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funny thing to think about we haven't had an actual solo batman movie in a decade now even
though the character has popped up in various movies shows with different incarnations the last
time this character had a solo movie was when christian bale was nodding to alfred at a cafe
or maybe he wasn't regardless after the coolness and then ultimately wasted potential that was the
dcu batman we've gotten the reboot with robert pattinson batman releasing last weekend too much
anticipation is this a fitting return to solo movie dumb for the character let's talk about it
and don't worry i'm going non-spoilers for this video even though you've all probably seen this by
now if you've been following my channel you know this was the most excited i've been for a film in
a little while probably since end game i mean it just looked like a perfect take on batman using
elements of what has made the others work but in a fresh new way realistic but still stylized more
mystery oriented badass brutal action and after having seen it i can confirm that it pretty much
lived up to all of my hype all those videos where i was talking about what i was hoping this movie
would be the batman is basically all of it i think robert pattinson was perfect for this version of
the character and i like the new direction they took bruce wayne here at least the new
direction cinematically having the character not even maintaining his billionaire playboy facade
that other bruce waynes have kept up and having his brooding reclusive side being his only other
mode besides his breaking people's faces mode made for an interesting change and pattinson pulled
it off brilliantly yes it could be argued that there's a bit of an element of overly dramatic and
melancholic vibe to some of it like it did make me think of some batman parodies at moments in his
brooding sadness but i thought for the style of film it was with that stylized noir edge it worked
really well here that noir style by the way is so perfect for this character and in previous films
we've definitely gotten noir elements you could call some of those films neo noir even but this
is just straight up ad noir with the narration the morally grey protagonist the dark color palette
and it plays so well here that speaks to this film's style as well which i loved while more
grounded than a lot of superhero movies that come out these days it's more stylized and movie-like
than the nolan films for example no discredit to them that tone worked really well there
but here blending a more gritty grounded superhero world with these big swelling movie moments and
these gorgeous shots i just loved it god there's so much i want to talk about here i'm already
all over the place but on the rest of the cast i think zoey kravitz might be my favorite catwoman
to date just embodies that badass flirtatious with batman ferocious vibe so well i also liked
her character's arc in the film paul dano is as brilliant as i expected he'd be such an inspired
casting choice the riddler's just weird and creepy and unsettling and i thought the seven style twist
they put on that character was fascinating with the whole movie having a bit of a seven vibe to it
andy circus was good as alfred also pig easter egg at one point alfred says the word circus
and that circus ception crossover blew my mind and jeffrey wright and colin farrell both were
perfect as their respective characters also adding some of the film's brief levity in a natural fun
way and playing well off of patton since batman on the film's visuals which i touched on briefly
earlier this is definitely the most gorgeous batman film i mean just look at these shots
the composition the lighting it's something i'm really glad i got to see on a really big screen
i love the use of color in the film red being one of the main ones which played really well against
the otherwise really dark color palette the lighting for certain scenes like the gunfight in
the hallway was really creative there's one shot towards the end no spoilers but if you've seen
it i think you'll know which one i'm talking about that was just beautiful visually symbolically just
a phenomenal shot i'm trying not to sound like a pretentious annoying film student but it's just
it's a beautiful movie okay it looked amazing speaking of visuals i also love this batman's
costume again like the rest of the film dark and gritty but not insanely realistic like it still
definitely has a bit of a comic book style to it in a way and this batman in general definitely a
different version of this character in some ways from what we're used to but a pretty damn great
one i absolutely love the way they built up his presence in gotham that scene towards the start
with criminals fearing the shadows is maybe one of the best scenes in any batman film ever
in my opinion i know it's not the most spectacular or insane but it just introduces this character
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also incredible i've mentioned the creativity in the lighting and how some are shot but all in all
really well choreographed super brutal everything feels real and like it's landing and shattering
people's bones there's an appropriate amount of batman gadget use the music's incredible
as it is throughout the film that score is gonna become iconic mark my words great stuff but i also
