Which Batman Movie/Actor is your Favorite and why??? Can't wait to hear from people!

Nolan brought Batman into our world and made it feel real Reeves brought us into Batman's world and made it feel real

i truly love this film. it shows how flawed and weird batman is. like when he openly admits he's stalking selina. literal perfection

I am tired of the whole "grown man in a batsuit" dig. In the DC universe, it is normal for a grown man to dress up in a ridiculous costume. It is literally a superhero trope. Batman wearing a batsuit is analogous to a policeman wearing his uniform. It is symbolic.

The Batman is one of best films however dark Knight triology is a masterpiece no one can deny it!

I loved this movie for showing Batman in a different way, like, he's known as "The World's Greatest Detective", it was cool to see this side of the character in a movie. And it's cool to see Batman as a symbol of hope for Gotham, in Burtons movies, people are just casually like, yea, there's a dude dressed like a bat out there somewhere probably. In Schumacher's movies, people loved Batman. In Nolan's and Snyder's movies, people absolutely feared the guy. Well, in TDKR, not so much but still. In The Batman, he starts out as a symbol of fear for everyone, but by the end, he's still a symbol of fear for criminals, but a symbol of hope for the people of Gotham to know he'll be there for them. Thats cool to me cuz he is like that in the comics too.

What I’ve learnt from this film… People don’t understand people have different tastes. I love this film despite its flaws and prefer it over Nolan. But some people just can’t get through this film, whether it’s the depiction of batman/bruce, pace, plot or etc. Yet there are so many people who act like no one should like this film and others who think that people who don’t like this film hate something something. Even though I grew up with Nolan, despite the execution not being perfect, it does everything I’ve wanted from a batman story. Has the early feeling of year one, bits of a gothic detective and focusing on how a batman in real life would most likely be incredibly fragile despite his strength and skills (at least early on).

Never been a big Batman fan, but I did enjoy the first two Nolan movies, I’m familiar with the Burton/Schumacher films, and this one. I got to say, this movie had the best, and most human, depiction of the character so far. He genuinely cares about helping others and realized he could be doing more by the end of the movie. Also, he doesn’t use guns, any projectile weaponry or kills anyone, which he did almost every previous iteration on film before this movie. While The Dark Knight is a technically better made film with a stellar cast, this to me has the best depiction of the character. Also helps that Batman has the most screen time in the movie this time around.

This movie feels like a author-passion project. The tone of the film seems very unigue. New itterations of characters such as Batman and Riddler feels new and charming in a way. In conclusion, we getting very artsy Batman movie, that respect human intelligence and imagination.

I feel this Batman take is more real. This Batman is at his beginning stages. He has not planned out his personas, he has not yet developed his cautious and paranoid backup within backup nature. He is what a young vigilante would be. Christopher Nolan Batman, in the Batman begins looks more like an experienced Batman than a new vigilante. Ofcourse it's because of all his training but a little unbelievable. This Bruce Wayne is unprepared but has the same grit and determination that drives him to bitter ends. I am sure if Robin is introduced as a character it would be more interesting to have a Tim Drake like character than Dick Grayson at this point. A young adult stalking the stalker. And figuring out Batman's identity. Causing Bruce to realise he should be more paranoid and develop him to become more i. To the Batman we love.

I agree with this man’s point. But u have to take in the type of movie they were going for.TDK a more action rich Batman movie. The Batman was supposed to be slow methodical with not a lot of action so they can focus on the emotional state of Bruce. In the Batman it’s a growing up moment for Bruce he realized that he had to be more than just a creature in the dark he had to be a symbol for the ppl Of Gotham to inspire hope for them, he also grew up by realizing that because of him being Batman that will bring more attention to the city and more criminals will try to get at him and as a result of that the city will suffer and it shows that he is still learning about what being Batman is. TDK is a battle of ideologies Anarchy and chaos vs Order the focus of the movie wasn’t Bruce’s mind set and digging deep into his character but to show the audience the clashing of Identity’s and to teach valuable lessons about people and how anyone can be brought down to a level of evil or how people are smarter then u realize and many more so u cannot compare the movies in this way u have to compare them for what they are what each person is looking for in that movie

This movie gets that batman is not pefect, he has so many flaws. People turn his flaws like being obsessive and stand offish and everything like they're cool and a good thing

Batman in the Burton movies was not a "normal guy in a big house", he's socially awkward, detached from reality, and he sleeps hanging upside down. He doesnt even know how to live in his house. He also has the same vibe as the Joker in that movie, and Joker is demented. In Batman Returns when they cut to the first shot of Bruce Wayne, he's literally sitting in a big dark room just brooding until the Bat signal distracts him.

