re: The Batman: Out Now!!! Spoilers Are Welcome Here

Just got out. The movie is too long, the final act feels clunky. Joker scene was not needed. All that being said, the first two hours or so were freaking brilliant. I was completely engrossed in the story. An almost perfect batman film.

It was certainly dark. Pattinson was a middle of the pack Batman. I miss the camp.

I thought the movie was okay. I can’t complain too much. I did think the much balleyhoo’d “we finally get to see Batman do detective work” was a little overhyped.

He literally did the same thing Val Kilmer did. Decipher The Riddler’s riddles.

Edit: He never even had to really think about them too hard. For example, when he’s trying to help the DA get out of his jam, he instantly knows the first two riddles and the only reason he doesn’t know the third one is because it relates to specific knowledge only the DA has.

Was told it was un-good.

Batman saaaaad

Liked it a lot. Thought it definitely could have been trimmed for time/pacing. The action scenes were great but kinda felt out of place? The vibe of the movie is very Fincher esque and the action scenes are more in line with the Nolan movies. With that being said it was still a blast.

I didn’t like the joker cameo at the end. I just think the movie would have been better without it. All of the main players knocked it out of the park. Great performances all around.

Wow I guess my expectations were too high, but I came away a bit disappointed overall.

However, what a BADASS Batmobile! They need to keep that one for future movies.

Simple question:

The Batman better than Sin City?

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I’m going to blame this on the direction and script over the actor, but Robert Pattinson was a god awful Bruce Wayne. Fine Batman, bad Bruce Wayne. Again I think he’s capable of this and it’s not his fault, but it’s as if the script and direction tried to make sure he was the worst most emo Bruce Wayne possible. Kevin Conroy and Christian Bale got Bruce Wayne right and that’s the direction his Wayne should have gone.

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Exactly. All of this. He was a good Batman and a horrible Bruce Wayne.

Saw it this weekend. I liked everything about it. The acting, score, and oh man the production design was just top notch. I would rank it neck and neck with TDK but the production design was my favorite of all the films. I'll need to watch it a few more time to see if the story really holds up.

The only thing that I took some issue with was that the Riddler seemed to be going after the corrupt leadership and exposing said corruption as a form of vengeance. But in the final act he just murders hundreds of innocent people and tries to kill mayoral candidate that so far hasnt been proven to be part of this corruption.

I know the guy is loon but I thought it was interesting how he compared himself to Batman acting like just another vigilante. Examining the juxtaposition of those two made the interrogation scene cool but when he went full on mass murderer it became less so. I enjoyed the finale for the the shear spectacle and I get how it provides the push for batman to cross the apex of his story arc. I just preferred the Riddler as more of diabolical and violent vigilante than what he became in the final act.