I'm a Batman fan, so of course, Bruce. Thats the main reason I loved this movie so much... its a Bruce movie! All about him and his journey. I really do think that if you are not in this movie for Bruce, you won't like it as much. When you ask the general audience what they liked most about TDK they almost universally go "The Joker was so cool!". Here, you don't have that. If you don't love seeing Bruce's journey, you won't like the movie that much.
Second is Bane. Oh my god. I wish the comics would go with this version of him from now on. Not even the Secret Six version is this cool. LOVED Bane. Even more as Ledgers Joker. He was the perfect villain.