I don’t find Begins to be that tell don’t show. It's about so much more than him walking through an apartment. it has a purpose: to immerse you in the feeling of otherness the Batman feels and show how he's perceived by those around him. Watch the ways the cops react to him as he walks by - they're immediately drawn to his presence, he's met with no smiles, and they have distrust and disgust in their eyes. The long shot of him following Gordon to enter the mayor's crime scene at the start though is a great example of show don't tell. He's got camera lenses on his eyes and he needs to walk carefully to make sure they capture all the details. There's an in-universe explanation for why he walks slowly through apartments/crime scenes. Like should it really take 15-30 seconds for Batman to walk through an apartment? But it’s minor things like that that I wish were trimmed a bit myself, because I did thing the film was a tad long. Like should it really take 15-30 seconds for Batman to walk through an apartment? Well that’s up to the viewer to decide. Something I appreciate in certain scenes. At other times I think it lingers a bit too long. I really do like the cinematography in this movie. Joker was the best and probably the best performance we will get for his character in a while. I think it’s the better film, but it’s not really what I want in a Batman film. That being said, I somewhat agree on TDK. The fight scenes are not great, but they also have their own style. I never had any pacing issues with it either because most of the Nolan movies are more fast paced. Especially for newbies like I was when I saw it as a kid.
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Part of it is that these ideas hadn’t been explored in a live action Batman movie yet, so at the time, the very Batman 101 was very appreciated. It’s more of a statement that shows how Bruce has to change his tactics if he wants to change Gotham. And the film features so many deliberate parallels and symbolism that is fun to analyze and appreciate, and it makes excellent use of the showing, not telling that the Nolan films lack. The lenses they chose to film the movie were deliberately detuned and imperfect to make the world feel dirty and lived in. The cinematography is beautiful and artistic. The pacing didn't make the film feel its length, and gave scenes time to breathe.
The wide angles and relatively long cuts used on the fights felt so much more immersive. The score is honest, and works in direct synergy with the emotional weight of the scenes (Giacchino did the score before the movie even filmed, and you can tell how much the directing/music go hand in hand here). The Batman was also just a legitimately better overall film than both Begins and TDK. It's also my personal preference for a homemade vigilante feel over the heavy military tech focus from Nolan, so this also had my favourite suit and batmobile. This is him at his most vulnerable and human, and I loved how he was imperfect and made mistakes (even apologized at one point!), and importantly he learned over the entire film and grew into the character that felt earned by the end of the movie. Batman is front-and-centre (Pattinson had almost as much screen time in one movie as Bale had over his entire trilogy!), his character development is treated with care through the entire film, and it unashamedly takes a deep psychological dive into why Bruce Wayne is Batman. The Batman hit all the boxes I wanted out of a Batman film. Both films have poor fight choregraphy, barely have time to breathe, and do a LOT of telling, not showing. I really think Ledger's incredible performance distracts the viewer from how weak the rest of the film is, and I can't unsee the flaws. The Dark Knight has an absolutely fantastic performance from Ledger, but Gotham is generic, the pacing makes you're feeling like you're living in a 2hr long climax, and the plot is contrived and falls apart when you actually think about it. It doesn't make his character development (what little he has) feel earned. I rewatched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight to remind myself why I loved them, but I was disappointed to find they did not hold up to my memory.īegins is paced and edited awkwardly and feels messy, and often feels like a lecture in Batman 101 with how often characters are stating the themes of the movie and what lessons Bruce needs to learn out loud. For context, prior to seeing The Batman my favourite film was The Dark Knight - but to my absolute surprise, The Batman blew it out of the water.
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