Anyone who calls themselves a Batman fan and hates on The Batman isn't a true Batman fan

Lot of Nolan fanboys in this comment section attacking the film which is a shame. I loved the DK trilogy but The Batman just made me feel something else. I feel like the whole “Bruce retired as Batman after one year for eight years in-between the second and third movie” thing ruined the Nolanverse a lot for me. I still love it but it killed a lot of the immersion for me. Batman has already been operative for two years in this film and he’s still only just getting going, which I find really exciting. There’s so many things that I love about this movie; the dark, damp atmosphere of the crime dominated Gotham, Batman’s detective skills, his friendship with Gordon, the musical score, the Zodiac/Jigsaw like Riddler, Batman becoming hope for the good people that live in Gotham at the end of the film, the teaser of Riddler and Joker teaming up in the future. We’ve only been given a glimpse of Matt Reeves’ Joker so far but I’m already so excited to see him in the future. He looks like a genuinely creepy and sick bastard. I loved this movie and the foundations that it laid for the world to be expanded (with at least 3 spin-off shows already in development and a sequel already confirmed) and I’m very eager to see more of this Batman and the almost lawless Gotham that he is trying to save. I’m crossing my fingers that they decide to go with the Scarecrow for the next big villain. Matt Reeves managed to make The Riddler scary in this film so his Scarecrow would be absolutely terrifying.

I think you are spot-on about the difference between how and why. I also think reeves and pattinson are much more sensitive to psychology than nolan ever could. I think nolan wanted to make a bond movie. Reeves is committed to the complicated but ultimately compassionate nature of bruce wayne, something he can develop from here on outwards, but something previous movies have so far very much neglected. I keep thinking that in bruce's mind batman is what enables this so far but i hope he'll use his official title as prince of the city more. Really loved seeing bruce wayne not as a playboy but instead as someone who struggles to connect. Thank you for this.

Nolan = how. Reeves = why. That’s quite compelling and clever. That already earned my subscription. The rest is very good too. Looking forward to more.

You nailed Robert Pattinson Batman perfectly. I feel people didn't understood why they feel the same is because he is awkward and disconnect himself from society because him being Batman is all he cares about he does not care about running Wayne enterprises. As Tony Stark says there is the mission and nothing else. I'm glad you understood this

The idea behind the Batman/bruce Wayne persona’s is that if you met them both you wouldn’t know they were the same person. If u met pattinson’s Batman and pattinson’s Bruce, you would work it out straight away! Because of this, Bale does the best portrayal of Batman/Bruce. His Batman is the real Bruce and Bruce is the cover

In my personal opinion i prefer Pattinson's Batman because it focuses more on the psychology of Bruce Wayne. He looks and sounds depressed like he never recovered from the childhood trauma and fights with less control on himself. Plus "The Batman" is more accurate to those comics where Batman is portrayed younger and less responsible, when he started his journey to become Gotham's hero.

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The Batman 2022 was packed with no dull moment in 3 hours run time.

There was such a rawness about the Batman.

What really redeemed this movie was the message at the end, When the bad guy just apes Batman's "I am vengeance" line and he realizes that what people need isn't vengeance but hope. I admit that was a plot twist I did not see coming and it really lifted what would have been a too somber movie.

Liking the Dark Knight trilogy over The Batman or vice versa is definitely up to personal preference, I don't think one is actually better than the other. Many people don't care so much about the psychology of batman's character and therefore might not like The Batman as much, but people who enjoy that side of batman liked the movie. They both portray different parts of batman and do a good job of it.

I’d have phrased it a little different. See, Vengeance was the thing that had so taken control of Bruce’s life and rendered him a paranoid, emotionally severed shell of a man. His addiction to it, Vengeance being the Alfa and Omega of his motivation. The true message of the movie, and confronting both Catwoman and Riddler who were out for vengeance, was his realization that Vengeance alone will never save this city. Alone it will fail. The Batman was as much a symbol of hope for the Gotham citizens as it was for Bruce Wayne. Let go of Vengeance, become The Batman, the hero Gotham needs.

