How Long Riddler's Plan Had Been In Works Revealed By The Batman Director
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for The Batman
In Matt Reeves' The Batman, several of Gotham City's most dangerous players have come out to play-including The Penguin (Colin Farrell), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), and Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz)-but only one of them wants to play a truly deadly game. The Riddler (Paul Dano) poses a dangerous threat not just to the criminal elite in Gotham City, but to Batman's secret identity, as he enacts his complex plan to uncover the truth about Thomas Wayne's Gotham Renewal Corporation.
Before The Riddler was The Riddler, he was a simple accountant by the name of Edward Nashton who had grown up an orphan just like Bruce Wayne. Only he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth or a gilded mansion protecting him from the cruel reality of the world. The film doesn't delve very deep into his backstory, but it makes clear that something happened while he was working as a forensic accountant that triggered his desire to commit himself to bringing the rats into the light. When talking to Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Reeves discussed just how long The Riddler had been planning to expose Gotham City's corruption:
"There's so many comics where you see that the Rogue Gallery creates themselves in response to this appearance of this masked vigilante called Batman in Gotham. And so, he's sort of, in a certain way, inspired by the presence of this vigilante and that's happened within the last two years. So this has been the desire to understand what's happened to him since he was a child and why this place was such a rough place for him and why he had such a dark sort of existence and a brutal existence in this brutal place. That goes all the way back to him being a kid, and that's where the Ave Maria sort of stuff comes in. But his plan and the idea that he could somehow use what he had discovered as a forensic accountant when that word renewal came across his desk.
It wasn't even on his desk. He looked across and saw something that haunted him from his childhood. And suddenly, because his one strength ... He's not like Batman, who sort of works on himself physically so that he can become very powerful and can endure, and he can take almost anything, but he is that way mentally. And when he sees the patterns of things, it starts to make sense of his life. I would say that has probably taken place over the last couple of years and that the presence of Batman caused him to see a way that he might be able to reveal the truth, in a brutal way, about this city. So it's been going on for ... Paul and I talked for a while about this idea, about how he came across that evidence, how he sort of, without anyone knowing, started going on this kind of forensic path and learned the truth of this city. And then, he's kind of trying to take Batman on that same path and expose the depth of corruption of this place."
As he points out, throughout the history of the Batman franchise, Bruce Wayne's desire to find justice in an unjust world as Batman unintentionally inspires his own enemies. With The Batman, the script draws a hard line of correlation between Batman's brand of "vengeance" being corrupted by The Riddler's radicalized followers, particularly when the line is parroted back at him during the showdown at Gotham City Garden.
While Reeves doesn't give a specific timeline for when The Riddler launched his thorough investigation of Gotham City's mismanagement of funds, it's clear that the plan was a culmination of a number of factors-trauma, work experience, and his natural-born ability to solve puzzles.
Watch what Reeves had to say in the player above.
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Best movie I’ve seen in a long time
I hope they will show Sal Maroni in the sequel cuz I feel his appearance will expose more backstory
Matt Reeves is the only director who managed to make a movie with the essence of comic books. A dirty, gothic, corrupt, and unequal Gotham city. A complex story that holds the viewer from beginning to end. This movie is the only superhero movie that is better than Nolan's dark knight (in my opinion).
No.
Nope. Sorry. It was really good. But no Dark Knight. Dark Knight is so punchy. Every scene, even the most mundane scene so expertly done. After seeing The Batman (and liking it for the most part) I went home and had to watch The Dark Knight.
@@thatONEmachine This is my Take
The Batman is a better more accurate Batman movie it shows his detective side which all other Batman iterations have laked and is essentially of the comic books but The Dark Knight is a better movie that is a crime thriller which just happens to have Batman and Joker in it. Which is why as a big fan of the Batman comics I prefer The Batman to The Dark Knight.
Its by far better!! Then 3rd act in TDK fell apart in my opinion
@@thatONEmachine only reason dark Knight got good reviews is becasue ledger died people made more of a fuss bales batman is the most cringiest batman I've ever seen bang average film
Finally after 3+ years of self isolation from all pop culture news for The Batman, I'm proud to say that this makes my effort way worthy! Epic. Batman. 🦇 🦇
So how about the full interview
I would have asked Dano to tone down the screaming...and we didn't get one scene of batman using his cape. I mean we kind of do when he drops from the roof of Gotham Square Garden but not really.
Nah I loved what Dano did. A truly deranged mind like the Riddler wouldn't be able to handle things emotionally....especially when he finds out Batman isn't "his friend" it absolutely makes sense for him to have outbursts...his entire mindset is he and Batman are a team so his world comes crashing down.
Questions..
Does Riddler know Batman = Bruce?
The jail glass scene were teasing it
I think it was intentional and we're supposed to wonder if he does or doesn't know. imo he does.
@@crispy7072 I don't think he does because he says "Bruce Wayne" "The only one WE didn't get"
UA-camrs and the internet wants everyone to believe Matt Reeves is a genius. But unfortunately, he's just a man. Went in wanting to love this movie and ended up barely liking it. It has some major issues. The UA-camrs have overhyped this movie. I am a huge Batman fan since 1984 and will be for the rest of my life.
85% critics and 90% Rotten Tomatoes disagree that it's been over hyped 😂😂 So does basically every review I've seen on any site
"But unfortuanety, he's just a man" what are you even trying to say lmao ? I swear you're trying to sound smart without saying literally anything.
Every genius is a man and this is the most accurate Batman we have ever got if you where "a huge Batman fan" you would know this