The Batman

Starring Matt Reeves as David Fincher.

Damn good. This is probably the best-looking Batman movie and I loved this iteration and look and feel of Gotham City. That was captured to a T. Pattinson was really good as a Bruce Wayne who has only been home for two years, who still makes errors and stays out of public eye if he can help it. I loved him, and I loved this story. It was grounded and gritty, perfectly cast, beautifully made and the detective story I’ve always wanted to see in a Batman movie. One of the best for sure.

Some of the nicely streamlined plot elements in Reeves' always entertaining crime story mood piece about Gotham might be a bit too convenient, but the interesting ensemble, Fraser's striking visuals and Michael G.'s freaking amazing minimalistic theme do a lot of heavy lifting.

I've never seen someone touted as the world's greatest detective go so far to ignore that a rat with wings is a bat. Colin Farrel actually doing whatever the hell Jared Leto thinks he is doing.

It avoids being a standard superhero movie by borrowing from Klute, Chinatown, and Se7en. The latter's especially obvious as it's essentially Wright as Morgan Freeman & Pattinson is Brad Pitt in a bat costume. The vibe's cool until the final act's silly action. But before then it's on shaky ground via simplistic class politics and a subpar villain. Also I wish it explored Bruce Wayne's humanity in a new way. It's fine for comic fans, but for beginners there are better Batman flicks.