There is an explanation, technically, but is it really convincing?
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Many years have passed since its release, but Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy still represents a unicum in the genre, capable of paving the way for a new season of comic book movies that led to the great Marvel and DC successes of today. However, Nolan's work, and especially the final chapter of The Dark Knight Rises, has not been without criticism. In the final film, for example, Batman seems to escape death a few too many times and in a way that is very convenient for the story, which for many fans still today is a "plot hole", or in any case one of the weakest aspects of the script. Both Talia al Ghul and Bane, in fact, have multiple opportunities to eliminate the superhero once and for all, but each time they promptly give up.
Talia al Ghul, one of the characters who have been sacrificed the most in the Dark Knight trilogy, introduces herself to Bruce as Miranda Tate, the new CEO of Wayne Enterprises. He shows that he trusts her and considers her a hope for both his company and the future of the city. As her plan progresses, the two become intimate and end up spending the night together at Wayne Manor. At this point, Bruce still does not know the true identity of the woman, who reveals that she is R'as al Ghul's daughter only after a long time. Why, then, did she not immediately seize the opportunity to take revenge on her father, after having earned Batman's trust?
A very similar thing then happens with the real villain of The Dark Knight Rises, namely Bane. During their fight, Bane states that he wants to complete Ra's al Ghul's mission to destroy Gotham City and then paralyzes Batman, damaging his spine with a violent knee strike. However, the hero does not die and the antagonist decides not to kill him, but on the contrary to lock him up in an ancient underground prison in the Middle East. In short, both characters could have definitively gotten rid of Batman much earlier. Clearly, the fact that Batman escapes death is functional to his development as a character, but it must also be said that the film offers a motivation, albeit shaky at times, for the villains' reasons. Talia and Bane, in fact, do not only want to eliminate Batman but to bend him physically and psychologically, showing him his limits and depriving Gotham of its symbol of hope.
Leaving him alive, for them, is, therefore, a further cruelty, because it will allow his spirit to be definitively destroyed. In fact, he will helplessly witness the devastation of the city, without being able to rush to its aid. Of course, not everyone finds this explanation offered by Nolan convincing, which in fact… has the opposite effect, allowing Batman to free himself and save the situation. Add to that the miraculous way Bruce seems to survive his final “sacrifice,” and we have a superhero who has perhaps truly defeated death one too many times. What do you think? Are these all solid reasons, or do you still consider it a “plot hole”?
Source: Collider
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