For me it just seemed to be recycling the storyline of Batman Begins onto a bigger and even less realistic scale. It also made Bane less unique than what he could have been if he had his own separate agenda for Batman and Gotham instead of just finishing off and completing the legacy of Ra's Al Ghul to restore balance through the destruction of Gotham. Talia should have been carrying on the legacy of her father but Bane should have had his own angle which although aligned to the interests of the League of Shadows was also independent and separate to their aims.
The storyline seemed to completely undermine Bane by making his plan essentially the same as Ra's Al Ghuls albeit using different methods also making Bane part of the League of Shadows himself and making Talia his equal. I personally would have found Bane more interesting had he not been leading the League of Shadows and if he had an original motive to resurface Batman and then to undermine the unequal class system and usurp the corrupt hierarchies in Gotham but done it in a more ingenious and plausible way than taking over a city and occupying it only to destroy it months later.
Surely occupying the city for that amount of time before the bomb finally exploding is inviting opposition that would threaten the plan? The main storyline of the film was just a retread of Batman Begins I would have preffered it if the final part of the trilogy had of focused on something else entirely tied back to the story back to the first film in a subtle way instead of using a simillar plot as BB.
And overall I think the League of Shadows where overused in the trilogy and while I'm not discounting their importance to Batman's origin story I would have preferred it if their influence had of been more understated in BB and TDKR. For instance I would have found it more interesting if the League of Shadows had of been acting from the periphery of events such as in Batman Begins when it is mentioned that they previously tried to overwhelm gotham using economics. However when we saw the League of Shadows trying to destroy Gotham in Batman Begins and TDKR using such ridiculous methods as a 'water vapourizer' and 'neutron bomb' the realism and plausibilty of the films was lessened.
The storyline seemed to completely undermine Bane by making his plan essentially the same as Ra's Al Ghuls albeit using different methods also making Bane part of the League of Shadows himself and making Talia his equal. I personally would have found Bane more interesting had he not been leading the League of Shadows and if he had an original motive to resurface Batman and then to undermine the unequal class system and usurp the corrupt hierarchies in Gotham but done it in a more ingenious and plausible way than taking over a city and occupying it only to destroy it months later.
Surely occupying the city for that amount of time before the bomb finally exploding is inviting opposition that would threaten the plan? The main storyline of the film was just a retread of Batman Begins I would have preffered it if the final part of the trilogy had of focused on something else entirely tied back to the story back to the first film in a subtle way instead of using a simillar plot as BB.
And overall I think the League of Shadows where overused in the trilogy and while I'm not discounting their importance to Batman's origin story I would have preferred it if their influence had of been more understated in BB and TDKR. For instance I would have found it more interesting if the League of Shadows had of been acting from the periphery of events such as in Batman Begins when it is mentioned that they previously tried to overwhelm gotham using economics. However when we saw the League of Shadows trying to destroy Gotham in Batman Begins and TDKR using such ridiculous methods as a 'water vapourizer' and 'neutron bomb' the realism and plausibilty of the films was lessened.