One thing to keep in mind. This is year 2 batman. Bruce is still young and caught up in being the batman. He doesn't know how to be Bruce,yet. Not until the end when he realizes that Gotham needs hope. This is when he will start being the public philanthropist playboy billionaire. I like to think of this movie as Bruce Wayne's origin story.
Matt Reeves directed the Planet of the Apes reboot movies if you haven't seen them, Neil. They are great and I think he has a real flair and style of his own, across all his movies.
Reeves didn't direct the first one.. but he did do the last 2 of the trilogy... And Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is one of my favorite movies of the 21st Century!
Absolutely loved this movie, great reaction!! Please react to the deleted scene, you won’t regret it, it’s good.also, a great detail in this movie is, they show Bruce with the black eye makeup, when he takes of his cowl. Pattinson knocked this out of the park and can’t wait for the next one.
Selina being Falcone's daughter comes from The Long Halloween and its sequel Dark Victory along with the Thomas Wayne connection where he saved his life. There was a lot of pick and choose in this movie, but the majority has influence from some comic continuity.
It was Halloween that's why they asked him "the hell are you supposed to be", they thought someone dressed up as batman to scare them. After he I'm vengeance beatdown they said "holy shit, it's him"
This movie is so sophisticated, uses a lot of Kubricks layered narrative techniques, 2 movies in one with a skewed view of Bruce/Batman from the riddlers perspective as he’s essentially the narrator of this story (all those weird green lens flares - the bat signal lighting green, riddler mask shaped background objects..they’re not accidental or incidental). Keep an eye on the subtle or not so subtle little things Bruce or Batman does that undermine his supposedly selfless actions…like not answering Selina over the contact lenses, it’s in every scene he’s in. I was so surprised and impressed by this film as I was not expecting those little cinematic trick Oh…the gang initiate at the beginning…he’s a cop in the jail cell when Batman regains consciousness. Penguin always tells the truth to or about Batman, and Selina keeps offering him alternative paths to his current course of vengeance and riddlers final plan failed at exposing the lie of Batmans methodology - vigilante justice…he knows perfectly well who Bruce/Batman is. (At the end, the first person he tried to reach for in the red flare scene was the mayor and she flinched away from him so he shifts his stance to the kid, and she refuses to acknowledge Batman after the disaster…her name is also important to the secondary narrative - the real war, Bella Réal, someone Bruce ignores as an option to fix Gotham)
awesome dude! I loved this movie. definitely my favorite iteration so far (I also love the use of nirvana in the soundtrack, fits the mood of the flick for sure)
You may know Matt Reeves movies without knowing they're his. He for instance directed The War for and Dawn of The Planet of the Apes, he also directed Cloverfield.
Wonder Woman: BOMB! Wonder Woman and Superman jumps for cover. Superman and Wonder Woman: How silly of us! We didn't need to take cover. Batman, why didn't you jump for cover?! Batman: ...
Absolutely loved this reaction, my absolute favourite moments was the first 15 minutes where the fear of batman is on full show here as criminals and thugs run for their lives as they look up and see the symbol of the bat line the night sky. Second favourite moment is the ending monologue where Bruce realises he needs to be a symbol of hope and that his total obsession with vengeance and the dwelling of his parents death actually led to inspiring the riddler and furthering Gotham's turmoil rather than saving it, leading to hopefully Bruce becoming that "billionaire batchelor" type persona that can actually do good for Gotham in the light as well as batman in the shadows Fantastic film overall. Fantastic reaction Subscribed 👍
Batman: this thing that is counting down... what does it do? Detective my bunghole. Also Batman: the hole in the barrel, what does it do? Detective. Ha!
Hey, so far of all the reactions I've seen for this movie - you caught the Nighthawks painting reference! Great reaction! Dang this movie. Of all the grit and horror it shows, deep down it's all about hope. I love that.
I love that it was the lowly cop that the final piece of the puzzle. And I will never hear "Ave Maria" the same way ever again. I highly recommend you watch the 5 minute cut scene Matt Reeves directed. For more of Reeves' watch _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_ and _War for the Planet of the Apes._
The use of "Ave Maria" as The Riddler's motif is genius. It also works on two levels. The Catholic prayer ends with _"Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death"_ Which literally invokes the sin of the victims and their imminent death at the time the music plays. The Sir Walter Scott poem that Schubert based his music on interestingly could be interpreted to apply to The Batman (the protector) and Bruce Wayne (the orphan of a slain father.) _"Foul demons of the earth and air, From this their wonted haunt exiled, Shall flee before thy presence fair... And for a father hear a child"_ It's a bit of a stretch in context, but I still like the comparison.
