3. Fatality
Seriously? That's how you're going do Bane after all that build up, after he embarrassed Batman, castrated him by taking away his armory, gave him the worst ass kicking of his life and broke his back? All that and Bane was taken out by a gun that was more for blowing up holes in walls and unfolding ramps than killing anyone? Batman had to mend his back, push-up his way back into shape, and crawl out of a giant hole in the ground to dismantle Bane and then Selina shows up at the last possible second to blow him to kingdom come. Anti-climactic? I'd say so. You gotta admit it wasn't as satisfying as seeing Batman get himself out of an impossible situation and sparing Bane's life to put him in Arkham along with the other criminals because at the end of the day, Batman still has his code and his standards in the midst of chaos and insurgency. But at the end when it really means something, it's taken away by one swift boom. By rule of movie character cliche, Selina has a change of heart and comes back to save Batman, who was really doing ok until Miranda Tate turned into Talia at the last second. Don't worry, I'll get to that later. I know I said I wanted more Catwoman in the beginning, but maybe after the boys stop playing, after Batman uses a smart tactic to blow Bane's mask off to reveal his face, incapacitating him. Then Batman would've had an interesting moment when he decides whether to spare Bane or not, reminiscent of Batman Begins when Ra's asks Bruce if he finally "has what it takes." It would've been a nice book ending to the trilogy if Batman took off his mask and told Bane, "Yes," and stabbed him with his Bat ears. Kidding. But you see where I'm going with this. The end could've echoed what Bruce's problem was with the League of Shadows in the first film to be concluded in the final film: that Bruce Wayne is just a man behind a symbol and that the code of justice the symbol stands for is far greater than the individual enforcing it. That no matter how appealing it is to give up on people and to start from scratch by destroying entire cities, there is always hope and that that hope is never in vain; people are capable of changing for the better and making the right decisions, like the innocent and guilty people of Gotham alike did on the boats in The Dark Knight. The audience would've been moved, hell Bane might have shed a tear himself, but no. Personally, I blame...