No specific spoilers in here, really. But read at your own risk I guess.
I watched the trailer for this movie when it was released and honestly never thought of it since then and didn’t know it had been released until a few days ago. When I looked into it some more, i realized this movie was right up my alley. I do love me some film noir — never expected it to show up in the newest Batman movie though. This movie is basically just Seven but the detective just so happens to be Batman. So, I just walked out of this movie about an hour ago, and my first thought was how on earth this got a PG 13 rating. Throughout the film I was like wow, the studio must have really lobbied the rating people (is this a real thing that happens? idk) because I myself was sweating and very tense throughout. Maybe I just don’t have a good idea of what gets a PG 13 rating these days, because as you may have noticed, i don’t watch them very much. My idea of a PG 13 film is like Spider-Man or Harry Potter. But this movie goes so far beyond that it’s not even close. Out of curiosity I looked up what it takes to get an R rating and apparently you need nudity and/or strong language. Maybe I’m crazy but in my opinion that stuff doesn’t compare to some of the stuff in this movie. I guess what I’m trying to say is that it feels like an ‘adult’ movie through and through that specifically left out certain elements to get the rating. A lot of it is just straight up terrorism, both as an underlying theme and front in center in a pretty realistic setting. Also an abundance of machine gun fire, bombing, and a very lengthy and involved car chase— all of which contributed to the sensory overload I was feeling during a lot of this movie, but hey, that’s what happens when you watch in Dolby cinema I guess. Without going into detail, this movie was a lot. It was just one thing after another, I felt like there was no breathing room. Also, there were too many villain side stories. The film would have been way stronger with a bigger focus on The Riddler. And the third act that people keep complaining about had a few very cool elements, but was way over the top in my opinion. It goes completely off the walls and ruins the semi realistic tone that the movie was keeping up pretty well to this point. So, that was a lot of negative stuff… but I actually really liked this film. Emo Batman was great. I always thought Christian Bale made Batman way cooler than he ever should have been, but that’s Christian Bale for you. I like Batman way more as a recluse loner than the cool guy. I mean, what kind of cool guy dresses in a Batsuit to fight crime, realistically speaking. This Batsuit is also a big improvement from Bale’s, which I always thought looked a bit silly. The Riddler was quite scary in a very… modern way. He really stole the show. There was no need for the mob villain(s) storyline (I know, I know, mob villains are a Batman staple). It dragged the story down and the runtime out by thirty minutes longer than it needed to be. Also wasn’t a huge fan of the strong political messaging, but it by no means ruined the movie for me as it seems it did for some Rotten Tomatoes reviewers. I know it’s a thing that Batman villains hate the rich, but it’s going stale at this point they kinda went overboard with that on this one. I wish the villains had some stronger, more personal agendas. I know it will never happen but I would like Joaquins joker to meet Pattinson’s Batman. I see them as the two true loners of all the villains I’ve seen. I’m not saying anyone should sympathize with the joker, but this particular Bruce Wayne would be a much more empathetic matchup than Joaquin and Bale, for example. Anyways, this was a very well made film that tested the limits in almost every way. I’m excited to see what’s to come in the next movies.
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May Featured Movie QuoteBarry B. Benson: Yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black, yellow-black... Oh, black and yellow. Yeah, let's shake it up a little.
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