The Batman's Real Villain Is Gotham Itself
When Matt Reeves picked up The Batman, one of the biggest challenges from the get-go was pairing his script with a version of Gotham suited to the dark and realistic vibes he envisioned for Bruce Wayne and company. Now that the film is out, it bears saying that this version of Gotham City is arguably the best rendition of DC’s New York.
This is a title Reeves’ Gotham could aspire to by the sheer beauty and aesthetic composition achieved in The Batman, a feat partly accomplished with the help of Greig Fraser’s cinematography work, however, this city’s charm or lack thereof is hardly about looks. While the premise of a deeply corrupt Gotham is nothing new, and even in recent memory Christopher Nolan made sure to expose those aspects as a key part of the caped crusader’s struggles, these traits shine through even more inThe Batman’s setting.
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It’s a known fact that Gotham is mostly inspired by New York City, nevertheless, it’s a downtrodden version of New York where the people up top don’t serve its citizens but rather criminals like Carmine Falcone, Salvatore Maroni and the Penguin. In a day and age where nearly half the world’s population lives under authoritarian regimes, there are many corners where corruption like the one seen in The Batman is not fiction but a reality, and authorities being fully complicit with criminals is not scandalous due to how normal it is.
When Bruce learns his parents' murder was possibly not just a one-off tragedy, but instead a symptom of the type of corruption not even an upright mega-rich man like his father could escape, it becomes obvious that The Riddler is different from Nolan’s Joker because he’s also a partial victim of the system. When in The
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