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Nolan repeatedly said he didn't like Robin, and yet has a whole story arc in the final film dedicated to some random bloke being Nightwing/Robin. Not Dick Grayson, Jason Todd or Tim Drake who could have easily been written in for the important 60 second twist at the end.

Also, the ten minutes of Talia al Ghul was needless for two reasons; 1) The Talia/Bruce story arc is much more complicated than just revenge for Ra's, and involves them having a kid together. What's the point of shunting in a twist that contradicts both that arc, and the heavily contrived Nightwing one as well. 2) Tom Hardy's Bane is an excellent character, and the vast majority of his performance shows him to be a very cunning individual, capable of besting Batman all on his own, but ends up as merely a pawn for Talia, who is so inept she has a chance to kill Batman and passes it up.

Anne Hathaway's Selina Kyle is pretty much in there because she looks good in the outfit. It's just a fluff role that could have been played by any beautiful actress playing any supporting female character. Had Heath Ledger not died, the role with a few small tweaks could have been Harley Quinn. It could have been Barbara Gordon. If they'd cut out the stupid twist, it could have been Talia al Ghul as well.

Like the Twilight films, the vast majority of the depression scenes should have been left on the cutting room floor. We don't need 40 minutes of film telling us that Bruce Wayne is despairing at his situation. We get it. Christian Bale is a good enough actor to convey that in much less time.

I must agree in part about the Robin thing, but I also disagree entirely (an oxymoronic view I suppose). I don't think he was Robin or Nightwing or any of those characters. I think that name was just put in as a small joke and the character was to emphasize that if Bruce found someone who he was happy to move on with, he would. But he would also make sure their was a "white knight" or rather a replacement dark knight but one who may, or may not be of slightly higher moral standing. However, if you take that view, then he is committing Blake to death. Bruce had years of Ninja training, great support from Fox and Alfred and basically infinite money to get all the new toys. With this, he even got his pickle kicked by a lot of people. You'd have to think Blake isn't as strong, fast or well trained so is probably going to die if a real threat ever pops up again. So, I kind of agree it was stupid if he is Robin, but I didn't take it as such but still think it was kind of stupid.

Catwoman... I didn't mind the character and thought it was nice. The redemption seemed like bollocks in part and more should have been done to foreshadow this. She isn't really shown as that type of character either before or after her switch. Also, was it just me or was she basically played as a lesbian for the first half.

Talia was a great twist and the movies have their own continuity separate but linked to the comics. So the revenge thing should, or could or can be different than the classical version. The whole Ra's-Talia-Bane thing doesn't quite add up to me though, and it did somewhat detract from Bane to find out he was basically just a henchman in the end. He was played well and well written, and could have been a more interesting character in the end.

Also, the scene of the police charging the bad guys at the end. Why would they engage in a fist fight when they all have guns? Why do the bad guys mostly just shoot the ground in front of them? I get they aren't trained specifically, but if they held their guns at a reasonable angle they should be able to hit easily, given the number of targets forming a huge target.

If you have 1 minute and change to get rid of a nuclear yield bomb, I'd enjoy it but be a bit confused about Catwoman kissing me at that time. Priorities!!!!