Batman Begins
Last night we went to go see Batman Begins up at M-89 and it was really great. I expected it to be good but in the usual superhero/ comic book kind of way. Instead it was dark and twisted, and more about what we individually fear, and how this can drive us to cowardice or courage. It was also good because they very strategically tied it into the Michael Keaton version in little ways, such as Bruce’s mom’s pearls breaking and falling to the ground when his parents are killed. (I don’t think I’m spoiling anything too much there, and if I am, leave me a comment and I’ll fix it.)
There was one line- that I wish I could quote verbatim, but cannot- that I was surprised to find myself agreeing with, though on further reflection it is somewhat faulted. Kate Holmes character says to Bruce Wayne, “It is not who we are deep down that defines us, it is our actions.” Or something like that. In context it sounds really cool and meaningful, but as one who gets her identity from above I really can’t claim that as truth. However, there is the passage that says (please don’t bash me for this- I am the worst at knowing verses mostly and not knowing their location) “From the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
Okay- now I'm going to be an extremely geeky English major and say that it struck me how similar this movie and Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel have in common. In Orczy's classic novels, Percy Blakeney learns that his wife has supposedly betrayed him and sent an innocent family to their death and he seeks redemption in rescuing others from the guillotine. His fear was being made a fool of by someone he loves, and so he ends up hiding under the guise of a fool to conceal his real self. In Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne hides under the appearance of a drunken foolish billionaire playboy to make him an unlikely suspect for his disguise. His fear- bats and the loss of those he loved is turned around to make him ease the suffering of other innocents like him.
That was a very condensed and unstructured way of saying that. Mr. Sacksteder would be so dissapointed in my lack of 5 paragraph essay. I really enjoy comparative analysis of movies, but theres not much of a need for people who can compare comic book heros and characters from novels about the French Revolution. Sigh- if only. My genius is destined to go unappreciated by so many.
Last night we went to go see Batman Begins up at M-89 and it was really great. I expected it to be good but in the usual superhero/ comic book kind of way. Instead it was dark and twisted, and more about what we individually fear, and how this can drive us to cowardice or courage. It was also good because they very strategically tied it into the Michael Keaton version in little ways, such as Bruce’s mom’s pearls breaking and falling to the ground when his parents are killed. (I don’t think I’m spoiling anything too much there, and if I am, leave me a comment and I’ll fix it.)
There was one line- that I wish I could quote verbatim, but cannot- that I was surprised to find myself agreeing with, though on further reflection it is somewhat faulted. Kate Holmes character says to Bruce Wayne, “It is not who we are deep down that defines us, it is our actions.” Or something like that. In context it sounds really cool and meaningful, but as one who gets her identity from above I really can’t claim that as truth. However, there is the passage that says (please don’t bash me for this- I am the worst at knowing verses mostly and not knowing their location) “From the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
Okay- now I'm going to be an extremely geeky English major and say that it struck me how similar this movie and Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel have in common. In Orczy's classic novels, Percy Blakeney learns that his wife has supposedly betrayed him and sent an innocent family to their death and he seeks redemption in rescuing others from the guillotine. His fear was being made a fool of by someone he loves, and so he ends up hiding under the guise of a fool to conceal his real self. In Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne hides under the appearance of a drunken foolish billionaire playboy to make him an unlikely suspect for his disguise. His fear- bats and the loss of those he loved is turned around to make him ease the suffering of other innocents like him.
That was a very condensed and unstructured way of saying that. Mr. Sacksteder would be so dissapointed in my lack of 5 paragraph essay. I really enjoy comparative analysis of movies, but theres not much of a need for people who can compare comic book heros and characters from novels about the French Revolution. Sigh- if only. My genius is destined to go unappreciated by so many.
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