It's been argued often that the Batman depicted in the Christopher Nolan films isn't, himself, deserving of much admiration. A wealthy playboy who beats on people of unfortunate circumstance doesn't sit well with those who dwell. Maintaining the very status quo his fans think he's against. This problem has been addressed in other comic book movies like
Dredd (and beautifully so), but not so much in
The Dark Knight Trilogy. This most recent incarnation of Batman wasn't really hung up on flaws in his character, but rather larger scale moral questions of right and wrong, answers to which leaned toward ambiguous and conservative.
What I'm getting at is, when you think about it, this version of the Caped Crusader isn't quite as inspirational as we like to think or would want. He's a bit more complicated and "epic" than that. But, for a group of siblings stuck in a run down New York housing project... his movie will do. And, for one of them, will undo.
