i liked this film and enjoyed it as a batman fan boy but i thought this was really just all right at the end of the day.
there are so many positive things going on but just a few things that i didnt care for.
mainly, the way the riddler talks. he's always been my favorite villian since the animated series. and he really came off as an angsty guy fawkes anon virgin. and then the final scene, i couldnt stand the yelling screaming whining of his words.
but i guess it paired very well with the bratty pattinson batman. whom i love as an actor btw. very good looking guy and i dont think that is up for debate.
i also was not particularly fond of Kravitz as Catwoman. she just didnt do it for me. and she didnt even get naked on screen for the role at all. and in this day and age there is no excuse not to. i just wasnt buying anything about her or her character. they should have casted some one sexier.
i also heavily agree with Hal. my god this movie was 20 to 30 minutes longer than it should have been. i am surprised they let this through as the final cut. if it was shorter like an hour and a half total everything would have hit harder and i think more people would have left the theater wanting more and not being able to wait for the next one.
instead i left the theater glad that it was finally over. i looked at my phone two times to check the time... because i thought the movie had came to an end but no, i was wrong, half hour/forty minutes later the movie finally ended.
if i had to guess they are doing this to compete with the length of the marvel superheroes movies.
idk what the problem is with shorter movies nowadays, there is nothing wrong with an hour and a half long film. there was once a time where every movie was under two hours... now every movie is really pushing that 3 hour mark it seems... and i can only name a few that really work out for themselves. Lynch and Scorsese come to mind off the top. so dont get me wrong, im not opposed to long films, that are warranted of the running time.
idk.
kind of unsure what the point of casting Colin Ferrel as penguin when he really only had 10 maybe 15 minutes screen time and is unrecognizable... ticket sales i suppose.
and a black James Gordon kind of threw me off guard but i think the guy played it well i suppose.
despite all of this it was def a breath of fresh air for the franchise.
i think Pattinson will turn into an even better bratman for the second one. i truly think that this sets down some great ground work for Reeves moving forward. i wouldnt even be surprised if the Riddler doesnt return on the next one. and we see some all new villains.
they are supposedly doing a couple shows for HBO Max. one with Ferrel as Penguin and i was reading a GQ interview with Pattinson that he, Pattinson, has been writing for a Batman show for HBO Max as well.
i cant see how the penguin show isnt going to be anything like the tv show Gotham, which was fucking phenomenal by the way, but we shall see.
its a shame Ben Affleck's batman was so short lived.
