The Batman (2022)

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.

When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city’s hidden corruption and question his family’s involvement.

Review:

Batman is a poet? The introduction of Batman is perfectly executed. He is scary, mysterious, and powerful. The visuals complemented by Pattinson’s narration are phenomenal. Some of the best scenes featured narration.

Robert Pattinson is a phenomenal actor and a great Batman. Pattinson’s interpretation of the caped crusader is very different from previous iterations, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. One of the best parts about Batman is Bruce Wayne. Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne barely makes any public appearances, and he doesn’t act as the funny playboy we’ve come to know. He is truer to himself and doesn’t put up the Bruce Wayne charade. But it’s clearly a different take on Batman which is fine and it works very well.

Fighting choreography was never Nolan’s finest quality. “The Batman” does a much better job. The fight scenes are exquisite but the warehouse scene in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is probably still superior. It’s almost an impossible task to produce a better fight scene but “The Batman” comes close.

Pattinson’s masked vigilante is not as experienced as Affleck’s and it shows. He is more vulnerable and his tech is not as advanced. This does however make for great grounded action and storytelling. Pattinson’s batmobile looks DIY (but it’s awesome).

It’s almost impossible to not mention the score while discussing a Batman movie. Michael Giacchino does a good job but his score doesn’t hit as hard as previous scores, more specifically Hans Zimmer’s score(s). A greater score would make some of the scenes more rewarding. Some scenes are visually breathtaking and choreographed masterfully but they are not as rewarding as they should.

For me this is the definitive Batman movie and the best batman movie to put on film! From the cinematography to the story to the acting and all things in between you could see the hard work put in by Reeves and his crew!

Robert Pattinson includes so much subtlety in his acting chops that it adds so much dimension to the scene which he is in! He accurately puts across the image of an orphan recluse who wants to say so much but is not able to!

Penguin, Catwoman and Riddler were amazing and unique in their own way plus there were so many other characters with fully fleshed out characters and story arcs.

This is a three-hour long movie which allowed Reeves to do long takes and let us stay within the room with these amazing characters allowing us to soak in all the tension and world-building because of which the movie may seem a bit slow but there is always twist or an amazing scene waiting around the corner to up the ante.

This is an amazing Batman Universe that Matt Reeves has created and I can’t wait to see more of it! I still think The Dark Knight is the better movie but this is definitely a better “Batman” movie!