'The Batman' or as I call it...
'Is there a real difference between emo and goth? That will be a highly covered topic in this unneeded POS.'
Sure, Farrel as the penguin was nice, but being he has little real screen time, no real character development (like everyone in the movie) you just are watching the best version of a live penguin (that stays closer to the gangster element).
You ever watch a movie and go 'this is not bad, but in no form was it one of the better movies, I'll forget it in a year or two, and it cost HOW MUCH to make?!'
It met expectations, but then stopped as soon as it did.
It's just so fucking drawn out, and 2 of the biggest plot holes are right in your face. Spoilers.
1-the bat signal. IMMEDIATELY after knocking out gordan, they meet on the building with the GIANT BAT LAMP!? NO cops thought 'I wonder if batman is gonna be nearby the THING THAT CALLS BATMAN THAT WAS JUST TURNED ON?!'
2-the riddler's writing is extremely noticeable. Alfred's seen ALL the evidence of the riddler. ...still opens the package with his DISTINCT style of writing covering it because....? BECAUSE....?
Ugh. And do not even get me started on catwoman. Great acting, great fights...and carried all the scenes where robbie boy decides to take his twilight character and meet michael keaton's batman...but their forced 'love' connection felt nothing but filler. And like this movie: unneeded (her fight scenes were much cooler than batman's on average tho).
I'll give you it was probably the most REALISTIC batman, but who the fuck cares? It was boring most times. Outside of figuring out the ridder's clues/backstory, nothing in this movie evolves or matters.
5.9/10. Yeah, I'd rather rewatch the BAD batman movies. They at least were bright and colorful.
ps-best part? The chase scene with the penguin. It's way more bad ass than the trailer. But not much else was.
Side note : I think the main reason above all this movie was a disappointment story wise was because if you watched all the batman movies, video games (tell tale-this was basically STOLEN DIRECTLY from their batman game), shows, specials (real and animated) this was like a frankenstein's monster of like...3 of those combined, so you kinda saw most of it coming. Even if you weren't a comic book fan: you KNEW most of this story. 1-the waynes being dirty. 2-mob and wayne's ties. 3-mob controlling the cops. These were totally all done before on some level. So if anything it was just the real life version of a cartoon they already did. Kinda like spiderman no way home was a knockoff of their own animated movie's story (spiderverse)...god forbid originality comes to play. Then ending it with catwoman and batman doing a paul walker fast and furious drive off? That's it. Everything has been done before. We're just recycling everything forever. Amazing. Fuck hollywood.
pps-no sequel. I do not care. Rob was so bland, like the movie, and nothing felt meaningful. Know when you eat something and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth? Well, that was this, but with NO taste. I didn't even know I ate something. It was like water. An ice cube.
