Batman and the League of Shadows

Yeah... Batman Begins is a really good movie. I wish I could be a member of the League of Shadows. Anyways, I have my own Shadow Lab. Batman is not your ordinary superhero... if he is even super at all. He was not bitten by a radioactive bat nor from a bat planet. Bruce Wayne is not your average boyscout. There are three aspects of Batman's life which are interesting enough to learn from:

1. Batman has no super-powers.
• Batman is one of the few comic book heroes who doesn't have superpowers but still popular and successful. There are two things that keep him "super": his wit, and his money. He is considered one of the best detectives. Not being super doesn't mean being boring.
  
2. Batman is full of angst.
• Batman is not your ordinary boyscout. For crying out loud, he does not have any power like Superman. He can't save everybody in an instant. His angst made him Batman. The world is full of angst. And its better with an angsty caped vigilante. I can say that Batman is one of the best characters in modern literature. What makes modern literature modern is its angst and redemption. Angst and redemption are two themes I see in modern hero flicks like Batman. You may start ranting "I hate the world, the world hates me. Why should I care? Why should you care?" But ends up realizing something deeper... something more profound.
  
3. Batman is super-rich.
   
• Money can't buy you happiness, but it could buy you lots of gadgets. Wealth can buy you leisure. And leisure helps you perfect your self. This is why Batman is fiction. What kind of billionaire would risk his life and save the innocent and poor? If the world is full of Batmans, then poverty and corruption would not be a problem. The rich and powerful helping the poor are very rare, but they can change the world.
  

Watch Batman, it's worth the watch. I give it a 4.5 shadows out of 5.
I won't be surprised if Raz Alghul and the League of Shadows would attack the Philippines soon. Our country needs a Batman, an angsty rich normal hero who is fed-up with the corruption here.