Holy superior trailer, Batman! After what seems like a decade of hypothesis, behind-the-scenes sneak peeks, theories and delays, Matt Reeves’ The Batman lastly debuted its first full-length trailer — to not be confused with final yr’s teaser — and, as somebody who had genuinely excessive expectations for this movie, my pleasure degree has reached close to astronomical ranges for the one generally known as Battinson (this can catch on, belief me).
Right here’s the trailer in case you missed it:
Okay, so now what can we do? The film doesn’t flap* into theaters till March 4, 2022, which provides us roughly (counts fingers) 4 months to put down some heavy-duty detective work to find out what’s happening with this flick.
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Anyhow, listed below are six ideas/observations on the trailer, in addition to DC FanDome normally.
DC is Trending Up
I’ll be fully sincere: I’m a Snyder fan via and thru. I liked his trilogy of DC movies — Man of Metal, Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice, and this yr’s magnificent Zack Snyder’s Justice League. So, sure, I would like extra of this specific universe.
Nevertheless, after this yr’s DC FanDome, I’m fairly jacked concerning the path DC is headed. The Flash didn’t provide up sufficient footage to reach at any form of substantial conclusion, however I’m very curious to see how Andy Muschietti makes use of Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton alongside everybody’s favourite crimson speedster and Sasha Calle’s Supergirl. This one has the potential to be actually nice as long as the entire parts come collectively.
Black Adam likewise seems to be fairly nice. I dug the look and tone of the movie, and suppose Dwayne Johnson is a pleasant alternative for the half, supplied he truly performs Black Adam and never one other variation of his Rock persona.
Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom seems to be enjoyable, whereas Shazam! Fury of the Gods seems to be like extra Shazam!, and there are actually worse issues than that.
My favourite bit, exterior of The Batman, was the replace on Batman: Caped Crusader, which is actually Batman: The Animated Collection Half II. It sounds superb. I grew up watching that present and can’t wait to see the path Bruce Timm and firm take the property now that the kid-friendly shackles are off.
Batgirl and Blue Beetle are two intriguing properties that might result in some thrilling adventures, whereas DC League of Tremendous-Pets could possibly be enjoyable for the entire household.
There are in all probability loads of individuals trying ahead to Peacemaker, though I’m extra hesitant. Whereas the present does look good, I’m undecided we want extra from that exact character. Time will inform and hopefully, I’m confirmed fallacious.
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The Batman is Battinson Unhinged
After all, the large finale was Matt Reeves’ The Batman. I’ll confess that I used to be a tad underwhelmed by final yr’s teaser. The pic appeared nice and I appreciated the fashion, however it felt too grounded and a bit of too harking back to Christopher Nolan’s tackle the Darkish Knight. Now, for me, Nolan’s trilogy is perfection with a transparent starting, center, and finish. As soon as that sequence ended, I used to be prepared for a totally completely different tackle Batman, which might be why I loved Affleck’s interpretation of the character — lastly, a superhero Batman that may beat the residing piss out of 20 armed males.
Naturally, that dream ended after which Battinson appeared like extra of the identical.
Besides, this trailer was unbelievably nice. The visuals. The gritty tone. The extreme motion. The rating. The characters. Whereas clearly extra grounded than Snyder’s iteration, Pattinson already seems to be like a terrific (and completely different) interpretation of the Batman character — one who’s barely unhinged and short-tempered.
This seems to be like Batman. Indignant, brooding, violent Batman, one whose tenacity for violence shocks these round him, together with Zoë Kravitz’s Selina Kyle/Catwoman:
We’ve seen brooding Batman (Keaton), goofy Batman (Kilmer/Clooney), depressed/offended Batman (Bale), and superhero Batman (Affleck) however by no means unhinged-to-the-point-that-everyone-is-genuinely-afraid-of-him Batman. So, that is fairly cool to see.
In any case, a man who attire like a bat clearly has points, proper?
