How the Villains of Batman Have Become More Humanized over Time

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Intro: In recent years, I have noticed a trend of sorts occurring in the newer superhero movies. All supervillains have become less super and more human. The prime example of this and who I chose to study would be Batman. Batman was a good choice for a couple reasons. Firstly, there are so many, eight to be exact, Batman movies. Starting with the 1966 “Batman” and ending with the most recent blockbuster “The Dark Knight Rises.” Another great reason to study Batman is the fact that he goes against a great montage of villains. An interesting trend in each Batman movie that was an almost bonus factor is that in each film, Batman faces at least two or more villains. In the first ever movie, “Batman,” Batman must face off against not one, not two, not three, but four supervillains who all want him dead. This trend continues through each movie with Batman facing generally two major villains and maybe a third minor villain. To study the trend I watched each movie and looked at a few aspects of each character that resurfaces again in later movies. These aspects were backstory, driving force, and characterization within the movie. The reason I only paid close attention to the characters that reappear later is to be able to compare and contrast the characters of each different segment of Batman movies. See the Batman movies are usually grouped into three different sections. The first “Batman” in 1966 is by itself since it is the only movie with a live action tv series attached to it and be in the same Batman universe. Each movie after that is connected not to television but other movies. In 1989 a reboot of Batman came out with the self-titled film “Batman.” Michael Keaton portrayed Bruce Wayne/Batman in this film and the sequel in 1992, “Batman Returns.” Due to the huge let down of the second installment by director Tim Burton, Joel Schumacher took over directing and Val

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