my theater was offering early tickets so I'll be seeing this tomo

idk, I want to see it because of how much I've liked Reeves' previous movies but I don't feel that hyped about it. I feel like since Nolan's trilogy already did such a great job with that character it's felt like any other iteration is a bit pointless. Especially with this one looking pretty similar tonally

But we'll see! I guess it's better to go in with lower expectations and be surprised. Cloverfield and the Apes movies have been some of the best blockbuster movies of this century so I'm sure Reeves will deliver. If it ends up even topping Begins as the second-best Batman movie I'll be satisfied since I highly doubt it'll be able to touch TDK

Ironically I hear its very anti-Blockbuster

I loved Blockbuster great store

seeing it Saturday as well. Really digging the reviews.

Going next Tuesday, looking forward to it.

Curtis @ 1/3/2022 17:47

4.2 on Letterboxd 👀 Going Saturday, can’t wait

4.4. Hot damn

R Pats. I'm excited!

it was...dece!

Patts and Kravitz were definitely the highlights. The villains...were mostly fine

I thought the first act was really enthralling and was super into it, but I felt like it kinda started to falter after that. The pacing definitely could've used some work

Would I see more from this universe? Yeah. Do I need to see more? Eh!

Spoiler

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I do think Kravitz was good but man she's kinda wasted after the first half or so I think. The Bat & Cat romance feels super sudden and not that organic. I feel like if they would've honed in more on that this movie would've been much better for it cuz that at least had the strongest ELEMENTS. But there was too much else going on Riddler was...unique. I didn't love it tbh, felt kinda just like a creepy Paul Dano performance turned up to 11. I think I would've much rather seen Jonah Hill take a crack at it Also, would've liked to see Batman actually outsmart Riddler at all? In the beginning it felt like they were playing up the World's Greatest Detective moniker but Batman becomes p dumb after the first act. I really thought that's where it was building, that the Riddler would be constantly one step ahead until finally Batman cracks the case at the end and foils the final step of his grand plan HATED the Joker appearance at the end. I mean obviously they were gonna go there again eventually but, c'mon. This is the 4th Joker in 14 years! And two of those were all-timer performances, and just based on the teaser this one seems very generic. Although with that said, that scene was awfully reminiscent of the way Telltale Batman introduces their Joker who I similarly hated at first, and later grew into a pretty great rendition once he got more of the spotlight. So perhaps this will end up the same way, perhaps. Still sick of these new Jokers tho ...POSITIVES: Tuturro as Falcone was probably the best villain of them all tbh. RIP! Noir atmosphere was good, liked the constant rain and night scenes Pattinson was p believable as a weirdo loner billionaire kid. Would've liked to see him play more of the Bruce Wayne side of things

DECE!?!?

Boc you got me bummed out.

soz :( I seem to be an outlier tho!

I'm seeing it tomorrow. I hated Joker and I heard this favorably compared to that so we'll see!

I thought it was a perfect comic book movie. It was visually stunning, the plot was surprisingly tight for 3 hours, but what impressed me the most was how well it understood what Batman is. It gave a solid critique for the negative impact of being a super hero on his community.

Boc you’re wild my man. Wild! It was so good

I just saw it tonight! 3 more hours please.

Nofo @ 4/3/2022 16:42

I thought it was a perfect comic book movie. It was visually stunning, the plot was surprisingly tight for 3 hours, but what impressed me the most was how well it understood what Batman is. It gave a solid critique for the negative impact of being a super hero on his community.

this review actually makes me want to see it. I love Batman, but I never got into these newer DC movies.