I really enjoyed this movie. I like how dark the perspective of the movie was shot.. and less magical and more realistic. I enjoyed this version of the Riddler character
Great movie, great reaction! Like many said, you don't know Matt Reeves? Give the newest Planet of the Apes trilogy a react, they are awesome. PS: Did you recognize the twin bouncers as the same idiot twins in The Leftovers? ;p
Someone asked me how The Batman got a PG13 Here in the states and The Matrix got an R rating. And I told them because the MPAA was bribed by WB to get the Batman lower lol. Compare both of their official ratings. The Batman even has more F words. "The Batman: PG13 for Strong Violent and Disturbing content, Drug content, strong Language And some suggestive material." "The matrix: Rated R for Sci-fi violence and brief language." The Batman is far more inappropriate for kids than the matrix yet that is rated for 17+ and this is for 13+...
NEIL PLEASE. Why won’t u respond??? I bought the $10 early access on Patreon on Friday and it still doesn’t show the lost finale!! I messaged u on there, been commenting on videos on here. Having major regrets in in paying right now cause all I see is UA-cam content I’ve seen… PLEASE lol
@@jthomann71 it’s not thirsty lol, well we all out here thirsty for some lost lmao. I’m just not made of money and heard someone incorrectly say it was up on Patreon so was confused why I wasn’t getting feedback. but I see there was a lack of notification and I got a response so all good. Anywho have a great day..
@@NeilTalks thanks Neil!!! Sorry for maybe coming of slightly abrasive 😝when I checked messages your response didn’t show up and then didn’t see the notification, but now I see it so will respond on there:) sorry about that!! I just enjoy your channel so much i wanted to make sure it didn’t get messed up❤️
not just any old Batman .. *_The_* Batman ps: ... i hope they don't imitate Marvel and attempt a DC "universe". Independent movies in worlds tailored to the character of the hero would make for better movies.
Great review. Loved this film when I saw it in the cinema. I think there are a couple of flaws in the film, a bit about Riddler knowing or not knowing about Bruce being Batman, I think that could've had a clearer answer. Plus Riddler's final plan to be destroying so much of Gotham felt a bit odd for someone so meticulous with his other kills. But I still liked it alot. I didn't mind the long film length as it really fit the tone, I would like cinemas to reintroduce intervals though. Great commentary throughout. On the note about some superhero films not being realistic enough, have you considered watching the TV show The Boys? It's super gory but also has a lot of real world satire about capitalism and pandering.
The Riddler's final plan was to kill the elite of Gotham... the ones he blamed for his past suffering. His whole obsession was getting back at Gotham city and wiping out those who run & rule it... the explosions that flooded it were just part of his scheme. His online followers had the same agenda - to get back at those in power... those they felt did them wrong. The entire plot was similar to real-life terror plots that are too often executed in our world today (The 9/11 attacks come to mind)... People manipulated and radicalized online by sinister figures... plot and execute destruction and death for maximum impact as acts of "retribution"... If anything, Paul Dano's Riddler & his plot was too close to real life.
The is probably the most faithful rendition of some eras of the comic, and also has a bunch in common with the Arkham games, which are also a great take on the character. I don't think this is better than TDK though. Beautifully shot but it's so morose that it's not that compelling. The Nolan films, while with some flaws, have a lot more life to them. Good film though!
Lol…when The Batman and Gordon are interrogating Penguin against the wall its just three dudes putting on voices. How did the actors restrain themselves from not putting on an even more absurd voice to outdo the other actors in the scene? How did the actors not crack up?
@@jgreen2015 Not really. The tone is pretty consistent throughout and do you honestly think there's any superhero movie that doesn't borrow from others? If anything it borrows from Se7en and Zodiac, as Neil already noticed, than anything else. I couldn't care less if it copies outright as long as it works and it does.
