Most recently I've been reading the 2012 Batman comic event: Death of the Family.
It is amazing. Easily one of the BEST comic series I have ever read. Basically, it's about the Joker going to strange lengths to get to Batman, and shows the relations between Batman and "The Bat-Family" in other words, Robin, Nightwing, Red Hood, Batgirl and Red Robin. And Catwoman too, I guess.
This comic captures everything I love about the whole Batman vs The Joker thing. With the Joker being ridiculously unpredictable and insane, and Batman being all dark and broody and also kind of insane.
Think about it, the guy spends his whole life dedicated to revenge, sure you may look at it and think "But he's bringing criminals to justice" which he is, yeah, but he also takes the quest for justice to extremes, such as dressing up the way he does and even exposing himself to some of Jokers "Joker Gas". There's also the undeniable split personality, remember the costume ball in The Dark Knight Rises? Bruce wasn't wearing a mask, because Bruce is the mask. Getting real deep here. Although, with a city as corrupt as Gotham, I understand why Bruce Wayne wouldn't join the police force to bring justice legally, considering the police chiefs were bought by the criminals they were supposed to arrest.
Anyway, Death of the Family, I love it. It finally shows Batman being unsure if he can beat the Joker, maybe even scared, and it shows that the Joker is more insane than ever, way more insane. This version of the Joker makes Heath Ledger's Joker look like a court jester.
Whilst I'm on the topic of Batman. Back to Dark Knight Rises, what most people fail to grasp about the Nolanverse is that Batman is a symbol of hope. For example, toward the end of the movie when Bats makes his heroic and triumphant return to save the city, he takes the time to pour a load of petrol on a bridge and set it on fire, and boop, a big flaming Bat-symbol. I heard too many people yelling about how much time he wasted setting that up when he could have started his fight against Bane way earlier. One, that wouldn't make for a good movie, where's the suspense? The dramatic tension? Two, Batman did the burning bridge thing to show the people of Gotham that he had returned. That Bane hadn't broken him. To give those pleasant guys in the city hope. See? Hope. He also lectures Joseph Golden-Rabbit a bunch about hope, which is why (spoiler) he finds the Butt-cave and the film ends with you to believe he will be the new Batman. And just because his name is Robin doesn't mean he'd start fighting crime as Robin. That'd be dumb. You dumb idiot.
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