The Batman's Introduction Is Better Than Anything Nolan Did
Warning! Contains spoilers for The Batman.
In The Batman, Matt Reeves gets to the core of what makes Batman work. Robert Pattinson stars as Bruce Wayne in a Gotham that is just getting to know their masked vigilante guardian. The Batman has been well received by audiences and critics alike and is being hailed as the best Batman adaptation since The Dark Knight. Directed by Matt Reeves, it features a young Bruce Wayne who is only in his second year of donning the cowl. While it's still a Warner Brothers release, The Batman exists outside of the continuity of the DCEU, where Ben Affleck will reprise the role of Batman at least once more in 2022's The Flash. Instead, it will be a part of its own Batverse, which will potentially have spin-off movies and TV series of its own.
The Batman's Bruce Wayne is still becoming Gotham's hero. The story follows a reclusive Bruce who is still not over the death of his parents. His decision to become a masked vigilante comes both from a place of trauma and from a place of deep love for the city of Gotham. This Bruce wants to rid the city of the violence that took his parents from him, but he still hasn't earned the respect or trust of much of the city. This Batman is much more feared than he is respected, and that's evident in the opening sequence.
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The Batman opens with a voice-over reminiscent of The Watchmen's Rorschach. Bruce talks about moonlighting under the cowl as a masked vigilante who refers to himself only as «Vengeance». In the sequence, James Gordon, played by Jeffrey Wright, turns on the Bat-signal, which makes Gothamites all over the city who are committing even the pettiest of crimes cower in
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