One thing to keep in mind. This is year 2 batman. Bruce is still young and caught up in being the batman. He doesn't know how to be Bruce,yet. Not until the end when he realizes that Gotham needs hope. This is when he will start being the public philanthropist playboy billionaire. I like to think of this movie as Bruce Wayne's origin story.

Matt Reeves directed the Planet of the Apes reboot movies if you haven't seen them, Neil. They are great and I think he has a real flair and style of his own, across all his movies.

To me it seems like they are setting up the story to next focus on Bruce helping finance the rebuilding of Gotham thus establishing his Bruce Wayne persona and allowing him to be both vengeance and the hero at the same time. Hoping we get more of Joker but not full on Joker. Leave him in Arkham for 2nd movie but include some scenes or flashbacks setting up a 3rd film down the line. But have Batman focus more on other villains. Perhaps throw in the court of owls teasing more Wayne corruption in the past. Lots of ways they can go. This is my new definitive Batman.

Wasn't expecting this reaction, but I'm super happy you did 💯😊

Absolutely loved this movie, great reaction!! Please react to the deleted scene, you won’t regret it, it’s good.also, a great detail in this movie is, they show Bruce with the black eye makeup, when he takes of his cowl. Pattinson knocked this out of the park and can’t wait for the next one.

You're right. It was always raining in the movie. What I didn't get is that Penguin never had an umbrella in all this rain.

Great video! About Pattinson, try watching "Good Times" or "The Lighthouse". He rules on those!

awesome dude! I loved this movie. definitely my favorite iteration so far (I also love the use of nirvana in the soundtrack, fits the mood of the flick for sure)

My second favorite Batman movie behind Batman Returns. Don't forget to react to the 5 minute deleted scene Reeves released, it's amazing.

haven't even started the video yet but i'm so excited to see what you thought of this movie! i love the perspective you provide by being an AD

16:42 “Whose the mustache with the broken nose?” Jim Gordon is.

Hey, so far of all the reactions I've seen for this movie - you caught the Nighthawks painting reference! Great reaction! Dang this movie. Of all the grit and horror it shows, deep down it's all about hope. I love that.

LOVED this movie!!🔥🔥🔥

The score was amazing and looked it up after and saw same LOST dude the great Michael Geachinio and I died!!😍🔥

Selina being Falcone's daughter comes from The Long Halloween and its sequel Dark Victory along with the Thomas Wayne connection where he saved his life. There was a lot of pick and choose in this movie, but the majority has influence from some comic continuity.

It was Halloween that's why they asked him "the hell are you supposed to be", they thought someone dressed up as batman to scare them. After he I'm vengeance beatdown they said "holy shit, it's him"

Man this music is just awesome

Paul Dano gives us an amazing performance also in the great "There Will Be Blood" with Daniel Day-Lewis. Add it to your list is my recommendation

Absolutely loved this reaction, my absolute favourite moments was the first 15 minutes where the fear of batman is on full show here as criminals and thugs run for their lives as they look up and see the symbol of the bat line the night sky. Second favourite moment is the ending monologue where Bruce realises he needs to be a symbol of hope and that his total obsession with vengeance and the dwelling of his parents death actually led to inspiring the riddler and furthering Gotham's turmoil rather than saving it, leading to hopefully Bruce becoming that "billionaire batchelor" type persona that can actually do good for Gotham in the light as well as batman in the shadows Fantastic film overall. Fantastic reaction Subscribed 👍

You may know Matt Reeves movies without knowing they're his. He for instance directed The War for and Dawn of The Planet of the Apes, he also directed Cloverfield.

Gripping stuff. I haven't watched a Batman film since the first one came out. I was really surprised I liked it so much, such a difference. Thanks 👌

This movie is so sophisticated, uses a lot of Kubricks layered narrative techniques, 2 movies in one with a skewed view of Bruce/Batman from the riddlers perspective as he’s essentially the narrator of this story (all those weird green lens flares - the bat signal lighting green, riddler mask shaped background objects..they’re not accidental or incidental). Keep an eye on the subtle or not so subtle little things Bruce or Batman does that undermine his supposedly selfless actions…like not answering Selina over the contact lenses, it’s in every scene he’s in. I was so surprised and impressed by this film as I was not expecting those little cinematic trick Oh…the gang initiate at the beginning…he’s a cop in the jail cell when Batman regains consciousness. Penguin always tells the truth to or about Batman, and Selina keeps offering him alternative paths to his current course of vengeance and riddlers final plan failed at exposing the lie of Batmans methodology - vigilante justice…he knows perfectly well who Bruce/Batman is. (At the end, the first person he tried to reach for in the red flare scene was the mayor and she flinched away from him so he shifts his stance to the kid, and she refuses to acknowledge Batman after the disaster…her name is also important to the secondary narrative - the real war, Bella Réal, someone Bruce ignores as an option to fix Gotham)

Reeves is an amazing director. Check out the Planet of the Apes trilogy if you haven't yet.

