The Batman & Joker's Backstory Makes Pattinson's Dark Knight Better
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Batman.
The backstory in the Joker's deleted scene for The Batman shows that hinting at their history and that they’ve already fought gives Robert Pattinson's Dark knight story a good advantage in the long run. Matt Reeves's take on Batman has gone to great lengths to distinguish itself from other movie iterations of the Caped Crusader, taking on an earlier time period in the Dark Knight's career with brutal realism. Barry Keoghan's version of the Joker is no different, and it bodes well for future installments of The Batman should the Joker fight Batman again.
The Batman’s released deleted scene has Pattinson's Batman visiting the Joker in Arkham Asylum. Showing him the case file for the Riddler murders, Batman asks the Joker for his perspective on the killings. The Joker is never fully shown in the scene, being out of focus, in close up, or shot from the back. Though Keoghan's Joker does also appear at the end of The Batman with the Riddler, the movie’s deleted scene offers a tantalizing glimpse at the twisted madman behind the scarred smile, as well as his backstory with Batman.
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Giving Pattinson's Batman a history with the Joker right from the start is an improvement on the other cinematic versions of Batman that have only shown their initial fight. Both 1989's Batman and 2008's The Dark Knight feature iconic Joker performances, but their stories are confined to a single movie. Jared Leto's Joker also has a backstory with Ben Affleck's Batman, but with Affleck hanging up his cape after The Flash, their story also doesn't appear to be moving forward. Conversely, with The Batman showing that
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