So many things wrong with this movie or at least people suddenly forgetting that it was definitely influenced by nolan. This doesnt even compare to nolans movies.

I loved Nolas first two Bats, but didn´t like the last one, though it has it moments :) The new Batman movie was great! As a comic fan of the series, it followed many of my personal fave stories. Long halloween, year one, etc... :) Many of my friends, who have not read the comics, were bothered about the movie.:) But i loved it, great to see Batman, on he´s young days :)

I swear not seeing The Batman in theaters will always be one of my biggest regrets.

Ok basically both movies fans are busy in fighting but i just want to say here that both are good in there own way....I liked the batman same as TDK both indeed can be say as masterpiece

Completely agree. The Batman was the first time I really felt a live-action movie understood the character as I see him. It was a compelling character study and deep dive into Bruce Wayne's psyche. I personally enjoyed it far more than the Nolan movies.

Batman is a really great detective, arguably the best. So watching a movie where Batman is an actual detective (you know, trying to detect a villain) was refreshing to me. I think this is a pretty accurate representation of The Bat.

Another thing, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight rises sometimes crosses the "realism vs fictional border" as we can see when Batman catches the falling Joker. Matt Reeve's The Batman is almost crossing the line but never actually touching it, it still remains at the realism side with a mood of a Dark Vigilante Superhero- these resulting in such a very unique and never seen before concept of Batman

when i watched the dark knight trilogy, didnt feel like batman at all, just some thriller with this random ass guy dressed in a suit when i watched the batman, felt like an arkham game and batman comic book that came to life and actually felt like an ACTUAL batman live action

I think Nolan's movies explored the psychology of the character more than enough. There was even a documentary about it in the first bluray release from the late 2000s titled(if I'm remembering correctly) "Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight" which was a wonderful companion piece. Just cause they didn't explore the character being as weird as Pattison's doesn't make it any less truthful imo, in fact it's a closer depiction to the comics. Pattinson's Batman is like Frank Miller's Batman from early Year One except he's supposed to have done it for two years at this point. For me, stuff like him going into the same club the exact same way as both Bruce and Batman was "oh wow what a complex and unique take on the character" at the expense of logic. I don't see it as being truthful in the sense of being true to the essence of the character, cause it isn't close to the comics, or to what the character probably would be like, since it's kinda dumb and people should have figured out he's Batman by now if that's how he goes about his business.

Nice analysis. Another thing that I noticed between the movies is that in The Batman, Batman is treated as a character, a human, whereas in the Nolan Trilogy, Batman is just an identity. Probably we see less of Batman in the Nolan movies vs The Batman. Also, Batman in the Nolan Trilogy is portrayed or seen as an urban legend, a myth, hence we see him like perfect or infallible despite being in his first year. Probably also the reason why the fight scene editing is like that in Batman Begins vs the sequels and The Batman. There is also like an end goal for Batman in the Nolan movies, like he doesn’t want to do this forever and wants a way out (Harvey Dent).

You know which other movie depicts the Batman as a recluse and socially awkward person? The Lego Batman movie

The first Blade movie is the first comic movie I remember where the more realistic and dark, gritty material appeared. I'm sure there's others, but I think that movie helmed the new direction of all the neo superhero films.

It’s a Noir movie, Robatman is a Batman that is learning, he’s becoming Batman. His Villains are a couple steps ahead of him or untouchable. Their hubris is what ruins them. While Batman is so telescopic in his motivation that although he’s a couple paces behind he *will* catch up.

Dr. Robin S Rosenberg wrote a book and an article (which is an excerpt from the book) to explore and find out whether Batman fits any psychiatric disorder. In her article, she debunks several illnesses associated with Batman namely: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder. She also gave an interview and a lecture, in both of which, her opinion was consistent with the conclusion in her book and article.

I still don't think the 1989 film gets all the credit it deserves for doing a serious take on superheroes 16 years before Nolan did. People look at the goofiness of the Prince music videos on MTV and analyze the film itself through that lens, which I think is unfair. A good film is still a good film, no matter how tasteless its publicity campaign is. And while Jack Nicholson's Joker was goofy, I argue that portraying a mass murderer as comedic actually makes him DARKER, not lighter. A "funny" monster will be all the more offensive and repulsive, especially if the hero is dead serious.

