batman

This is a guest post by AARP's Mary C. Hickey.

In the course of The Dark Knight Rises, Batman is nearly crippled with arthritis, he's imprisoned, his back is broken, he is betrayed in the most awful of ways, and his nemesis is a monstrous al-Qaeda-class mass murderer.

From the archives, a clip that makes us laugh even while we get all choked up...

The Dark Knight took a turn away from past Batman movies and was rewarded with record box office sales.