Vengeance has arrived. I breakdown the plot and ending of The Batman. Stay tuned for by biggest questions video coming in a few days. Also, my spoiler-filled video essay is coming tomorrow!
From the first to final scene, I was completely immersed in the movie. Several comic books are present in this movie - The Long Halloween, Year two, some elements from Court of owls, Earth One, E.nygma... This movie is a puzzle to be resolved and has to be treated like that. Every shade, every aspect, every detail is crucial to one thing - the Batman has to become a symbol of hope.
I would add other things - I think that Joker will be the next villain, maybe together with Riddler like in one comic. Or Joker will make a mess all alone not only to Batman but to all criminals including Oswald. When comes to Selina, I think she will come back for some reason and we will have more deeper connection with Bruce once she will realise who is he. Third, I liked the tech part of Batman, a bit rudimentary but effective. Especially one with the eye. About Hush, hmmmm, I see him in the third installment.
What a behemoth of a movie this was man… it was on a another level. I was left speechless clapping all throughout the credits out of respect for everyone involved.
Matt Reeves said they may not introduce the joker at the next sequel. They may use him later to build the character like they did with Marvel’s Thanos.
I don’t fully believe Alfred. Imagine a rich and powerful family…. The father doesn’t care about power or his image at all, only his poor poor sad wife. This rich powerful man tells his mobster buddy about a problem reporter but he had NO IDEA someone would die… wow. What a tale. I think not alfred lol. If the motives were pure why’d you lie in the first place? I rest my case. (If he didn’t want her exposed, he didn’t have to run for mayor at all)
This movie was like you open a comic book reading for 3 hours and close it with a feeling of joy.A movie that real fans appriciate it but I must say I saw problems in different aspects of the movie.For example did anyone saw bad cut between the scene that Batman lands after gliding and then suddenly you see Batman on top of that building with his cake waiting for Gordon?how deep were actors emotions?we’re really scared of riddler compare to joker in dark knight?Was the big plan at the end that big?Was catwoman really scarred by her friends death to kill her father?Batman use fear and shadows as a tool,How much did he used it after the first fight?The foot steps were heavy Then he suddenly disappears with no noise at all!And many more… But as a real comic book movie it was a master piece.
Tbh most of these complaints are nonsense. Yes the final plan to flood AN ENTIRE city, killing thousands is quite big. Catwoman wanted to kill her father not only because she was scared but because of anger, he not only killed her friend, killed her mother, and was neglectful her entire life. Considering he wasn’t facing regular crime for most of the movie, Batman had no reason to really use fear and the shadows since he was mainly going to post crime scenes and solving riddles.
@@titan2k928 well done... Those questions he asked were built off momentum rather than actually exploring the supposed lack of consistency and deconstruction... Selective memory maybe
14:20 Actually, Batman and the GCPD did have reason to look at Nashton’s apartment, since the photo of Mitchell outside the lounge was taken from his apartment.
100% agree. My expectations went down just a smidge once reviews started coming out and some people, although loving the film mentioned some flaws that I was already concerned about but now that I've seen it myself, I can honestly say I have zero complaints. 2 words uttered by cat woman were a bit annoying, but nowadays shit like that is just par for the course with Hollywood so I quickly brushed that nonsense off and kept loving every single second of this movie. 9.8/10 (I don't believe any movie could ever get a 10/10)
@@1neOfN0ne I think the two words you’re talking about make sense in her character. She’s a poor working class person of color in the twenty first century living in a city that’s corrupt to its foundations. It makes sense that she would be jaded and see the corruption in that light. It comes across less pandering than Hollywood usually does, and fits the character she is in that story
It's so funny.. Because the photos of mitchell and oz and annika look like they were taken from the riddler's window. I wonder why nobody look at the photos and questioned who took them or where were they taken at. I would assume that to be a good detective's first question.
Nah that´s not true, Bruce is certain on his path at the end. He explicitly stated that he needs to become a symbol of hope and is becoming that. There is no figuring that out. Great video tho i enjoyed it!
I loved the batman. Masterpiece. I think with the joker he’ll appear in the Gotham PD show. Makes sense. I also think Pattinson batman has met him before.
That definitely makes sense, and it seems like the perfect way to use the Joker for this particular universe. That way, Batman can face other villains in the sequel, but maybe have the Joker be the final big bad in the third movie. I really want to see Matt Reeves adapt elements from A Death in the Family.
Batman and Joker have definitely met at least once in the time period before this film starts, Joker was not just referring to the Riddler with that comeback lime
I'd prefer to keep Joker behind bars in the second arc and continue to act as Anthony Hopkins's Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs (1991), to the Batman, who came to Joker's cell in Arkham very much like Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling in The Batman's deleted scene when seeking to understand the Riddler.