I think Batman the animated series is the best version of Batman and the Arkham series. In my opinion. Those are my versions of Batman.

Grant Morrison (famous batman author) on Batman's mental health: "I never really subscribed to the idea that Bruce was insane or unhealthy. As I've said before, Bruce Wayne's physical and psychological training regimes (including advanced meditation techniques) would tend to encourage a fairly balanced and healthy personality. Bruce Wayne would have gone mad if he HADN'T dressed as a bat and found a startling way to channel the grief, guilt and helplessness he felt after the death of his parents. Without Batman, Bruce would be truly screwed-up but with Batman he becomes mythic, more than human and genuinely useful to his community. I believe he began to slay his demons the moment he became a demon."

I like that we have so many options for Batman films, but personally The Batman is my new favourite. I like that it's not camp and silly. (I liked the camp, silly takes on the character when I was a kid though.) I agree with what you said about realism. It takes a certain type of mentality to become a vigilante, and I think Netflix's Daredevil and The Batman are the most honest and realistic in showing that mental toll. I hope in the sequel to The Batman we get Pattinson's version learning how to mask his true self and creating the persona of the playboy billionaire. It would be so bold of a filmmaker to actually show the mental strain that comes with faking interactions with "friends" day in day out, instead of the cheap quippy versions where Bruce is just fine with either persona. Bale's version was pretty great, but he isn't capable of convincing me he's a sleazy billionaire playboy philanthropist. He's just too serious of an actor. Then if we get a 3rd film, I would like to see Pattinson's Batman take in/adopt Dick Grayson. It would be fascinating to see this traumatized prodigy child being raised by Reeve's Batman, and actually show how unethical it is to put a child in danger just because they're talented and "mature for their age". I think they could pull off a really interesting version.

One thing to note is that Batman forever, while goofy and campy, has some deleted scenes that does go into the mind of bruce Wayne and even has a subplot of people wanting Batman to retire. Highly recommend checking the deleted scenes of Batman forever

I went into the movies thinking the guy from Twilight would suck, I left the movies saying that he did Batman justice and looking forward to see more of him

I'm a huge Dark Knight trilogy fan, specially for The Dark Knight movie. But I have to be honest, whenever I think of the definitive version of Batman, the one that comes to my mind is the one portrayed by Robert Pattinson. I've read a lot of comments here thrashing The Batman because it will never be better than the Nolan Trilogy, but I think that's subjective. Everyone has different perspectives and mine is that Matt Reeves did an incredible and unique job with this iteration. Full Respect for Reeves, Pattinson, Giacchino, and everyone involved in this cinematography masterpiece 👏🏼🦇

Almost every other superhero dresses up in a ridiculous costume and fights crime. So batman dressing up as a bat is normal in the world which he is a part of. It is a superhero trope. Spider-man also decided to dress up in a ridiculous costume after uncle Ben died. Bruce Wayne didn’t decide to walk-or swoop-around the streets of Gotham in a bat costume because he actually thought he was a bat. Wayne started dressing as Batman because he had a specific purpose in mind: to disguise his identity when he fought criminals. He also wanted his disguise to serve another function: to evoke fear in criminals. Additionally, Batman’s use of his attire is analogous to police officers wearing their uniform, or butlers wearing their uniform, when on duty. Uniforms (of which his costume is one) signal what the wearer’s role is. If you see someone in a police uniform, you expect certain kinds of behavior: If the officer pulls a gun and points it at someone running, it will likely mean something different to you then if the gun-holder wasn’t wearing that uniform. The uniform immediately conveys context to understand the wearer’s behavior.

I love this analysis! I'm glad people are recognizing what a great interpretation this is. As a longtime fan of the character, the last thing I'm interested in is a Batman we're all familiar with. Of course, there's no such thing as watching a movie wrong, but if you watch a Batman movie with an eye to how it checks all the boxes... you're watching movies wrong. I don't need to see another playboy billionaire Bruce Wayne persona. I grew up on elseworlds versions of the character, from Finger and Kane's original Harvey Apollo Two-Face to Miller's Dark Knight, Mignola's Gotham by Gaslight, etc. What makes the character so great is how flexible he is. What makes his best stories so good isn't how they conform to the formula, but how they stretch it.

0:47 That music always hypes me up.

