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The Batman (2022) Review: “What I’m doing is my family’s legacy”

 

{Non-Spoiler Review}



I implore everyone to not miss out on this movie as just another Batman movie that Warner Brothers is cashing in on with the most popular superhero character of our time. The Batman is director Matt Reeves take on the detective side of our main character. There is still action a plenty, but the main story here focuses on what connections can be made across Gotham’s underground scene and the messes left at Riddler’s crime sites. Reeves keeps his ball rolling as one of this generations promising directors with The Batman following his beautifully stunning work on War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).



What elevates The Batman to the level of the Nolan Batman films before it is the stellar acting portrayed by the leads on both the hero and villain side. Robert Pattinson is dare I say the best under the cowl so far. This version of Batman is only in his second year of crime fighting so he does not have everything under control as he may want people to believe. Pattison’s performance gets this across as he learns that he is not only Batman, but he also needs the people of Gotham to know Bruce Wayne as well. The main villain is Paul Dano’s Riddler who goes above and beyond his role. Dano plays into the quirkiness of the character and his obsessions, creating an outwardly violent character out of someone so introverted. An almost unrecognizable in appearance Colin Farrell makes his presence felt as the Penguin and Zoe Kravitz plays a spirited Catwoman rounding out a great cast to spend three hours with.



By no means is this film a perfect one. For the first just about two hours it is very convincing and alongside proper mixing between action and story telling will not lead your eyes to wander. However there comes a point where the movie drags on before the climax. Some of the messaging in the movie is not as discreet as it should be leading to some laugh out loud moments of tone deafness occurring in this struggle period mentioned beforehand. Although all the leads do a standout job some may find Jefferey Wrights take on Commissioner Gordon awkward and an underuse of Andy Serkis playing a badass Alfred.

 

There are many reasons to be excited about the future of Robert Patterson’s Batman because of this film. Matt Reeves has proven himself with this take on the character and will surely use the lessons learned upon making this film to improve the next in the series. Look forward to seeing Reeves tap into Batman’s extensive rouge gallery in the next film and lead to another all-time performance of a character who is less forbidding on paper. After all, The Dark Knight (2008) stunned audiences after the first film in its series having a great performance as well.

 

★★★★

80/100



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