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The Batman - Movie Review

 

Split Reviews

My children said they could not finish this movie. Others said it was one of the best Batman movies. So I of course had to watch it...free on HBOMax. Robert Patinson was definitely a reason I was skeptical. Surprisingly, he did make a decent young Batman. His Bruce Wayne was okay.

Zoe Kravitz, Colin Farrell (unrecognizable as Penquin), Jeffrey Wright, and Andy Serkis made this an amazing cast. John Turturro was good but I am still getting over his character from the Transformers franchise. His character is much better in this movie.

Review

I felt like this was based in the early days of Christian Bale's Dark Knight, if you skip the part that Batman meets Selina Kyle in his second year as Batman and he forgets who she is by The Dark Knight Rises. So this is obviously a different version of Batman. I enjoyed the more realistic versions of Riddler and Penguin vs the ones from the 1990s. Although, I have to admit I loved Danny DeVito in the role back in the 1990s.

There is a reason they gave this movie title The Batman as the focus is more on this character over Bruce Wayne. Sorry if that is a spoiler. I actually enjoyed it looking at the movie as a rookie Batman's life vs expecting this to be the great detective we have come to know over the years. With a run time of 176 minutes, it is much easier to take in with some intermissions. Don't get me wrong, there was not a lot of fluff in this story so the entire runtime is necessary to tell the story.

Rating

I will give this movie a low HD rating. I will probably add this one to my collection when it is closer to the $5-$8 range. 

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