Batman Movie

The Dark Knight gets reinvented again in "Batman Begins," ( search ) which rescues the character from recent, over-the-top films and makes the vigilante more frightening."Fear is what sets this Batman story apart," says David Goyer, who wrote "Batman Begins." "Usually Batman is driven mostly by revenge."In this dark go-round, Batman is driven mostly by his deep-rooted childhood fears that he wishes to pass on to the criminals of Gotham City to avenge the murder of his parents."It's the subtext of the entire film -- not just [his alter-ego] Bruce Wayne's own fear [of bats], but also his fear about living up to the shadow cast by his father, of not letting the memories of his parents down and dealing with the fears of other people. It's something that the villains of the film prey upon," Goyer says.The new film is set in an intensely believable world," adds DC Comics publisher Paul Levitz, as compared to the cartoonish universe of 1997's "Batman & Robin.""You feel that what happens is mo...

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