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Why? Because it is basically Batman Begins reskinned. What do I mean by that? I mean every major plot point in the Dark Knight Rises is the same as in Batman Begins.
Just like in Batman Begins, we wait an awfully long time before we actually see Bruce Wayne in the Batman costume. In Begins, Bruce went through a series of life challenges and intense training before he became Batman. In Rises, Bruce has rejected his Batman persona but, eventually, when circumstances change, has to train because his body is so wrecked.
In Batman Begins, Dr. Jonathan Crane (a.k.a. The Scarecrow) threatens Gotham with the use of fear-inducing toxin that he puts into the city's water supply. In The Dark Knight Rises, Bane brings Gotham to its knees after he puts explosives in the city's cement (to cripple the infrastructure), and then threatens Gotham with a neutron bomb.
In Rises, Bane releases all of the prisoners from the local jails, which results in mass hysteria on the streets of Gotham. In Batman Begins, all of the prisoners of Arkham Asylum are released, resulting in mass hysteria on the streets of Gotham.
For most of Batman Begins, we are led to believe that the criminal mastermind behind the terror plot seizing Gotham is Dr. Crane. (Jonathan, not Frazier.) Later, we find out that Crane is just the point man in this operation and the true mastermind is revealed. In Rises, Bane seems to be the man in charge, but we later learn that he's nothing more than a lackey for someone else who has been running the show from behind the scenes.
And, yes, in Batman Begins it's revealed that Ra's al Ghul has been secretly behind the threat to destroy Gotham all along. Unfortunately, Al Ghul died in Batman Begins so that trope couldn't be exactly duplicated for The Dark Knight Rises. So this time it's Ra's al Ghul's daughter, Talia al Ghul, who has been secretly in charge of the threat to destroy Gotham. And Talia, just like her father, is killed by an object that acts as a mode of transportation -- only this time it's a large truck instead of a train.
Other, minor details stolen from Batman Begins:
*Subplot about Alfred threatening to leave (although he actually does in TDKR)
*Subplot about someone trying to take over Wayne's company
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inb4 idiots try to be condescending snarky -blam!-es and say stuff like "both have batman in it"