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The Batman (2022)
Definitely Proved That This Is THE Batman!!
The Batman was fantastic. The cinematography was amazing right off the bat (pun intended)! Gotham had a dull, always raining tone. It just straight up felt like the best live action Gotham in any movie (with the slums in Batman Begins as about the same vibe in my opinion but much smaller in Nolan's).
All the main leads did fantastic; Batman, Gordon, Catwoman, Penguin, and the Riddler (very different than any version but worked well with the very grounded and realistic tone of the movie). Story was incredible. It was a long movie coming to about 3 hours, but it never felt like it was dragging. The story always had that "what's going to happen next" momentum giving you that investment.
Batman himself also was incredible. I loved how they made it a point to show how he has a lot of gadgets and actually uses them throughout. This is a younger Bruce Wayne only 2 years into Batman and it was shown well in how he was actually taking some brutal beatings and not just an untouchable god. And get this, he was doing quite a bit of actual detective work but still learning. Not the "worlds greatest detective" just yet which makes it just very real.
And another thing. If you are a fan of the comics you will be pleasantly surprised. This heavily pulled from some of the best Batman comics and was fun for a fan like myself to catch them!