Kurt Fabisch

Scorsese.... 50+ years making movies and he's still got it. It's such a wonderful addition to his filmography with him making a Western... AND a horror film! This is the most disturbing film I've seen by Scorsese, this is him making something in the vein of Mississippi Burning or Come and See, one of those movies where you see human beings doing things to each other you just cannot fathom. Leonardo DiCaprio giving an excellent performance in a rare villain role, here he plays a complete idiot who has no concept of HOW vile his actions are which makes him scarier. And Robert De Niro giving yet another gem of a performance in a Scorsese film, here as an absolute monster who puts on a warm avuncular face as he's destroying human beings. It's a frightening character but De Niro is a pleasure to watch here. The overall production of this movie, the cinematography, the art direction, the costumes, etc.. especially when watching it on the big screen, it's such an incredible sense of being transported to another time and place. This is that Gangs of New York level of Scorsese historical film, a real cut above, like stepping into a time machine. Not the mind-blowing best movie of 2023 like I was hoping but it's a DAMN good film! Scorsese making a historical crime horror film here that's certainly one of a kind. Intense, horrifying, tragic with superb performance and incredible production values.... one of the best movies of the year for sure.

"Get outta here, freak. You hear me? Or that little suit's gonna get all filled with blood." "Mine or yours?" I've been a Batman fan since before I can remember, the Tim Burton Batman was one of the first movies I ever saw and it all just went from there. I never really got into the comics til around 2005 and they made me an even bigger fan of the character. And reading those books I wished that one day someone would make a crime epic Batman film... and Christopher Nolan made that movie with The Dark Knight. That's my dream Batman movie... so after that anything we get is just a nice bonus.   Much like Joker it doesn't feel like the kind of blockbuster you'd expect a studio to fork over hundreds of millions of dollars to make, it's anything but a cookie cutter action film. Matt Reeves and company made something here that felt special, at least to me. Robert Pattinson delivers on what I was hoping for with him stepping into the role of Batman and I cannot wait to see where he goes next with this character. The darkest Batman movie yet, probably too grim and miserable for some... but as a fan of this character since I was 3 years old... I was in Bat-heaven with this flick.   The Batman IS the "David Fincher Batman movie" I always wanted! Incredible film.