Clark is also none to shy about pontificating about the role of media and the civil responsibilities of journalists - a far cry from the "bumbling geek" persona of Christopher Reeve, but a clear metaphor.Īs the film demonstrates, none of the ideas Batman and Superman represent are infallible. Superman represents the classic American ideas of hope, justice, and morality for all people he believes it is his job to police the world and protect the defenseless, no matter their nationality and in his Clark Kent guise, he spends most of the film trying to defend the civil liberties of the criminal branded by The Batman - a person who, to Clark, represents the poverty and desperation behind Gotham's criminals, empathy that he faults Batman for not showing to those he punishes so harshly. Superman, on the other hand, isn't so much a character in the story as he is a symbol - and that symbol is of the more left-wing, liberal, American ideal. Batman's actions - inspired by those feelings - end up starting as misguided a war as. He is, as Alfred clearly states, the cruel end result of unchecked rage and feelings of powerlessness (like many felt after 9/11).
In short: Batman is the darker and more militant version of America, as scarred by the tragedy of 9/11. He represents an America that prefers security over civil liberties the Bush-era mentality of stopping threats pro-actively before they can threaten close to home He believes in severe (i.e., morally dubious) punishment of criminals uses military-grade hardware to casually annihilate enemy combatants and the movie is none to shy about pointing out that Bruce Wayne belongs to the wealthy elite, while The Batman preys on the poor and destitute of Gotham. It plays like this:īatman is the right-wing hawk reaction to 9/11. Many fans are able to discern Snyder's answer to his critics in BvS's story, but writer Chris Terrio's script is woefully underappreciated for how it takes the Battle of Metropolis 9/11 comparisons and extends them into a full-fledged socio-political commentary, as embodied by two of the biggest icons in Americana mythology. It was no surprise, then, to learn early on in Batman v Superman's development that the film would use the controversy over The Battle of Metropolis as the catalyst for its Batman vs. That "Battle of Metropolis" rattled and angered many viewers, who felt that Superman allowing such an excessive level of destruction in Metropolis was both uncharacteristic of his character, and in a larger sense, was a cinematic exploitation of Americans' post-9/11 fears. Zack Snyder's Superman reboot was met with just as much controversy as Batman v Superman - particularly for its final act, in which the city of Metropolis is decimated in a battle between Superman and the Kryptonian militants led by General Zod.
0 kommentar(er)