"The Nolan films are undoubtedly more realistic" Uh, what? The Batman is objectively far more realistic than Nolan's trilogy. The Dark Knight trilogy is heightened reality. Batman is still very much a superhero and the things he does are just not realistic. Contrast that with The Batman which is just if Gotham City was a real place, and everything that Batman does is believable. He's not vanishing in and out of rooms, he's literally just walking up to or running out of rooms. When he flies, it's a last ditch attempt to get out of a situation where he will crash and burn. His suit is just military gear with a mask to cover his identity. The batmobile is an actual car. Everything in The Batman is grounded in reality. While TDK trilogy has a realistic and serious tone, a ton of that stuff is not grounded in reality, as I mentioned, it's heightened reality which is the main difference.

Ppl seem to not understand this masterpiece..They Compare this with dark knight even both are different ..Not have not fight for sh*t and argue which is best ...They both are masterpiece that's all

It's really two different Batmen. Nolan's Batman is a person whose goal is to be a symbol to save Gotham. This version of Batman can retire and live happily ever after he's got lot of pain but his plan is to save lives. The Reeves version of Batman is a man so thoroughly haunted and broken he needs to be Batman...he has a rage and compulsion to be Batman forever. The version I saw would never retired....he'd rather die first. And that's ok there are many versions of Batman. I'm probably more of a Nolan guy but everybody has their taste.

Just came here to say that the transition from Clooney to Ledger at 1:26 was very slick. Nice work.

TDK is the 🐐

Gotham city in The Batman actually felt like Gotham. Its was gothic and corrupt to the core. The dark knight trilogy felt like it was afraid to paint Gotham as a sh*t place to live. It also look like a normal city.

Ima just state the obvious tdk is infact a trilogy with clear physical and mental character growth let’s talk in sun years the 2022 film was good and if u simply just don’t like u either didn’t like the pacing and style aka were bored or just blatantly biased as a grown man the film was great but I don’t see it entertaining or grabbing kids the same way as tdk

The Batman is my Batman 🔥

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Looking at these comments is like looking at the plaga from re4. Personally batman is a better Batman movie but tdk is better overall, in the batman you can clearly track the charactergrowth. Bats realizing that he has to be more than vengance and be better. In tdk he doesnt really progress, he stays the same, its more of a joker movie, its about his ideologies and his moral code over batmans. If you like the batman over tdk good for you. If you like tdk over batman also nice, just let people have their opinions on 2 very well crafted pieces of fiction.

Simply put, Nolan's Dark knight is the best superhero/Neo-noir crime thriller movie with the Batman as the protagonist, but the Batman 2022 is the best comic movie Batman film till date.

"the batman" made a hero human

The Batman actually feels like a man who is traumatized than the Affleck's meathead Batman or Bale's Daddy Warbucks Batman.

Fantastic video man

Robert Pattinson is a fantastic Batman, and I'd love to see more of him in the role. That being said, the movie had some ridiculous plotholes like Bats surviving a bomb to the face completely unharmed, or crashing into a bridge, then a bus, then the street at full gliding speed without having a single broken bone, or having enemies conveniently not aim at his thoroughly exposed lower face instead of his armor. I also found it hard to believe a bunch of basement dwelling online creeps could be any sort of threat to frigging Batman.

Very interesting points. I did enjoy The Batman a lot (especially the music score), the commitment to Batman as a detective and the tribute to Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns with the slow scenes of Batman walking to his defeated opponent slowly with the boots. Those were just cool shots. As for content, I think it was a little too complicated upon first viewing. I enjoyed it more the second time to appreciate the small details more. I thought Pattinson did a good Batman. He's my 2nd favorite after Bale's Batman. I'm mixed on Pattinson's Bruce Wayne persona. I do appreciate showing the tormented Bruce Wayne struggling with the toll and consequences of fighting crime in Gotham as Batman. I just wish he tried to hide his identity more when he was in public. He doesn't need to go the billionaire playboy route but some distinction would have been nice since Batman is really who Bruce Wayne is and Bruce Wayne is actually his alter ego. I love that irony that was portrayed in Nolan's Batman Begins. Nonetheless, The Batman was a great movie and is showing promise for this new depiction as Batman. The route of Batman as detective is definitely very effective and different vs. the city saving Batman in Nolan's trilogy.

This movie is the only live-action Batman movie I've thoroughly enjoyed. Finally a Batman who doesn't kill in a Gotham that actually looks Gothic, and isn't just a bland stand-in for New York.

