![]() ![]() When we first see Bruce Wayne, played by Christian Bale ( “American Psycho”) he is being attacked by prisoners, and then doing the attacking in the trenches of an Asian prison. So, as I walked into the theater for the fifth Batman, “Batman Begins”, I was hoping that maybe, just maybe, the filmmakers would have gotten it right and given us the Batman we fans have been waiting for. Yet, even though the four films were all different variations and styles of the Caped Crusader’s adventures, none of them ever quite seemed to ring true and capture the essence of the central character. The third had an interesting, high-energy cast that held our attention, but the fourth was so unbelievably bad that it appeared the Batman franchise may have been on its last leg. ![]() The first succeeded with its campy comic mayhem and wildly over-the-top Joker the second (and best of the four) worked its dark brand of humor the way only director Tim Burton could manage. Since 1989, we’ve seen the Dark Knight in action on the Silver Screen four times. Sure, he may be a bit of a vigilante, but nobody’s perfect. ![]() He wasn’t born with the ability to fly, wasn’t bitten by some freakish bug or animal and given web-slinging super skills he’s a rich guy with fancy toys who loves his city and loves even more to see those who aim to harm his city punished. I suppose the reason I have always liked Batman over all the other superheroes is because he is just a regular guy who doesn’t actually have any real superpowers. ![]()
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