The Batman's Biggest Unanswered Questions
Caution! This article contains spoilers for The Batman.
The best movies deliberately leave a few questions unanswered, and The Batman is no exception. Opening with an extremely fresh 93% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a critic score of 85%, Matt Reeves’ reimagining of Batman has a host of positive reviews. With a mammoth runtime of nearly three hours, it’s safe to assume that any loose ends which remain are intentional, and there are a few, in particular, that stand out.
Since his first appearance in 1939, Batman has been an icon of pop culture, with an impressively long list of movie appearances. Since the 1943 movie, Batman, the character has been a main, if not the main, character in no less than 16 different movies, both animated and live-action. The Batman takes the character back to his comic origins as the "world’s greatest detective," a moniker that the Penguin even references in the movie.
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The Batman is a detective story at its heart, and a few things are left for the audience to try and figure out. However, a few lingering questions starkly stand out. The movie shows a younger iteration of Batman who’s still learning how to be a hero. As a result, all of these questions are either about how Batman and his pantheon of characters will develop going forward, or about who and what may be introduced in future stories.
The most obvious sequel hook is an epilogue scene, showing the now-incarcerated Riddler becoming acquainted with a mysterious figure in the next cell. “Riddle me this,” says the stranger, “the less of these you have, the more one is worth.” With a smile, Riddler answers immediately. “A friend.” The scene closes with unsettling laughter echoing
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