Trivia note: Each of the Christian Bale Batman movies was 12 minutes longer than the previous movie. Well, this movie is 12 minutes longer than Bale's 3rd Batman movie.
my favorite thing about this movie is that it showed batman staying and helping with rescue/cleanup after the flood. too many movies show the hero showing up to fight the villain and then disappearing for dramatic effect but i thought it was really cool to see a superhero actually staying and helping first responders. this movie was a great callback to vintage batman comics where he was more caring and kind to civilians, and a great detective.
The whole point is him realizing he can't just be vengeance. Because that idea motivated the Riddler and his goons which took that line as well. He realized instead of vengeance he has to be a hero which is why he stayed to help the civilians.
I know people have issues with the representation of Batman and the GCPD's relationship in this movie, but this is how it usually is this early in Bruce's career and how it would be in real life. When Batman starts out, most of Gotham's police are corrupt and hardly do anything to protect the city, so he has no faith or trust in them. The only "Good cop" in Batman's eyes is Gordon. From the perspective of the GCPD (and in reality), Batman IS a vigilante breaking the law, so legally, he has no business at a crime scene or even doing what he does. Only Gordon sees that things are so bad both within the Police and with Gotham to understand that someone like Batman is sadly necessary and works with him as a "last resort" type of partnership.
@jackcrofts-mullin461 - That´s a constant, in reactions to any Batman content... People complaining about the police hating on Batman. In the Tim Burton films, the Nolan trilogy, now the Batman.. People constantly screaming at the screen: "Bro, Batman is just saving people!" or "He´s doing your job!" (BvS not so much, but only because Batman is a complete psychopath in that film, so no one is surprised that the police don´t like him xD). Personally, I LOVE superhero stuff, but I completely agree with the idea that vigilantism is CRAZY, and should be COMPLETELY ILLEGAL irl... So I never had any problems understanding why cops wouldn´t like vigilantes and superheroes in movies. But some people don´t get it... I don´t know why :S
@@gabrielp9646 my personal belief is that most of the time, especially with characters that have no superpowers (Batman, Daredevil etc) they greatly exaggerate the crime rate and police corruption in their cities to give credibility for the protagonist resorting to vigilantism, when in reality, most of the community and police would be against them
@@jackcrofts-mullin461 Oh, you´re completely right. All of these characters live in a very heightened and really over the top world (both in terms of crime and violence, but it also goes for hope and optimism, with characters like Superman). That´s true. What I don´t understand, is why people don´t understand the police hating vigilantes and superheroes, in almost every single movie, cartoon or TV show... When people (reactors) complain about it, I always feel like: "Well, OF COURSE they would hate them. What do you mean?" xDxD
Dude, I'm from Rio, this is tropical Gotham City, like most things from Batman movies it's nothing compared to here, last Christmas they burned a guy trapped with tires around here, the smell is still there. A father who lived here had to flee to another state with his family because the drug dealer wanted to have sex with his 12-year-old daughter, blowing up ATMs and escaping by train, everything I said is normal here. Like, go watch some news from Rio and keep in mind that this isn't even 30% of the real deal, most things don't make the news (like the burned guy or the crime judges). We had some vigilantes here, even some former police officers, but they almost always ended up being worse than the drug traffickers, because they formed militias and controlled the economy of a place, practically one state within another. Elit Squad was a film that was made to criticize police brutality, but people here are so desperate for heroes that they started to idealize the Main Character, in the second film they turned him into an anti-hero. That why i like Batman, this movie had so much connection to real life to me, is crazy. @@jackcrofts-mullin461 @gabrielp9646
The "I'm Vengeance" line from this film is a reference the famous quote from the third episode of Batman The Animated Series by Kevin Conroy who is considered to be the greatest Batman of all time. In the third episode titled "Nothing to Fear" Batman says "I am vengeance! I am the night! I am BATMAN!".
he also quotes that same thing in arkham knight during the finale interestingly, the game (and the scene tbf, he is overtaking his fears as he says that) is also about scarecrow just like the "nothing to fear" episode
@@godofevil9468 I think hes gonna say "Im justice" in the next movie. At the end he realizes he needs to be more than vengeance, and that will be justice.
After all the missed hints along the way I was thinking he’d miss it & the comments would be full of “that’s Catwoman”. Laughed my ass off at him realizing it
Oh Wow. Im wondering If he really knows the folklore of Batman? Im not a comic book person but I know most of the villians of the BatMan Universe. It took me until Harvey Dent Got Burned to realize that he was 2 Fac, But Catwoman? C'mon.. lol
Which is the only thing that truly matters. People are fine with a batman who murders people but because he glides with his cape then hes somehow a better batman
@@itzsamic fax, it’s like they don’t want character development in different aspects, pattinsons batmna already had one of the best arcs from the people of Gotham fearing him to them grabbing on to him for life
As a longtime Batman fan I love that line “Maybe the city is beyond saving. But I have to try.” We don’t get a lot of young wild Bruce, but this movie captured it perfectly. He’s been Batman for two years, he’s violent, messy and raw. He hasn’t developed the persona “Bruce Wayne” we see in other older versions yet. This is a great representation of Bruce realizing Batman can’t be vengeance because it’ll just make things worse. He has to represent justice to make a difference. Great stuff.
I'm glad they decided to take a different direction. Honestly, I hope they play up his philanthropy and charity more in the sequel rather than falling back on the eccentric billionaire routine. Pattinson could really showcase the kindness and compassion that Bruce has, and I think that would be something new and an interesting way to develop this version of the character.