@@jgreen2015 copying of TDK, what because they're both batman movies, shouldn't you complain that it just copies the comics, like TDK Batman isnt even a good person or detective in TDK, he high jacks the entire city's phones and tried to save a woman he loves rather than Dent who the film clearly tries to state that Dent could do just as much good for the city as batman Although it does have the best line in movie history: I'M NOT WEARING HOCKY PADS
I hope you're joking with that title. This is a massively overrated film with very mediocre performances. Give yourself sometime and watch it again and you'll realize It's not a great film.
One thing to keep in mind. This is year 2 batman. Bruce is still young and caught up in being the batman. He doesn't know how to be Bruce,yet. Not until the end when he realizes that Gotham needs hope. This is when he will start being the public philanthropist playboy billionaire. I like to think of this movie as Bruce Wayne's origin story.
You've just proven it was an unnecessary and predictable story.
And yet people still defend this shite?
@@samhilton4173 This comment makes zero sense. If you can't be constructive go away.
@@samhilton4173 every super hero movie is predictable if u have brain cells
Matt Reeves directed the Planet of the Apes reboot movies if you haven't seen them, Neil. They are great and I think he has a real flair and style of his own, across all his movies.
Reeves didn't direct the first one.. but he did do the last 2 of the trilogy... And Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is one of my favorite movies of the 21st Century!
Wasn't expecting this reaction, but I'm super happy you did 💯😊
You're right. It was always raining in the movie. What I didn't get is that Penguin never had an umbrella in all this rain.
Absolutely loved this movie, great reaction!! Please react to the deleted scene, you won’t regret it, it’s good.also, a great detail in this movie is, they show Bruce with the black eye makeup, when he takes of his cowl. Pattinson knocked this out of the park and can’t wait for the next one.
Great video! About Pattinson, try watching "Good Times" or "The Lighthouse". He rules on those!
Selina being Falcone's daughter comes from The Long Halloween and its sequel Dark Victory along with the Thomas Wayne connection where he saved his life. There was a lot of pick and choose in this movie, but the majority has influence from some comic continuity.
My second favorite Batman movie behind Batman Returns. Don't forget to react to the 5 minute deleted scene Reeves released, it's amazing.
It was Halloween that's why they asked him "the hell are you supposed to be", they thought someone dressed up as batman to scare them. After he I'm vengeance beatdown they said "holy shit, it's him"
16:42 “Whose the mustache with the broken nose?” Jim Gordon is.
This movie is so sophisticated, uses a lot of Kubricks layered narrative techniques, 2 movies in one with a skewed view of Bruce/Batman from the riddlers perspective as he’s essentially the narrator of this story (all those weird green lens flares - the bat signal lighting green, riddler mask shaped background objects..they’re not accidental or incidental). Keep an eye on the subtle or not so subtle little things Bruce or Batman does that undermine his supposedly selfless actions…like not answering Selina over the contact lenses, it’s in every scene he’s in. I was so surprised and impressed by this film as I was not expecting those little cinematic trick
Oh…the gang initiate at the beginning…he’s a cop in the jail cell when Batman regains consciousness. Penguin always tells the truth to or about Batman, and Selina keeps offering him alternative paths to his current course of vengeance and riddlers final plan failed at exposing the lie of Batmans methodology - vigilante justice…he knows perfectly well who Bruce/Batman is.
(At the end, the first person he tried to reach for in the red flare scene was the mayor and she flinched away from him so he shifts his stance to the kid, and she refuses to acknowledge Batman after the disaster…her name is also important to the secondary narrative - the real war, Bella Réal, someone Bruce ignores as an option to fix Gotham)
The score was amazing and looked it up after and saw same LOST dude the great Michael Geachinio and I died!!😍🔥
awesome dude! I loved this movie. definitely my favorite iteration so far (I also love the use of nirvana in the soundtrack, fits the mood of the flick for sure)
Paul Dano gives us an amazing performance also in the great "There Will Be Blood" with Daniel Day-Lewis. Add it to your list is my recommendation
You may know Matt Reeves movies without knowing they're his. He for instance directed The War for and Dawn of The Planet of the Apes, he also directed Cloverfield.
Wonder Woman: BOMB!
Wonder Woman and Superman jumps for cover.
Superman and Wonder Woman: How silly of us! We didn't need to take cover. Batman, why didn't you jump for cover?!
Batman: ...
Absolutely loved this reaction, my absolute favourite moments was the first 15 minutes where the fear of batman is on full show here as criminals and thugs run for their lives as they look up and see the symbol of the bat line the night sky.
