Comments (39)
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Josh Alexander
This movie was dark. Robert Pattinson was surprisingly good. Ridler was intriguing but the ending wasn't great. Not sure if I will watch it again. The Dark Knight will always be my favourite.
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Agree with your comments, Josh. Pattinson was surprising. Dano was creepy, as he often is. The ending also left me "meh" — and was that The Joker talking to the Riddler at the end?
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The Joker was laughing with Riddler at the end. They are probably teasing a sequel.
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Paul Tonelo
Batman is different here and I love it. He is showing some vulnerability.
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Didn't Bale's Batman also show vulnerability? To be fair, I can't remember, as these comic book movies don't stay with me long. Cheers!
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If I am not mistaken the previous versions of Batman are more powerful.
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James McDonald
Gotta love how Batman deeply understands human nature.
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Sam Young
Everything falls in place for this movie except the ending.
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Corey T
That performance by Robert Pattinson was epic !!
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From a cold-blooded vampire in Twilight to a brooding goth rocker!
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Patrick Clark
Batman is beating the hell out of everyone. He killed no one but he is still a badass.
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Thing is, like with most comic book movies, not much is at stake, the big characters just bounce back in the sequel, or am I reading it wrong? Thanks.
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Tom Martin
Overblown hype... I want more... Bring me The Joker..
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Tom, thanks for calling it as you saw it. Was that the Joker whispering to the Riddler at the end? How about Joaquin appearing as Joker???
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Lee W
Ridler was in complete control, he outsmarted Batman several times.
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Lee, that's great about Riddler, the hero needs a really good anti-hero, eh?
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Aaron Hazouri
Don't get me wrong, Pattinson stole the show, but the movie wasn't memorable.
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Mitch R
I give this motive 7/10. It was thrilling but not outstanding. Riddler is childish at best, I didn't like him at all.
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Mitch, Dano is an odd actor. He's creepy and childish in 12 Years a Slave.
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Scott Andrews
Excellent article
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Much appreciate it, Scott. I hope I presented both sides, with some added colour!
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Scotty—Near the end, Riddler's fellow cellmate congratulates the Riddler on his plan, saying, “One day you’re on top, the next you’re a clown. Let me tell you, there are worse things to be.” And, director Reeves stressed that Joker would play a central role in The Batman sequel...ahah!
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Drew
I thought it was great even though it was long. It was dark as Batman comics were but the acting and cinematography is great. The mayor's funeral scene, the meetings between Gordon and Batman, The explosions in the Gotham Garden and the motorcycle ride at the end - priceless.
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James Douglas
Robert Pattinson is strong as hell
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Thomas Brown
I've always been a big Batman fan. You can literally take this movie and print it as a comic book. Pattinson silenced all the critics. He can play Batman. This film is a masterpiece.
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Stephen Zoller
Masterful sitting on the fence, Mr. Collie. I agree that the "superhero" genre has been overcooked in recent years but whether one likes it or not cinematic spectacles like The Batman represent a reworking of old mythologies for our present day ultra-violent and increasingly amoral age. Dare I say that Matt Reeve's film holds more resonance for me than did any of this year's Oscar nominees with the exception of Belfast. The Batman, like the Road Warrior four decades ago, is an unapologetic cautionary tale for the dark future that awaits us unless anti-heroes like Mad Max and The Batman risk life and limb to pull the veil of darkness headed our way.
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Thanks for commenting, my old friend. Although, that's an awful lot of pressure to put on young Pattinson's shoulders to lift that veil of darkness. Look where it got Mel Gibson, drunk and blabbering. I'm more of the belief that extinction, in one form or another, this way comes and we humans can do nothing about it. Unless of course, the aliens decide to finally intervene like in The Day the Earth Stood Still. PS Why aren't they answering the call????
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(Sorry, if this posted twice) Nice to see you here, my dear friend. Erh, that's an awful lot of responsibility for Pattinson's young shoulders—to save the world? Just look what happened to Mel (Gibson as Mad Max), he's become a drunken blabberer. But they are fiction, right? Anyway, with real not fictional climate change crises, along with the rising gun violence in America, and just lessening of those moral values (greed greed greed everywhere) you mention, it may be well nigh time for those watching aliens to make an appearance, like they did in the prescient and intriguing movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. I mean, couldn't we do with a little extra-terrestrial intervention?
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