The Dark Knight Rises

Ok, so we've watched our first movie in the cinema in UK for the first time last night
The movie was The Dark Knight Rises

So I think the Dark Knight is referring to Batman
But then...... Where the fuck is Batman?
165 minutes movie.

The whole 130 minutes was Batman being weak and beaten up and giving up, losing hope

WTF????

And suddenly he's the hero at the end of the 30minutes?
OK ! FINE !

Who's the real protagonist/ main character here?

Catwoman/Selina- Anna Hathaway?
Or is it
Bane- Tom Hardy?