I'd be happy enough with a 60fps patch for the Arkham games(and an Origins port please) but it saddens me we have no Batman games to look forward to at all. Gotham Knights doesn't count.
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The Batman (2022) |OT| Riddle Me This [TAG SPOILERS]
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In my mind, yes. It could go either way but I thought it was neat to include that.
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The first Telltale Batman is so fucking good.
And to no one's surprise, I would love for them to do a Dick Grayson origin story.
They had a great thing with the Arkham games and somehow completely dropped the ball. Arkham Knight came out 7 years ago!!
I really liked Batman's monologuing diary (big Blade Runner vibes). Loved the movie and its use of sound gave me chills sometimes.
I wish I enjoyed this as much as so many of you all. It had some great scenes and decisions, but I left the theater kind of whelmed. There's something to be said about how hard they committed to their vision of the movie and at times it works, while other times it was just a hair too much. However the sequel is approached will probably determine how I feel about this one ultimately. A great sequel is possible from some of the ideas laid out in this movie, but if Year 3 Batman doesn't show more sides of the character I' ll probably just think it's alright like this one.
Oh man this was 100% me
Gonna quit my job and get back to my original plan of becoming Batman when I grow up.
I haven't seen it again yet (probably will have to wait till home release) but everything you said echos my first viewing. Masterful film.
Watching this made me go back and play Arkham City again but I'm stuck playing it on my PC because its the only way to play it at 60 FPS.
60 FPS console ports timed with this launch would be easy money, WB!
I'm not sure how i feel lol
I think this one is a creeper though. Pretty amazing Batman movie now that it's starting to sink in
Batman loses the city is destroyed and he failed miserably at catching a W
Good job dude. lol
Also ending scene with Selena doesn't make sense. they are both driving fucking loud ass motorcycles in a quiet cemetery and batman still surprised her
???
Riddle me that!
Good job dude. lol
Also ending scene with Selena doesn't make sense. they are both driving fucking loud ass motorcycles in a quiet cemetery and batman still surprised her
???
Riddle me that!
I think this one is a creeper though. Pretty amazing Batman movie now that it's starting to sink in
I will say that Begins definitely shows us why criminals are afraid of him. The whole mantra of Begins is using fear as a weapon, in fact. That first encounter with Batman is terrifying.
I felt the same way. It caught me off guard because Batman media are some of my favourite things, but ultimately I think that's the reason why.
A lot of Batman extended media draws from the same well of source material - namely Batman: Year One and The Long Halloween. They're the 'serious' takes (themselves being inspired by movies like Taxi Driver and The Godfather). Batman Begins and The Dark Knight already take heavy inspiration from Year One & TLH, then there are games, and animated adaptations.
I also think that a great sequel is possible, but for me I think it would need to branch out of the comfort zone of that 'Year Two' / 'pre-Robin' storytelling. You don't even need to have Robin, but dare to risk an audience not caring about a guy with a frozen wife and a liquid-nitrogen flamethrower - one of the other 95% of Batman stories that can be told that aren't about crime families or the Joker.
Much like the comic book movies Avengers Endgame and Black Panther, I don't really get this movie or understand the praise this film is getting.
I thought it was a fairly forgettable 6.5/10 competent movie that had nothing new or interesting to say. A goth'd up Batman made up from a patchwork of Se7en, The Crow, Dark City, Blade and Equilibrium. Forgettable action. Too monotone. Too monotonous. Far too serious. At times the script and dialogue was clunky and incredibly prosaic/cliche. The story was... again, competent, but 'rat with wings' not obviously being batman irked me. No, it doesn't work close to as well for a falcon or a penguin!
On the upside Colin Farrell was just a cool/bizarre sight. Zoo Kravitz was magnetic. Paul Dano was good. The cinematography was pretty.
I thought it was a fairly forgettable 6.5/10 competent movie that had nothing new or interesting to say. A goth'd up Batman made up from a patchwork of Se7en, The Crow, Dark City, Blade and Equilibrium. Forgettable action. Too monotone. Too monotonous. Far too serious. At times the script and dialogue was clunky and incredibly prosaic/cliche. The story was... again, competent, but 'rat with wings' not obviously being batman irked me. No, it doesn't work close to as well for a falcon or a penguin!
On the upside Colin Farrell was just a cool/bizarre sight. Zoo Kravitz was magnetic. Paul Dano was good. The cinematography was pretty.
They already have Robin ready to go if they choose to go that route.
The mayor's son
The home release is going to be straight fire. Can't wait to see this beauty on 4K disc.
When I came out of the theater I thought that in no way would I have the will to watch this anytime soon.
But the more I think of the movie, the more I like it (as fucking exhausting as I found the hefty length at times, which soured my enjoyment a lot) and I'm so ready for a rewatch. By the time this comes out on HBO Max, that's the first thing I'm doing.
But the more I think of the movie, the more I like it (as fucking exhausting as I found the hefty length at times, which soured my enjoyment a lot) and I'm so ready for a rewatch. By the time this comes out on HBO Max, that's the first thing I'm doing.
I hate that theory lol.
That thought never once occured to me while watching the movie. I saw it the way Matt Reeves explained it in that video.
The kid basically just there as a parellel to Bruce and he sees himself in the kid having lost his father. Doing a Robin thats not Dick Grayson to begin with just seems wrong haha.
Everytime someone brings that character up you can notice Reeves getting nervous. Must be a writers worst nightmare trying to include him in a live action movie that is relatively grounded in reality.
I feel like if they did tackle Robin it'd have to be a second Trilogy thing with an older Bruce. Doing it now would be too soon.
God I hope they don't pull a TDKR/Skyfall in this trilogy and jump from Year 2 to Year 20. I hate that shit, no one wants to see junior Batman to senior Batman with no prime in between.
