Batman Reboot: 5 Reasons It NEEDS To Be Hush
5. It's A Great Detective Story
One common complaint of just about every Batman film so far is that we rarely, if ever, get to see Batman as the Worlds Greatest Detective. Sure he figured out where a bullet came from in The Dark Knight, but we want to see him looking into somebodys eyes to tell if theyre lying or doing some crazy CSI style forensics that only someone as obsessed with crime as Batman could do. Hush is the perfect answer: the story is one big mystery as to who is orchestrating the events of the plot, and as it progresses we get to see Batman deduce his way to the mastermind of it all. Of course this requires what in my opinion is essential to a Batman storyvoiceover, - a key ingredient that the Batman movies have so far failed to capitalize on. Giving us a movie with Batman as narrator a la Sin City would add a cool film-noir feel, that would wholly suit the neo-Gothic sensibilities of the character. It would also give us more of a glimpse inside the mind of Batman, as he gets to comment on the characters, situations, and we get to see how one step ahead of everyone he is. We also get an inside look at the genius, obsession, and paranoia that makes him Batman, which is perhaps the next step in the modern fascination with picking beneath the surface of our most beloved characters.