The joker scene, the mayor, and the dip in Riddler’s character at the end was a sour taste in an extremely sweet movie. I loved it, but those little things did kind of leave me hesitant to call it a masterpiece. Robert Pattinson killed it though. The whole cast took off
@@zandisiwetayi9977 he was consistent, but the seen with him in prison sort of took away the allure he had especially when in conversation with the supposed joker character. He was absolutely riveting in the film, but his character lost a bit of its flair towards the end. I wish Batman did more of the talking with him in the prison scene. If he was just a bit more riddling, it would have been even more amazing
On the odd occasion films resonate with you, making you ponder the detail and want to dive in deeper to explore the world created on screen…this is one of those films. Interestingly enough as this film focuses heavily on a true detective story, it compelled me to rewatch another film (far removed from the superhero comic universe) that lures the viewer on a parallel narrative and had a similar impact on me. Dirty Harry…featuring a psychopathic villain ‘the Scorpio killer’ who taunts the authorities and our hero, ‘inspector Callahan’ played by Clint Eastwood, with notes and phone calls. Our villain Andrew Robinson who is sufficiently creepy looks starting similar to Paul Dano, is also apprehended in the third reel, although the story’s climax is yet to be fully realised. The city of San Francisco also is a prominent character…check it out, this cat & mouse- cop/villain story was instrumental for my lifelong fascination with film, irrespective of genre.
I didn't like this movie,not because it's bad,but because I dislike the noir genre. But Robert,oh my god! I couldn't take my eyes off him! I was mesmerized! Not only is he the best actor ever to portray the dark knight,but,most importantly,he delivers one of the greatest performances in the history of cinema! Just for him,this movie is a masterpiece,because only a master filmmaker can direct an actor towards greatness! Give Robert the oscar now! We are witnessing the birth of the new day-lewis/pacino!
@@titan2k928 Not confronting Riddler himself in the climax is a clear error. I would have Arkham evacuated so Riddler escapes. Then he intentionally tries to electrocute the elites of Gotham in the coliseum. He says "I am vengence" presses a button and the electrical thing starts falling into the water where all the elites and orphans are holding them at gunpoint in the water at the bottom of the coliseum. In view of all the poorer Gotham residents who are victims of corruption. Batman leaps and cuts the cable, saving all the people deserving death. Fixed. There are other ways to do it. But Batman doesnt punch The Riddler in the entire movie.
@@USALibertarian definitely works better but one issue there, Arkham was already unmanned as all police officers were on the scene of the flood. You could see with the joker and riddler scene that no one was watching them. Riddler just never made a plan to get out, so he didn’t have the resources nor was strong enough to escape.
@@titan2k928 Basically anything so that Batman and Riddler can have an actual confrontation. Riddler is barely in the 2nd half of the movie. The Falcone stuff should have been a totally separate movie.
@@USALibertarian Yeah something definitely should’ve created that final confrontation. I don’t think you can really separate Falcone as he’s integral to Bruce’s parents “corruption” and death, and extremely important to Selina’s character. He ran the entire crime underground, his death perfectly allows for Penguin’s rise in power and leaves a power hole, which can lead to gang battles and a rise in crime.
You're right, Joker is best saved for the third film. A trilogy's formula is intro -> bridge -> finale. This movie built the world and started Bruce's transformation from boogeyman to hero. The next will explore Batman's development, so he'll have earned victory against the archenemy in the third. I think the sequel's rouges should be Scarecrow and Mr. Freeze, because they are dark reflections of Batman's fear tactics and broken heart. They'll be the goons of a mystery villain (top choices are Hush or Hugo Strange), who's working for the third movie's threat: the Court of Owls. Joker wanting to take down the Court so chaos prevails over order appeals to me, so Batman has to fight both. This movie would also introduce Robin and start the Batfamily.
never have i hope* for batman to showup during the finale. the film is a case study itself, cinematography and writing. Subjective film making is as rare as it is when comic panels had the thought of the hero written in speech bubbles and the film encapsulates it.
Now this is for every hater and non believer of Robert Battinson, I think he just put himself over ur favorite batman. My favorite batman is for sure better than urs. The best Batman movie ever made. Yeah I said it.
This is such an underrated film. The whole singular idea, by Matt Reeves, that this is a man who is unhinged and unhealthily obsessed with fighting the criminal element at night who is constantly beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands and with his unlimited amount of vast resources at his disposal. All he sees in the criminal element, in this corrupt town that his family helped to build and found dating back to the late 1800s, are the people who killed his parents as a young child making him an orphan. So, he dons the mantle of that which he fears the most, in the form of the Batman, after training for the majority of his life to rid his city of the evil that took his parent's lives. He dosen't know who was responsible for killing Thomas and Martha Wayne so every criminal he sees, to him, is the criminal that killed his parents on that fateful night when he was only 10 years old. He is addicted to this mission, like a drug, so as both Bruce and Batman, he spends all of his time, trying to succeed in this impossible task he has set up for himself. That's why he never sees the light of day as Billionaire Bruce Wayne and is a social outcast and pariah. He is a man driven by vengeance; by revenge. By the end of this journey, as we see Bruce on a physical, mental, emotional and psychological level and transform from a young, naive, impatient man who makes mistakes still early in his career as a crime fighter we see him then become something else by the end...a symbol of hope, an ideal, a form of inspiration that makes criminals terrified to step out at night and commit their atrocities that makes Gotham City one of the worst places to call home. A city with a history and a foundation steeped in corruption and crime that ties back to the Wayne family and and their vast fortune. It also plants the seeds that will give him the inspiration to step out in the light of day to transform into the billionaire, playboy industrialist more interested in dating models and driving fast cars in order to hide in plain sight so no one would be able to distinguish Bruce Wayme is actually the Batman. A man consumed by vengeance who transforms into a symbol of hope. Obviously a film inspired by the comic book mythos and Arkham video game series and Batman animated series from the 1990s. Ironically, a film consisting of character arc transformations and worldbuilding moments that is actually one of the most faithful Batman comic book movies to the original source material in the 1940s. Such as Detective comics issue 27 from 1937 and batman issue 1 in 1940 created by Bob kane, Bill finger and Jerry Robinson. Then, the new 52 comics such as court of owls and Zero year by tomeu morey, john ottley, Jim lee, Scott Snyder. Batman year one by jim lee, David Mazuchelli and Frank miller as well as Batman: the long halloween and Batman: ego and other tales. This essay is lterally just scratching the surface of why it's actually one of the best batman films yet up their with the likes of the Dark knight from 2008.
