Monday, June 18, 2012

NOKW - Batman Begins

Here comes the next chapter in our "I'm Okay With, I'm Not Okay With" series (if you don't know what this is, click here for all of the past posts):

Movie:  Batman Begins

Basic Plot:  We learn about Bruce Wayne's past and his transformation into Batman, also he takes on The Scarecrow and his old teacher, Ra's al Ghul.

I'm Okay With:  (I'm going to repeat a couple of the ones I did for The Dark Knight post) The fact that a mere mortal with no superpowers is able to take down waves of bad guys with only a score of bat-themed gadgets, his fists, and no lethal weapons.  The fact that no one in Gotham City can figure out Batman's real identity despite that the only person rich enough to afford to be Batman is Bruce Wayne.  The fact that Lieutenant Gordon is not put under heavy investigation after driving and then using Batman's armored tank thingy to blow up the one of the tracks of the city-wide public subway.  The fact that Batman's armored tank thingy could disappear while surrounded by cop cars and followed by a helicopter's search light during the big chase scene.

I'm Not Okay With:  The fact that in one of the opening scenes, Bruce is asked by Ra's al Ghul to execute a man (who we are told was a thief or murderer or something bad) which would complete his training and ultimately allow him to join The League of Shadows.  Instead of killing the guy, Bruce escapes by blowing up the entire headquarters which results in him indirectly killing everyone inside including the guy he refused to execute.  Also, there were numerous other innocent (maybe) people trapped in cages that probably died horrible deaths.  On top of that, he saved only one person from the explosion, Ra's al Ghul, the one guy who was in charge of the whole operation which came back to bite Bruce in the ass at the end of the movie.  Seriously, if he didn't want to execute one scumbag, he could have done so without killing everyone else inside the building, including said scumbag.  I am not okay with that.

"Why they ever replaced her with the manly-looking Maggie Gyllenhaal in the 2nd movie, I will never know.  However, was I the only one who cheered when they killed her character in The Dark Knight?"

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