It also reminds you of Christian Bale's Batman where Gordon and him are talking after Batman saves the kid from Two Face/ Harvey Dent.. And Gordon says, "He's the hero Gotham deserves but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A Dark Knight."
@@porterpaintss3462 Well not all versions of Bruce are brutal and relentless, some of them are more thoughtful, reflecting and philosophical Also many people fail to understand that this is a Year 2 Batman, still young and fairly inexperienced Batman only starts being confident and reckless between Year 3 ~ Year 5 after fighting off a fair share of supervillains This movie is the closest thing we ever got to a Animated series Batman translated onto the movie screen and the attention to detail mixed with traumatic flashbacks and philosophical questions and morale dilemma that Bruce faces early on as the Batman are illustrated in a flawless manner in this movie I really do think that this is the best Batman movie ever by a long shot: its not over the top, it does not deviate from the origins too much, it takes itself seriously and it shows both the struggle and trauma of Bruce Wayne, something that every single movie in the past have failed miserably to capture
The great part of this movie is that it takes the Detective aspect of the batman mythos and the the way they made the Riddler was great, not over the top campy as the old movie did with Jim Carrey but the whole zodiac killer vibe was crazy
Did you not know "The Batman" was primarily filmed on location in England? Liverpool was used for the Police HQ & The funeral of the commissioner. It also used an incredible infinity wall, The BTS on this is fascinating
@@LXRZ_2005 Indeed there were some shots from Edinburgh but the final bike ride is across a Glasgow cemetery. Films have been shot in Glasgow as a New York location due to the stone & look used in many buildings in the city. Most recently for Indiana Jones in the parade scene, The Flash & Batgirl. The UK government gives some nice tax breaks for filming like Canada plus there is a permanent Warner Brothers studio available in Leavesden & the use of Cardington studios in Bedfordshire. It's just a good place to make movies in the UK. The gathering before the flood was shot inside The O2 AKA The Millennium Dome in London & special to note when Batman jumps off the Liver Building in Liverpool he is transported to Chicago on the same street as the truck flip in The Dark Knight 🤯
I love how this movie shows the development of Batman!! Like Bruce Wayne is just a person that has been suffering a lot, he feels the pain of his parents being killed and having to grow up without them and the pain of the city getting destroyed and corrupted and I love how Batman is a way Bruce finds to help the city and to keep doing what his father was doing. Its amazing how he doesn't start as a hero, but only wanting revenge ("I'm vengeance") but later when he saves people from the flood he starts to realize that he shouldn't focus on revenge, but on helping people so we can see him slowly becoming a hero ugh its just sooooo good
I would love to see him develop his bruce persona for the sequel since he focused way too much on having to be Batman all the time which Bella Real and Alfred criticized him for. He was blinded to what the city actually needed. The scene at the end with him holding the flare leading the people (being the light in the darkness they need) is sooo good visually and metaphorically. Tbh depending on the direction they go with Pattinson I would love a Dick Grayson done right in the third movie.
I'm glad someone else mentioned this. We've already seen depictions of Batman that have themselves more figured out. I like that they decided to make him more rough around the edges here. He doesn't care about his Bruce Wayne persona at all, which is why subsequent films could really expand on that.
By far the best live action Batman movie in my opinion. It’s so good with such a compelling story, and actually holds true to Bruce’s ideologies and themes from the comics.
@@WalterWhiteY0 yea, dark knight is a better movie structurally, but I think the Batman is a better Batman movie, because it captures Bruce’s character so well. Where as Bruce himself isn’t what makes the dark knight so good, it’s the culmination of everything like Aaron Eckhart as Harvey dents performance and character arc, Heath ledgers performance is fantastic, and the story and everything about that movie is great. But this movie is made so great specifically by the way they portrayed Batman in it yk?
@@jaydakxdd975I also believe that Batman 2022 has the best portrayed of Gotham. It’s so dark and depressing. Everyone’s on edge and it’s always pouring rain. Such an emotional atmosphere
I could go on forever about this movies being awesome but heres some stuff that I didnt see many people talk about. In the prequel novel Bruce dabbled in illegal street racing meaning it was child’s play for him to catch Penguin This movie handled the “themed goons” most comic supervillains have perfectly by establishing the Riddlers dark web activity and “community” so it makes perfect sense they all dress like him. The fight scenes involving Batman felt straight out of the Arkham Asylum games and anytime he got hit just made me think “Bro didnt press Triangle/Y to parry” Also I adore the amount of acting Pattinson did with just his eyes. The scene where he thinks Riddler knows his identity and is trying not to react only to look over in relief and surprise when Riddler makes it clear “He was the only one we didnt get”. Amazing
It was not child's play to catch penguin lmao, you could clearly see he was stressed with penguin endangering all the civilians and having to avoid causing any casualties.
Robert Pattinson and Matt Reeves spoke about how since it's only his second year as batman Bruce really doesn't understand how being Bruce Wayne can help him be a better Batman aswell and he hasn't achieved the balance of it yet and is pretty much batman ALL the time but with time he'll understand the importance of Bruce Wayne while he's batman too so probably next movie we'll see more of his playboy side as Bruce Wayne
I saw someone not understand how that was part of his CHARACTER arc and tried using it to criticize Pattinsons performance which isnt fair or valid at all
Hey don, there’s a deleted scene that came out of Batman talking to the joker in Arkham which was supposed to take place around the middle of the film but they cut it. The guy who talks to the riddler in the end is supposed to be joker,played by Barry keoghan. If you wanna check it out it’s really cool 👍
I like the concept of this being a Batman who has the tools and skills but still needed real-world experience in the human condition. I also like the journey he had to take from vengeance to justice. No amount of vengeance seeking was healing his heart but once he started working to bring justice then he found hos way to the light.
