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THE BATMAN movie review by Steven Skelley
THE BATMAN movie review by Steven Skelley
I have to admit that I was somewhat skeptical about Robert Pattinson taking on the role of The Caped Crusader. The Batman franchise had either soared or suffered through its eclectic director’s visions and its wide variety of lead actors. I had completely lost interest in the character until Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale turned the franchise on end with a darker, more adult interpretation. Ben Affleck’s take as the physically bruised, battered and middle-age Batman was acceptable though it seemed more Affleck than Bruce Wayne most of the time. But, one hundred and fifty pound TWILIGHT teen vampire Robert Pattinson as a masked, armored vigilante? Surprisingly, it worked and it worked well.
The first thing you need to do is block all the previous movies and actors from your memory. What this movie does best is stand on its own without the need to wink back at any other version. THE BATMAN reveals to us a younger Bruce Wayne. He is emotionally devastated. He resides in a high tower above a city that is festering with corruption. He soon learns how deeply that corruption has spread like a virus into even the things he once trusted the most.
Even though THE BATMAN is three hours long, it never lets up in its intensity. This is a dark, gritty crime drama where the lead detective fights his own demons as much as he fights psychopathic criminals. This Bruce Wayne is not a billionaire playboy. He’s an emotionally scarred billionaire who hasn’t had a moment of joy or relief in two lonely decades of self imposed exile.
Zoe Kravitz is simply gorgeous as Catwoman. She’s simply gorgeous period. She steals every scene as she slinks toward or away from the camera in a vigilante / burglar / fashion model strut. Handsome Colin Ferrell is unrecognizable as the pock-marked, grossly obese Penguin. Paul Dano rewrites the Riddler character in much the same way that Joaquin Phoenix did the Joker. They make insanity believable. Peter Sarsgaard, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright and Jayme Lawson fill out the cast of characters.
THE BATMAN is dark – very, very dark. And I like it that way.
I have to admit that I was somewhat skeptical about Robert Pattinson taking on the role of The Caped Crusader. The Batman franchise had either soared or suffered through its eclectic director’s visions and its wide variety of lead actors. I had completely lost interest in the character until Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale turned the franchise on end with a darker, more adult interpretation. Ben Affleck’s take as the physically bruised, battered and middle-age Batman was acceptable though it seemed more Affleck than Bruce Wayne most of the time. But, one hundred and fifty pound TWILIGHT teen vampire Robert Pattinson as a masked, armored vigilante? Surprisingly, it worked and it worked well.
The first thing you need to do is block all the previous movies and actors from your memory. What this movie does best is stand on its own without the need to wink back at any other version. THE BATMAN reveals to us a younger Bruce Wayne. He is emotionally devastated. He resides in a high tower above a city that is festering with corruption. He soon learns how deeply that corruption has spread like a virus into even the things he once trusted the most.
Even though THE BATMAN is three hours long, it never lets up in its intensity. This is a dark, gritty crime drama where the lead detective fights his own demons as much as he fights psychopathic criminals. This Bruce Wayne is not a billionaire playboy. He’s an emotionally scarred billionaire who hasn’t had a moment of joy or relief in two lonely decades of self imposed exile.
Zoe Kravitz is simply gorgeous as Catwoman. She’s simply gorgeous period. She steals every scene as she slinks toward or away from the camera in a vigilante / burglar / fashion model strut. Handsome Colin Ferrell is unrecognizable as the pock-marked, grossly obese Penguin. Paul Dano rewrites the Riddler character in much the same way that Joaquin Phoenix did the Joker. They make insanity believable. Peter Sarsgaard, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright and Jayme Lawson fill out the cast of characters.
THE BATMAN is dark – very, very dark. And I like it that way.
Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong
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