Just saw Batman Begins

[MindPilot]

Yeah, I know I should've been at a DSM rally, but the tickets were bought days ago.

Best Batman movie by far! It really captures Batman’s dark, gritty past and the rage that fuels his hatred of injustice. I think Michael Cain as Alfred was some awesome casting and he of course is an integral part of Batman as his anchor. The movie also speaks to social issues and the high-level powers that nurture corruption. It is actually very topical in its treatment of fear and how those same high-level powers use fear to control and manipulate the masses. Down at the personal level, the movie shows how fear is weakness, and when someone or something makes you afraid, they draw power from you. There were so many parallels to the current administration, I am beginning to think Gotham is more than a fictional city; it is a metaphor for the country. The big battle is not over the destruction of the corruption and the corrupt but how to accomplish that. Do you root out the evil, or destroy the village to save it?

For me, I had an epiphany watching the movie. Ever since I was old enough to read, Batman has been my favorite superhero. He doesn’t have any superpowers; he is just a man; he makes his own stuff; the Batcave is a big messy workshop, and I think even as a kid I identified with his burning rage at injustice, hypocrisy and dishonesty. Batman may be--at least in part--responsible for my hatred and burning rage at injustice, hypocrisy and dishonesty especially as it applies to this current administration and all the evil they’ve brought to the world.

I rarely go to movie theaters because there is always someone there the help ruin it. Tonight was no exception; someone brought a couple of toddlers. There were also a passel of kids in the back row who didn’t seem to understand they weren’t in their living room. I need to see it again on DVD so I can hear everything.

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