Batman carrying that little girl to safety is the most Batman thing I've ever seen in live action. I'm happy Batman's compassion is shown in this film. Batman's compassion and empathy for others is what makes him a great hero. It sucks that the movies rarely show it. That's why I love Battinson he does have compassion and empathy. Also he's the only live action Batman that actually develops as a character. It's mostly Bruce Wayne that gets all the development.
Fun fact for Don: This is a Matt Reeves directed movie. He also did the planet of the apes movies. so after this you have almost watched all of the movies he’s been the head of in like 1 month.
So fan theory on the “adrenaline shot” is it actually based on this universes Bane’s “Venom” super serum. That’s why it’s painful and sent him into a blinding rage. That’s why it’s green, while real adrenaline(epinephrine) is always clear; it’s not like it’s something this grounded world will just color for aesthetics.
part of this film was actually filmed in liverpool. the building where the car crashes into and the bomb goes off. Really cool to see them filming there :)
Coastal city is bad or what. Why you say that instead of Central cause coastal is the wrong name and you messed it up. Coast is the other but you didn't mean too
When are you going to do a reaction to the deleted Joker scene? The scene was supposed to be between when Batman & Gordon are at the morgue after the Commissioner was killed, and when Batman sends Selina into the 44 Below Club.
There is a penguin TV series coming out this year sometime in 2024 and in 2025 there will also be a GCPD TV series featuring Jim Gordon with the Batman making a few appearances to set up the Batman 2 movie that comes out in 2026.
This film was a bit of a combination of "The Long Halloween" and "Year One" batman comics. This is when Bruce didn't know how to be the Batman we know him as yet, he was still learning.
Standard training teaches to aim for the torso because head shots are not easy to pull off. Much less in that much Dark with a target who moves faster than eye can track.
Let’s goooo! This was one of my favorite Batman movies~~ I actually managed to follow the mystery a bit while watching the movie. I thought in that way it was really well done. Not to mention actually making the riddler scary is quite an impressive feat for a first movie. I believe it’s going to get a sequel at some point they have it set up to do with the joker which is pretty exciting!
The best part about this batman is it really showed in the younger days of being batman how he failed and learned to be a better detective, he ultimately looses in this movie and it’s honestly great
The scene where Batman and riddler are talking is a little confusing, but in the comics, riddler is autistic and doesn’t really comprehend things like other people, so he thought that him and Batman were actually together as a team. Also, when he says Bruuuce Wayyyyne, he doesn’t actually know I don’t think, I’m pretty sure he’s telling batman that he’s the only one they didn’t get, which is why he said, “he’s the only one WE didn’t get
@@dcmastermindfirst9418riddler is definitely on the spectrum. He’s obsessed with riddles and puzzles and always breakdowns when things don’t go his way. He’s always been like that
The actress playing CATWOMAN is Zoe Kravitz. Her parents are Lisa Bonet (Actress on Cosby show & a Different World also was married to Jason Mamoa) and Lenny Kravitz Singer/Musician/Actor, (You saw him as Senna the designer in The Hunger Games).
*In relation as to why Gotham looked like London* : they filmed some of this in The UK - - filming in Liverpool to accentuate that Gotham is a shithole.
31:50 Close, Batman’s one main philosphy is the absolute sacredness of human life. Since he’s early in his career, he’s at a point where he cant forgive anyone who put another person’s life at risk, no matter who. It’s half noble, and half selfish, because some scumbags need to die, but either way it makes the character incredibly interesting.
I love this movie and showing him as an early Batman who doesn’t have as much of a balance between his lives plus I love that he is an actual detective. I also loved how they did riddler and the actor was great
Actual detective… yes he solved hallmark cards he’s a genius. Keatons solving chemical compounds and penguin gang and background bens finding every member of the league he’s tracking white Portuguese he’s making kryptonite weapons Bales here tracking marked bills, tracking scarecrow’s shipments, investigating jokers followers, finding Lau, constructing the bullet getting leverage on the judge to Rachel, finding jokers location and building the sonar screens. They all stop the villain in the end. Pattinson didn’t have to do anything riddler turned himself in, then told Batman his plan. Dude couldn’t even figure it out then STILL could t figure it out after riddler told him. He needed Martinez to help. Yeah he’s the best
39:54 One detail that’s quick to miss is Riddler actually had no idea under Batman was Bruce. His line “He’s the only one we didn’t get” pretty much confirmed it for Batman because why would he say HE’S the only one WE didn’t get, meaning why would Batman and Riddler not get him if it’s actually Bruce who is Batman. I loved that we all thought he knew it was Bruce but then he deducts it with just one of his lines. Brilliant detective work I must say though he missed that whole vans with bombs.
About not shooting at Batmans face, most firearm training is focused on center of mass since it minimizes the odds of missing. It basically becomes second nature to people who do a lot of shooting so it makes sense for them to reflexively aim for the body.
I'm someone is critically injured it is a really bad idea to take off their clothes because it moves the body too much and could cause more injury, that's why your clothes usually get cut up in an emergency. Cutting the clothes means they move the body less, and taking off a skin tight bulletproof cowl would almost guarantee a broken neck and messed up spine
You can tell this was written by some folks who don't QUITE understand social media & streaming because they think it's a big deal that Riddler has a whole FIVE HUNDRED followers.
