Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy is considered by many to be the best version of Batman. Then, in 2022, The Batman was released, starring Robert Pattinson as the younger Bruce Wayne. The performance of the Twilight star and the unusual style of director Matt Reeves ensure that we got an absolute superhero masterpiece, even with an XXL running time of three hours. You can now stream The Batman for the first time with an Amazon Prime subscription at no additional cost. *
The Batman turns superhero history into a dark noir thriller
The story follows Bruce Wayne in his 30s when he’s not yet perfectly fused with his superhero existence. In The Batman, he investigates a series of murders that has the Riddler (Paul Dano) leaving riddles for Batman personally at the crime scenes. Well-known comic characters such as Selena Kyle (Zoë Kravitz) aka Catwoman and the penguin (Colin Farrell) appear in the story as important supporting characters.
In addition to the focus on a younger Batman, whom we’ve never seen in a live-action film before, Reeves’ film impresses above all with its staging as a dark noir thriller. The director became Inspired by David Fincher masterpieces like Seven and Zodiacwhich is also reflected in the brilliant image design of The Batman.
Robert Pattinson plays the best Bruce Wayne of all time in The Batman
In addition to the fantastic staging and the brilliant atmosphere, which conjures up Gotham City as a setting like a character of its own, the DC film is primarily supported by Robert Pattinson’s acting performance.
With his jawline and dark, growling voice, he not only embodies the Dark Knight ideally. Pattinson notably bestows one on his younger Bruce Wayne depressed-emaciated aura. His billionaire offspring with a tragic childhood is an intriguing contrast to Pattinson’s Batman presence, in which he acts in a similarly psychotic and frightening manner as, say, Ben Affleck in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman.
Pattinson’s performance and Matt Reeves’ intense style make The Batman a superhero masterpiece that, even at three hours in length, never bores.
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