The Dark Knight Rises pt 2/3

In my last post, I discussed the believability and villains of the first two films in the Nolan Batman trilogy. Now I will discuss the villains of the last film and then our hero and his comrades. I am giving you fair warning now, if you haven't seen the last film yet, you shouldn't read this post as it will contain spoilers.

The final villain Batman must face during his time as guardian of Gotham is Bane, the mercinary that is a former member of the Leauge of Shadows. Bane's plan seems to be in completing the mission that Ra's Al Ghul started. Bane uses pain to drive an aged Batman to the brink of defeat. Bane then uses what appears to be the same plan as the Occupy Wall Street protestors by turning the lower class against the wealthy. He also turns the criminals, that are imprisoned by the Dent Act, lose on the city to allow the people to govern themselves. As the city truely descends into anarchy, much like the French Revolution, Bane waits for his true goal, the destruction of Gotham, to occur. These villains each point out how the so called good people are flawed; Ra's taught Bruce that compassion was not a trait his enemies would share, the Joker taught Dent that people don't mind bad things as long as it is according to the plan, and Bane gave the lower class the power over the rich that they always wanted. But now I must describe our hero. Batman/Bruce Wayne is the guardian of Gotham City. The city his father gave his life to help. Bruce doesn't agree with Ra's way of dealing out justice and becomes the ideal hero. Batman stood for what was right; he didn't hide behind procedure, he did what needed done. He inspired the good people of Gotham to stand against corruption and evil. But he learned that doing the right thing doesn't mean doing the popular thing, and people will get hurt. But Bruce endured the pain and loss that Gotham needed him to take; because a hero is someone the crowd cheers for, a knight is someone that does what is right even when it means the people will hate him and punish him for it. Nolan and Bale depicted Wayne in a very real way, a way that we could relate to. I will continue the discussion on Wayne ane wrap up my final point in the next post...