I don't think that is the thing you just didn't quite understand the idea that Riddler has a small cult, he's a weird redditor or 4chan user Because it's small, more actual people are working with him, they more dense let's say
@@passarovoador6662 exactly, take the Area 51 raid for example, like a million people said they’d go and yet there were less than 100 there, the smaller the following the more devoted.
Gotham is an alternate universe New York. Rocksteady depicted this very well in Arkham Knight with the three islands of Gotham instead of five burrows of New York. And the Lady of Gotham instead of Lady Liberty. "Gotham" has been a nickname for New York City that first became popular in the 19th century; Washington Irving had first attached it to New York in the November 11, 1807, edition of his Salmagundi, a periodical which lampooned New York culture and politics. Irving took the name from the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England: a place inhabited, according to folklore, by fools.
The opening shot was London. It's Astor House on the Victoria Embankment built for William Waldorf Astor. He was the son of John Jacob Astor, patriarch of the mega-wealthy American Astor family, and unsurprisingly responsible for building New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Times Square mash up is really just physically a pillor in Liverpool near Lime Street station with a Times Square like scene digitally added.
hey don so idk if anyone has already typed this but this is a year 2 batman so hes usually out more being batman and eventually he'll get to be more bruce wayne since bruce wayne is his mask and batman is him being himself
When the riddler says, "Bruce... Wyane." He's not saying batman's identity, he's says that Bruce is the only one that didn't die "hes the only one we didn't catch"
"He's just in a costume" That highlights how detached from reality other superhero movies have made us as audiences. This movie is one of the few movies that addresses the fact that masked vigilanties are ILLEGAL and they're criminals. The only reason they work with him at all is the results. And anybody who hasn't read those specific reports, shouldn't trust him.
one thing i always respected about this movie is that they kept Bruce's eye makeup on after he took off his cowl, usually batman takes his cowl off and the eye makeup magically vanishes
Trivia note: Each of the Christian Bale Batman movies was 12 minutes longer than the previous movie. Well, this movie is 12 minutes longer than Bale's 3rd Batman movie.
DAYUM DIDNT KNOW THAT
Oh! Why though
@@abisheknair2523 for fun probably
@@abisheknair2523 probably just a little easter egg
Wow no one cares
my favorite thing about this movie is that it showed batman staying and helping with rescue/cleanup after the flood. too many movies show the hero showing up to fight the villain and then disappearing for dramatic effect but i thought it was really cool to see a superhero actually staying and helping first responders. this movie was a great callback to vintage batman comics where he was more caring and kind to civilians, and a great detective.
The whole point is him realizing he can't just be vengeance. Because that idea motivated the Riddler and his goons which took that line as well. He realized instead of vengeance he has to be a hero which is why he stayed to help the civilians.
I know people have issues with the representation of Batman and the GCPD's relationship in this movie, but this is how it usually is this early in Bruce's career and how it would be in real life. When Batman starts out, most of Gotham's police are corrupt and hardly do anything to protect the city, so he has no faith or trust in them. The only "Good cop" in Batman's eyes is Gordon.
From the perspective of the GCPD (and in reality), Batman IS a vigilante breaking the law, so legally, he has no business at a crime scene or even doing what he does. Only Gordon sees that things are so bad both within the Police and with Gotham to understand that someone like Batman is sadly necessary and works with him as a "last resort" type of partnership.
@jackcrofts-mullin461 - That´s a constant, in reactions to any Batman content... People complaining about the police hating on Batman. In the Tim Burton films, the Nolan trilogy, now the Batman.. People constantly screaming at the screen: "Bro, Batman is just saving people!" or "He´s doing your job!" (BvS not so much, but only because Batman is a complete psychopath in that film, so no one is surprised that the police don´t like him xD). Personally, I LOVE superhero stuff, but I completely agree with the idea that vigilantism is CRAZY, and should be COMPLETELY ILLEGAL irl... So I never had any problems understanding why cops wouldn´t like vigilantes and superheroes in movies. But some people don´t get it... I don´t know why :S
@@gabrielp9646 my personal belief is that most of the time, especially with characters that have no superpowers (Batman, Daredevil etc) they greatly exaggerate the crime rate and police corruption in their cities to give credibility for the protagonist resorting to vigilantism, when in reality, most of the community and police would be against them
So basically like the Arkham Origins game.
@@jackcrofts-mullin461 Oh, you´re completely right. All of these characters live in a very heightened and really over the top world (both in terms of crime and violence, but it also goes for hope and optimism, with characters like Superman). That´s true. What I don´t understand, is why people don´t understand the police hating vigilantes and superheroes, in almost every single movie, cartoon or TV show... When people (reactors) complain about it, I always feel like: "Well, OF COURSE they would hate them. What do you mean?" xDxD
Dude, I'm from Rio, this is tropical Gotham City, like most things from Batman movies it's nothing compared to here, last Christmas they burned a guy trapped with tires around here, the smell is still there.
A father who lived here had to flee to another state with his family because the drug dealer wanted to have sex with his 12-year-old daughter, blowing up ATMs and escaping by train, everything I said is normal here.
Like, go watch some news from Rio and keep in mind that this isn't even 30% of the real deal, most things don't make the news (like the burned guy or the crime judges).
We had some vigilantes here, even some former police officers, but they almost always ended up being worse than the drug traffickers, because they formed militias and controlled the economy of a place, practically one state within another.