Not sure where all the talk of Mr Freeze has come from but that would be super cool for the sequel.
Haven't really made use of my oled yet but this should do the trick.
Haven't really made use of my oled yet but this should do the trick.
I believe both Reeves and Pattinson have voiced interest in him. But they've also said Calendar Man and Court of Owls too, so lots to choose from.
Saw this at a pretty packed Friday matinee in Madrid. The audience loved the joke about Spanish articles and clapped at the end
Bruh
Might try and see this a second time, can't stop thinking about it.
I kept expecting it to burst into The Imperial March as it neared the end.
I wonder if Fraser will create some kind of cinematography bible for the spin off shows. It's gonna be a bummer if Gotham looks inconsistent between the movies and upcoming series.
edit: speaking of which..
variety.com
lol.
edit: speaking of which..
How ‘The Batman’ Cinematographer Greig Fraser Reinvented the Dark Knight’s Big Screen Presence
'The Batman' cinematographer Greig Fraser breaks down how he shot director Matt Reeves' brutal new take on the Dark Knight.
variety.com
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Not sure about Court of Owls now but Calendar Man could be cool especially if it's done like Long Halloween with him in the background but given what Reeves said about the deleted scenes they were going to do that originally
with their proto Joker
What killed the dinosaurs? The ice age!
didn't actually mean the pun but it's funny all the same
"Batman" wasn't the answer to "rat with wings". It was a word play for two things at the same time: URL, and that the "rat" also had "wings". A Falcon isn't a rat with wings, but Falconi IS a rat and is related to an animal with wings
I was one of the few it seems that didn't care at all for the movie. But I've been reading all the positive impressions posted here and I'll give it another shot this weekend, approaching it from a different perspective.
Anyway the one thing I don't think I can get over is how out of place Alfred seemed. I felt no Alfred/Batman chemistry at all.
Anyway the one thing I don't think I can get over is how out of place Alfred seemed. I felt no Alfred/Batman chemistry at all.
Yeah, I think that's intentional in this one. Alfred is just staff to Bruce in most of this movie.
I wonder if Fraser will create some kind of cinematography bible for the spin off shows. It's gonna be a bummer if Gotham looks inconsistent between the movies and upcoming series.
edit: speaking of which..
How ‘The Batman’ Cinematographer Greig Fraser Reinvented the Dark Knight’s Big Screen Presence
'The Batman' cinematographer Greig Fraser breaks down how he shot director Matt Reeves' brutal new take on the Dark Knight.
lol.
Yeah I'm torn about the shows. On the one hand I'm excited because I think both ideas are pretty slick conceptually and could be interesting as hell. On the other hand I'll be beyond bummed if they don't look at least half as good as the movie does.
Gotcha, ok I was wrong and stupid about this in particular. Like I said at the start, most people seem to love this movie, it's possible I'm in the wrong here, not that I thought it was bad, I thought it was solid.
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Holy shit I want this art instead of that other one shown in the June news
For me personally, it's only second to The Dark Knight.
So it's my second favorite CBM. I could even see it surpassing TDK, but the barrier is the unreal performance of Heath Ledger.
It really is the best. Like, I know every tick and line, practically, and it still has the same effect every time he does his thing. It's why I don't need Joker again for a good long time. Let Bat's other foes breathe.
It's weird how so many of y'all can't except more than one thing being good. Either one thing is the best ever or the other is dogshit. So Nolan's Batman is not "cartoony" with "bad cinematography" and "bad acting." But The Batman is now ultimate kino. Y'all need to go outside.
It's so good it makes me hate
For me it probably wouldn't crack Top 5. I enjoyed it, but I wasn't blown away. I mean, my Top 5 would basically be (in no order):
The Nolan Bat Trilogy
Spider-Man 1 and 2
After that (again, no order):
Spiderverse
No Way Home
Infinity War
Black Panther
It's so good it makes me hate
the soft-peddling this film did regarding the Waynes.
I loved TellTale's different take on the Waynes in which Bruce's parents were basically monsters, as you expect from billionaires. We even see a bit of this in the Joker. So when this film alludes to that I was hoping they would follow this path. But then they quickly back peddle, nah Thomas Wayne was a good guy and made a small mistake which cost him his life. Boooo. I liked the TellTale alternative version because it changes Bruce's mission from that of vengeance to redemption. He must atone for his family's past, Gotham is so shit largely in part to this family. Thus, he sees it now as a responsibility to correct his family's mistake.
I loved TellTale's different take on the Waynes in which Bruce's parents were basically monsters, as you expect from billionaires. We even see a bit of this in the Joker. So when this film alludes to that I was hoping they would follow this path. But then they quickly back peddle, nah Thomas Wayne was a good guy and made a small mistake which cost him his life. Boooo. I liked the TellTale alternative version because it changes Bruce's mission from that of vengeance to redemption. He must atone for his family's past, Gotham is so shit largely in part to this family. Thus, he sees it now as a responsibility to correct his family's mistake.
For me it probably wouldn't crack Top 5. I enjoyed it, but I wasn't blown away. I mean, my Top 5 would basically be (in no order):
The Nolan Bat Trilogy
Spider-Man 1 and 2
After that (again, no order):
Spiderverse
No Way Home
Infinity War
Black Panther
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"So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?"
God, every single line and scene really is endlessly quotable and memorable
Only way a new Joker could really escape that shadow is going full Scott Snyder horror movie Joker or straight-up doing TAS Joker in live action
The glimpse we got in this reminded me of Stuart Gordon's Castle Freak (which truthfully could also be a solid Two Face design)
Joker as the ArkhamCastle Asylum Freak lurking in its depths could be an interesting direction too
Joker as the Arkham