I found that part funny; he knew a bomb was about to explode, but he still took the time to oil paint the bridge (while nobody spotted him).

Also, why didn't they kill Blake when he was rescuing the cops? The cop that came out of the tunnel was shot, and the others were killed by a grenade. But nothing was done to Blake.

d21lewis said:

Anyway, some of those storylines were about two years long from the time they started to the time they ended! I can't believe Nolan tried to squeeze them all into a three hour movie. For me (the fanboy that can never be satisfied), I kept having an internal conflict between the way I wanted things to be and the way things actually turned out. I had a lot of problems with other explanations, too.

-You can cure a broken back (his SPINE was protruding from his back!) by hanging from a rope? Magic!  His spine was protrucing out of his back?  I could have sworn his watchman said a disc was out of place, which he reset.  Rest was magic at physiotherapy.

-How the hell did he get from Arabia (or wherever that prison was) with no money? I'm sure Bruce had money saved in other accounts, he just lost his assets.

-How did he even get back into Gotham City? He's Batman.
-How did those cops that were trapped underground for months not smell like ass? How were they still able to fight? They should have been super weak. They were given food and water, which was apparently a lot.
-Why did Batman suddenly trust Catwoman when she robbed him and fed him to Bane? She never fed him to Bane, Batman asked her to take him to Bane.  She just locked the door.
-If Batman insists on "No guns", why does everything he owns have a built in gun--and fucking missiles? The tumblers probably had them from their days as prototypes.  Probably the same with the Batpod.
-Why are there still prisoners in that prison if Ra's Al Ghul freed them all and incorporate them into the League of Shadows? They said he released them all?
-Why did Ra's Al Ghul train Bane to be the best, ever if the sight of Bane caused him so much pain? The sight of Bane didn't cause him pain, the site of Bane and Talia together caused him pain, and he probably realized they loved each other after he trained him.
-How did Ra's Al Ghul become so awesome in every way when he was nothing more than an exiled soldier? Soldiers are well trained.
-Who put Scarecrow in charge of court? I didn't vote for him! I sure as hell voted for him!
-Why did Batman wait three months before he asked somebody what "Deshi, Deshi, Basara" meant? They said that like every five minutes! Plothole
-Nobody bothered to mention that Ra's Al Ghul's kid was a little girl? Did they say "he"?
-Why didn't any of the other "Batmobiles" have little Bat-Cycles built into them? Maybe they did and no one knew how to use them?
-And Jim Gordon carries the Harvey Dent confession every where he goes? He wrote it for his speech, he just happened to have it with him still when he went in the sewers, the timing wasn't that far off.
-And people suddenly believe Bane because he read a note? I'm sure only the inmates of Blackgate did, they didn't really show any gotham citizens when he made his speech.
-Was that knee brace made of magic? Batman can just kick that hard, the brace just kept his leg together.  I mean Batman did kick down a tree in Year One.

In the comics, the older Batman fought a much stronger opponent and lost horribly. He then came back and defeated him in front of an audience to regain the respect of Gotham City. He didn't fight the guy head to head. He outsmarted him. In this movie, Batman just walked up to him and started punching--but this time, his punches worked. What's up with that? Batman was training for about 5 months when he was in prison, on top of that Bane just didn't feel the pain, he couldn't feel his body wear down the way Batman was.  Batman knew his mask was giving him pain killers so Batman started tearing it apart with his fist.  The less pain killers Bane was getting the more pain and fatigue Bane was feeling.