Noah Berlatsky: This 'Batman' has some stylish trappings and some interesting ideas. But under the mask, we’ve seen it all before. - NBCNewsTHINK
superhero offerings. Instead of fighting invading purple space aliens or gallivanting about the “multiverse,” Reeves’ titular caped hero is solidly embedded in the grim-dark city of Gotham, and all its gothic muck. Robert Pattinson plays a pouty, taciturn Batman/Bruce Wayne, while the snickering, nerdy everyman-with-a-grudge Riddler , nods back tothat serves as this movie’s most direct inspiration.
Like that “Joker,” this newest “The Batman” attempts to turn its atmospheric slouch into a nuanced political perspective, painted in shades of gray. It presents a corrupt establishment and an unhinged violent anti-establishment facing off amidst the corpses and broken dreams of ordinary Gothamites. In the end though, and somewhat inevitably, the movie embraces vague hope and centrist change. Our leaders and elites can save us.
The boilerplate corruption plot becomes, surprisingly, a somewhat nuanced anti-capitalist critique. As all Batman fans know, Bruce Wayne’s parents were killed by a gunman when he was a child, causing him to become obsessed with fighting crime as the Batman. Bruce’s father, Thomas, is generally treated in Batman lore as a sainted figure, but this film isn’t so sure that any person — and especially any billionaire — can be that pure.
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