Finished the film last night (after viewing in three parts on itunes) it was long with slow pace. I have mixed feelings about the film, I liked the photography but I wasn’t hooked on the story. Too much coincidences on the spot (Batman finds the tool, policeman says it’s to take out carpet, Batman does so and discover other clue that leads to city explosions). Not sure this «realism» path will be any good for the sequals. And can we stop with the origins stories?
They really tried to take him the dark Knight joker route and it’s just toooo Been there done that. The video calls, the murdering of political figures, the turning to the “people of Gotham” to find in the plan, the being caught “on purpose”, the strange voice . I enjoyed the zodiac aspect but everything else felt knock off Heath joker
@@henrychinaski5938 trust and believe that is what general audiences will think. Everyone has seen dark Knight 100 times. All the way to the many people dressed up like joker standing up in the rafters of a building … some of the shots were the exact same.
Matt Reeves startes like a lot of characters in this film, this is only the beginning of their journeys to be further explored in the film trilogy and spinoff films and tv series in this franchise. Also, Barry Keoghan is not yet the Joker in this film also to be further developed and transforming into the clown prince of crime as this early iteration of Bruce transforms over time in the billionaire playbky and the dark knight legemd we know he will eventually transform into.
i loved the movie but i had a problem with the riddlers final plan. Spoilers when he is caught and has his confrontation with batman in the asylum he freaks out because batman didnt find his final clue in the apartment, then he goes back to his apartment and with the help of the officer he finds out about the carpet and the password and the explosive cars to sink gotham and kill the new mayor and then the bombs go off and the final fight begins, but my question is if batman had found out the clue before his confrontation in the asylum then he and the police would have had the information of the bombs and the attack of the riddlers goons much earlier than before so they would have prevented the whole thing, i only have watched the movie once and i am planning to seeing it again so maybe i missed something
Spoiler Spoiler Spiiler The Riddler thought that Batman would be on his side. Riddler thought that Batman would figure out the entire plan and approve and join the riddler in watching the city drown
The more I think about it, the more I hate that Arkham scene at the end and wish it wasn't there. Also, that's is no Joker that I'm willing to acknowledge. I don't any movie has really gotten the Joker right. He needs to be seductively charismatic, dangerously competent, eloquently articulate, Machiavellianly manipulative, ferociously witty and ruthlessly vicious while also being unpredictably anarchists. Like Tyler Durdan from Fight Club meets Mickey Rourke in Nine And A Half Weeks meets Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction meets Charles Manson meets Ted Bundy. The Joker seduces his own psychiatrist in Harley Quinn and manipulates her to aid his escape, throwing her entire lot in with his ambitions. Barry Koeghan simply is not capable of portraying that type of verile rockstar magnatism. I'd cast either Clifton Collins Jr or Vincent Gallo. Maybe Austin Butler if you want to skew young.
Why does riddler try to kill Bruce with the bomb when his plan still needs batman to out falcone? And he says to Bruce in prison that they’ve been a team all along, he also says “noooo this isn’t what you’re supposed to say/ how it’s supposed to go” at this point, even tho he should of actually expected Bruce to be dead , no? It’s the only plot point I don’t get
Brilliant film. Very close to being a perfect film a la Godfather or Goodfellas.The Joker scene is the ONLY part of the movie that wasn't perfectly executed. Honestly, I didn't like it at all.. it was cheesy. If they had gotten rid of that scene, I'd give this movie a straight 10/10. But because of it, I give it a 9.85/10.
I really wish they could’ve got someone else other than Barry Keoghan to play Joker. I mean out of all the people, they had to choose him? I really don’t get what’s so amazing about him, he’s a shit actor lmao
I don't believe any of these reviews are in good faith I think it's just part of the cottage industry of UA-cam reviews unfortunately.. and stop calling this a year one story it's literally a year 2 story.... it could have been brilliant if it wasn't so lazy and empty and unfulfilled and reliant on 20-minute chunks of expositional dialogue in order for there to even suggest a narrative.. I really would have been great if they would have just done Year One almost by the book and got out of this way would have had a better product all the elements are there for something but the writing was bad and the characters were completely under veloped and lame... Colin Farrell wasted under all that getup trying to rely on the hackneyed trope of an unrecognizable star, his method acting himself into a caricature
I thought movie had potential. It wasn't as great. I waited 3 long years. It wasn't even a detective movie like i hoped. We all knew who the rat was. It wasnt a surprise. Batman literally puts all the photos on the ground and spray paints the floor. I thought he was gonna come up with a curcial clue or something but nothing happened loool. The ending was also so basic.
