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Crest of the comic book movie wave
Release of 'The Dark Knight Rises' may mark apex of 'geeky' genre
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Christian Bale returns as a brooding Bruce Wayne and Batman in "The Dark Knight Rises," released this weekend. The summer's most-anticipated film also may mark the high water mark of the recent comic book movie wave.
The release of “The Dark Knight Rises” tonight at midnight is a significant movie moment. It’s the end of writer/director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, one of the most — arguably THE most — respected comic book movie franchises in history. “Rises” and “The Avengers” were far and away the most anticipated movies of the year, and we will almost certainly witness the peak of the 2012 box office this weekend.