This is especially true in the scene where Bruce Wayne is asking Bane why he didn't kill him. It makes Batman look so ineffectual.
As for Hathaway, ugly is an awfully extreme label. I'm kind of indifferent to her casting, and I can think of women who are more sexy, seductive, etc. but she is a far cry from being ugly.

I doubt the 8 year retirement thing (if that's even true) can be attributed to realism.This whole 2 years active, followed by 8 year retirement, followed by one last go only to retire immediately after, is really bothering me. Nolan, in his quest for a realistic Batman movie, has completely gimped Batman and I feel that he wiped his butt with all the Batman comics and novel out there. A masked vigilante is not even realistic at all. Seal Team 6 is proficient because they work in teams, and even then, their missions don't always end with everyone alive. Yet you have this one man team of Batman fighting terrorists. Yeah, sure is realistic!
I can't help but to laugh at this Batman's face. Legendary? Yeah right. He sure disappointed Ra's because this Batman who is only active for at most 4 years, did not turn himself into a legendary symbol. He is but a man, nothing more.
3 years total to be fighting crime is a pretty long amount of time for the average person...
Wait... what the hell did tanman say to do with Hardy.Tanman, I wasn't the one who called him skinny, though I do know he is far from built. Sure he's more built than your average guy in the mall, but you stack that Bane with other guys in a gym (weight lifting gym), he looks extremely underwhelming. I've got colleagues with much better and built physique than Hardy.
Wait... what the hell did tanman say to do with Hardy.
Whoops my bad.Edited my post because I forgot to quote someone and then attributed it to the wrong person.
Tanman, I wasn't the one who called him skinny, though I do know he is far from built. Sure he's more built than your average guy in the mall, but you stack that Bane with other guys in a gym (weight lifting gym), he looks extremely underwhelming. I've got colleagues with much better and built physique than Hardy.