Elit Squad was a film that was made to criticize police brutality, but people here are so desperate for heroes that they started to idealize the Main Character, in the second film they turned him into an anti-hero.
That why i like Batman, this movie had so much connection to real life to me, is crazy.
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The "I'm Vengeance" line from this film is a reference the famous quote from the third episode of Batman The Animated Series by Kevin Conroy who is considered to be the greatest Batman of all time. In the third episode titled "Nothing to Fear" Batman says "I am vengeance! I am the night! I am BATMAN!".
Kevin was the goat no one can top him as batman
It would be great if in the next film he says “I am the night.”
And then in the third one ESPECIALLY if he’s fighting Joker. He says
“I am BATMAN!”
he also quotes that same thing in arkham knight during the finale
interestingly, the game (and the scene tbf, he is overtaking his fears as he says that) is also about scarecrow just like the "nothing to fear" episode
@@godofevil9468 I think hes gonna say "Im justice" in the next movie. At the end he realizes he needs to be more than vengeance, and that will be justice.
@@lumityforeverif James Gunn dcu ends up being really good and jensen ackles is Batman maybe he can
i love that it took him the whole movie to realize that it was cat woman
For real😭I said “ain’t no mf way” out loud when he was like “oh is that supposed to be cat woman?” At the very end
After all the missed hints along the way I was thinking he’d miss it & the comments would be full of “that’s Catwoman”. Laughed my ass off at him realizing it
He talks more than listens
Oh Wow. Im wondering If he really knows the folklore of Batman? Im not a comic book person but I know most of the villians of the BatMan Universe. It took me until Harvey Dent Got Burned to realize that he was 2 Fac, But Catwoman? C'mon.. lol
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For me this is easily my favorite Batman in live action, he closest captures who Batman is as a person
Which is the only thing that truly matters. People are fine with a batman who murders people but because he glides with his cape then hes somehow a better batman
@@itzsamic fax, it’s like they don’t want character development in different aspects, pattinsons batmna already had one of the best arcs from the people of Gotham fearing him to them grabbing on to him for life
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As a longtime Batman fan I love that line “Maybe the city is beyond saving. But I have to try.” We don’t get a lot of young wild Bruce, but this movie captured it perfectly. He’s been Batman for two years, he’s violent, messy and raw. He hasn’t developed the persona “Bruce Wayne” we see in other older versions yet. This is a great representation of Bruce realizing Batman can’t be vengeance because it’ll just make things worse. He has to represent justice to make a difference. Great stuff.
Exactly! This is a perfect explanation. That is why this is the best batman movie.
I'm glad they decided to take a different direction. Honestly, I hope they play up his philanthropy and charity more in the sequel rather than falling back on the eccentric billionaire routine. Pattinson could really showcase the kindness and compassion that Bruce has, and I think that would be something new and an interesting way to develop this version of the character.
I dont think he's brutal enough to be honest
It also reminds you of Christian Bale's Batman where Gordon and him are talking after Batman saves the kid from Two Face/ Harvey Dent.. And Gordon says,
"He's the hero Gotham deserves but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A Dark Knight."
@@porterpaintss3462 Well not all versions of Bruce are brutal and relentless, some of them are more thoughtful, reflecting and philosophical
Also many people fail to understand that this is a Year 2 Batman, still young and fairly inexperienced
Batman only starts being confident and reckless between Year 3 ~ Year 5 after fighting off a fair share of supervillains
This movie is the closest thing we ever got to a Animated series Batman translated onto the movie screen and the attention to detail mixed with traumatic flashbacks and philosophical questions and morale dilemma that Bruce faces early on as the Batman are illustrated in a flawless manner in this movie
I really do think that this is the best Batman movie ever by a long shot: its not over the top, it does not deviate from the origins too much, it takes itself seriously and it shows both the struggle and trauma of Bruce Wayne, something that every single movie in the past have failed miserably to capture
The great part of this movie is that it takes the Detective aspect of the batman mythos and the the way they made the Riddler was great, not over the top campy as the old movie did with Jim Carrey but the whole zodiac killer vibe was crazy
Yeah it would be great if Batman was actually the worlds greatest detective
He was staring at the kid because he knows exactly how he feels the Wayne’s were murdered right infront of Bruce as a kid as well
this is inspired from batman year one, which means he's new to being a vigilante. so, the police don't want anything to do with him.
Also the long Halloween
Did you not know "The Batman" was primarily filmed on location in England? Liverpool was used for the Police HQ & The funeral of the commissioner. It also used an incredible infinity wall, The BTS on this is fascinating
it was also filmed in scotland, edinburgh for the end bike scenes
And in Toronto, all the Gothic type cities
@@LXRZ_2005 Indeed there were some shots from Edinburgh but the final bike ride is across a Glasgow cemetery. Films have been shot in Glasgow as a New York location due to the stone & look used in many buildings in the city. Most recently for Indiana Jones in the parade scene, The Flash & Batgirl. The UK government gives some nice tax breaks for filming like Canada plus there is a permanent Warner Brothers studio available in Leavesden & the use of Cardington studios in Bedfordshire. It's just a good place to make movies in the UK.
The gathering before the flood was shot inside The O2 AKA The Millennium Dome in London & special to note when Batman jumps off the Liver Building in Liverpool he is transported to Chicago on the same street as the truck flip in The Dark Knight 🤯
@@alteredjared The only USA filming location for "The Batman" was Chicago. Everything else was shot within The UK
@@fleason771no also Canada
I loved how grounded this one was, even more I think Christopher Nolan made Batman. Really excited for the sequel.
fun fact: the one kid in the subway scene with half his face painted (who batman let go) also plays Tim Drake / Robin in the Titans series
Future Jason Todd perhaps?