He spray paint in floor to "arrange" all riddler clue and all renewal file. If you pay attention to it, bruce in the center of those arrow and circle is a CLUE, that at the end, the batman is being part of riddler's master plan
You didn't explain "Sea Walls" an ending that makes sense doesn't need to be explained. In fact, you weren't explaining anything. You were trying to rationalise the ending and trying to convince people to buy into your rational. The idea that you and others believe that people need you to explain something to them, is a bit condescending.
Worst batman movie yet. Selina and batman relationship forced. Alfred not enough time for relationship. Too much music. Uninspired score. Darth Vader theame. Nirvana out if place. This movie was called THE CROW 20 years ago. Might as well because BATMAN CANT DIE. FLIMSY armor. Shoot the head! Fly into a bus and survive? Don't worry he's got a magical green potion that makes him angry. Get electrocuted? Why not. Oh Gotham is surrounded by water walls? And of course let's put to psychopaths together in prison. Paul dano gets the Razzie. Penguin was the only thing interesting. Colin's performance. Wow...
Lol I disagree with basically all of this but the one I want to confront is the green “potion,” he injected himself with Epinephrine, which is injectable adrenaline. And barely awake, in extreme pain, and running strictly off adrenaline is without the clarity of mind.
@@titan2k928 yes kids it's ok to do drugs like batman.. green potion was never explained. Total deux ex Makina.. not needed since.he got shot by Two machine guns at the same time. Shot in back. Shotgun shouldn't affect him. But we need a Jesus resurrected moment... Total BS
Vengeance has arrived. I breakdown the plot and ending of The Batman. Stay tuned for by biggest questions video coming in a few days. Also, my spoiler-filled video essay is coming tomorrow!
From the first to final scene, I was completely immersed in the movie. Several comic books are present in this movie - The Long Halloween, Year two, some elements from Court of owls, Earth One, E.nygma...
This movie is a puzzle to be resolved and has to be treated like that. Every shade, every aspect, every detail is crucial to one thing - the Batman has to become a symbol of hope.
I would add other things - I think that Joker will be the next villain, maybe together with Riddler like in one comic. Or Joker will make a mess all alone not only to Batman but to all criminals including Oswald.
When comes to Selina, I think she will come back for some reason and we will have more deeper connection with Bruce once she will realise who is he.
Third, I liked the tech part of Batman, a bit rudimentary but effective. Especially one with the eye.
About Hush, hmmmm, I see him in the third installment.
I think they took more from Year one versus Year 2. Year 2 had the Reaper in it. A Similar character to the one from Mask of the Phantasm.
What a behemoth of a movie this was man… it was on a another level. I was left speechless clapping all throughout the credits out of respect for everyone involved.
We normally don't get clapping in the UK after films and in my theatre, a good portion of people clapped at the end. Great to hear!
@@CortexVideos Absolutely deserved.
We all clapped in our theater. It was the best movie I ever watched
It's a.rip.off.of.seven.it.wasnt even all that to say on another level is bullshit darknight is much better if.im.being honest
Hopefully someone involved was there so your claps weren’t futile.
The movie is indeed a masterpiece. And this review is equally one as well.
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Matt Reeves said they may not introduce the joker at the next sequel. They may use him later to build the character like they did with Marvel’s Thanos.
As he should, joker is that much of a threat and should be treated as such
I hope they leave joker to a later film . Keep him in arkham to set a arkham asylum type film
@@gafortheloveofgamenfilm1159 apparently the Gotham p.d show got turned into an Arkham asylum show, rumor is joker will be the big bad in the series.
I don’t fully believe Alfred. Imagine a rich and powerful family…. The father doesn’t care about power or his image at all, only his poor poor sad wife. This rich powerful man tells his mobster buddy about a problem reporter but he had NO IDEA someone would die… wow. What a tale. I think not alfred lol. If the motives were pure why’d you lie in the first place? I rest my case. (If he didn’t want her exposed, he didn’t have to run for mayor at all)
This movie was like you open a comic book reading for 3 hours and close it with a feeling of joy.A movie that real fans appriciate it but I must say I saw problems in different aspects of the movie.For example did anyone saw bad cut between the scene that Batman lands after gliding and then suddenly you see Batman on top of that building with his cake waiting for Gordon?how deep were actors emotions?we’re really scared of riddler compare to joker in dark knight?Was the big plan at the end that big?Was catwoman really scarred by her friends death to kill her father?Batman use fear and shadows as a tool,How much did he used it after the first fight?The foot steps were heavy Then he suddenly disappears with no noise at all!And many more…
But as a real comic book movie it was a master piece.
