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Originally Posted by cDnStealth

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Not only does it cheapen the ending of TDK but it also cheapens the character of Bruce Wayne/Batman. One of the defining moments in that film for Wayne was during the Joker killings where Alfred says:



So at the end of the film he chooses to take the blame for those cop killings and that is totally fine. But for Bruce to just sit around for 8 years doing nothing after that point is really strange. It would have made sense for Batman to still be out there fighting crime despite Gotham's hatred towards him. It's especially weird given that all it takes for him to get back out there is to throw that thing on his leg. Yes he gets beat down by Bane but after a short training montage he's back in form and better than ever.

It isn't strange at all. He is devastated at the loss of Rachel and that is why Bruce doesn't do anything for 8 years, he doesn't care about anything else. He says this at the beginning of the movie and it is why

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Alfred leaves. Alfred confesses about burning the letter and Bruce still thinks they were going to be together.

Not sure how this cheapens the ending of TDK.

This next comment isn't targeting you, more so this entire thread, but do some of you not listen to the dialogue in the movie? So many of peoples problems with the film or "plot holes" are explained.