Batman 3 reviewed, Violence in media, society

     "Batman 3:The Dark Knight rises," has a fair amount of violence, a ton of action, a lot of memorable quotes, most of which escape me now. For instance, the bad guy, Bain, tells Batman that when Gotham is in ashes, then you can die. And he's gotten weak in his victory, and he says that as he knocks Batman like he's a doll, which was impressive if not out and out mean.
    The movie I believe is philosophical about heroism and idealism and doing the right thing. It's difficult to be the lone hero, to carry that persona around with you. Madmen, many charismatic enough to garner a lot of followes, seem so persuasive (yet so unreal -- think Hitler, Idi Amin, Pol Pot and the rest). But they're not there, and we would hope they would stay away from the wider public arena.
    It was a powerful, interesting part of the movie when handsome actor Christian Bale is put by Bain in a prison that is at the bottoom of what looks like a huge stone well somewhere in the Far East (and the Wayne mansion looks a  whole lot like the "Highclere Castle" mansion I visited in England in 2001). The other prisoners talke to him about motivation when things get desperate. A blind man points out that it was a child who found a way up the walls and Wayne had to think like him. He was dedicated enough to Gotham City that he had to find a way out, something many of us wouldn't have the strength to do. Did that make it seem unrealistic? It certainly added to the drama and tension.
    But there certainly was a lot of fighting, explosions and other violence. Is there too much violence in the media? Not long after the movie came out a young man with red hair said he was the joker and shot up a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people who didn't even know the guy. The media said he got 6,000 rounds of ammunition off the internet. We have all these ways to communicate and buy things electronically, but at what cost? Why didn't someone pick up on this weird behavior?
    The movie gave Bruce Wayne a "point" in his life. What was the point (logic) behind the shooting in the movie theater?
    In real life, don't we need more heroes? But then, going it alone is too hard. One person can't "do it all," so we should work together more, compromise even. And use the media more constructively.