Tbh most of these complaints are nonsense. Yes the final plan to flood AN ENTIRE city, killing thousands is quite big. Catwoman wanted to kill her father not only because she was scared but because of anger, he not only killed her friend, killed her mother, and was neglectful her entire life. Considering he wasn’t facing regular crime for most of the movie, Batman had no reason to really use fear and the shadows since he was mainly going to post crime scenes and solving riddles.
@@titan2k928 well done... Those questions he asked were built off momentum rather than actually exploring the supposed lack of consistency and deconstruction... Selective memory maybe
I love it how You see things that everyday people don't see.
This is my Batman now
14:20 Actually, Batman and the GCPD did have reason to look at Nashton’s apartment, since the photo of Mitchell outside the lounge was taken from his apartment.
This is a masterpiece of a movie. I will love it forever. Everything about it is just perfect. They gave us SO much. 💙
Agreed. I’ve been waiting for years for this movie and it still exceeded every expectation I had.
100% agree. My expectations went down just a smidge once reviews started coming out and some people, although loving the film mentioned some flaws that I was already concerned about but now that I've seen it myself, I can honestly say I have zero complaints. 2 words uttered by cat woman were a bit annoying, but nowadays shit like that is just par for the course with Hollywood so I quickly brushed that nonsense off and kept loving every single second of this movie. 9.8/10 (I don't believe any movie could ever get a 10/10)
@@1neOfN0ne I think the two words you’re talking about make sense in her character. She’s a poor working class person of color in the twenty first century living in a city that’s corrupt to its foundations. It makes sense that she would be jaded and see the corruption in that light. It comes across less pandering than Hollywood usually does, and fits the character she is in that story
Not perfect
@@1neOfN0ne ok trump fanatic
I dont know about u guys but for me batmobil startup scene was badass.
Hands down the best scene of batmobile intro in history
This film felt so good and very short! That being said let us enjoy this review.
If you want to see this film, definitely go for the IMAX!
100% IMAX
Nah, this movie isn’t even shot in imax.
Definitely not short, it did feel a little heavy on the run time but it's a great movie
3 hour movie is short? Uh r u ok dude? 🥴🤔
@@IADin he meant it felt very short despite being 3 hrs that’s how much he liked it, I honestly felt the same way
Batman films are truly evolving into perfection.
This Batman displays the great detective that Batman is. Masterpiece 💯
Although he doesn't solve anything in the movie
It's so funny.. Because the photos of mitchell and oz and annika look like they were taken from the riddler's window. I wonder why nobody look at the photos and questioned who took them or where were they taken at. I would assume that to be a good detective's first question.
Nah that´s not true, Bruce is certain on his path at the end. He explicitly stated that he needs to become a symbol of hope and is becoming that. There is no figuring that out. Great video tho i enjoyed it!
I loved the batman. Masterpiece. I think with the joker he’ll appear in the Gotham PD show. Makes sense. I also think Pattinson batman has met him before.
That definitely makes sense, and it seems like the perfect way to use the Joker for this particular universe. That way, Batman can face other villains in the sequel, but maybe have the Joker be the final big bad in the third movie. I really want to see Matt Reeves adapt elements from A Death in the Family.
Batman and Joker have definitely met at least once in the time period before this film starts, Joker was not just referring to the Riddler with that comeback lime
I'd prefer to keep Joker behind bars in the second arc and continue to act as Anthony Hopkins's Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs (1991), to the Batman, who came to Joker's cell in Arkham very much like Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling in The Batman's deleted scene when seeking to understand the Riddler.
Just watched it this morning in Bristol - loved every minute. Great video!
I think besides the joker scene and some lighting issues imo I think this an amazing movie. Easily the best Batman film
The joker scene, the mayor, and the dip in Riddler’s character at the end was a sour taste in an extremely sweet movie. I loved it, but those little things did kind of leave me hesitant to call it a masterpiece. Robert Pattinson killed it though. The whole cast took off
@@Linaug23 what issue did you have with the mayor? I kinda agree with the riddler part tho. I don’t think it took a huge dip tbh but noticeable
@@papagrande7448 she was the only actor that didn’t mesh to me. From the moment she was on screen, I didn’t believe her.
@@Linaug23 what issues did u have wit the riddler? i thought he was pretty consistent so it would be interesting to hear a different perspective
@@zandisiwetayi9977 he was consistent, but the seen with him in prison sort of took away the allure he had especially when in conversation with the supposed joker character. He was absolutely riveting in the film, but his character lost a bit of its flair towards the end. I wish Batman did more of the talking with him in the prison scene. If he was just a bit more riddling, it would have been even more amazing
Also it was implied that Falcone also strangled Catwoman’s mother
This movie has exceeded my expectations, a film well done and shot.
This movie was 100X better than Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins.
I agree.
I am Nolan fans too. Could not agree more!!! The Batman is more better.
It was better than every single batman movie ever released in my opinion, Nolan’s films never captivated me like this single film did
@@AveChristusRex789 Christian Bale is a terrible batman too with a silly voice.
@@baraka99 You crazy as hell mayne! 😂🙈
Your screen grabs look so much brighter than the movie.. Did you edit them or was this how bright the movie was for you?
