The Batman (2022)
The New Batman (2022) adopts the narrative of a noir detective film and no longer presents Batman as a super hero. Since in the comics, Batman has a title of "the world's greatest detective". The whole film is very similar to the French police and gangster films of the 1960s and 1970s, such as Melville's <Le Cercle Rouge>, <Le Samouraï> and the 1971 American film <The French Connection>. Batman mainly relies on brains rather than brute force, constantly solving the riddles left by the Riddler in a criminal and murderous way, trying to find out the shady roots behind Gotham.
The film begin with a peep from the subjective camera, allowing us to see the lifetime of the mayor of Gotham through the perspective of a criminal, and then follows a murder scene that is as fast, violent, and powerful as a horror movie.
What makes us terrified is not only the violence of the murderer, but also the clues left by this guy who calls himself the Riddler, revealing the true face of the corruption and corruption of Gotham City. The first 15 minutes of the film are concise and powerful, showing a Gotham that is always shrouded in rain and chaos. Batman's deep voice is full of strength, but also helpless and exhausted - he can save an innocent passerby from a gangster. , but cannot eliminate crime in Gotham as a whole. Such a crime-fighting dark knight, physically and mentally, as Bruce Wayne or Batman, is an orphan: the police are on guard, the criminal gangs hate it, the common people Dazed and ignorant...even the old housekeeper Alfred himself had some secrets.
Robert Pattinson created a Batman with a poetic temperament, lonely, dazed, self-doubt, physically and mentally exhausted... Finally, the source of the shady directly pointed to Bruce Wayne's father, making him almost lose "justice" and "Vengeance". This is the depth of the character's heart that hasn't been touched in previous Batman movies.
The only character around Batman is probably Catwoman. The emotional entanglement between the two in this film is so far, not sensational, but particularly moving. It is more like a chance encounter between two strange people in a vast city. Because of their common anger and disappointment in the world, they can trust and warm each other. There aren't many rivalries and dialogues between the two, but the emotion is very strong. Catwoman is no longer the supporting role of Batman in the film, she has an independent personality and will.
At the end, Catwoman chooses to leave this chaotic and dark city, while Batman chooses to stay, looking forward to change, the two ride motorcycles, then I overtake you, and then you overtake me, staggering forward; before dawn, the lights Glittering in the dark, the two rode to the intersection, stopped briefly, looked at each other, and parted ways—this is the most ingenious and touching scene depicting the emotions of men and women in a blockbuster I’ve seen in the past two years!
There is no captivating audiences with action scenes and visual spectacle, but the New Batman's audiovisual language is unique and outstanding! The whole film has a gloomy temperament, but it's never so dark that you can't see it clearly. The film has a car chase scene between Batman and Penguin, which is completely different from the "Speed and Passion" that uses luxury car racing to stimulate the audience's adrenalin. To highlight the tension, the editing is fast and crisp, making you feel that behind the car chase scene is actually a confrontation between the madness of the Penguin and the courage of Batman. The tone of the film is not gorgeous, and many shots use a strong contrast of light and shadow to create a sense of picture: the Penguin looks out from the overturned car, and the reflection of Batman against the firelight, like a god! And at the end, a long shot from above, Batman is dripping water and holding a torch, like Moses parting the Red Sea, leading people to the future, to a new Gotham - even though he is still full of doubts.
The darkness is everywhere, and the darkness cannot be eradicated; the light of hope is faint, but the light and shadow flicker and never die-in today's world, there can be no Superman, no Avengers, but no black knight, because in his black Behind is the rise of the hope of spiritual redemption.
The film begin with a peep from the subjective camera, allowing us to see the lifetime of the mayor of Gotham through the perspective of a criminal, and then follows a murder scene that is as fast, violent, and powerful as a horror movie.
What makes us terrified is not only the violence of the murderer, but also the clues left by this guy who calls himself the Riddler, revealing the true face of the corruption and corruption of Gotham City. The first 15 minutes of the film are concise and powerful, showing a Gotham that is always shrouded in rain and chaos. Batman's deep voice is full of strength, but also helpless and exhausted - he can save an innocent passerby from a gangster. , but cannot eliminate crime in Gotham as a whole. Such a crime-fighting dark knight, physically and mentally, as Bruce Wayne or Batman, is an orphan: the police are on guard, the criminal gangs hate it, the common people Dazed and ignorant...even the old housekeeper Alfred himself had some secrets.
Robert Pattinson created a Batman with a poetic temperament, lonely, dazed, self-doubt, physically and mentally exhausted... Finally, the source of the shady directly pointed to Bruce Wayne's father, making him almost lose "justice" and "Vengeance". This is the depth of the character's heart that hasn't been touched in previous Batman movies.
The only character around Batman is probably Catwoman. The emotional entanglement between the two in this film is so far, not sensational, but particularly moving. It is more like a chance encounter between two strange people in a vast city. Because of their common anger and disappointment in the world, they can trust and warm each other. There aren't many rivalries and dialogues between the two, but the emotion is very strong. Catwoman is no longer the supporting role of Batman in the film, she has an independent personality and will.
At the end, Catwoman chooses to leave this chaotic and dark city, while Batman chooses to stay, looking forward to change, the two ride motorcycles, then I overtake you, and then you overtake me, staggering forward; before dawn, the lights Glittering in the dark, the two rode to the intersection, stopped briefly, looked at each other, and parted ways—this is the most ingenious and touching scene depicting the emotions of men and women in a blockbuster I’ve seen in the past two years!
There is no captivating audiences with action scenes and visual spectacle, but the New Batman's audiovisual language is unique and outstanding! The whole film has a gloomy temperament, but it's never so dark that you can't see it clearly. The film has a car chase scene between Batman and Penguin, which is completely different from the "Speed and Passion" that uses luxury car racing to stimulate the audience's adrenalin. To highlight the tension, the editing is fast and crisp, making you feel that behind the car chase scene is actually a confrontation between the madness of the Penguin and the courage of Batman. The tone of the film is not gorgeous, and many shots use a strong contrast of light and shadow to create a sense of picture: the Penguin looks out from the overturned car, and the reflection of Batman against the firelight, like a god! And at the end, a long shot from above, Batman is dripping water and holding a torch, like Moses parting the Red Sea, leading people to the future, to a new Gotham - even though he is still full of doubts.
The darkness is everywhere, and the darkness cannot be eradicated; the light of hope is faint, but the light and shadow flicker and never die-in today's world, there can be no Superman, no Avengers, but no black knight, because in his black Behind is the rise of the hope of spiritual redemption.