Second favourite moment is the ending monologue where Bruce realises he needs to be a symbol of hope and that his total obsession with vengeance and the dwelling of his parents death actually led to inspiring the riddler and furthering Gotham's turmoil rather than saving it, leading to hopefully Bruce becoming that "billionaire batchelor" type persona that can actually do good for Gotham in the light as well as batman in the shadows
Fantastic film overall.
Fantastic reaction
Subscribed 👍
haven't even started the video yet but i'm so excited to see what you thought of this movie! i love the perspective you provide by being an AD
LOVED this movie!!🔥🔥🔥
Batman: this thing that is counting down... what does it do?
Detective my bunghole.
Also Batman: the hole in the barrel, what does it do?
Detective. Ha!
Matt Reeves made the latest Planet of the Apes movies really well grounded too
Hey, so far of all the reactions I've seen for this movie - you caught the Nighthawks painting reference!
Great reaction! Dang this movie. Of all the grit and horror it shows, deep down it's all about hope. I love that.
Man this music is just awesome
I love that it was the lowly cop that the final piece of the puzzle. And I will never hear "Ave Maria" the same way ever again. I highly recommend you watch the 5 minute cut scene Matt Reeves directed. For more of Reeves' watch _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_ and _War for the Planet of the Apes._
The use of "Ave Maria" as The Riddler's motif is genius. It also works on two levels.
The Catholic prayer ends with _"Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death"_
Which literally invokes the sin of the victims and their imminent death at the time the music plays.
The Sir Walter Scott poem that Schubert based his music on interestingly could be interpreted to apply to The Batman (the protector) and Bruce Wayne (the orphan of a slain father.)
_"Foul demons of the earth and air, From this their wonted haunt exiled, Shall flee before thy presence fair... And for a father hear a child"_
It's a bit of a stretch in context, but I still like the comparison.
@@HermanVonPetri How do you do the italics on comments?
@@samfisher6606 You put underscores ___ on either end.
@@HermanVonPetri thanks. Do you know how to bold comments?
@@samfisher6606 *Bold* by putting asterisks *** on either side, and -strikethrough- by putting a dash - on either side.
Reeves is an amazing director. Check out the Planet of the Apes trilogy if you haven't yet.
Cloverfield, the second two of the Planet of the Apes remakes ... all Matt Reeves. He's great!
I was cringing about Pattenson being cast as Batman.. Then I watched The Lighthouse and I could not wait to see him in this film!
Gripping stuff. I haven't watched a Batman film since the first one came out. I was really surprised I liked it so much, such a difference. Thanks 👌
Great reaction! you should react to the Batman joker deleted scene that the director released. Its about 5 mins long, its really creepy!
I really enjoyed this movie. I like how dark the perspective of the movie was shot.. and less magical and more realistic. I enjoyed this version of the Riddler character
Great movie, great reaction! Like many said, you don't know Matt Reeves? Give the newest Planet of the Apes trilogy a react, they are awesome.
PS: Did you recognize the twin bouncers as the same idiot twins in The Leftovers? ;p
Perfect timing, this gonna be good
I think it's Venom that he injected in him. Bane's drug of choice. And it's green.
Someone asked me how The Batman got a PG13 Here in the states and The Matrix got an R rating. And I told them because the MPAA was bribed by WB to get the Batman lower lol. Compare both of their official ratings. The Batman even has more F words.
"The Batman: PG13 for Strong Violent and Disturbing content, Drug content, strong Language And some suggestive material."
"The matrix: Rated R for Sci-fi violence and brief language."
The Batman is far more inappropriate for kids than the matrix yet that is rated for 17+ and this is for 13+...
Does anybody actually care about this?
@@jthomann71 Its just interesting that this is marketed to children. you dont have to care lol. I was just typing my thoughts.
@@werdle92 It wasn't really marketed to kids that much, and if your kid can't handle this you raised it pretty soft.
Um you do know that 13 year old kids have seen way worse than this by the time they're 13 right? I mean the internet is a thing. Sad as it is to say.
Film was ok, but it was way longer than it should have been.
Awesome!
