So, like I said, I'm just going to talk about what truly caught my attention in the movie. It's just flowing as it comes to my mind so forgive the lack of expertise. You don't have to agree with me of course, it's just me trying to explain why I love that movie.
Well, Batman, I think this one would not be as detailed as the previous ones.
-Batman movie version is really one of the ones I loved the most. There were many versions of Batman in it: three I could spot on. The dark knight Batman, Batman TAS and Batman the Arkham games.
-Batman has NEVER grieved:
He's a traumatized boy. ALWAYS! He's constantly going through a nightmare and wants to inflict it to others. (his enemies. The crooks and criminals) and himself (survivor's guilt, after all, he decided to give his all to all the fights he's doing, especially the one against Superman. it was a suicide mission of some sort although he wanted to bring him down too and prepared for it. He saw his parents die in front of him and survived this. How come he wouldn't somehow make himself pay for this? hence his violence. Hence the fact he scares everyone, even the victims he rescues. hence why he stays away from people and don't build a life. it's not so much because he's a vigilante, but because he can't allow himself to be intimate with someone. he doesn't think he deserves this. He's a survivor and shouldn't have survived his parents. (I'm not saying he should not! It's just the way I think he thinks)
He lost his parents when he was young and sought refuge in a Batcave, became the batman, and took some youngling under his wings (Robin). We don't know it yet, but I assume he was slowly starting to open himself up again with Robin's help, but he lost Robin too and his sanity slipped a little bit.
He didn't grieve. Didn't even allow himself to. Why am I saying that?
First of all, he lives not too far away from his family's mansion that went to decay and ruin. Just like his mind. just like his heart. He is devastated and dead inside (kinda). And he visits the place very often, which means that he's not letting go! The last place he goes to before he decides to go to war against Superman was the mansion. He's ready to die. I'm not saying he's a death-seeker, but he's ready. let's not forget to mention that the scene when he sees the chèques and the messages were written on it (afterthoughts it could have been Lex who did that) is the scene that pushes him off of the edge. The guilt was too much to handle.
Besides, he has a shrine dedicated to the Robin he lost. a reminder of what he lost. We don't know yet what happened but I can assume there is a lot of guilt over the death of Robin. there is anger too! there is pain and sadness of course, but Anger and guilt are overwhelming him. He's not remembering someone he lost, he's giving himself the motivation to keep doing his job and not the good one.
I have already mentioned the water thing. water = emotions. there is a lot of water around Bruce but he's not close to it. when you take a look at the Batcave, around the shrine there is a thin stream of water but it's proper, subtle, separate from him. Bruce is distancing himself from his emotions. from the pain. from grievance!
*Bruce has crossed a line/ there's some serious moral event horizon that happened twice in his Batman life.
Yes, Batman is brutal. Yes! Batman induces fear in everyone. yes! Batman brands people and somehow leads them to their deaths in prison. Batman has crossed a moral event horizon you know, and I assume it happened when Robin died! He's been Batman for about a decade or two and his method was NOT the right one since he lost poor Robin. So yes, he's jaded. Yes, he went extremely just like someone who lost someone and can't move on. Usually, they tend to destroy themselves in the process (not all of them but some of them can't overcome a loss.) he even acknowledges himself as being a criminal. He even went to war and ready to KILL Superman. Why you ask? because he can't let "Robin" happen again. he can't afford to lose anyone anymore. He can't just lock up criminals who might escape and kill more people. We don't know yet how Robin died, but if they're following the Jason Todd's storyline, I think Batman would have done just that. remember he is guilt-ridden. He's lost his humanity and became a monster. He became THE BATMAN. and it's really not a small thing.
He's not too far gone through
When he fought Clark, he reconnected with his humanity. Clark who he thought wasn't a man suddenly became a man the minute he had a human mother. It's not a coincidence authors named Bruce and Clark mothers the same. it was in order to make a parallel. Superman reached out to Bruce (not Batman but Bruce) the moment he said his mother's (their mothers) name. It forced Bruce to face his past, to face his pain, to start to grieve.
and you know Superman reached out to him at the end, when the colors are back and Bruce says 'I failed him in life, I won't fail him again." He's changed. and you can see that when he decides not to brand Lex but just warn him. Batman's been touched by Hope, hope that the world would be better and that there is another way than his own brutal self-destructive way. He was saved in a way and I was really emotional when I watched the scene. He also seems more at peace, sad yes but relieved. (he showed up at the funeral and didn't RUN AWAY. He faced his pain, he faced his sorrow, he grieved for his parents and Robin's death.
He's a new man at the end of the movie and was reborn thanks to Superman's death.
I love Batman and this narrative really works for me. émoticône heart I am so glad we can see him evolve in the movie
Bonus Points:
The fight against Doomsday wasn't really his fight, we know that. But I'd like to point out the fact that in spite of not being prepared he fought against Doomsday and confronted his own humanity and mortality. He didn't want to punish himself anymore for being a survivor. He also has switched sides. (please see my analysis of Doomsday to understand what I mean) and his views on Superman by the time of the fight émoticône smile
CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW SEXY BATFLECK WAS? BEST BATMAN AND BRUCE WAYNE EVER...SECOND-CLOSE is MICHAEL KEATON's batman♥
Thank you for reading!
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