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Which is better: Batman Begins or The Batman
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:19 pm
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Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:22 pm to boomjosh
To even ask this is embarrassing IMO, but here we are in 2025. One is a film and the other is a vibe.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:23 pm to boomjosh
Enjoyed both mightily.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:37 pm to boomjosh
Batman Begins
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:48 pm to boomjosh
The Batman, in my opinion, is so much darker than Batman Begins. And for that, it's better than Batman Begins.
But Batman Begins walked so that every Batman film that came after could run.
Someone here said it once years ago....
"Batman Begins is when Batman got his balls back."
TDK is still tops them all.
But Batman Begins walked so that every Batman film that came after could run.
Someone here said it once years ago....
"Batman Begins is when Batman got his balls back."
TDK is still tops them all.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 11:40 pm to boomjosh
Begins for sure
Posted on 9/1/25 at 7:53 am to boomjosh
Batman Begins probably wins out for me.
But I was really surprised how much I enjoyed The Batman. If it wasn’t for The Penguin series, I likely wouldn’t have ever seen it. I liked it a lot, and I loved The Penguin.
But I was really surprised how much I enjoyed The Batman. If it wasn’t for The Penguin series, I likely wouldn’t have ever seen it. I liked it a lot, and I loved The Penguin.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 8:04 am to boomjosh
The Batman was a monumental achievement in film. It actually managed to do the impossible - make Batman look uncool. A dreary, monotonous slog of a movie.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 8:12 am to boomjosh
Begins for me. I've said it before, I really like the first two acts of the batman. It's got some really great batman stuff. But the 3rd act is clunky and far too long. I'm hoping Reeves tightens things up and gives us a really great sequel.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 8:17 am to RLDSC FAN
The whole Riddler is an incel on 4chan thing was so fricking dumb and a huge letdown. I thought he was going to be menacing and terrifying the whole movie, and it’s like his mystique was completely ruined by that.
I know it was prior to his tenure, but in reference to future projects, it’s the type of thing Gunn would probably be like, wow that’s such a good idea (see wanting to make Peacemaker 2 all about white supremacists initially). For all his good qualities, his Hollywood bubble is a little too pronounced at times
Begins is better but I really liked The Batman also. That score is insanely good, especially the Samuel Kim epic version because it mixes some of the original 89 score in
I know it was prior to his tenure, but in reference to future projects, it’s the type of thing Gunn would probably be like, wow that’s such a good idea (see wanting to make Peacemaker 2 all about white supremacists initially). For all his good qualities, his Hollywood bubble is a little too pronounced at times
Begins is better but I really liked The Batman also. That score is insanely good, especially the Samuel Kim epic version because it mixes some of the original 89 score in
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 8:28 am
Posted on 9/1/25 at 8:38 am to Proximo
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That score is insanely good, especially the Samuel Kim epic version because it mixes some of the original 89 score in
+1 the score and the cinematography are awesome. It's a very well-made film, but I'm with you on the riddler. I didn’t like that either. Most of the 3rd act has always felt like studio interference to me.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 8:48 am to boomjosh
The Batman is a decent and competently-made film. But nearly every element of the Batman mythos/story that was presented in the movie has been done better in a previous Batman movie. The Penguin was probably the highlight and really the only standout part.
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 8:50 am
Posted on 9/1/25 at 8:53 am to boomjosh
Begins is my favorite madman movie of the last two universes.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 9:44 am to boomjosh
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Posted on 9/1/25 at 9:51 am to finchmeister08
quote:No Batman ran better than Adam West.
Batman Begins walked so that every Batman film that came after could run.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 9:52 am to boomjosh
For me Batman Begins is not only the best Batman movie, it’s the best comic book movie
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 10:54 am
Posted on 9/1/25 at 10:01 am to Proximo
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The whole Riddler is an incel on 4chan thing was so fricking dumb and a huge letdown. I thought he was going to be menacing and terrifying the whole movie, and it’s like his mystique was completely ruined by that.
He was an all around lazily written and painfully predictable character. The Riddler should have been a psychological labyrinth... a complete mind-frick that left every one second guessing every clue/word and evil intention. Instead, he was reduced to a lazily written Dollar tree Zodiac cosplay character. The potential for a truly cerebral villain was right there but they reallg stripped away the enigma which and left us with a character who never once felt as dangerous or unpredictable as he should have been. Lazy writing at its finest.
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That score is insanely good, especially the Samuel Kim epic version because it mixes some of the original 89 score in
This is where I've gotta to vehemently disagree....
That score was absolute trash. It sounded more like static background noise than anything resembling a powerful soundtrack. It lacked imagination, had zero emotional grip and vanished from memory the second each scene ended.
And the theme was easily the blandest an most uninspired Batman motif ever put to film. There was no identity, no edge, no lasting resonance... just a flat, generic drone masquerading as a score. It didn't hold a candle to Zimmer's TDK trilogy score.
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 10:03 am
Posted on 9/1/25 at 10:15 am to PuertoRicanBlaze
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The Riddler should have been a psychological labyrinth... a complete mind-frick that left every one second guessing every clue/word and evil intention. Instead, he was reduced to a lazily written Dollar tree Zodiac cosplay character
Agreed 100%. When they found him in the diner, he’s just completely silent and doesn’t give any sort of performance that would put you on the edge of your seat in suspense of what was going to happen next. Ledger did a better job of the psychological torment in the interrogation scene than what we got there
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cked imagination, had zero emotional grip and vanished from memory the second each scene ended.
Yeah we have totally different takes on that
. I can feel the notes and visualize when he’s walking up to Penguin in the upside down car every time I hear it. I blast it at the gym for heavy sets a good bit Posted on 9/1/25 at 10:59 am to Proximo
Also love this tune when him and Selina drive off at the end
Posted on 9/1/25 at 11:49 am to boomjosh
I don’t remember anything about The Batman. Batman Begins was a much better movie
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