NEIL PLEASE. Why won’t u respond??? I bought the $10 early access on Patreon on Friday and it still doesn’t show the lost finale!! I messaged u on there, been commenting on videos on here. Having major regrets in in paying right now cause all I see is UA-cam content I’ve seen… PLEASE lol
THIRSTY
Hi Michelle. I responded to you on Patreon yesterday morning.
@@jthomann71 it’s not thirsty lol, well we all out here thirsty for some lost lmao. I’m just not made of money and heard someone incorrectly say it was up on Patreon so was confused why I wasn’t getting feedback. but I see there was a lack of notification and I got a response so all good. Anywho have a great day..
@@NeilTalks thanks Neil!!! Sorry for maybe coming of slightly abrasive 😝when I checked messages your response didn’t show up and then didn’t see the notification, but now I see it so will respond on there:) sorry about that!! I just enjoy your channel so much i wanted to make sure it didn’t get messed up❤️
not just any old Batman .. *_The_* Batman
ps: ... i hope they don't imitate Marvel and attempt a DC "universe". Independent movies in worlds tailored to the character of the hero would make for better movies.
Great review. Loved this film when I saw it in the cinema.
I think there are a couple of flaws in the film, a bit about Riddler knowing or not knowing about Bruce being Batman, I think that could've had a clearer answer. Plus Riddler's final plan to be destroying so much of Gotham felt a bit odd for someone so meticulous with his other kills.
But I still liked it alot. I didn't mind the long film length as it really fit the tone, I would like cinemas to reintroduce intervals though.
Great commentary throughout. On the note about some superhero films not being realistic enough, have you considered watching the TV show The Boys? It's super gory but also has a lot of real world satire about capitalism and pandering.
The Riddler's final plan was to kill the elite of Gotham... the ones he blamed for his past suffering. His whole obsession was getting back at Gotham city and wiping out those who run & rule it... the explosions that flooded it were just part of his scheme. His online followers had the same agenda - to get back at those in power... those they felt did them wrong.
The entire plot was similar to real-life terror plots that are too often executed in our world today (The 9/11 attacks come to mind)... People manipulated and radicalized online by sinister figures... plot and execute destruction and death for maximum impact as acts of "retribution"... If anything, Paul Dano's Riddler & his plot was too close to real life.
I really liked this film. It's my favourite Batman movie, even with the awful Bruce Wayne hair (that's the one thing I would change).
The is probably the most faithful rendition of some eras of the comic, and also has a bunch in common with the Arkham games, which are also a great take on the character. I don't think this is better than TDK though. Beautifully shot but it's so morose that it's not that compelling. The Nolan films, while with some flaws, have a lot more life to them. Good film though!
You have literally never read a batman comic.
@@samhilton4173 Have you? Because as someone who has read quite a few Batman comics, it seems like one of the most faithful adaptations to me.
@@samhilton4173 And you've clearly never read Year One which this is about as faithful adaptation as you could get.
Lol…when The Batman and Gordon are interrogating Penguin against the wall its just three dudes putting on voices. How did the actors restrain themselves from not putting on an even more absurd voice to outdo the other actors in the scene? How did the actors not crack up?
Have you seen movies before?
@@jthomann71 Yes I know they are acting professional. But someone on UA-cam will probably make a parody of this scene eventually.
boring bad
No way better than dark knight
Good. But definitely has its problems
It's not even good.
It's literally the most boring DC comic based movie I have ever seen.
Fuck, ecen marvel shite is better than this.
So did TDK. So does almost every movie.
@@jthomann71 yup
But The Batman has far more issues including a ridiculously inconsistent tone and lots of copying of TDK
@@jgreen2015 Not really. The tone is pretty consistent throughout and do you honestly think there's any superhero movie that doesn't borrow from others? If anything it borrows from Se7en and Zodiac, as Neil already noticed, than anything else. I couldn't care less if it copies outright as long as it works and it does.
@@jgreen2015 copying of TDK, what because they're both batman movies, shouldn't you complain that it just copies the comics, like TDK
Batman isnt even a good person or detective in TDK, he high jacks the entire city's phones and tried to save a woman he loves rather than Dent who the film clearly tries to state that Dent could do just as much good for the city as batman
Although it does have the best line in movie history: I'M NOT WEARING HOCKY PADS
I hope you're joking with that title. This is a massively overrated film with very mediocre performances. Give yourself sometime and watch it again and you'll realize It's not a great film.