The Batman is the best Batman film ever made!!!! Matt Reeves manages to capture the comic books perfectly, while also grounding this film in reality like no other film has done before.
The story is complex with an intriguing mystery which isn’t difficult to follow along, but still manages to have a lot of twits that you don’t see coming.It also manages shows the complexity of Batman like no film has done before. This iteration of the character really builds him up to be quite a troubled person with him spending the majority of the movie as Batman with little time actually spent on him being Bruce Wayne. This captures how the mask is actually Bruce and how his true face is at Batman.
The acting is phenonmal in this film with every single actor pulling of a great performance. Robert Pattinson is the perfect Batam especially with how he can convey emotions just through his eyes and the movement of his body. I wouldn’t say he is the best Bruce Wayne yet but that is more to do with the fact we don’t get to see enough of Robert Pattinsons Bruce in this movie. Zoë Kravitz is also stunning as Selena Kyle as she is so fierce and determined and she pulls off her actions sequences perfectly. I really hope to see that HBO Max show they have been disscussing. Jeffery Wright is Jim Gordon, he was just born for this role and you really see a strong partnership between himself and Batman which is perfect for the characters. Collin Farrell transforms as the penguin, there is no way you would know that it was him as he completely transforms into a different person and gives an outstanding performance.
The only real problem i have in the movie is that by the third act you can start to feel that nearly three hour runtime, however at the same time I’m not sure what could be cut from the movie.
The Cinematography and direction is just absolutely stunning and they are really able to capture the essence of Gotham from the comic books to show how quite scary and lawless living in Gotham would actually be.
Overall this is a fantastic Batman film and by far the best one made to date. Even if you aren’t into batman I recommend seeing this film as it plays more like a crime noir then an tradition comic book film .
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