Review of The Batman (2022) by Badcaselaw — 04 Mar 2022

Even though I will tag this review as having spoilers I will still be as vague as possible so as not to ruin it for others. Like many others here I am a big Batman fan. I used to read the comics regularly, I have tattoos of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman and Starfire – so I had high hope for this movie. The highlight of this movie for me was the cast, with the standouts being Pattinson, Wright and Farrell. Although I would have liked to have seen Farrell’s Penguin get a little more screen time – I mean this is a 3 hour movie. Also on that note, Andy Serkis is a great Alfred (who seems to be inspired by the Earth One graphic novels), but again he hardly has any screen time.

This movie is more of a thriller type story which I was completely into – it suits Batman and they did nail the tone of the movie. The time passed quickly despite the movie’s length. There were some lulls in the action, but the action that was there was fantastic.

So why only a 6 when others are giving 10s? Because the ending was terrible. Batman doesn’t out think or even catcher the Riddler. The only reason he gets caught is because he lets himself get caught. Then it is revealed that there is one more secret so I get my hopes back up thinking this is how Batman wins, but nope. Batman does figure out what is about to happen, but doesn’t stop it.

Then there is this stupid scene with Riddler copycats who manage to overwhelm Batman so he needs saving by Catwoman. In the end Batman gets a consolation prize. He saves some people from drowning. Good for him. I mean the Riddler still carried out his plan, and lets himself be caught, so Batman didn’t stop anything. It really ruined the movie for me.

If the ending had been more clever and Batman was able to out think the Riddler and stop his plans somehow in a well written manner then this movie would be one of the best Superhero movies I have seen, but honestly the ending was so bad I’ll probably never watch it again.