A perfect Batman movie.
This portrayal of Batman is none like we've ever seen before. The iteration of batman, is almost too good to be true. All the times we've seen batman in the big screens, the greatest detective in the world's detective skills has always been under-utilised. Matt Reeves does a really well job incorporating the detective and investigative side to a batman who's just so raw and someone who's battling with his morals.
The writing and directing is almost second to none and Matt Reeves has done something that hasn't been done in a decade, that is bring a batman on to the big screen while tweaking and making the character so unorthodox while also staying true to the source material and previous portrayals of the character.
The acting from all the characters are spot on. Pattinson as a batman who's still figuring and fighting his inner demons, just does his job so well that anyone who even criticised him should take a bow. Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell all give a strong and ever present performance that certainly doesn't go under the radar. The Catwoman in the TDKR just felt like a burden to the script and Anne Hathaway was a lot underused in my opinion. Zoe Kravitz's Catwoman is probably the best in the big screen, even better than Michell Pfeiffer's portrayal. Lastly, Paul Dano. What a performance from him. To me, his performance in the movie has to be one of the best as a batman antagonist and I wish I got to see more of him because he delivered and left no crumbs.
The cinematography and score and the colour palette is just so beautiful and just makes the already splendid writing and directing even better. Even thought the movie was 3 hours long, the pacing felt so perfect that it left me wanting for more in the end.
10/10 for me, a perfect Batman movie which'll be a cult classic for years to come while also revolutionising the character in a way we've never seen before. Kudos Matt Reeves.
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