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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Batman's moral code is different at the beginning of this movie, and it's part of his awakening that he mentions at the end when talking with WW.
"I failed him in death.."
Batman, throughout 90% of this movie, isn't the Batman we know. It's a Batman that has lost Robin, has been at this for 20 years. He's vowing at the end of the movie to return to what he once was.
I don't think he ever actually shoots anyone in the real world. In the scene where he's saving Martha, he grabs someone's gun as they're shooting and directs the gun around the room (can't remember if he hits anyone). Though, moments later - he shoots the guy's fuel tank. No way that guy walks away from that explosion, so yeah - Bats definitely kills some people in this movie. Which is fitting with where he is as a character. He's fallen.
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He literally machine guns down countless criminals during the entire movie, whether in the Batmobile or Batwing. He grapples a car full of people and crushes another while crumpling all the inhabitants to death.
You cannot come back from this, Batman cannot cross that line and come back from it. In no uncertain terms is this not a betrayal of the character. Not only that but it doesn't make sense. There is no way that in a universe where Batman casually kills, the Joker or any of his villans live.
There is not a single comic in Batman canon where he kills. Not a single one. It's a defining aspect of the character. Even in what I'm assuming is the only comic book Zach Snyder has ever read, The Dark Knight Returns, Bruce is adamant about not killing. It defines his story.
It's a complete betrayal of the character and this is the same garbage reasoning used when Superman killed Zod: "Oh he has to have killed someone to know he doesn't like killing". Bull.
Batman does not kill. If you have a Batman who's comfortable with killing, you may as well draw a skull on his chest and call him Frank Castle.