The early Batman stories are like that of a Byronic Hero's trope. It was the involvement of characters like his sidekicks, partners, teammates, romantic interests and family are responsible for making him the classic protagonist.

Ignoring that Batman Forever explored Val Kilmer's tortured Bruce Wayne throughout the film, deep diving during his conversations with Alfred, Dr. Chase Meridian, and his struggle with Robin...

The Batman is a neo noir detective type of movie. Personally I thought it was a bit boring and way too long, but had some epic scenes in it. TDK on the other hand is more of a fast paced thriller, that had more realism and some heist/gangster elements.

The Batman is the better Batman movie but the Dark Knight is a better film overall

Honestly i still think the best batman film about batman (aka where his story isnt overshadowed by the villan) is still mask of the phantasam.

The Batman should really be compared to Batman begins

I have to disagree in that Bruce and Batman are the same cuz yeah in paper they are but in reality bruce wayne is just an act that's why its mentioned 2 times in Batman: The dark knight rises. I get what you mean about it feels more real that Bruce Wayne has PTSD but in the comics this isn't the case, Nolans movies are actually quite accurate in the way Batmans works, he is with out a doubt with trauma but has to cope with it because he also needs to be Bruce Wayne, that's like the whole point Alfred exits in this movies, to remind him that he is not only Batman but a Wayne, yet he doesn't believe that for him he is no more than the batman yet like i said he cope with it because being bruce wayne has it uses. Honeslty Nolans Movies are way deeper than Reeves, buuuuut we need ot wait to see the next one because this is just the beggining, still I don't think this movies will be better or outshine at all Nolan's what he did was a master piece, not only with the character but with the essence of what being batman means. I just finished watching his triology again cuz I had this argument with a friend about which is Batman is best and even the last movie which I personally think is the worst of the three, man did it make me feel passionate about Batman, I liked The Batman ut it has flaws and they're not minor, without forggetting that it's not an original take at all, it is after all based in a comic, and this riddler is just the Zodiac but with a questionmark in it's symbol plus cmon it stole the Joker purpose of existing when the Riddler said "U made me" or sth like that which yeah it works but then all the villans are Batmans fault and it isn't that way but well that just a nit pick of mine. In summary THe Batman is good has potential but has to step up it's game to be at the level of the Nolan triolgy

Some may say that this movie is more realistic but honestly I see it as more comic book like, it’s set in the same tone as Year one the whole Gotham and characters look like comic book characters whereas The Nolan Films are as if you took those characters from the comic an put them in our world

Masterpiece for me probably The First DC Movie That Impressed Me first Time and Wish To Rewatch..People must have different options(Obviously cause its Internet)so Despite They will be some People disagreements (some Cringe One Has aswell)...Beside The Batman Story,Cinethagraphy,Color grinding, Camare Angels Was Simply awesome..Pattinson Does Do a Great Job as Batman(just become to emo but still cool)But I don't Think it's better than TDK ..Is In some Parts But Not in all..In end Both Masterpiece I can speak

Really good

I hope people realize that you’re not saying The Batman is better overall. Also, my favorite version of Batman is the one from the 1993 BTAS cartoon

Despite Both Movies Fanboys Fighting In Comment Section..Can We Just Can say That Both are MASTERPIECES!

Are we going to talk about how the thumbnail is just lying?

The Batman was so much like 1995's Se7en that they kind of ruined it for me. You are spot on about Pattinson only playing Batman though. Also not sure is disregarding 50% of the character is a good thing. Guess time will tell.

Love The Both movies Fans Fighting Each Other😂..i Just want to say that Both are Great movies and Had Each Of them had its flaws

Yes, Nolan's Batman is portrayed as a normal character who has a borderline personality disorder expressed as a disguised alter ego. Nolan's Batman is a persona voluntarily adopted to achieve virtuous ends primarily justice against the portrayal of psychotic evil. Nolan's Batman is psychologically above the depravity of his criminal adversary and is displayed as the heroic. In The Batman the character is NOT a persona but the dominant identity. Patton's Batman is not given the subconscious legitimacy of wealthy philanthropist against a sociopathic villain. Instead Patton is portrayed as a mentally and morally compromised and conflicted persona as the primary identify thinly obscured behind a thin patina of elevated social and economic status. Patton's Batman is stripped of the distractions of technology and wealth and is represented as the dominant identity crippled by past trauma, haunted by the evolving revelation of hypocrisy of superficial virtue as a mask or camouflage for greed and corruption. The Batman does not end with the commonly expected triumph of good over evil but with the unsettling question of unresolved psychological trauma immersed in the dark ambiguity of corrupt society and social construct.

