The Batman
In a post-apocalyptic operatic comic book story that departs significantly from the Marvel films and is currently streaming on HBO Max, Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz play Batman and Catwoman, respectively.
Despite the fact that you've seen many Batman movies, you still need to prepare for the darkest Dark Knight yet. The Batman, a 2022 film starring Robert Pattinson as DC's Caped Crusader, was well received in theaters and debuted on HBO Max on Monday. It's an intense, post-apocalyptic cinematic experience, from the opening horror movie scene to the tantalizing closing credits.
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A young and distraught Bruce Wayne is two years into a bat-themed war against Gotham City street crime after his parents were murdered (you know that part by now). He's teamed up with honorable detective Jim Gordon, but nothing can prepare them for the chillingly organized string of crimes committed by a grotesque murderer wearing a mask who leaves puzzling clues with each victim. A larger scheme is revealed when Batman deciphers the cryptic clues. The killer's bizarre motivation, though, and how it connects to Batman himself, is the real conundrum.
As implied by that synopsis, Batman hardly qualifies as a superhero movie. The standalone Joker film's psychological backstory, hazily timeless design, and layers of dark irony are combined with Tim Burton's gothic angst, Christopher Nolan's criminal politics, and Zack Snyder's operatic brutality in the direction of Matt Reeves, who also co-wrote the script with Peter Craig.
However, it also takes more of a detective mystery approach than earlier Batman movies, especially Seven and Zodiac by David Fincher, which are both about serial killers. Furthermore, it is a mobster film. Another conspiracy thriller from the 1970s. and an unrelentingly gloomy noir movie.
The Batman is mostly a horror film, though.
Tim Burton's Batman in 1989 surprised and horrified pearl-clutching parents. The tights-clad comic book hero was replaced by a traumatized freak dressed in black rubber fetish gear who biffed, powed, and zapped cartoon adversaries while trading blows with a laughing maniac. They even had to create a new movie rating category in Britain.
Let's avoid discussing the ongoing debate among fans over whether superhero movies should be geared toward children or adults. Let's simply assume that showing The Batman to a child is completely prohibited. This new movie, which is rated PG-13 in the US, is completely different from the relatively bloodless Dark Knight movies and is set on an entirely different planet from any Marvel movie. It will engulf you in a terrifying three hours of building dread and simmering pain with some incredibly vile touches.
With a frightening scene of jaw-tightening suspense, serial killer scares, and even a dash or two of torture porn, this expressly spooky Batman movie begins. The characters in Gotham are first seen as a whirling mass of Halloween mask-clad individuals without any faces. The suspense is amplified by Michael Giacchino's unrelenting soundtrack and the ragged horror movie strings. Instead of villains stealing gems from charity events, the city is gripped by a creepy serial killer who has the population on edge. Bat himself emerges from the shadows with a heavy step and even heavier fists, meting out ruthless vengeance from behind his mask with a terrifying lack of emotion.
Ben Affleck's graying grump and Christian Bale's polished professional are poles apart from Robert Pattinson's Batman (Battinson? Pattman?) and his lanky mess. This younger Bruce Wayne is unformed and yet already disintegrating, murmuring a Taxi Driver-like voiceover as he drowns in a filthy flood of lawlessness and degradation, hunched in the basement listening to Nirvana with mascara streaming down his cheeks. With just his finely angled jaw and melancholy eyes peering from beneath the black mask, Pattinson genuinely embodies the Batman, portraying despair. However, if there was a little less of Batman slowly, you could definitely trim down the epic two-hour and 47-minute length. walking... and... meaningfully... staring...
This Batman is only managing to stay together despite his powerful combat abilities and detective prowess. This gives the movie a crucial charge.
Zo Kravitz is incredibly watchable in her role as Selina Kyle, the Catwoman opposite Robert Pattinson's Bat. However, the movie struggles to delve under the surface of the characters, heaping on schlocky twists rather than delving deeply into them. The same is true for Jim Gordon, the buddy cop played by Jeffrey Wright, who has the onerous chore of having to stand next to Batman and pout as they growl exposition at one another. A hardly recognisable Colin Farrell echoes Robert De Niro's Al Capone from The Untouchables, while John Turturro's purring menace evokes Brando in The Godfather. The bad guys are obviously having more fun.
So, if you were unsure whether there was place for a new perspective after 14 films, it's pleasantly energizing to see a more humanized version of the Caped Crusader—not just as Bruce Wayne, but as the Batman himself. This Batman sometimes has to flee for his life rather than just magically disappearing from a room. One of the movie's highlights is when Batman does a move that has been done countless times but has never been done before, as Pattinson's small wince makes obvious. A superhero cliché transforms overnight into an exciting and frightening situation.
The investigation drives the plot, but the action scenes are genuinely thrilling. Long, lingering images of the bouts show Batman slogging through each one with efficient ferocity. The punch-ups are made more dramatic by the use of light and shadow.
A post-apocalyptic vehicle pursuit is maybe the most exciting of them. Pattinson's Batman drives a vehicle that is just as insane as he is, not a sleek, high-tech speedster or a tank capable of destroying entire cities. This Batmobile is a devilish hot rod, racing to eat its victim while snarling with wrath, illuminated solely by blood-red taillights and hellish flame. It's a fiery high point in a maddeningly intense movie.
The psychological and political undertones of Batman are complex, not to mention how the movie treats women. Despite the large cast, there aren't many. The murder of a lady, which is repeated multiple times, serves as the plot's central conflict. A rather significant turn of events reveals the horrifying past of a significant woman in Bruce Wayne's life. Despite the fact that Selina Kyle is a motivated badass, the camera (and Batman) lingers on her stiletto boots and tight skirt as it introduces her before voyeuristically filming her undress.
More so than in earlier movies, Batman is shown to be directly connected to the Riddler's voyeurism and violence in this one. The moral ambiguity is on a par with the darkly sarcastic Joker movie. For instance, when Batman initially arrives, the victim of a mugging perceives no difference between his assailants and this demonic apparition who brutally punishes them. Additionally, it is the first Batman movie to address the revisionist stance that says Bruce Wayne is a wealthy guy who enjoys hospitalizing the underprivileged. The Batman explores the radicalizing impact of inequity on a suppressed population, much like the Joker film. The ironic climax, however, required you to understand the joke because the Joker concentrated on a villain. The Batman, on the other hand, centers on a hero—a conflicted, doubtful hero, but still—so there is potential for a more upbeat moral foundation hidden behind the oppressive gloom.
It's incredibly gloomy, long, and slow most of the time. Batman, though, deserves that defining piece. It's "The" Batman because it pays homage to numerous earlier iterations of the Caped Crusader while while adding something unique. A riveting and nerve-wracking Bat-thriller, this darkest Dark Knight may not be for everyone (and certainly not for children).
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