The Batman (Matt Reeves, March 4, 2022) Movie • Page 142

I really enjoyed the lack of Bruce Wayne and focus on Batman in this. It’s probably my biggest gripe with Begins and Rises.

 

i agree it’s nice this film didn’t focus on that aspect of the story (i’m assuming we get much more in the sequels) but i completely disagree re: begins/rises. that wouldn’t be in my top 20 complaints for both movies lol. bale is probably the best wayne we’ve seen.

 

For sure, he’s probably a better Wayne than he was Batman. I think aside from Heath’s performance the reason I liked TDK so much was it felt the most “Gotham” centric.

 

Having a lot of Bruce in Begins makes perfect sense. When he finally suits up we do get a lot of suit time for the last act and even a good bit in the second act. It is pretty standard in almost every superhero origin movie.

In Rises, it does rub me a little bit that it’s a lot of Bruce vs Batman, especially since the big picture of the movie is to emphasize the role of the symbol of what Batman is for Gotham. But at the same time, the restraint in keeping him out of the suit sort of only makes those scenes stronger.

 

the bruce stuff is the best part of rises, watching back yesterday. everything with batman is borderline incomprehensible.

 

I really don’t click with Bale’s Bruce, like, at all, lol. Something about that particular energy misses hard for me. (Funny enough, Knight of Cups is also my least favorite Malick film.) Michael Caine as Alfred is the one very good thing about the civilian shit in those films.

The Batman side of Rises is on average the better half for me for sure, both in spite of and because of it being nonsense. Love Hathaway’s Catwoman, love Tom Hardy hamming it up, and love the decision to have a literal old school ticking time bomb.

 

overall wild and nuts post

 

I didn't really care for either the Bruce or Batman parts of Dark Knight Rises and it's very easily my least favorite of the three

 

it’s certainly the worst of the three. a bad movie.

 

Moving from Chicago to NY/Pittsburgh/LA was way too jarring.

 

and London. baffling choice.

 

Saw it with my wife for my second viewing (in IMAX) this time and please sign R Patts and Farrell up for lifetime contracts to play Batman and the Penguin

 

yeah but it was nice seeing the shit hole that is Heinz field blow up.

 

My guess is Farrell takes on the Scarecrow role from the Nolan trilogy and pops into each one.

 

This would be the best use of the Penguin, IMO, especially in his Iceberg Lounge information broker role, where he can be grilled by Batman for leads. Penguin as a character is much better as part of Gotham's scenery than as a main villain.

 

The worst part of rises is nothing takes place at night. the whole movie is in broad daylight. Then the punch fest at city hall? Or wherever just feels anti climactic.

also the batwing or whatever doesn’t work in that universe.

Kinda love hathaways catwoman. Like Tom hardy as bane. Like the pit stuff. But overall a bit of a wonky / uneven end to the trilogy.

just watched all the Batman solo flicks. Rank time

TDK
The Batman
Begins
Rises
Returns
Batman


Forever and Robin are so fucking stupid I wouldn’t mind never seeing either again.

 

TDK
The Batman
Batman
Begins
Returns
Rises
Forever
Robin

 

I put on Batman forever yesterday and turned it off 10 minutes in.

 

I distinctly remember watching Batman Forever and Batman & Robin back to back at 6 years old and never wanting to see anything Batman related ever again

 

Did the “I’ll get drive-thru” line kill you that much?

 

that was the first strike

 

Haha oddly enough I was invited on to a podcast recording last night about the movie and when we were discussing the Batmobile stuff I joked that this movie was lacking an iconic line like “I’ll get drive thru”.

 

Because it would never be able to top those films

 

TDK
The Batman
Returns
Begins
Batman (1989)
The LEGO Batman Movie
TDKR
Forever
& Robin
Batman: The Movie (1966)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

 

Jesus this made me age thirty more years lol.

I saw both in theatre on opening night.