The Batman
Again, obvious out of the way, This movie has the best Gotham, Best soundtrack and best overall Batman feel out of any Batman movie, and for a first movie in the series its incredible that it’s this good.
I’m gonna go over the same points as for TDK in the order of: 1-villain, 2- Hero, 3- Direction, and this will be the same for most CBM I watch.
Starting with Riddler, Paul Dano is Pretty good as Riddler but there was one scene which kind of throws it for me but overall very good performance and within the first five minutes he’s already set up as an intimidating villain.
This movie has so much Batman it’s almost uncanny, Batman is in almost every shot which helps the movie so much as It is a Batman movie after all. Being honest, when Robert Pattinson was cast I was not happy at all but he pleasantly surprised me on first watch and I am still finding little subtle nuances in his performance that make him a great Batman:
Matt Reeves does an incredible Job directing this and visually I think this is the best looking Batman movie, and while it does have some typically Batman-esque lines in it like I’m vengeance, all that does is make the movie better.
Overall I still slightly prefer TDK but it’s extremely close, but as I said before, They’re both very different and tell stories that may have some similarities with the villain being a psychopath leaving traces of his kills for the GCPD, But that’s really where the similarities end. So in conclusion I still hold the same opinion that TDK is a better movie overall but The Batman is a better Batman movie.
96/100