It started off as a comic book, went on to be a wacky TV programe, loved by children of a certain generation, starring Adam West and it is now a lucrative series of films, but has the original idea evolved out all recognition, has the legacy of Batman been hi-jacked? I went to the present film offering, only out of curiosity to see the final performance by the late Heath Ledger, whose performance has been much lauded. In truth the actor reigns over this film and anything else is on the periphery.

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A young man has a frightening array of demons in his mind. His mind is full of fantasy and anger. A psychiatrist would have to be in their prime to sort out his tangled mind. He is a young man who is prone to putting on war paint and a badger’s fur/head on his head, a bizarre choice of head gear His anger is centred on his step mother, his pain emanates from the shady (was it suicide or something more sinister, as he maintains) death of his mother, a death, he is far from capable of getting over. His home a tree house built by his father, has a sizable billboard like picture of his mother and he has mementos (including a dress) of her to sustain her memory.

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The fortunate amongst us, meet the person of their dreams/soul mate perhaps on the playground of their first school and go onto live a life of bliss. The unfortunate amongst us, face a life time ordeal, full of false dawns, deceptions, and heart ache. What a messy minefield, the “dating process” is.

The setting is New York, the chief protagonist is Dora, (Parker Posey) acting admirably and leading the film throughout. Somehow time has passed and despite the promptings of her friend Audrey (Andrea Donna de Matteo) and her pushy mother (Gena Rowlands) she is still searching for the man, she craves, as her sell by date moves ever closer. Dora is a woman with a melancholic disposition, infused by her lack of a man, which is tipping her over the edge of hopelessness.

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: An aging actor, with a famliar craggy face and booming voice, placed in an action film. He has not played the part for nineteen long years, a well tried and trusted brand of a film has been taken off the mantle piece and dusted off. Of course this means adjustments have to be made, some self effacing humour and wise cracks and a young actor to share the work load.

*picture credit: indianajones.com

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