The Batman Is The Perfect Deconstruction Of The Dark Knight
This article contains major spoilers for The Batman.Movies portraying Batman as a dark and brooding vigilante are hardly anything new — ever since Michael Keaton took up the mantle of the Caped Crusader in 1989, every successive live-action Batman employed a similar characterization. And sure enough, The Batman follows that same trend, with Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne being the most tortured iteration yet.
However, while Pattinson’s Batman may seem at first to be a familiar depiction of the bitter, vengeful Dark Knight who fans know and love, there’s much more going on with him beneath the surface. The Batman is a film that has a lot to say about its title character’s most popular characterization, and not all of it is good. But despite that — or perhaps because of it — Pattinson’s Batman manages to arguably be the most compelling and heroic depiction of Bruce Wayne ever put to film.
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Bruce’s first scene in the film opens with him narrating about how Batman has become a symbol of fear for the criminals of Gotham, striking terror into their hearts. It’s even gotten to the point that even the thought that he might be lurking in the shadows is enough to deter them. And when Batman finally shows up in the flesh to confront a group of clown-themed crooks, it soon becomes clear exactly why he’s so frightening. Batman comes off as more akin to a horror villain than a superhero, brutally demolishing the criminals until they’re forced to flee in fear. However, the citizen who Batman saved is just as terrified as the criminals, begging the Dark Knight not to hurt him. Right away, the film establishes that Batman’s fearsome reputation has unintended
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