On the odd occasion films resonate with you, making you ponder the detail and want to dive in deeper to explore the world created on screen…this is one of those films. Interestingly enough as this film focuses heavily on a true detective story, it compelled me to rewatch another film (far removed from the superhero comic universe) that lures the viewer on a parallel narrative and had a similar impact on me. Dirty Harry…featuring a psychopathic villain ‘the Scorpio killer’ who taunts the authorities and our hero, ‘inspector Callahan’ played by Clint Eastwood, with notes and phone calls. Our villain Andrew Robinson who is sufficiently creepy looks starting similar to Paul Dano, is also apprehended in the third reel, although the story’s climax is yet to be fully realised. The city of San Francisco also is a prominent character…check it out, this cat & mouse- cop/villain story was instrumental for my lifelong fascination with film, irrespective of genre.
I didn't like this movie,not because it's bad,but because I dislike the noir genre.
But Robert,oh my god! I couldn't take my eyes off him! I was mesmerized!
Not only is he the best actor ever to portray the dark knight,but,most importantly,he delivers one of the greatest performances in the history of cinema!
Just for him,this movie is a masterpiece,because only a master filmmaker can direct an actor towards greatness!
Give Robert the oscar now! We are witnessing the birth of the new day-lewis/pacino!
Good breakdown fel!a
Robert Pattinson is no longer sparkling Edward. He IS BATMAN.
This movie is a masterpiece 💯
this review is spot tf on!!!!!
First half was a 10/10. Second half an 8/10.
Parts were the best Batman ever. Unfortunately other parts didn't quite measure up.
Basically agree. Loved the ending but the epilogue was alright, bringing down the latter portion of the movie a tad
@@titan2k928 Not confronting Riddler himself in the climax is a clear error. I would have Arkham evacuated so Riddler escapes. Then he intentionally tries to electrocute the elites of Gotham in the coliseum. He says "I am vengence" presses a button and the electrical thing starts falling into the water where all the elites and orphans are holding them at gunpoint in the water at the bottom of the coliseum. In view of all the poorer Gotham residents who are victims of corruption. Batman leaps and cuts the cable, saving all the people deserving death. Fixed.
There are other ways to do it. But Batman doesnt punch The Riddler in the entire movie.
@@USALibertarian definitely works better but one issue there, Arkham was already unmanned as all police officers were on the scene of the flood. You could see with the joker and riddler scene that no one was watching them. Riddler just never made a plan to get out, so he didn’t have the resources nor was strong enough to escape.
@@titan2k928 Basically anything so that Batman and Riddler can have an actual confrontation.
Riddler is barely in the 2nd half of the movie. The Falcone stuff should have been a totally separate movie.
@@USALibertarian Yeah something definitely should’ve created that final confrontation. I don’t think you can really separate Falcone as he’s integral to Bruce’s parents “corruption” and death, and extremely important to Selina’s character. He ran the entire crime underground, his death perfectly allows for Penguin’s rise in power and leaves a power hole, which can lead to gang battles and a rise in crime.
You're right, Joker is best saved for the third film. A trilogy's formula is intro -> bridge -> finale. This movie built the world and started Bruce's transformation from boogeyman to hero. The next will explore Batman's development, so he'll have earned victory against the archenemy in the third.
I think the sequel's rouges should be Scarecrow and Mr. Freeze, because they are dark reflections of Batman's fear tactics and broken heart. They'll be the goons of a mystery villain (top choices are Hush or Hugo Strange), who's working for the third movie's threat: the Court of Owls. Joker wanting to take down the Court so chaos prevails over order appeals to me, so Batman has to fight both. This movie would also introduce Robin and start the Batfamily.
never have i hope* for batman to showup during the finale. the film is a case study itself, cinematography and writing.
Subjective film making is as rare as it is when comic panels had the thought of the hero written in speech bubbles and the film encapsulates it.
Did I miss it or was Maroni never shown?
Now this is for every hater and non believer of Robert Battinson, I think he just put himself over ur favorite batman. My favorite batman is for sure better than urs. The best Batman movie ever made. Yeah I said it.
I absolutely agree
I’m going to go see it again! 🦇🎥 🖼
This is such an underrated film. The whole singular idea, by Matt Reeves, that this is a man who is unhinged and unhealthily obsessed with fighting the criminal element at night who is constantly beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands and with his unlimited amount of vast resources at his disposal. All he sees in the criminal element, in this corrupt town that his family helped to build and found dating back to the late 1800s, are the people who killed his parents as a young child making him an orphan.