And it's great that it is mentioned in this video as well... Hollywood needs to forget about realism. If I wanted a taste of the real world I wouldn't watch movies, I'd go outside. If we want movies to remain an art form we need to really pay more attention to our imagination. Especially when it comes to superhero stories, they're not about what superheroes would be like in the real world. They're so much more about what the real world would be like with superheroes.... and for the beautiful storytelling that results once somebody realizes this (and I think Reeves did realize it), you don't need realism... you need imagination. Shit, when it comes to comic book adaptation, you don't even need imagination. DC has a century old history of writers and artists with incredible imagination creating *moving* pictures before they were turned into moving pictures. For 30 years everyone did anything BUT pay the respect these artists deserved... in my opinion Batman should never be grounded... he should be able to spread his wings and fly...

I would love to see a more in depth version of this analysis. You could make this video thirty minutes or an hour long and I would watch (and I believe you could, too)

I agree with the idea that Batman and Bruce Wayne are meant to be seen somewhat as foils of each other. Bruce Wayne in public is seen as Gotham’s playboy. The rich billionaire that people love to love but also love to hate. His sociability as Bruce Wayne allows him to work for justice during the day, while simultaneously being able to fight crime and injustices under the cloak of night. While the brooding and sullen personality of Batman, is indeed Bruce Wayne’s personality, it is meant to be hidden under the guise of the “carefree- everyman’s man”popular personality that he portrays. Women think they know him and actually love him, while men also think they know “ Good ol’ Bruce” but somehow among the sea of colleagues and conglomerates, you notice that those who usually try to get too close to him end up scratching their head momentarily, trying to figure out how he alluded them. I say all this to prove that without Bruce playing his hand at “ well known and confident ” socialite, he wouldn’t be able to hide in plain sight. If you notice in the Batman Animated series, even though he always had a brooding sinister type of demeanor, he still has some hope in humanity and still wants to save his villians, however, it seems to be the years start to chip away at his faith in humanity and he ends up more and more reclusive as he gets older. Pattinson’s Batman, going into this reclusiveness prematurely in my opinion defeats the reason as to why and how personality foil,Bruce Wayne during the day, perfectly helps to disguise Broody and loner- like Batman during the night.

Superhero films aren't supposed to be carbon copies of the comics. The comics change and corporate mandated tropes changes. All the good balls that whine about comic book continuity are like loud Evangelicals.

Good points..But I still Think Tdk Is Beter yes The Batman surely is a Good Movie But Tdk Is Something More than Perfection

i like this film more than 2 other batman film series cant wait for part II

The Batman(2022) is like,Batman The Animated Series/Scott Snyder's Batman/Batman Earth One in the big screen. And I LOVE it.

