How an immature Batman makes a better film

#thebatman #joker #thepenguin

In this video, I'm diving into a cinematic analysis of Matt Reeves' The Batman (Robert Pattinson, Colin Farel, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano). We'll explore the film's unique visual style, the use of lighting and shadows, the carefully composed shots, and how these elements contribute to the overall mood and storytelling. From the color palette that shapes Gotham's atmosphere to the camera movements that convey Bruce Wayne's internal struggle, I'll break down how Reeves' vision reinterprets the iconic myth of Batman. Join me as we uncover the nuances of this dark and grounded take on the Caped Crusader, and see how cinematic techniques bring his story to life in a fresh way. The Riddler, The Penguin, Catwoman, Joker.

[synisterintent]

Another thing I really liked about The Batman was that it was the first real big screen, live action showing of the World's Greatest Detective actually being a damned Detective.

[ResearcherGhost]

I LOVE how realistic he felt, he cannot dodge all the attacks thus he wears armour and tanks all the attacks, also Bruce Wayne doesn't have any social skills because he acts more as batman than as a human so he cannot fake a charismatic personality because Batman is his personality

[WendysFries]

I like the ending when he lights a flare and leads everyone out of the building as it's flooding. Not a single word is spoken, just a beautiful moment

[natebowman]

I like how the Pattinson Batman has a more realistic, Lt. Columbo like intelligence, where he is just adaptable, and doggedly determined. He's no Sherlock Holmes where he knows every little obscure fact known to man, and can readily recollect it all within seconds like some super computer.

[chalkisplacebo.]

One of my favorite parts of The Batman is that he is shown in tandem with police & what i assume is national guard, as if he's being pulled into those public roles of "justice" or "protection". The resolution of the story, the recovery scene at the end really makes Batman feel like a part of the city not looming over it or adjacent to it as he was at the beginning of the movie. Most other portrayals of batman he feels like a god of gotham city rather than part of it.

[benjaminrichard]

1:05
“I complete you, and you complete me.”
“Batman why did you complete that guy?”

I don’t want to be that guy, but holy crap this is my first time with 10k likes

[saidnobody]

The dialogues aren't immature, they depict how real people talk in an actual world. Rarely do people come up with heroic one-liners as is otherwise movies make us believe

[Error-]

One of my friends put it perfectly to me when we had the exact same conversation on a younger Batman story, ” I want to see how he became the guy who knows everything and not always see the guy who know everything”.

[naveerakhan]

"I'm Vengeance" said SO much about what stage of maturity he's at with his identity. This was such a fresh take compared to the other on-screen batmen. Watching his growth at the end of the movie got me so hyped for the next movie.

[GramSmasher]

Notice how the Nolan Batman-Joker interrogation is in a small empty room that's fully lit, batman is depicted as always in the shadows, the joker operates out in the open to receive as much attention as possible, so batman in this scene is in a literal sense in Joker's domain (despite being imprisoned), and with the joker forcing batman to choose which one of two people will die he's controlling all the cards in this scene, its his domain in a metaphorical sense too

[dullbatarang]

Bruce lived his whole life in that tower watching all the little people in the park and on the streets, disconnected. At the end of the film, when he is about to cut the cable, he is above everyone and everything until he cuts it and joins them in the sewage filled rot of the flooded city just so he can empathize and help raise them up. I feel a lot of parallels from Batman Begins where Bruce is shown the dark side of Gotham's underground and understands the disconnection, so he leaves it all behind to live with nothing so he can better understand what it's like to be desperate. Truly the most Batman move a Batman can make.

[serfyboi]

this just proves that hush needs to be the villan of one of the batman sequels

[davidna]

reeve's joker is reminiscent of the joker that cut his face off. The most terrifying joker, as unnerving as Heath's but personally most uncomfortable to me.