So, he dons the mantle of that which he fears the most, in the form of the Batman, after training for the majority of his life to rid his city of the evil that took his parent's lives. He dosen't know who was responsible for killing Thomas and Martha Wayne so every criminal he sees, to him, is the criminal that killed his parents on that fateful night when he was only 10 years old. He is addicted to this mission, like a drug, so as both Bruce and Batman, he spends all of his time, trying to succeed in this impossible task he has set up for himself. That's why he never sees the light of day as Billionaire Bruce Wayne and is a social outcast and pariah. He is a man driven by vengeance; by revenge. By the end of this journey, as we see Bruce on a physical, mental, emotional and psychological level and transform from a young, naive, impatient man who makes mistakes still early in his career as a crime fighter we see him then become something else by the end...a symbol of hope, an ideal, a form of inspiration that makes criminals terrified to step out at night and commit their atrocities that makes Gotham City one of the worst places to call home. A city with a history and a foundation steeped in corruption and crime that ties back to the Wayne family and and their vast fortune. It also plants the seeds that will give him the inspiration to step out in the light of day to transform into the billionaire, playboy industrialist more interested in dating models and driving fast cars in order to hide in plain sight so no one would be able to distinguish Bruce Wayme is actually the Batman. A man consumed by vengeance who transforms into a symbol of hope. Obviously a film inspired by the comic book mythos and Arkham video game series and Batman animated series from the 1990s.
Ironically, a film consisting of character arc transformations and worldbuilding moments that is actually one of the most faithful Batman comic book movies to the original source material in the 1940s. Such as Detective comics issue 27 from 1937 and batman issue 1 in 1940 created by Bob kane, Bill finger and Jerry Robinson.
Then, the new 52 comics such as court of owls and Zero year by tomeu morey, john ottley, Jim lee, Scott Snyder. Batman year one by jim lee, David Mazuchelli and Frank miller as well as Batman: the long halloween and Batman: ego and other tales. This essay is lterally just scratching the surface of why it's actually one of the best batman films yet up their with the likes of the Dark knight from 2008.
This was a movie for the true fans of Batman❤️
Finished the film last night (after viewing in three parts on itunes) it was long with slow pace. I have mixed feelings about the film, I liked the photography but I wasn’t hooked on the story. Too much coincidences on the spot (Batman finds the tool, policeman says it’s to take out carpet, Batman does so and discover other clue that leads to city explosions). Not sure this «realism» path will be any good for the sequals. And can we stop with the origins stories?
Hear me out, Calendar Man. I think Matt Reeves could take such a joke of a villain and really turn him into a horrifying figure for Batman to chase.
You know that wasn’t Wayne Manor they lived in, but the penthouse of Wayne tower, right?
The Batman was a good film , but Paul dono's portrayal of The Riddler fell short in my opinion and that of Zoe too !
That's a shame you felt that man. I personally felt the opposite but I appreciate you differing reaction to it!
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They really tried to take him the dark Knight joker route and it’s just toooo Been there done that. The video calls, the murdering of political figures, the turning to the “people of Gotham” to find in the plan, the being caught “on purpose”, the strange voice . I enjoyed the zodiac aspect but everything else felt knock off Heath joker
@@TheBman1023 That's a hot take
@@henrychinaski5938 trust and believe that is what general audiences will think. Everyone has seen dark Knight 100 times. All the way to the many people dressed up like joker standing up in the rafters of a building … some of the shots were the exact same.
the movie felt like i was watching (7, saw , and batman all in one ) i loved it
What does the Renewal Project have to do with Sal Maroni though?
Sal had a piece of the pie.
Falcons wanted a bigger slice so he ratted Sal out.
Matt Reeves startes like a lot of characters in this film, this is only the beginning of their journeys to be further explored in the film trilogy and spinoff films and tv series in this franchise.
Also, Barry Keoghan is not yet the Joker in this film also to be further developed and transforming into the clown prince of crime as this early iteration of Bruce transforms over time in the billionaire playbky and the dark knight legemd we know he will eventually transform into.
* Matt Reeves stated
The Movie is telling you something of the Real world.
i loved the movie but i had a problem with the riddlers final plan. Spoilers
when he is caught and has his confrontation with batman in the asylum he freaks out because batman didnt find his final clue in the apartment, then he goes back to his apartment and with the help of the officer he finds out about the carpet and the password and the explosive cars to sink gotham and kill the new mayor and then the bombs go off and the final fight begins, but my question is if batman had found out the clue before his confrontation in the asylum then he and the police would have had the information of the bombs and the attack of the riddlers goons much earlier than before so they would have prevented the whole thing, i only have watched the movie once and i am planning to seeing it again so maybe i missed something
Spoiler Spoiler Spiiler
The Riddler thought that Batman would be on his side. Riddler thought that Batman would figure out the entire plan and approve and join the riddler in watching the city drown
Yes, I didn't like that part of the Riddler.
to me he came off as taunting batman as opposed to being disappointed that he didn't find out sooner
I still have The Dark Knight as my #1.
I have this one as a close #2. I absolutely loved it. I saw it twice this weekend.
The more I think about it, the more I hate that Arkham scene at the end and wish it wasn't there. Also, that's is no Joker that I'm willing to acknowledge.
I don't any movie has really gotten the Joker right. He needs to be seductively charismatic, dangerously competent, eloquently articulate, Machiavellianly manipulative, ferociously witty and ruthlessly vicious while also being unpredictably anarchists. Like Tyler Durdan from Fight Club meets Mickey Rourke in Nine And A Half Weeks meets Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction meets Charles Manson meets Ted Bundy.