The Dark Knight is superior

@The Writer's Block Yeah it's a long comment i know... So Nolan is committed to HOW someone could become batman and Reeves is committed to WHY someone would become batman ... Have you seen batman begins ? The first 20 minutes are litteraly about why batman chose to became batman ... Remember Racheal slapped the fck out of Bruce to show that theres a difference between revenge and justice . Killing someone would never be justice earlier in the scene racheal was narrating how torned up and depressed gotham is ... How people like Falcone are using the needs of poor people and profiting by them. How Bruce's father had done so much for the city but after their death ... Everything torned up , gotham became the house of criminals and mafias, good people like his father are doing nothing for the city because of the fear of these bad people . And in what sense the batman has showed the " Why?" Oh let me guess because gotham is full of criminals punching innocents and throwing bricks and robbering shops?... Well then matt reeves showed the basics of a torned up city but Christopher nolan showed the consequences of a torned up city not just the basics... And HOW AND WHY BRUCE BECAME BATMAN. "In or out of the suit he is the batman" No thats the point .... Bruce has to be in a sense more human like ... Not like batman who has to be a symbol and a animalistic approach of the person in the suit. They somehow need to have thin line of difference ... There's a reason they say batman has 3 personalitys and I get it Pattinsons Bruce still have not found the importance of the play boy Bruce persona and it's fine but the Bruce has to be a bit different than batman a more human like... And remember in the batman mask of phantasm batman was in his earlier years and he was extremely obsessed with being batman ... But still there was thin difference between batman and Bruce . My point is Pattinsons batman is good but the depection of his Bruce wayne is so wrong . And you say the batman feels more real than tdk triology oh come on don't make me start on that. And batman is a 'weirdo' in sesne that the things he does like wearing a costume flying around the city late at night ... Not in a sense , he acts weird. And also a big problem with the personality... Even zack snyder showed a torned up batman but he is never an emo like ... Batman is more like a soldier type person ... Strong and self controlled but also hollow and torned up from inside. But not an emo. Yeah you meant to say he is lost in the greif ... But wasnt bales kevins snyders batman were lost in the loss of his loved ones also ? But they were never an emo like. And even though its his first two years but it doesnt justify that he cannot compress his feelings because in his training of 7 years he mustve learned to face and control his emotions rather let them torn him up from the inside totally. But he is a human too he feels all this but doesn't let these feelings effect his mission or the relations with his closed ones like alfread. Batman is a stoic like person, The real reason why people like this batman movie is mostly because of its darker vibe and a noir style movie approach with some dope music... And it is in a way ... Romanticizes Batman's loss and grief rather making it real and we like sad charecters ... The same reason people liked keatons batman was because of the gothic style and tone of the movie and keatons performance but they don't give importance to the most important thing is the charecter himself. It's not just the style or it's not just the tone or the music or the action scenes or how shady batman is ... It's also about the comflicts of the charecter the ark of the story the impact of the other charecters. But l really have to highlight one scene from the ending where he understands he has to be a hope not just a force of fear yeah thats good. Many people showed how torned up or strong or gothic batman could be but very few showed more than just of it. That's why Kevin Conroy and Christian Bale are the epitome of batman to me.

I fully understood that in this later Batman incarnation Reeves wanted a 24/7 Batman, with or without the cowl. But in Nolan's Batman Wayne is 24/7 Batman and his real cowl is the spoiled, frivolous, womaniser socialite. He appears to be a normal guy but he isn't. In the costume party Maggie Gyllenhaal's character asks Wayne where is his costume. And he answers smiling "I'm wearing it right now". So personally i found Reeves' and Pattinson's take something new and edgy, but rather one note. I really like the movie though. And kudos for your video.

I actually find him being awkward as a slight negative against the film. This could be fixed in future movies however, depending on how Patterson portrays him in sequels (if WB isn't dumping everything) 1. It leaves very little question on who the Batman is. His lack of "mask" as Bruce and his actions in the movie should have everyone figuring out who he is. He doesn't really shift between the two IMO enough or there isn't enough difference. 2. I think the social awkward phase he is in really doesn't paradigm well with Batman. I think having natural charisma when acting as Bruce brought more to the table than the brooding. The Dark Knight Bruce certainly brooded and needed alone time, but it was more interesting to see him wrestle with what he wanted (Rachel) and what Gotham needed.

There is no comparison. Great movie but, Nolan made a masterpiece. I’m able to suspend my disbelief enough to not need to know how Bruce Wayne pulls off living 2 separate lives. He’s dressed up like a bat and fights crime. Accepting that already… I don’t think its to far of a stretch that a Billionaire could pull that off. I’m not Hating but honestly I just didn’t get it. Pattinson is a great Batman.

Didn't bowl me over like some, but I did enjoy it. The cinematography and world created is superb. A trilogy of Reeves aside Nolan's will be a good comparison to have down the line.

Yep. It made me sleep while The Dark Knight trilogy was a far more engaging movie franchise. Not holding any hope with Matt Reeves' upcoming Batman projects but I wish they do better. He doesn't have to compete with Nolan's trilogy. They have to concentrate more to the source material (which they did) and just with that. Don't shoehorn modern day politics and the like.

Did you do the thumbnail backwards on purpose? You but the batman ratings under the Tha knight' and vice versa.

I own both the Batmobile and the batcave set. The only one I'm missing is the one with the bikes. I'm only interested in the bat signal since the other sets include Catwoman and a bike.

I'm tired of these Batman movies trying to be realistic, give me something else now, I wanna see Mr. Freeze and Clayface type of villains, not realistic ones.