I love how this movie shows the development of Batman!! Like Bruce Wayne is just a person that has been suffering a lot, he feels the pain of his parents being killed and having to grow up without them and the pain of the city getting destroyed and corrupted and I love how Batman is a way Bruce finds to help the city and to keep doing what his father was doing. Its amazing how he doesn't start as a hero, but only wanting revenge ("I'm vengeance") but later when he saves people from the flood he starts to realize that he shouldn't focus on revenge, but on helping people so we can see him slowly becoming a hero ugh its just sooooo good
Exactly, that's what a lot of people missed and didn't understand that this bruce wayne is still broken and trying to figure things out
@@THEFLASH-527 IKR!! it pisses me off when people can't feel the emotions that the character is portraying like he is obviously hurt and suffering
I would love to see him develop his bruce persona for the sequel since he focused way too much on having to be Batman all the time which Bella Real and Alfred criticized him for. He was blinded to what the city actually needed. The scene at the end with him holding the flare leading the people (being the light in the darkness they need) is sooo good visually and metaphorically. Tbh depending on the direction they go with Pattinson I would love a Dick Grayson done right in the third movie.
I'm glad someone else mentioned this. We've already seen depictions of Batman that have themselves more figured out. I like that they decided to make him more rough around the edges here. He doesn't care about his Bruce Wayne persona at all, which is why subsequent films could really expand on that.
By far the best live action Batman movie in my opinion. It’s so good with such a compelling story, and actually holds true to Bruce’s ideologies and themes from the comics.
Dark knight better imo just because of the story and especially the best joker in live action Heath Legder
@@WalterWhiteY0 yea, dark knight is a better movie structurally, but I think the Batman is a better Batman movie, because it captures Bruce’s character so well. Where as Bruce himself isn’t what makes the dark knight so good, it’s the culmination of everything like Aaron Eckhart as Harvey dents performance and character arc, Heath ledgers performance is fantastic, and the story and everything about that movie is great. But this movie is made so great specifically by the way they portrayed Batman in it yk?
@@jaydakxdd975absolutely agree
@@jaydakxdd975I also believe that Batman 2022 has the best portrayed of Gotham. It’s so dark and depressing. Everyone’s on edge and it’s always pouring rain. Such an emotional atmosphere
Fun fact, alfred’s actor played cesar in the planet of the apes trilogy
Andy Serkis
At this point, Andy Serkis has to be in all of Matt Reeves movies
this goes back to the first years of batman during the Detective Comics version of batman where he's as much as a detective as he is a superhero.
Definitely didn’t know you were a dad my boy. CONGRATULATIONS FAM 🎉🖤. no wonder you’re grinding like crazy
Ong the first time I heard him bring it up was a few videos ago n I’m like did I mishear him? But fr puttin in that work for his lil guy
I didn’t even hear it I thought bro was single 😂
The way he talks about other woman made me think bro was single☠️
I could go on forever about this movies being awesome but heres some stuff that I didnt see many people talk about.
In the prequel novel Bruce dabbled in illegal street racing meaning it was child’s play for him to catch Penguin
This movie handled the “themed goons” most comic supervillains have perfectly by establishing the Riddlers dark web activity and “community” so it makes perfect sense they all dress like him.
The fight scenes involving Batman felt straight out of the Arkham Asylum games and anytime he got hit just made me think “Bro didnt press Triangle/Y to parry”
Also I adore the amount of acting Pattinson did with just his eyes. The scene where he thinks Riddler knows his identity and is trying not to react only to look over in relief and surprise when Riddler makes it clear “He was the only one we didnt get”. Amazing
It was not child's play to catch penguin lmao, you could clearly see he was stressed with penguin endangering all the civilians and having to avoid causing any casualties.
@@Bane520 and yet he still caught him
@@hightidekraken Uh yeah, does that mean it was child's play? Absolutely not.
@@Bane520 he still weaved through, tanked an explosion, and flipped his car
Robert Pattinson and Matt Reeves spoke about how since it's only his second year as batman Bruce really doesn't understand how being Bruce Wayne can help him be a better Batman aswell and he hasn't achieved the balance of it yet and is pretty much batman ALL the time but with time he'll understand the importance of Bruce Wayne while he's batman too so probably next movie we'll see more of his playboy side as Bruce Wayne
I saw someone not understand how that was part of his CHARACTER arc and tried using it to criticize Pattinsons performance which isnt fair or valid at all
When he's looking at the kid, he's thinking of himself, who was in the same position when his parents were murdered. So he really relates to that kid.
Hey don, there’s a deleted scene that came out of Batman talking to the joker in Arkham which was supposed to take place around the middle of the film but they cut it. The guy who talks to the riddler in the end is supposed to be joker,played by Barry keoghan. If you wanna check it out it’s really cool 👍
Batman looking at the kid like I can make a Robin out of you
Bro loves orphans
@@raizelleraiian9012 because he was an orphan himself
a year 2 batman isnt going to have a developed Bruce Wayne persona yet, which is my biggest problem with the dark knight trilogy
I like the concept of this being a Batman who has the tools and skills but still needed real-world experience in the human condition. I also like the journey he had to take from vengeance to justice. No amount of vengeance seeking was healing his heart but once he started working to bring justice then he found hos way to the light.
