The legend begins

Eryn 2021-10-13 13:06:14

The first chapter of Nolan's Batman trilogy-"The Mystery of Shadows" is like a hero myth, the story is ups and downs, focusing on the whole process of the birth of Batman. Of course, the characterization of the movie is also rich in depth, but compared to the latter two, the focus of the whole play is still on the plot. The character's personality is not full enough, resulting in a strong taste of the drama in words and deeds, and it seems to be enjoying the reading of the script. The most important thing is that in this way, not only can it not be as deep as the latter two in terms of vertical characterization, but it is also difficult to delve into at the ideological level.
Bruce passed the final test in the Shadow League, and the ninja master ordered him to kill a murderer they captured, allowing Bruce to show his determination to fight crime. Bruce did not agree. He said he was not an executioner and the prisoner should approve according to law. His good friend Duka asked, "Who will be tried? Let the corrupt judicial system?" Bruce was speechless and did not answer. Then, because the Shadow Alliance wanted to destroy Gotham City, Bruce set out to destroy them. And this problem never reappeared.
It does not appear again because it is too complicated to explain the problem, and it is difficult to answer according to the established capacity and settings of the photo. Take another work of Bell "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" as an example: Bell couldn't bear the humiliation of Yumo and others on behalf of the girls, and asked the boys, why let the prostitutes go, they are also God's people? The boy replied vaguely: But there is no way...Yes, the value comparison between prostitutes and students is too complicated to explain in this film. Bruce faced a similar problem-he was not an executioner, so he couldn't sentence criminals, but the social machinery or judicial system that should be sentenced was not good enough. What's the real meaning of Batman's busy fighting against crime?
I didn’t read too much Batman comics. According to reports, Batman fought alone at first, and later trained Robin and Nightwing like him. Unfortunately, the Gotham City Mansion will fall. Violence and persuasion were ineffective and reluctantly left, leaving Bruce alone to guard... the whole series always runs through the dark and sad tone, just like the dimly yellow street light on the night when Bruce's parents were killed. This is the plot.
One of the greatest contributions of Batman comics is to put forward a concept-to create a very mysterious and deterrent image of justice, make it deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, good people dare to resist, the wicked will also converge. This concept does touch a certain depth of human nature, but it still has an individualistic color. After all, a legend will eventually fade away, and personal power cannot be so powerful that it is boundless or eternal. To this end, what human society needs to rely on is a series of complete institutional systems—legislation, justice, administration, supervision, review...These are the true cornerstones of human society. Batman was unable to turn the tide in the end, which shows that the author also agrees with this point. Superheroes seem to have unlimited beauty on the surface, but in fact they should play a role in assisting the rational operation of society. Bruce will be questioned because he—or the director or screenwriter—understands that answering this question positively is tantamount to denying the original ambition to save society by relying on himself.
Nolan's Batman series later responded positively to this. Nolan arranged Deng special and other justice judicial personnel in the second chapter of "The Dark Knight", implying that the entire Gotham City is on the right track-of course, under the influence of Batman. As for the clowns who did evil, the justice officials were killed, and Batman's image of justice collapsed, it was to pave the way for the third chapter that made me wait for two years.
Finally, pay tribute to the great heroic epic drama "The Mystery of Xia Ying"!
I was most touched by the tribute to the lines -
? -Why do WE Fall, SIR We CAN Learn to Pick Ourselves up.
-Still not give up Me?
-Never!
And -
It's not Underneath the WHO you are, But the What you DID Defines you.

Supplement: Perhaps it is precisely because of the nature of its own heroic epic drama that the above passionate lines will appear in the movie. No matter how far it evolves, human beings always need to replenish positive energy!

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Extended Reading
  • Wayne 2021-10-20 18:58:28

    The directors of the three series of Batman movies are good storytellers. Tim Burton is good at atmosphere shaping, Joel Schumacher is good at scenes and Christopher Nolan is good at character shaping.

  • Celine 2022-03-24 09:01:06

    Nolan’s signature mental editing (short flashback) works well. But Ang Lee’s Hulk is the best superhero movie!

Batman Begins quotes

  • Henri Ducard: You are stronger than your father.

    Bruce Wayne: You didn't know my father.

    Henri Ducard: But I know the rage that drives you.

  • Rachel Dawes: The DA couldn't understand why Judge Faden insisted on making the hearing public. Falcone paid him off to get Chill out in the open.

    Bruce Wayne: Maybe I should be thanking them.

    Rachel Dawes: You don't mean that.

    Bruce Wayne: What if I do Rachel? My parents deserved justice.

    Rachel Dawes: You're not talking about justice. You're talking about revenge.

    Bruce Wayne: Sometimes they're the same.

    Rachel Dawes: No, they're never the same, Bruce. Justice is about harmony. Revenge is about you making yourself feel better. Which is why we have an impartial system.

    Bruce Wayne: Your system is broken.

    Rachel Dawes: [Rachel makes a sharp turn] You care about justice? Look beyond your own pain, Bruce. This city is rotting. People talk about the depression as if its history, and it's not. Things are worse than ever down here. Falcone floods our streets with crime and drugs, preying on the desperate, creating new Joe Chills every day. Falcone not have killed your parents Bruce, but he's destroying everything they stood for.

    [She parks in front of a building]

    Rachel Dawes: You wanna thank him for that, here you go. We all know where to find him, but as long as he keeps the bad people rich and the good people scared no one will touch him. Good people like your parents who will stand against injustice, they're gone. What chance does Gotham have when the good people do nothing?

    Bruce Wayne: I'm not one of your good people, Rachel.

    Rachel Dawes: What do you mean?

    Bruce Wayne: All these years I wanted to kill him.

    [reveals his gun]

    Bruce Wayne: Now I can't.

    Rachel Dawes: [Rachel slaps him twice] Your father would be ashamed of you.