Category Archives: batman

Justice’s Required Redeemer: On “The Dark Knight”

Note: Spoil­ers galore ahead. The movie is well-paced, incred­i­bly dense, and very tense. Please do not ruin it for your­self if you have not seen it — this movie prob­a­bly can­not be hyped enough. How­ever: if you can learn what jus­tice is, why so seri­ous about a mere plot? for Peter Lund 1. Does jus­tice require redemp­tion?

On “Batman Begins”

Note: Spoil­ers ahead, if you haven’t seen it. This is an essay, not a review. Orig­i­nally pub­lished on Writin­gUp some time ago. Syn­op­sis: In this movie, a man dresses up as a bat in order to fight nin­jas. Com­men­tary: The cen­tral ques­tion of the movie is “What is Jus­tice?” The movie gives us two answers to