The Batman (Matt Reeves)

[StanleyK]

Batman movies keep getting darker and grittier and edgier and I wish they'd take a step back in the opposite direction, because it's becoming increasingly impossible for me take them at face value. Imagine if Seven had Brad Pitt walking around in a rubber animal suit. That's basically what this movie is.

The other day I watched Spider-Man 2. There's a scene where Doc Ock is robbing a bank. The money is stored as gold coins inside burlap sacks with dollar signs on them. He fight Spidey by throwing money sacks at him. That's the kind of stuff I have a much easier time accepting in a comic book film. I wonder if there's ever going to be a cartoony live action Batman film again.

[MadMan]

Honestly I mostly liked this movie because of Emo Batman, Catwomen, and Penguin stealing the movie. Some gorgeous cinematography paints over the movie's rougher edges, and the length wasn't necessary although it gives the movie space to breath, I guess. Having the villain be a huge Internet incel wasn't much of a surprise, and I wonder if the next movie will continue the series going in a different direction. Just kidding, they'll probably do The Joker again.

[Philip J. Fry]

They were implying that. It's basically impossible to do any sort of Batman thing and not include him. At least, I really like the villains in this one and I still love this take on The Riddler.