Keith Ligon

This movie is fine, a decent start to dceu, following Man of Steel. I only wish that they made a Batman movie previous to this, because Batman, as a character, just didn’t work when he had almost zero backstory. Ben Affleck is good as Batman, but where did this specific Batman come from? Know one knows except his parents are shot as usual in the beginning of the movie, and therefore this Batman as a character doesn’t work at all. Other than that, it’s a pretty decent movie. The extended cut is way better though, although it still has zero backstory for Batman except, again, his parents getting shot in the beginning of the movie. All other characters were great. (Yes, including Lex Luthor).

This Batman flick was almost as excellent The Dark Knight, but was and wasn’t for a few reasons. Ways it did: it has the darkest tone of any movie I have ever seen in my life, and I’ve seen a lot. Levels of darkness include: The Riddler, portrayed in this as a sadistic serial killer with many mental issues I can’t even get started on. And cinimatography was great. I don’t know why else to say about it However, tone is not the only way this surpasses The Dark Knight. Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of Batman is, dare I say it, almost as flawless as Heath Ledger’s Portrayal of The Joker, but does beat Christian Bale’s performance as Batman. Now, don’t get me wrong, Christian Bale was great, but there was something about Pattinson’s Batman that made me feel, well, kind of scared, because, he is, after all, a younger Batman. This is proved by him beating criminals almost to death, meaning that since he is younger, he doesn’t have as many rules as a more mature, older Batman would have. The way it does not surpass The Dark Knight is because you simply can’t beat that movie’s perfection. Christopher Nolan’s direction and take on the character, Batman, changed superhero movies forever, showing that they can darker that previously shown in early movie adaptations of superheroes, meaning no other take on any other superhero could have the same impact ever again.

Believe me, I WISH so badly I could give this movie an eighth of a star, and even that’s probably not what it deserves. This movie is extremely disappointing, misdirected, and, to me, the big middle finger to anyone out there wanting to see Batman and Robin on the big screen.

Even though it is a great performance by Jim Carrey as The Riddler, in my opinion, NO other characters seem to impress. Mostly, and oddly enough, Batman. Robin’s development was also ruined, because of the fact that him and Batman both seem like an extremely cheep imatation of the 60’s series, but without the actual humor. (By the way I think I spelled imatation wrong, sorry about that). Anyways, it’s not just Batman and Robin’s characters that are dumb either. Batman’s love interest, Chase Meridian, is also, well, just weird. She doesn’t seem like the right choice of a love interest of Batman, kind of because she can take care of herself, I guess? I don’t know. The point is, this movie is just overall, not great, especially compared to its two predecessors, Batman and Batman Returns.

With Michael Keaton returning as Batman, along with other great cast members such as Danny De Vito (The Penguin), and Michelle Pfeiffer (Catwoman), Batman Returns takes an even darker turn than Batman 1989 did with a little more violent properties and creepy characters (mainly The Penguin), and yet still manages to almost beat its predecessor as a whole.

In a much darker tone compared to the campy, but still great, 60’s Batman tv series at the time (and a perfect score by Danny Elfman), Tim Burton surprises you with his own dark take on the caped crusader.

For the third and final time (at least with the caped crusader), Christopher Nolan pulls of, again, a perfect movie with a perfect conclusion to the dark knight trilogy. With symbolism of Batman growing as a hero and man through all three films, The Dark Knight Rises may not have thrilled some like the previous two films in the trilogy did, but it did impress most.

The perfect, darker, edgier sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight is considered by most to be the greatest superhero movie of all time. Not only because of its great story, real life feeling, and again, perfect direction by Christopher Nolan, but mainly because of Heath Ledger’s iconic and overall flawless performance as Batman’s greatest foe, The Joker. “Why so serious?”

The start of, in my opinion, the best Batman movies to date, Batman Begins kicks of the thrilling trilogy with a excellent and plausible origin story for the Batman/Bruce Wayne character, great introduction of other important characters (Rachael Dawes, Jim Gordon, etc.) an exceptional Choice of villains (Scarecrow, Ra’s Al Goul, Carmine Falcone), and a perfect cast for each and every one of them.