An Inspiration

“Men are still good. We fight, we kill, we betray one another, but we can rebuild. We can do better. We will. We have to.”

-Bruce Wayne (Roven, 2016)

This quote from one of my favorite movies, “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” has inspired me ever since I first watched the movie in 2016. In a film that shows two of the most iconic characters deal with their lowest points, it ends on an uplifting note. After Superman sacrifices his life to protect Earth, Batman, who hated and feared him until he started to know him, was inspired by him to look past the bad of humanity and find the good and he ends the film walking into the light of day. This film, and its predecessor “Man of Steel,” are two of my favorite films for reasons like this and how almost no other comic book movie inspires me like they do. Seeing heroes as powerful and iconic as Superman and Batman struggle with problems like losing their humanity after tragedy, having ptsd, or feeling isolated from the world make the characters deeply more relatable than almost any other superhero or even other versions of the two characters. Even though they’re fictional characters, when I feel down it helps knowing that someone as powerful as Superman can still struggle with their place in the world and feel alone. No one is above these problems, what matters is how we rise above it and inspire others to do the same.

Roven, C. (Producer), & Snyder, Z. (Director). (2016). Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice [Motion picture]. United States: Warner Bros. Pictures.