The Penguin
I recall listening to Kevin Smith’s stellar commentary for Batman Returns some time again and he identified that Danny DeVito’s Penguin was in actual fact not a correct portrayal of a Penguin, however, quite, a mutated pervert of some type, and defined that Philip Seymour Hoffman’s efficiency in Mission: Not possible III was nearer in spirit to the comedian guide baddie than DeVito’s ooze-spewing mutant.
Now, at that time, I had seen Batman Returns hundreds of occasions and the thought by no means crossed my thoughts, however Smith was on level. The Penguin ought to be a debonair gangster in a tux and never a sewer-living monster — penguins are, in any case, quite clear birds.
Anyhow, all that to say I’m actually excited to see Colin Farrell’s tackle the character, particularly contemplating that he seems to be just like the one Smith described:
There are reviews that Farrell solely has about ten minutes of display screen time, which leads me to infer that the entire Batman/Penguin chase sequence occurs originally of the movie — maybe providing our first glimpse of Battinson (it’s rising on you, proper?) in motion — and works as a form of Raiders of the Misplaced Ark-style prologue earlier than we dive headfirst into the precise story.
The Riddler
Talking of which, we don’t study something concerning the plot on this trailer; and see little or no of the primary antagonist, Paul Dano’s villainous Riddler exterior of this Zodiac-style shot:
Plus this Joker-styled information bit:
The Batman is rumored to clock in at almost three hours, going down over Halloween and options Batman fixing a sequence of murders, or one thing alongside these traces.
Are we lastly going to see The World’s Biggest Detective in motion? Hell, yeah!
Anyhow, I’m digging Dano’s very fascinating tackle The Riddler. Nevertheless, right here’s a query: what’s this man doing? Clearly, he’s a serial killer. Clearly, he’s abandoning clues, as Riddlers are need to do:
Additionally, one thing’s clearly up along with his face as a result of, properly, we by no means get to see truly see it — except WB is holding out hope that we’re all actually excited to see Paul Dano.
Lastly, seeing as he’s arrested originally of the trailer and form of seen chatting with Batman from jail, there’s clearly a form of Hannibal Lector-flavored Riddler coming quickly to a theater close to you … Has he kidnapped or murdered a lot of individuals and hidden them throughout Gotham Metropolis for Batman to seek out?
With the path that is headed, The Batman goes to be superior.
Catwoman
The Batman will give us our third big-screen interpretation of Selina Kyle, and from every little thing I’ve seen, Zoë Kravitz suits the position like a glove. This was a kind of casting selections, together with Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon, the place my response was like, “Yup. Good.” The actress seems to be the half, and her bits with Battinson appear to be they have been ripped straight out of a comic book guide:
That shot is superb. As is the bit with Selina kicking what I assume is a henchman dumb sufficient to interrupt into her pad:
As you possibly can see, Matt Reeves actually likes orange and yellow shade tones.
I don’t know what Selina’s position within the movie is, although I’d enterprise to guess she tries to steal one thing from The Penguin and has her first interplay with Battinson because of this. Except, my complete thought concerning the prologue is fallacious, wherein case Selina is at a totally completely different social gathering sporting Natalie Portman’s hair from Nearer: Who actually is aware of at this level, however it’s enjoyable to guess.
Different Odds and Ends
The motion to this pic seems to be insane. I really like the bit the place Batman simply walks via a hail of gunfire, which makes the same second in The Darkish Knight Rises — throughout which Batman dodges a henchman’s bullets — look a tad wimpy by comparability.
Alfred seems to be like he will get in on the motion this day out what with that lower over his eye. Plus, the CGI on Andy Serkis seems to be superb.
Lastly, I like that we get a bit of Arkham Knight-inspired violence when Batman zaps a thug with {an electrical} thingy.
Truly, that’s one of many issues I really like about The Batman up to now: it seems to be like a pleasant combine between comedian guide Batman, Arkham Knight Batman, Nolan Batman and Snyder Batman sprinkled with Reeves’ superb movie fashion. That’s a profitable mixture whereas additionally providing a recent take.
