How Matt Reeves Made The Batman's Action Scenes So Cinematic
From Matt Reeves’ razor-sharp direction to the cast’s performances to Michael Giacchino’s astounding musical score, The Batman has been praised for many things. There’s also been one major criticism – that the three-hour runtime is excessive – but the movie is so immersive and atmospheric that it’s easy to get swept up and let those three hours fly by. This atmosphere was achieved with a combination of Reeves’ distinctive vision of the Bat mythos and cinematographer Greig Fraser’s ability to realize that vision on film.
After immersing audiences in the psychedelic sand-world of Arrakis in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (for which he recently received a much-deserved Oscar), Fraser has immersed audiences in Reeves’ uniquely gloomy vision of Gotham City for The Batman. Since The Batman is primarily a detective story, Fraser’s cinematography is largely focused on creating a melancholic mood with cold lighting, muted colors, and lots and lots of rain. But he doesn’t scrimp on the movie’s action sequences, either.
The Batman Combines All The Best Parts Of Previous Batman Franchises
The action scenes in Batman movies have always been deeply cinematic, from the Dutch tilts of the Adam West era to the stylized skirmishes of the Tim Burton movies to the jaw-dropping practical stunts shot on IMAX cameras in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. But with The Batman’s action, Reeves and Fraser went above and beyond, combining the stylization of Burton’s action with the old-school stunt work of Nolan’s action (and, for good measure, the shameless fun of West’s action and the shameless brutality of Zack Snyder’s action).
Genre-wise, The Batman is more of a neo-noir than an action movie, with more screen time dedicated to deciphering the
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