The Batman
This isn't just a good Batman movie, this isn't just a great Comic Book movie, it's an amazing movie.
Will be talking a lot of Batman spoilers so...
The opening is perfect, the voice over by Bruce, leading to the Bat-Signal and the perfect way to reveal who Bruce truly is. The music works perfectly, just by his fight with the thugs you can see that he isn't used to being The Batman yet.
Batman actually gets hurt, he gets hit by the goons and thugs, showing how new he is, and how he has much to learn.
The city actually seems like hell, which is what Gotham is, its the worst cities ever, with high crime rate , Slums, and people not being able to speak up and all of this is shown.
The kills by Riddler, or any kill in general, is built up slowly to the point where the audience realizes that there is no way the Character is going to escape, their fate is already sealed.
Bruce's relationship with Alfred is amazing, you don't see them as Master-servant, nor friends, you see them as a child and his father figure. You see Alfred care about Bruce in a different way, hiding things that would hurt him and making him ready to face the world. You also see Bruce care about Alfred, even if he ignored him at the start and didn't really listen to him, but when he finds out about Riddler's next target...you feel his pain, him worrying, and his fear while he's driving.
Paul Dano's performance as Riddler is spectacular, he plays him in a terrifying way and to make it more scarier the whole movie it seems that the Riddler isn't even insane and he did everything that he did for the city, and to punish the people that are ruining it.
The Riddler's riddles are set up perfectly, Batman actually has to try and figure them out and the best part about them...Batman fails in solving the biggest Riddle...that he was secretly helping Riddler complete his plan all along.
When he does find out about Batman not knowing, you can feel his disappointment, which turns into excitement to see what vengeance will do next.
Everyone actor played their role brilliantly, i won't go into depth with Catwoman cause then this review will be too big so im gonna talk about the main man Rob Bat Battin Bat. WOW, he played Batman brilliantly, without even saying anything, you would already know what he was thinking, what he wanted to do and what he wanted to say.
The way he looked at the Mayor's son was amazing, he knew it won't get better for him, he knew things won't make it better...he knew what the kid was going through.
The pacing of this movie is amazing, was never bored and I also love how the movie connects everything in such a fashion that you don't see any event as something that could have been cut.
Now for my final point, The change in Batman's mentality... In the start of the movie, Batman was a character that thought the only way Gotham can be fixed is by punishing the people that are ruining it, but as the movie goes on and Bruce starts to learn, he sees that that isn't the way something is fixed. He figures out that no matter how many criminals he puts in jail...nothing is possible without hope. When he goes down in the water to lead the people to safety, he isn't just saving them...he's giving them hope, something that everyone in Gotham needs.