Batman carrying that little girl to safety is the most Batman thing I've ever seen in live action. I'm happy Batman's compassion is shown in this film. Batman's compassion and empathy for others is what makes him a great hero. It sucks that the movies rarely show it. That's why I love Battinson he does have compassion and empathy. Also he's the only live action Batman that actually develops as a character. It's mostly Bruce Wayne that gets all the development.
The reason he was staring is because he knows how that feels as he also lost his parents as a child.
U absolutely must watch Nolan's “Tenet”
HE DIDNT??
@@user-ke3lq4oi7s Nah, unless I missed it
Fun fact for Don: This is a Matt Reeves directed movie. He also did the planet of the apes movies. so after this you have almost watched all of the movies he’s been the head of in like 1 month.
So fan theory on the “adrenaline shot” is it actually based on this universes Bane’s “Venom” super serum. That’s why it’s painful and sent him into a blinding rage. That’s why it’s green, while real adrenaline(epinephrine) is always clear; it’s not like it’s something this grounded world will just color for aesthetics.
how is bro so slow in his reactions? He didn't realize it was Catwoman the whole movie 😭
part of this film was actually filmed in liverpool. the building where the car crashes into and the bomb goes off. Really cool to see them filming there :)
The Flash is from Coastal City but it ain’t sweet over there either lol
The Flash usually switch between Central and Keystone cities, Wally does more in Keystone and Barry on Central if i remember
Coastal city 😂😂😂😂
Coastal city is bad or what. Why you say that instead of Central cause coastal is the wrong name and you messed it up. Coast is the other but you didn't mean too
When are you going to do a reaction to the deleted Joker scene?
The scene was supposed to be between when Batman & Gordon are at the morgue after the Commissioner was killed, and when Batman sends Selina into the 44 Below Club.
There is a penguin TV series coming out this year sometime in 2024 and in 2025 there will also be a GCPD TV series featuring Jim Gordon with the Batman making a few appearances to set up the Batman 2 movie that comes out in 2026.
La serie de gcpd ahora será dirigida por James gunn y no estará relacionada con este universo
THIS is the one I've been waiting for.
2:45 oh yeah I agree totally so clean, never been so clean, the cleanest it's ever been and the cleanest it ever will be
This film was a bit of a combination of "The Long Halloween" and "Year One" batman comics. This is when Bruce didn't know how to be the Batman we know him as yet, he was still learning.
The Joker 2019 needs to be one of the movies you react to in the future 100%
This is in fact my favorite movie As of today so I'm glad you're finally covering it
These people who are following him most of them probably never shot a damn gun before until today
People forget this is only his 2nd year of being Batman
Standard training teaches to aim for the torso because head shots are not easy to pull off. Much less in that much Dark with a target who moves faster than eye can track.
Fun drinking game: take a shot every time he says, “I can’t lie”
"so clean"
This version of Gotham is based on Chicago, New York, and London
aint no way it took this dude till the very end of the movie to realize thats catwoman
watching ur videos is a perfect way to relax 😆🙏
Let’s goooo! This was one of my favorite Batman movies~~ I actually managed to follow the mystery a bit while watching the movie. I thought in that way it was really well done. Not to mention actually making the riddler scary is quite an impressive feat for a first movie. I believe it’s going to get a sequel at some point they have it set up to do with the joker which is pretty exciting!
the one thing the nolans batmans lacked to me was actual fights
You should watch the old justice league show and batman the animated series
The best part about this batman is it really showed in the younger days of being batman how he failed and learned to be a better detective, he ultimately looses in this movie and it’s honestly great
My top10 favorite movies glad you watched it
Best batman imo
My boy said is that a nipple don't you have a wife and son 😂😂
The scene where Batman and riddler are talking is a little confusing, but in the comics, riddler is autistic and doesn’t really comprehend things like other people, so he thought that him and Batman were actually together as a team. Also, when he says Bruuuce Wayyyyne, he doesn’t actually know I don’t think, I’m pretty sure he’s telling batman that he’s the only one they didn’t get, which is why he said, “he’s the only one WE didn’t get
Bullshit. Riddler is not autistic.
@@dcmastermindfirst9418riddler is definitely on the spectrum. He’s obsessed with riddles and puzzles and always breakdowns when things don’t go his way. He’s always been like that
Ur 100% right…it makes me laugh that ppl don’t realise
48:00-48:04 I thought it was two face, but I believe it’s the joker 🃏
Bro Don u need to watch the delete scene where they show the Joker. It's really good.
The thumbnail is crazy cool
Btw the guy laughing at the end was the Joker
Love this Batman movie so much… really hit hard for me as someone who is a big fan of this character ever since I was young. 🖤
I’m loving your reactions
Love your vids bro ❤️
The actress playing CATWOMAN is Zoe Kravitz. Her parents are Lisa Bonet (Actress on Cosby show & a Different World also was married to Jason Mamoa) and Lenny Kravitz Singer/Musician/Actor, (You saw him as Senna the designer in The Hunger Games).
its a great day win Don post i cant get enough big fan bro much love
*In relation as to why Gotham looked like London* : they filmed some of this in The UK - - filming in Liverpool to accentuate that Gotham is a shithole.
😂😂😂😂they should have filmed in brum then
31:50 Close, Batman’s one main philosphy is the absolute sacredness of human life. Since he’s early in his career, he’s at a point where he cant forgive anyone who put another person’s life at risk, no matter who.
It’s half noble, and half selfish, because some scumbags need to die, but either way it makes the character incredibly interesting.
Everytime he say “yooooo” take a shot
More than half way through waiting to see if you figure out that's catwoman. I love these reacts.
