Quote Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon View Post
I think it's a much better story that Bruce Wayne is able to go through an awful life event that haunts him for years, turn that turmoil into a positive thing for the people in his community and survive his ordeals ultimately content with life and able to find happiness without remaining a violent vigilante. That is a great ending to an amazing story.

The messianic martyr trope would've been absolutely disappointing in this case.
Thank you. Very tired of the "downer element in an ending automatically makes it a great movie" attitude. It's Batman. Not Requiem For A Dream.