The Batman
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Just got back from seeing it…and all I can say is that it’s fantastic😁! Loved the score too. Yeah that line Catwoman said irritated me a bit as well but I just shrugged it off and carried on watching the rest of the film. Was it just me or was Eddie’s- sorry, The Riddler’s😅- riddles feel easy to solve? Even I was nearly yelling “HE’S AFTER YOU!” at the screen at one point😂😅. I know Bats is in his second year of crimefighting but…even before then I’m sure he was smarter than me!
This is the second time in a year (after Dune) I’m completely split on a movie. I loved the ingredients in The Batman (great acting, production design, music, story concept, batman doing detective work and redemptive theme), but felt underwhelmed by the movie itself.
The movie oozes style. From the hallway gunfight with the strobe effect to the truly amazing Batmobile chase, the lighting in the club to small things like Ridder appearing in the shadow in the opening. And yet somehow aside from the Batmobile chase and the first gang beatdown, the movie never felt kinetic, never really developed any energy.
Gordon was terrible and had zero chemistry with Batman. He basically stands next to Batman and mumbles “Jesus” a lot. The actor was bad. Catwoman started very interesting, but the story reveal with Falcone was lame and her plot went nowhere.
Paul Dano as Riddler was the highlight for sure. Once he was out of the picture, the final battle felt like a tagged on reshoot where the studio said “we need a big action scene because that’s what Marvel does.” The one woke line was dumb, most of the smaller characters were one dimensional cardboard cutouts, like the corrupt murdered mayor and of course the incorruptible 28 year old strong black woman mayor. All white guys except Batman and Alfred are awful of course. But that didn’t ruin the movie for me, because the core narrative was good. Something about the pacing and energy was off though. The photography, while gorgeous in some scenes, was constantly out of focus, which made the movie feel smaller than it is. This works for horror movies, but not necessarily for a big budget operatic fantasy film.
The lack of humor also really hurt this film. The old Batman films had a lot of humor. Alfred is basically a comedic relief character in both the Keaton and Bale series, cracking one joke after the next, thereby grounding Bruce (and the audience). The Joker in both series provides much needed black humor. The new movie felt a little too sterile, too safe, too plot driven and never quite as oporatic as the Burton or as focused and character driven as the Nolan movies.It’ll likely still be the best movie of 2022, but when measured against other Batman movies, I’d rank em like this:
1. Batman 1989
2. Batman Begins
3. The Dark Knight
4. Batman Returns
5. The Batman
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. Batman 1966
8. Batman Forever
9. Batman & Robin (works as an unintentional comedy)
10. Batman vs Superman
11. Justice League (Snyder Cut)Just watched The Batman, and my thoughts, i’ll devide it in 2 parts, the movie (directing and editing) and the performances:
The movie itself… unfortunately kinda sucked, imo
Pace was too slow, the plot felt like it was jumping from one place to another without a clear goal, and 3 hours was way way too long for this movie. Though the story could’ve been very interesting, it just ends up falling flatNow the performances on the other hand, i really liked
I found Robert Pattinson’s take on Batman very interesting, he does a great job showing Bruce’s state of mind in this time of his life having just started being Batman, i will also say, probably won’t agree with me on this, but i think Pattinson made the right choice to not work out too much given the way ho chose to portray Bruce, besides, he’s not out of shape, he’s just not super bulked up
Paul Dano as Riddler, had way too little screen time! Dano is brilliant at playing nutcases, why would you limit his time as a nutcase villain??
Zoe’s Catwoman, not my favorite, but still gave a good performance, one cringy line, she should’ve said something more like privilege of the rich, would’ve fit better with the story which had to do with corrupt rich people
The rest of the cast was good too, the only one i didn’t really like was Colin Farrell as Penguin, but i don’t really like his acting style anyway, so take that very subjectively, also, why was Penguin in the movie? What did he do? It felt like he was just there to be thereMy favorite scene of the movie was the thumb-drive scene 🤣
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