did really enjoyed that the film isn't really an action movie at least not as much as most
other superhero movies and again nothing against those movies obviously i seem to enjoy them if you
can tell but this movie's style leading much more into the mystery detective noir mob side of things
really worked it was a bit of a risk like i think some people may find this movie a bit boring if
you are more just there for batman beating people up scenes but i thought it was a fascinating way
of exploring the character and a well overdue one something that's been played with in parts
in previous batman films but never fully explored in this way it was great to finally see his full
detective skills in a genuinely compelling mystery story the film reminded me a tiny bit of prisoners
maybe my mind just went there because paul dano is in it but in the way the mystery unfolded and
certain characters are thought to be a certain way but then revealed to be something else it's a very
engaging story and i also like that there is a ton of batman in this movie but it isn't all just him
beating people's asses that's been a criticism of previous batman films there isn't much batman in
it and yeah he's not always in an action scene in this movie but there is a lot of batman you will
not be disappointed with a lack of batman there's definitely a lot of him beating people's asses
and it's great but the fact we get this new take on the character that as i said there have been
elements of before but to focus the whole film on it brilliant stuff the film does definitely change
some things about traditional batman lore at least the lore that i'm aware of i'm sure there's a
comic out there where everything that happens here happens but from my understanding of the character
this definitely changes some things also just about his world and some of the side characters
but i think it does it for the best in service of this version of this world this is still a very
recognizable version of batman but this film's world is different enough to make it unique also
including its style and has me very excited to see more films set in this version of this character's
world i also really liked bruce wayne's arc in this film not to say he doesn't go through arcs in
other films but in this one it just stood out to me how well written this was where his mentality
is at the start of the film and where it is at the end and how we get there is really well done
and natural feeling and again left me excited to see where this character will go next with
what he's learned from the events of this film as far as complaints go i don't have many the three
hour run time didn't bother me at all besides the very end the movie does pull a bit of a lord of
the rings and have like five different endings and by the fourth one i was starting to think
okay my legs are maybe starting to cramp a little we can wrap this up now i don't think
he needed all of those endings but still all in all for a three hour film it was really well paced
again i just loved the risks this took a three hour batman detective serial killer story and it
was pulled off so well a couple of moments were a little cheesy i guess but again i like that this
movie leaned into still being a stylized movie and not being 100 realistic even though it is a
bit more grounded than a typical superhero film i don't know i really love this movie i don't know
much bad to say now as the title and thumbnail of this video ask is this the best superhero movie
ever well first of all you may be thinking that's an exaggeration and i will just say that does make
for a more clickable title and thumbnail than simply the batman good movie i like thumbs up
but if we are actually gonna ask that question i do think it's too soon to tell i'd want to give
it a bit of space before saying something like that maybe rewatch it a few times but i can say
this is the most i've loved a superhero movie in a while and on this kind of scale if you
know what i mean like i love this movie in the same way that i loved logan or the dark knight
it felt like a real event film and like something that'll become a classic and a staple of the genre
also given how diverse this quote-unquote genre is now anyways it is hard to name a favorite because
i love something like guardians of the galaxy and logan for completely different reasons and
in totally different ways but as of right now i can confidently say the batman is one of the
best superhero movies i've seen in a while and could go on to become one of my all-time
favorites we'll have to wait and see though so in conclusion i mean that was kind of my conclusion
the batman's amazing and basically everything i was hoping it would be intense dark stylish very
engaging with an interesting story and new style of story for this character cinematically speaking
great performances phenomenal action and visuals it feels like a really special film yes a couple
of minor complaints here and there but overall i'm going to give the batman a 9.5 out of 10.
and here's how my rating system works for those who don't know it's up there with the nolan films
as my favorite batman movie again i still don't know exactly where it fit in that ranking but
it's up there here's my provisional ranking right now but this could change around so those were my
thoughts on the batman what did you think of it and where does it rank amongst batman movies and
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