Took him till the very end😭😭
I love this movie and showing him as an early Batman who doesn’t have as much of a balance between his lives plus I love that he is an actual detective. I also loved how they did riddler and the actor was great
Actual detective… yes he solved hallmark cards he’s a genius. Keatons solving chemical compounds and penguin gang and background bens finding every member of the league he’s tracking white Portuguese he’s making kryptonite weapons Bales here tracking marked bills, tracking scarecrow’s shipments, investigating jokers followers, finding Lau, constructing the bullet getting leverage on the judge to Rachel, finding jokers location and building the sonar screens. They all stop the villain in the end. Pattinson didn’t have to do anything riddler turned himself in, then told Batman his plan. Dude couldn’t even figure it out then STILL could t figure it out after riddler told him. He needed Martinez to help. Yeah he’s the best
@@KHarrison91939 yeah good point. I don’t think any other Batman gets credit for their detective work
39:54 One detail that’s quick to miss is Riddler actually had no idea under Batman was Bruce. His line “He’s the only one we didn’t get” pretty much confirmed it for Batman because why would he say HE’S the only one WE didn’t get, meaning why would Batman and Riddler not get him if it’s actually Bruce who is Batman. I loved that we all thought he knew it was Bruce but then he deducts it with just one of his lines. Brilliant detective work I must say though he missed that whole vans with bombs.
About not shooting at Batmans face, most firearm training is focused on center of mass since it minimizes the odds of missing. It basically becomes second nature to people who do a lot of shooting so it makes sense for them to reflexively aim for the body.
That thumbnail is fire🔥🔥💯Batman is him😂
I'm someone is critically injured it is a really bad idea to take off their clothes because it moves the body too much and could cause more injury, that's why your clothes usually get cut up in an emergency. Cutting the clothes means they move the body less, and taking off a skin tight bulletproof cowl would almost guarantee a broken neck and messed up spine
You can tell this was written by some folks who don't QUITE understand social media & streaming because they think it's a big deal that Riddler has a whole FIVE HUNDRED followers.
Five hundred mentally unstable, ready to act terrorists though
I don't think that is the thing
you just didn't quite understand the idea that Riddler has a small cult, he's a weird redditor or 4chan user
Because it's small, more actual people are working with him, they more dense let's say
@@passarovoador6662 exactly, take the Area 51 raid for example, like a million people said they’d go and yet there were less than 100 there, the smaller the following the more devoted.
Gotham is an alternate universe New York. Rocksteady depicted this very well in Arkham Knight with the three islands of Gotham instead of five burrows of New York. And the Lady of Gotham instead of Lady Liberty.
"Gotham" has been a nickname for New York City that first became popular in the 19th century; Washington Irving had first attached it to New York in the November 11, 1807, edition of his Salmagundi, a periodical which lampooned New York culture and politics. Irving took the name from the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England: a place inhabited, according to folklore, by fools.
24:20 once again I agree very clean, the cleanest of the clean,never been cleaner
The opening shot was London. It's Astor House on the Victoria Embankment built for William Waldorf Astor. He was the son of John Jacob Astor, patriarch of the mega-wealthy American Astor family, and unsurprisingly responsible for building New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Times Square mash up is really just physically a pillor in Liverpool near Lime Street station with a Times Square like scene digitally added.
Batman is a lot younger here this is like year 2 and the police still don't trust them, except for Gordon.
Exactly
hey don so idk if anyone has already typed this but this is a year 2 batman so hes usually out more being batman and eventually he'll get to be more bruce wayne since bruce wayne is his mask and batman is him being himself
You are the only person who got that the "I am vengeance" thug was the guy from the funeral!
took don damn near the end of the movie to realise selina was catwoman 🤣🤣 gotta love these reactions 🖤
This is like Batman in year 1 that’s why he got the bike and the cops don’t really love him yet
When the riddler says, "Bruce... Wyane." He's not saying batman's identity, he's says that Bruce is the only one that didn't die "hes the only one we didn't catch"
This movie is independeant of the other Batmand movies. It's oit's own universe. The majority of the externals were filmed in Scotland.
Bro you cannot believe what happened in the cinema when the batmobile appeared 😆
Cat woman is Zoe Kravitz, Lenny’s daughter
Don this is basically Bruce just becoming Batman so he’s still very rookie at it
Ayyyyyyyy been waiting on this for months
hey at the start when u said london vibes it was filmed in london and glasgow i think
8 Mile would be a perfect reaction for this channel.
Don the guy at the end who became friends with riddler is the joker
Earlier in the movie you can actually see riddlers silhouette in that same room he shoots falcon from .
8:03 ".............I'mma make you my Boy Wonder."
"Not like that, not like that!"
"He's just in a costume"
That highlights how detached from reality other superhero movies have made us as audiences. This movie is one of the few movies that addresses the fact that masked vigilanties are ILLEGAL and they're criminals. The only reason they work with him at all is the results. And anybody who hasn't read those specific reports, shouldn't trust him.
one thing i always respected about this movie is that they kept Bruce's eye makeup on after he took off his cowl, usually batman takes his cowl off and the eye makeup magically vanishes
the iceberg lounge is actually printworks in london
the kid who's dad dies in the start goes school with me haha
Funny thing, in some comics, Riddler knows Bruce Wayne is Batman but doesn't say anything cause he sees it as spoiling the world's greatest riddle
I hope the sequel has a more physical threat to Bruce. Can’t wait to see what battison can do 🤛🏻
Awesome reaction of my favorite Batman movie!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