Because of a certain reason, the life and death of others can be determined beyond the law, which is the object of criticism of the story. This object has multiple levels of performance in the play, from a clown with complex motives, a gangster who simply pursues profit, a financial man who is greedy for money but raises his righteous name, a two-faced person who seeks revenge for his love... all the way to saving his family's life The general public who wants to kill finances. Their purposes are different, but they all believe that for their own purposes, they can let others die.
Just as Mencius said, "searching straight for a ruler in vain" is impossible, it is only one step away from "searching for a ruler in vain", and there is no essential boundary in the middle. Between "pedantic legacy" and "unscrupulousness in the name of justice", Batman chose the former. In fact, it is more than him, and the choices made by the scientist played by Freeman in the play in the face of enormous power are reflected in it. Plus the final choice made by the citizens and prisoners on board. They are one. Embodies the idea of the story proposition.
The clown's victory is not in how many people he kills, but in transforming other people's values. In the two-faced man he won. If Batman kills him, it means giving up his principles and embarking on the path arranged by the Joker, and the Joker wins again. In the play, the hardest blow to the clown did not come from Batman, but the final choice made by the citizens and prisoners on the ship to get rid of the "prisoner's dilemma".
Adhering to the principle in your heart, doing something and not doing something - this idea is what makes this movie different from the general action movies of happiness and hatred. It is this that distinguishes it from the "Hulk" and "Iron Man" of the same period.
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