The Batman
After months of rewatching, pondering this film and thinking over how I would rate it, I just can’t seem to stop thinking about how good this film was.
While it’s easy to come in and nit pick this film for little instances of why it’s not a perfect movie, and I’m not suggesting it is subjectively perfect, however, the Batman was incredible, beautifully shot, phenomenal performances by Pattinson, Dano and others. Quite possibly the best score of all time in a superhero film (the Batman theme is just a straight injection of adrenaline).This movie has heart pumping scenes, one of the greatest car chase scenes of all time in cinema , a true element of horror not really done well in other superhero films, detective noir, gritty and grimes atmosphere of Gotham is perfectly portrayed in a modern grounded twist. The themes of the movie don’t come off as cliche or forced in your face, the development of Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne/ Batman and the blurring of the lines between the character is something that I don’t think was ever touched upon as well as he did in the film.
Upon rewatching the film, does it hold up as well as a film like TDK, I think not, but even still the movie doesn’t feel poorly paced, or doesn’t feel extraneous in any matter. I think time will pass and people will recognize just how good this film is amongst the others in its genre, how much it was an artisanal film that didn’t feel commercially driven, it finally felt like the adaption of the comic book characters and stories we’ve come to love in all of its glory.
Phenomenal movie, one of the greatest comic book films, the best adaptation of Batman to date, one of my favorite films of all time, and gets to be in my 5 star category.