The Batman (2022)

Director: Matt Reeves. Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis,  Peter Sarsgaard. 176 min. Action/Crime.

• An entirely different superhero movie from any other superhero movie experience you've had … ever: 
• Except for Batman himself, all the other larger than life comic book characters (Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler) look like regular people. 
• Except for its jet propulsion, the Bat-mobile looks just like any other cool-looking car. 
• The film is a detective/crime story, a toned down version of the movie Se7en - with Paul Dano beautifully recreating the Kevin Spacey character in this one. 
• The movie is 3 hours long, and shot almost entirely in night or very dark settings (go in with an empty bladder to avoid bathroom breaks and missing the mesmerizing dark cinematography). 
• Even the usual superhero movie post-credits scene is different ... in that it's definitely not worth waiting for.
• See what I mean? Different movie. Both in terms of mood and character development, this would've been a great tie-in to the 2019 Joker, similar to how Marvel constructed an Avengers universe. But hints at the end suggest this will not be the case. 
• Nevertheless, the pandemic era postponement of good movies has 2022 starting out with one of the best films of the year.

MoGo's rating: 8/10

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