/31/2012, 6:24 AM Login to report abuse Rises doesn't even come close to Dark Knight.
	jaewest215 - 7/31/2012, 6:26 AM Login to report abuse This type of success with a trilogy will NEVER happen again UNLESS The Avengers do something. We have yet to see with that. BB made EVERYONE step there game up.
	AlexDeLarge87 - 7/31/2012, 6:28 AM Login to report abuse Begins. Why? Gave us two new villains who havent been in the big screen. And focused on Batman´s early years which we havent seen on the big screen.
	AlexDeLarge87 - 7/31/2012, 6:30 AM Login to report abuse Begins also had the best city. Dark and dirty like the Gotham i know.
	TheAskaniSon - 7/31/2012, 6:30 AM Login to report abuse I voted The Dark Knight because while the fact that Heath Ledger was the perfect joker, the movie overall was just a perfect film aside from the lack of two-face in my opinion. I think that the Dark Knight is obviously the best story told, with the Dark Knight Rises coming in a close second because if Ledger had not been so perfect as joker than Bane would have been my favorite villain from the trilogy.
	Nomis1800 - 7/31/2012, 6:33 AM Login to report abuse TDKR is my favorite.
	jimoakley666 - 7/31/2012, 6:35 AM Login to report abuse I honestly thought more people would have gone for TDK.
	SUPERSHADOWBAT - 7/31/2012, 6:37 AM Login to report abuse A great trilogy. BB was probably the closest to the comic book Batman that Nolan gave us in the trilogy. I enjoyed them all for different elements in each film.
	danird - 7/31/2012, 6:43 AM Login to report abuse Batman & Robin (1997) is the best ! a better Bane (not talking too much).
	LMB10 - 7/31/2012, 6:46 AM Login to report abuse Batman Begins > The Dark Knight > The Dark Knight Rises
	DDD - 7/31/2012, 6:47 AM Login to report abuse BEGINS just was a total satisfying BATMAN MOVIE! A wonderful origins story! BEST CBM ORIGINS STORY EVER! Way better than SPIDERMAN 1! Then TDK, NOLAN started going away from comics! TDKR, NOLAN went off the rail from the comics! And it's got plot holes you can drive the tumbler through! Ya know, where was CATWOMAN? Oh, it was that woman in the skin-tight suit! Uh, I thought CATWOMAN was a cat burgler, why would a cat burgler tell people her real name? That's why SELENA has a cover-name! So no one will know her identity! Doh! TDK was amazing movie-making, though! BEST bad guy of the series! But it wasn't REALLY the JOKER! JACK NICHOLSON was the JOKER but BURTON should have thrown out all the camp!
	hope420 - 7/31/2012, 7:18 AM Login to report abuse Batman,Batman,Batman that's all that's on here anymore. Not complaining but some of these stories seem forced just to keep Bats in the news.
	MisterFixit - 7/31/2012, 7:41 AM Login to report abuse who voted TDK and TDKR is more interested in villains. I go with Bats, so BB
	MisterFixit - 7/31/2012, 7:44 AM Login to report abuse @hope i agree:-) next week we'll have the pool "which supporting actor do you prefer?" and so on..
	fattieacid - 7/31/2012, 8:13 AM Login to report abuse The Dark Knight was the worst of all of them, BUT obviously it was a fantastic Movie. It was overrated because of Heath untimely death, he did an amazing job but when I watch the movie, I don't feel it as great as Begins. These are my ratings of the 3 movies and order of which I like better The Dark Knight Rises: 98/100 Batman Begins: 97/100 The Dark Knight: 95/100 Over All: 96.66% Hence The Greatest Trilogy EVER!
	PapaMidnight - 7/31/2012, 8:20 AM Login to report abuse Awesome trilogy! Begins is more "tight" IMO. @Intruder, good point! Nolan's car chases were inspired by Friedkin's "French Connection", that's why they're so good.
	AustinFan4Life - 7/31/2012, 8:32 AM Login to report abuse @DDD Jack Nicholson's protrayal was good at the time the film was made, but no offense. I just kind feel like Heatg Ledger's performance & even look as more in line with being The Joker. Sure Jack's Joker was more in line with the source material of being of a permawhite, but the performance itself to me felt just more like Jack, from the look to his actions of just playing himself, that vaguely resembled The Joker. It just felt like he brought his character from The Shining back & only died his hair green & painting hia face white With Heath's Joker...that was The Joker, not just lookong or acting like himself, but trying to resemble The Joker, putting aside his Joker not being a permawhite, everything about Ledger's Joker was the Joker. Not once did I look at him playing character & think he needed to keep his own personality out of the character & be more Joker like, like I did when I first saw Batman 89, Nicholson's protrayal. To me, thats what makes the stronger performance is less of you & more of the character, which is what Ledger did. I respect that you feel that Nicholson was The Joker, but to me he was just playing himself trying to play The Joker, whereas Ledger was the character completely from the ground up, from the look to his actions, words & mannerisms was The Joker.
	Talontd - 7/31/2012, 8:49 AM Login to report abuse 1. TDK 2. Begins 3. TDKR
	gepeto - 7/31/2012, 9:37 AM Login to report abuse who ever goes with TDKR dont really care about the batman mythos...8 year gap... hes a cripple....he was batman for 8 months even though he trained as a ninja for 7 years....rachel was with harvey so thats a good reason to become a leparr....the clean slate device...back broken then smashed in the pit twice and with a caine...best line from the film was anyone can be batman this means the copycats of batman in TDK were good and should of been respected...bomb goes off in 5 months... for these reaons i chose TDK but BB is still a classic.....
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