The Joker seduces his own psychiatrist in Harley Quinn and manipulates her to aid his escape, throwing her entire lot in with his ambitions. Barry Koeghan simply is not capable of portraying that type of verile rockstar magnatism.
I'd cast either Clifton Collins Jr or Vincent Gallo. Maybe Austin Butler if you want to skew young.
Why does riddler try to kill Bruce with the bomb when his plan still needs batman to out falcone? And he says to Bruce in prison that they’ve been a team all along, he also says “noooo this isn’t what you’re supposed to say/ how it’s supposed to go” at this point, even tho he should of actually expected Bruce to be dead , no? It’s the only plot point I don’t get
He never did figure out that Bruce is Batman. They remained as separate people to the Riddler it seemed.
Riddler tells Batman “[Bruce] is the only one we didn’t get”, so he’s not aware that they are the same person.
Just finished the masterpiece called the batman xD
Fucking amazing film definitely up there with one the best comic book movies ever imo
Brilliant film. Very close to being a perfect film a la Godfather or Goodfellas.The Joker scene is the ONLY part of the movie that wasn't perfectly executed. Honestly, I didn't like it at all.. it was cheesy. If they had gotten rid of that scene, I'd give this movie a straight 10/10. But because of it, I give it a 9.85/10.
It wasnt gcpd.. Their face to face was at arkham. And rats would nibble on the fingertips of kids, Not their faces
I liked writing of paul danos character more than his potrayal
It’s year 2 not year 1
good new batman version, but now way it can top dark knight 2008
7.5/10
I personally thought the Joker at the end was really cheesy & cringe
I really wish they could’ve got someone else other than Barry Keoghan to play Joker. I mean out of all the people, they had to choose him? I really don’t get what’s so amazing about him, he’s a shit actor lmao
@@gagalover2k10 imagine they got William Dafoe … brilliant actor
@@triocha233 hell no.
@@juniorm641 you’re absolutely insane if you think William Dafoe couldn’t pull off the Joker, learn what acting is.
@@juniorm641 who am I kidding though you’re most likely a 12 year old 😂😂
why isnt bruce in the court of owls?
¡Cállate la boca!
I don't believe any of these reviews are in good faith I think it's just part of the cottage industry of UA-cam reviews unfortunately.. and stop calling this a year one story it's literally a year 2 story.... it could have been brilliant if it wasn't so lazy and empty and unfulfilled and reliant on 20-minute chunks of expositional dialogue in order for there to even suggest a narrative.. I really would have been great if they would have just done Year One almost by the book and got out of this way would have had a better product all the elements are there for something but the writing was bad and the characters were completely under veloped and lame... Colin Farrell wasted under all that getup trying to rely on the hackneyed trope of an unrecognizable star, his method acting himself into a caricature
What real Batman fan hasn’t seen this masterpiece yet!???!???
I thought movie had potential. It wasn't as great. I waited 3 long years. It wasn't even a detective movie like i hoped. We all knew who the rat was. It wasnt a surprise. Batman literally puts all the photos on the ground and spray paints the floor. I thought he was gonna come up with a curcial clue or something but nothing happened loool. The ending was also so basic.
"we all knew who the rat was"
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I didn't know who the rat was.
He spray paint in floor to "arrange" all riddler clue and all renewal file. If you pay attention to it, bruce in the center of those arrow and circle is a CLUE, that at the end, the batman is being part of riddler's master plan
You didn't explain "Sea Walls"
an ending that makes sense doesn't need to be explained. In fact, you weren't explaining anything. You were trying to rationalise the ending and trying to convince people to buy into your rational.
The idea that you and others believe that people need you to explain something to them, is a bit condescending.
I don't like the lesson he learns by the end. He should be vengeance, he is the night, he is BATMAN!
This movie was garbage. Bad story line, bad acting, woke agenda, and a weak looking soy beta male playing Batman.
That wasn’t the joker that was two face
Matt Reeves has confirmed it is The Joker, as played by Barry Keoghan.
Worst batman movie yet.
Selina and batman relationship forced. Alfred not enough time for relationship. Too much music. Uninspired score. Darth Vader theame. Nirvana out if place. This movie was called THE CROW 20 years ago. Might as well because BATMAN CANT DIE. FLIMSY armor. Shoot the head! Fly into a bus and survive? Don't worry he's got a magical green potion that makes him angry. Get electrocuted? Why not. Oh Gotham is surrounded by water walls? And of course let's put to psychopaths together in prison. Paul dano gets the Razzie. Penguin was the only thing interesting. Colin's performance. Wow...
Lol I disagree with basically all of this but the one I want to confront is the green “potion,” he injected himself with Epinephrine, which is injectable adrenaline. And barely awake, in extreme pain, and running strictly off adrenaline is without the clarity of mind.
@@titan2k928 yes kids it's ok to do drugs like batman.. green potion was never explained. Total deux ex Makina.. not needed since.he got shot by Two machine guns at the same time. Shot in back. Shotgun shouldn't affect him. But we need a Jesus resurrected moment... Total BS
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Horrible take.
@@lumpyrex007 it's same shit over and over .... Give the people garbage and that's all they want
Nahhh this movie was over hyped
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