And how, exactly, would Alfred help Bruce "prepare?" Some montage set to 80's Karate Kid music? My point is that Bruce has always done this on his own.
What about the parade and Alfred giving him addresses and names?
What about helping Bruce during the hospital incident, sending text to Gordon, helping out, etc.?
Putting together the Batsuit in Begins?
Putting together the Batcave?
Developing a flight plan and a flyer for Bruce's trip to Hong Kong?
Word of wisdom with stories and similar events that Alfred experienced that Bruce was going through?
Lot of the time, he's right in there with ideas, morals, and advice helping Bruce fight crime. But nah, guess not, I'm probably wrong. I made all that stuff above up.
Bruce has been out of commission for eight years. Leg brace or not, new tech or not; he's not been Batman for a very long time, and Alfred questions whether his heart's even in it anymore.
The real Alfred would have been like, "yo dog, you ain't ready, this Bane guy is too strong for ya, you've been out of the game for 8 years. Spend some time training, bring some more gadgets instead of those bloody, ineffective gas pellets, this magical leg brace is a good start, but you need to get back in shape."
You know, like he did in the past two films?
What was Alfred doing all those years anyway? Just letting Bruce slip into depression. He waits to get all preachy when Bruce wants to become Batman? Why not before when he wasn't even being Bruce Wayne?
Wait until he becomes Batman to tell him about the letter? So quick to leave Bruce because Bruce, almost silently states to "get out". Bruce knew that Alfred was looking out for his best interests, Alfred was just being a controlling, manipulative *****.
t'd be different if he was going to save the city, but, through Alfred's eyes, that wasn't even his deal anymore; he just had a death wish.
So, what was Bruce supposed to do when the city literally needed him again.
Let the cops handle it? We saw how that turned out with the incompetent Foley and the bumbling, bloat, equally depressed Gordon who sends all of his men, all of the cops in the CITY in a trap.
Maybe the same cops that couldn't even get themselves out of the rubble even though they had gear (SWAT was in there too) like explosives to dig themselves out? Remember, one of the reasons Batman even exists is because the GCPD is so awful at what they do and Alfred wants them to handle it?
Batman is the hero, the one who makes the decisions that saves lives and the city.
When Bruce took on Ra's, he was young and idealistic, and he had the will to do what was necessary, and, when he took on The Joker, he was more experienced and at the pinnacle of his run as Batman. Alfred knew there was a risk with those guys, but he had faith in Bruce because he knew he was committed enough to protecting his city that he wasn't going to let himself get killed.
He knew that Bruce wasn't as cocky and full of "mojo" as he made himself out to be, and that showed in his first encounter with Bane. That's where it all comes into play. It took watching his city be tormented by Bane for Bruce to finally get his heart back in it. Had that been the case to begin with, Bane, most likely, would have never broken his back.
Train more, don't be so full of yourself, give Bruce a speech like that one time in Burma where your partner had lost his will and became careless on missions or some crap.
Alfred never said this. He said, "yo not batmanz anymo, quit this stuff and go find a chimpanzee to ****. Give the police all your equipment so they can break it and **** up like they always do."
Those were his words of encouragement to his old pal Bruce.
people are just TDKR bigots.
Or blind lovers/followers who will defend even the dumbest **** the movie has to offer.
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