The Batman
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
- Released: 2022-03-01
- Runtime: 176 minutes
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
- Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Barry Keoghan, Alex Ferns, Jayme Lawson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Con O'Neill, Vic Waghorn, Dave Simon, Amy Clare Beales, Joseph Balderrama, Todd Boyce, Andreea Helen David, Gil Perez-Abraham, Max Carver, Charlie Carver, Elliot Warren, Mark Killeen, Bern Collaço, Angela Yeoh, Jay Lycurgo, John Wolfe, Elijah Baker, Will Rowlands, Amanda Blake, Obie Matthew, Alfredo Tavares, Kosha Engler, Stuart Whelan, Elena Saurel, Daniel Eghan, Phil Aizlewood, Bernardo Santos, Kiran Asahan, Kenny-Lee Mbanefo, Tiago Martins, Amber Sienna, Sid Sagar, Ed Kear, Ruth Horrocks, Leemore Marrett Jr., Bharat Mistri, Nichola Jean Mazur, Mike Cappozola, Swaylee Loughnane, Albert Giannitelli, Susan Gillias, Paul Whelligan, Rodrig Andrisan, Chosen Wilkins, Tony McCarthy, Heider Ali, Maggie Bakir, Douglas Bunn, Evan A. Dunn, Janine Harouni, Lorraine Tai, Juke Hardy, Adam Rojko Vega, Annishia Camilla Lunette, Iana Saliuk, Craig Douglas, Luke Roberts, Stella Stocker, Oscar Novak, Archie Barnes, Peter MacDonald, Barry Keoghan, Hana Hrzic, Joseph Walker, Sandra Dickinson, Douglas Russell, Lorna Brown, Stefan Race, Akie Kotabe, Jack Bennett, Andre Nightingale, Richard James-Neale, James Eeles, Ezra Elliott, Itoya Osagiede, Stewart Alexander, Marcus Onilude, Brandon Bassir, Will Austin, Chabris Napier-Lawrence, Philip Shaun McGuinness, Craige Middleburg, Spike Fearn, Urielle Klein-Mekongo, Bronson Webb, Madeleine Gray, Ste Johnston, Arthur Lee, Parry Glasspool, Jordan Coulson, Hadas Gold, Pat Battle, Bobby Cuza, Dean Meminger, Roma Torre, Amanda Hurwitz, Joshua Eldridge-Smith, Daniel Rainford, Nathalie Armin, José Palma, Kazeem Tosin Amore, Peter McDonald, Muneeb Ibni Usuf, Rodrig Andrisan, George Symmans
- Director: Matt Reeves, George Symmans
Comments
- horrorscriptpodcast - 4 July 2024
Horrible and boring
This movie is sooo long and not worth it. I do not care that this is a different take on Batman, it did not hold my interest. If he is just a detective and not fighting bad guys then why would he need a suit. There's just so much wrong with this. I think most people who like it are just looking for something different. I will not like a movie just so I can say I like it for the sake of being different. It isn't cartoonish like the first four films from the 90's but nowhere as good as the Christopher Nolan trilogy. They are the best so far. This one was not needed. I actually liked the originals better than this too. - boss-981-447297 - 2 June 2024
A Batman story that respects the source material.
This is the second entry, following my non-spoiler review. Please check that out first.
And finally, the spoiler section. There is one thing I love and one thing I hate about the ending. First, I hated that they alluded to a future new Joker. I think that was out of place, totally unnecessary. The Joker was outdone at this point. It will be very difficult to compete against Heath Ledger's Joker at his prime. And also against Phoenix alternate reality Joker origin. I wouldn't try redoing that again.
And I say unnecessary because this Batman is finally tackling the subjects that I think Nolan failed to explore in his trilogy. The questioning around the usefulness of a masked vigilante such as Batman. When everything wrong that happens in Gotham has a supervillain behind it, the story ends up being boring and childish. Good vs Evil. That's too easy. Makes one feel like that to solve all the world's problems, you just have to lock up the "evil" people. Reality is never like that.
About Nolan, I have to say that I love his trilogy but I need to be honest and say what I think he screwed up. First of all, having the League of Shadows was genius. But he didn't do much with that story thread. Batman Begins makes that century-old threat go away too fast, just to show up again in Dark Knight Rises is one of the worst plot twists of all time. And with that, he also screwed up Bane and the whole Knightfall storyline. He really nailed the second movie, The Dark Knight. And that's the sole reason people love the trilogy. But no, he tried to do too many dense story arcs mixing it with his personal tastes on Shakespearean drama and it ended up being a mess. Knightfall couldn't work in the span of a single movie. And for that, I think he utterly failed in giving us the ultimate Batman trilogy.
The interesting thing about more modern Batman stories is that in the end, Batman is unable to make actual changes in Gotham. Because every night he beats up thugs and chases super villains, while we all know at this point that the true real-world villains are the public institutions and the corrupt politicians running them. It's corruption that allows for the existence of organized crime, misery, and crime.
Nolan alludes to that, but he's too focused on the Batman drama, epic chase scenes. But Reeve's Batman starts to make the right questions. And in terms of having those questions, it was fitting that the Riddler is the one to make them. The source of all evil is the corrupt politicians, the mayor, the DA, the commissioner. It is the Long Halloween planting the seeds to bring the Court of Owls.
Did you know that currently in the comics Bruce Wayne lost his fortune and he's accused of embezzlement? And rightfully so as he did have to take funds out of Wayne Enterprises to fund his vigilante career. So Batman did commit fraud against his shareholders. I like when stories take these kinds of angles.
And no, a billionaire like Bruce Wayne giving away all his money to charity wouldn't make Gotham better as many people tend to think. This movie tackles that very subject. Thomas Wayne tried that before. And that's why I think a Court of Owls storyline could be very interesting to.
