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This is from msn.com
Holy remakes!!! How many ways can Hollywood portray "Batman"?
From the campy '60s Adam West version to the equally campy George Clooney outing, five films have brought the beloved Bob
Kane DC comic to life -- five different visions, of varying quality, that have delighted, disappointed and ignited arguments
among Batman aficionados everywhere. Now comes Number 6: the eagerly awaited, promisingly dark "Batman Begins."
Why all the attention? Batman has long been the favorite superhero of comic-book/graphic-novel fandom, offering a wealth of
rich, dark material for a filmmaker to mine. We are inspired/fascinated by traumatized rich boy Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego
Batman because he doesn't possess any superpowers -- just a super brain, super gadgets, super car, super rage and a super,
devoted butler. He's the brooding film noir-esque anti-hero whose hometown of Gotham City is so filled with corruption and
evil that it has stained his soul. Batman is so deeply troubled and so deeply violent, you're not sure just which side of
good or evil he's on.
This is just one reason we're especially excited for Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins," starring wonderfully the twisted
and intense Christian Bale ("American Psycho," "The Machinist") in the title role.
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