[jonnytorres]

Im so glad this new version is touching into the things that make Batman so compelling, the detective work, the isolation and ofc the empathy that's a thing for his character that makes him more than just a dude on his minimalist fursuit that goes out to beat people up.

[amazanta]

I love how cinematic these video essays are

[nrv]

16:41 “if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change” -Batman

[eyesalex]

What I found most interesting is how infrequently we see Bruce as himself. The only scene where we really “see” Bruce is the funeral. The other times, it feels more like just an unmasked Batman. I feel it shows how connected Bruce is with his identity as Batman, and how that can be a pitfall (his un-philanthropic behaviors) as well as a crutch (the suit (and therefore the identity) keeps him safe). You mentioned Batman’s fights feeling very personal, like they had wronged him personally. I think this is Bruce’s way of using his Batman persona as a protection, a shield from the grief and guilt that eats at him. Such a well-articulated video! I feel you gave a great explanation as to why I enjoyed watching and rewatching this movie.

[harrisonmccartney]

Pattinson's Batman/Bruce Wayne has become my favorite. Every other interpretation of the character, of Bruce Wayne especially, tries to make him into this suave, James Bond style stoic, when he's literally an orphan with a ton of unresolved trauma who dresses up in a bat costume to beat up criminals as a way to deal with the pain and regret he has inside him. There's very obviously more than just a few screws loose to Bruce Wayne, yet from Keaton to Clooney to Bale and Affleck, even in the animated series, Bruce is always portrayed as this infallibly put-together high society gentleman, and Robert Pattison FINALLY gave us a Bruce Wayne who is deranged, socially inept, hardly has any clue what he's doing besides stalking alleyways at night looking for an opportunity to punch someone in the face, and comes face-to-face with the reality that in spite of how much he lies to himself that what he's doing is for the protection of Gotham, he's really no better than any other misguided and traumatized young man who takes their anger and pain out on innocent people through terrorism.

Pattinson's Bruce Wayne has what no other actor's Bruce Wayne has ever had; the potential for enormous growth. Bale came kind of close to delivering that performance in Batman Begins, but he only has one incident where his girlfriend is disappointed in him for wanting to shoot his parents' killer, and after that he becomes like every other interpretation of Bruce Wayne; a rich playboy with a generic James Bond personality. Pattinson's Bruce Wayne, on the other hand, straight up inspires his own nemesis with his vigilante approach to crime fighting. Unlike Heath Ledger's Joker, who is similarly inspired by Batman for an entirely different reason (he believes that Gotham's criminal underworld doesn't have a force that can rival Batman on the opposing side, a "better class of criminal" as he says in the film), The Riddler presumes that he can team up with Batman, believing that they share the same goals of ridding Gotham (even its corrupt government) of criminals, which horrifies Pattinson's Batman to realize that Batman has not become a symbol of hope, justice and order for Gotham, but a symbol of how much more effectively "justice" can be dispensed when ordinary citizens take the law into their own hands instead of relying on the failures of a corrupt system to right society's wrongs. By the end of the movie, Pattinson's Bruce/Batman is left feeling the enormous weight of responsibility he has going forward, realizing that his actions as Batman and even Bruce Wayne cannot reliably be interpreted the way he intended for them to be interpreted, as a symbol for justice for the people of Gotham and as a symbol of fear for its criminal element, and therefore he must face these contradictions and struggle against them instead of feeling safe behind the "All is well" attitude that other Bruce Wayne's and their assorted Batmen feel. Pattinson's Bruce Wayne is truly pained and troubled and has to struggle against things that other Bruce Wayne interpretations gloss over or don't struggle with nearly as much.

[scottnunnemaker]

The Batman is the first live action batman that actually feels like a Batman comic come to life. Not a Batman but in the real world like Nolan’s, or a Saturday morning cartoon version like the justice league batman, but an actual comic book version.

[alejoqc]

That talk from Reeves about Bruce unconsciously reenacting that night in the alley? Good God. It made me finally trust that the character rests on good hands. I want more of that.