Monday, January 12, 2009

What I don't like about the "new" Batman

I enjoy the movies (Batman Begins, Dark Knight) alot. They are interesting exciting movies even if they didn't have the awesome, familiar symbol fighting his way through the night. Ra's Al Ghul, Dent and the joker were interesting, quality portrayals of the villains. All the characters are great. But something didn't feel right. At first I pondered that it was Christian Bale's forced rasp but that wasn't it. I like his portayel of the Batman. So what was it? It was something about the character... Then it dawned on me. Batman doesn't have a tech guy! He is the Q. He is the detective, the inventor and the activist! In these movies he relies on Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), to come up with his more crucial gadgetry. Bruce Wayne is smart and calculating in these incantations, but not the same uber-genius, detective mastermind of the books.

I'm not really complaining. The films are still very impressive and enjoyable...I just wish Batman/Bruce Wayne was even awesomer in it.