As a reboot of the Batman series, “The Batman” has a 88 on Rotten Tomatoes, which is quite a success.
It comes only after Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy in the Batman series.
The story of “The Batman” still takes place in the infamous Gotham City.
This is Bruce Wayne’s second year as Batman.
One gloomy night, the mayor of Gotham is brutally murdered in his home.
There was a row of small blood-stained footprints at the crime scene, left by the mayor’s son when he found his father’s body.
At this time, it was the eve of the Gotham City election, and the power left over after the mayor’s death made all the forces coveted.
The tragic death of politicians one after another, a eccentric who called himself The Riddler, claimed to be responsible for this serial murder case.
On the other hand, Gotham City gangsters bribe the police, and the energy-conscious guys at Arkham Asylum are waiting for their chance.
Bruce Wayne is embroiled in an important network of relationships in Gotham City, surrounded by only a few trusted allies – Steward Alfred, Pennyworth and Sheriff James Gordon. This loner “Vigilante Detective” has become synonymous with the word “revenge” in the hearts of Gotham citizens.
If Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy guards Gotham City with an elitist feel to the elitist heroic mythology, so Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” sheds that tall glitz and goes Down to the altar, tells the story of a civilian Batman full of weakness but full of strength.
In the first half of the movie, Batman’s heart is only revenge, revenge for his dead parents, wearing Batman’s coat, but exercising the right of selfish desire.
In his constant vengeance, he thinks he can not only heal the trauma of losing his parents, but also fight criminals that will shake the world. But the brief thrill of revenge did not end the hatred.
The anger and depression didn’t stop growing, but caused more problems.
After constant battles with The Riddler, he gradually understands that the revenge routine is a vicious circle.
As the battle between him and The Riddler escalates, Batman seems to be using his own power to solve the problem, but he doesn’t know that this obsession with revenge and fear of the unknown is precisely what The Riddler uses.
As the object of revenge, he has become a pawn on someone else’s revenge list.
At this moment, he knew the truth about how his parents were murdered, and even had to face his father, whom he had always regarded as a god, who was also one of the fake politicians covered in blood.
At this moment, Batman wakes up from the ordinary and narrow perspective of revenge. Between black and white, how to define the boundaries between revenge and justice.
Batman’s inner contradictions and pain are distorted and real, which also makes the plot extremely realistic and critical.
In the final scene, Batman stepped out of the water and used his mortal body to help the Gotham people he guarded out of the flood.
There is no super power, no high technology, no unparalleled aura, no recklessness with violence, but the simplest and most equal attitude, so that the body of the civilian hero exudes the extraordinary power of the hero.
It can be seen that in addition to retaining the shocking audio-visual effects that are standard in superhero blockbusters, the highlight of “The Batman” is the careful layout of the narrative.
This movie tells the story of how Batman corrects himself step by step on the boundary of justice and revenge, breaks his obsession, and realizes self-knowledge and self-transcendence.
“The Batman” hasn’t done well since its release, and it hasn’t lived up to its box office goals.
Perhaps for ordinary commercial viewers who are not DC fans, “The Batman” doesn’t have the characteristics of a cool movie.
The relatively slow three-hour pace was a big challenge.
In contrast to Nolan’s trilogy, “The Batman” delivers the true DC style of the Batman movie.
But while returning to DC, “The Batman” also set a threshold for some audiences.
Therefore, “The Batman” is hardly a masterpiece in the public sense.
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