Okay, first of all: I am a big Batman Fanatic. With a capital F. I could talk about all the things I love about it: his way of dealing with criminals, the enemies he faces,... The list goes on and on, but right now I want to focus in one thing that I really enjoy: His psychological profile.
You see, when I look at Batman, I don't see the "masked vigilante that delivers justice to his foes". In fact, what I see in The Bat is a crazy person. Let me explain a little better: I believe that Bruce Wayne is just a mentally scarred person that needs to hit people (without killing them) in order to believe that he is doing the right thing.
I mean, if you know how Batman was formed, you shouldn't be surprised at all with this opinion: his parents were killed by Joe Chill in an alley when he was around 8 or 10, he has an entire fortune in his hands and he made the choice of becoming a symbol of justice in Gotham City by training his abilities to an almost inhuman level and then returning home becoming the Cape Crusader. You know, usual rich boy stuff.
But the punchline of this joke is that Bruce does not believe that Gotham can be a better place under his surveillance: Gotham is nothing more than his playground. I mean, let's take a look at his opposed "ally" in the battle against crime: Superman. For the spirit of Bill Finger, he is an alien that arrived in a humble house in Kansas and when he discover his abilities he make the choice of becoming the protector of the Earth! A place that is not his real home! But what does Bruce go for instead? Becoming a guy that cripples people just because "killing is the easy way".
Despite all of this nonsense, I love Batman. Seriously, if you have the time, read a few comics about him or watch The Animated Series (one of the reasons I became a huge Batsy fan by the way). And yes, I said comics and the animated show, but not movies. The only one that I really believe it's worth it is the 1989 film directed by Tim Burton. But don't worry, I'll talk about the other movies soon.
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