Why Batman's Love Interests Don't Work
If there's one superhero that has done well when it comes to on-screen adaptation, it's certainly Batman. From cartoons to film, to TV, The Caped Crusader has flourished on the screen, but his movies have managed to fall flat in one key area of storytelling every time.
For decades, Batman was the only superhero DC seemed comfortable to make films about. The Tim Burton films, Christopher Nolan's trilogy, the modern appearances in Snyder's works, each era of Batman define the era of superhero cinema at large. Even when they're bad, at the very least, they're influential.
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Almost every superhero story, and indeed most stories in general, features a love interest or romance plotline. Every hero has a love interest, many superhero teams have members that begin romantic relationships on the job, some are even introduced as a couple whose pairing is key to their character. A superhero's romantic partner can aid them in their quests, provide an emotional heart to the narrative or add a complication that the hero must hide their second life from. Or, as is so often the case, they could be treated like props whose main activity is being held hostage by villains. Genre cinema has a long-standing problem with one-dimensional love interests. Often the partners of heroes come across like incomplete characters who fill space rather than elevating the work. The many currently released Batman films fall prey to these problems and more, time and time again.
Very few Batman love interests last longer than a single film, the original four films released in the eighties and nineties each feature a new romantic partner, none of which make it to the next one. Vikki Vale,
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