xhonzi said:

DominicCobb said:

Even so, my complaint is that in a situation like this, not using a gun is ridiculously selfish and risky and stupid. Period end of sentence!

Well, yeah, maybe he should have used a gun if he couldn't defeat Bane, but... you know... he did.

You must not have watched the same movie I watched. In your version, did Batman not have his back broken and get sent to a hell-hole for 5 months during the which countless people were killed and/or terrorized? And then, at the end of their later fight, Bane distracts Batman long enough for Talia to slip a knife betwixt his ribs and only due to the long odds of Catwoman actually coming back AND SHOOTING him (with guns) is Bane defeated?

You misunderstand me, which is somewhat my fault. For obvious reasons he didn't use a gun the first time he went up against Bane. Then, yes, Bane broke him. So if Batman didn't think he could, when he came back, defeat Bane, then, yes, it would be selfish for him not to use a gun. But, as you can see from their final fight, Batman knew he could defeat Bane, and he did. Bane was broken, the pain was taking over because Batman messed up his mask. Bane was only able to get up to kill Batman afterwards because Talia fixed his mask. So why use a gun? Also, Bane did not distract him, Batman just wanted to let him see his plan fail, and Batman was banking on the fact that Miranda was on his side. Unbeknownst to Batman, Miranda was actually Talia, and behind the whole operation. This false trust was where he got screwed. If he brought a gun and shot Bane, yes, Bane would be dead, but that wouldn't stop Talia from stabbing him.