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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

THE BATMAN (2022)

On the plus side: the first BATMAN movie to include an article in its title: THE BATMAN.  On the negative side: everything else.  Robert Pattinson, rapportless with anything on screen, not even his Batman suit, primps & poses and sidesteps previous incarnations of Heroic Batman, Iconic Batman, Ironic Batman, Campy Batman, self-doubting/destructive/denying Batman to give us EMO Batman; alternately growling and whispering his lines.  (A QUIET PLACE/’18 has less whispering.)  The story, such as can be followed, has Paul Dano either under or overacting as The Riddler, pointing out clay feet in Batman’s family history while looking for a bromantic partner to flood Gotham over a punishing three hour running time. Other villains may be in here, but it was too dark to be sure.  (Lack of wattage helpful at camouflaging the usual inadequacies of lifeless CGI action finales to all three acts.)  Massive grosses all but guarantee more of the same.  Suggested title: A BATMAN.

WATCH THIS, NOT THAT/LINK:  Far more satisfying are various animated BATMAN movies.  BATMAN: MASK OF PHANTASM/’93 highly rated by most completists.  https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2021/02/batman-mask-of-phantasm-1993.html

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