Batman: this thing that is counting down... what does it do? Detective my bunghole. Also Batman: the hole in the barrel, what does it do? Detective. Ha!

Wonder Woman: BOMB! Wonder Woman and Superman jumps for cover. Superman and Wonder Woman: How silly of us! We didn't need to take cover. Batman, why didn't you jump for cover?! Batman: ...

I love that it was the lowly cop that the final piece of the puzzle. And I will never hear "Ave Maria" the same way ever again. I highly recommend you watch the 5 minute cut scene Matt Reeves directed. For more of Reeves' watch _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_ and _War for the Planet of the Apes._

I was cringing about Pattenson being cast as Batman.. Then I watched The Lighthouse and I could not wait to see him in this film!

Matt Reeves made the latest Planet of the Apes movies really well grounded too

Great reaction! you should react to the Batman joker deleted scene that the director released. Its about 5 mins long, its really creepy!

Cloverfield, the second two of the Planet of the Apes remakes ... all Matt Reeves. He's great!

Film was ok, but it was way longer than it should have been.

Great movie, great reaction! Like many said, you don't know Matt Reeves? Give the newest Planet of the Apes trilogy a react, they are awesome. PS: Did you recognize the twin bouncers as the same idiot twins in The Leftovers? ;p

NEIL PLEASE. Why won’t u respond??? I bought the $10 early access on Patreon on Friday and it still doesn’t show the lost finale!! I messaged u on there, been commenting on videos on here. Having major regrets in in paying right now cause all I see is KZfaq content I’ve seen… PLEASE lol

Perfect timing, this gonna be good

Awesome!

Someone asked me how The Batman got a PG13 Here in the states and The Matrix got an R rating. And I told them because the MPAA was bribed by WB to get the Batman lower lol. Compare both of their official ratings. The Batman even has more F words. "The Batman: PG13 for Strong Violent and Disturbing content, Drug content, strong Language And some suggestive material." "The matrix: Rated R for Sci-fi violence and brief language." The Batman is far more inappropriate for kids than the matrix yet that is rated for 17+ and this is for 13+...

Great review. Loved this film when I saw it in the cinema. I think there are a couple of flaws in the film, a bit about Riddler knowing or not knowing about Bruce being Batman, I think that could've had a clearer answer. Plus Riddler's final plan to be destroying so much of Gotham felt a bit odd for someone so meticulous with his other kills. But I still liked it alot. I didn't mind the long film length as it really fit the tone, I would like cinemas to reintroduce intervals though. Great commentary throughout. On the note about some superhero films not being realistic enough, have you considered watching the TV show The Boys? It's super gory but also has a lot of real world satire about capitalism and pandering.

I really enjoyed this movie. I like how dark the perspective of the movie was shot.. and less magical and more realistic. I enjoyed this version of the Riddler character

not just any old Batman .. *_The_* Batman ps: ... i hope they don't imitate Marvel and attempt a DC "universe". Independent movies in worlds tailored to the character of the hero would make for better movies.

I think it's Venom that he injected in him. Bane's drug of choice. And it's green.

The is probably the most faithful rendition of some eras of the comic, and also has a bunch in common with the Arkham games, which are also a great take on the character. I don't think this is better than TDK though. Beautifully shot but it's so morose that it's not that compelling. The Nolan films, while with some flaws, have a lot more life to them. Good film though!

Lol…when The Batman and Gordon are interrogating Penguin against the wall its just three dudes putting on voices. How did the actors restrain themselves from not putting on an even more absurd voice to outdo the other actors in the scene? How did the actors not crack up?

I really liked this film. It's my favourite Batman movie, even with the awful Bruce Wayne hair (that's the one thing I would change).

boring bad

No way better than dark knight Good. But definitely has its problems

I hope you're joking with that title. This is a massively overrated film with very mediocre performances. Give yourself sometime and watch it again and you'll realize It's not a great film.