The Batman: The Riddler Is A Perfect Blend Of Old And New
The Batman came to theaters with the promise of ushering yet another new era for the caped crusader, and with that comes the exciting prospect of seeing new villains. Now, while the Riddler might not be making his film debut in The Batman, for all intents and purposes it might as well be that way.
Despite showing a much wider acting range since playing the Riddler in 1995s Batman Forever, still a fairly beloved performance, Jim Carrey’s Edward Nygma was based on the more comical green spandex villain that first appeared in the comics. In Matt Reeves Gotham, there’s simply no room for his type of character, not only due to the realism the director pursued in his script but also because his Riddler aims to be like few villains out there.
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It’s one thing to read or hear about the Riddler being partly inspired by the Zodiac killer, but finally getting to see the true meaning of those statements and the full sequences that were teased in the trailers really drives home the point. Paul Dano is not playing a character that resembles a comic book villain, let alone something that could ever be conceived in the MCU, he’s playing a good old-fashioned psychopath more akin the what’s in classic thrillers like Silence of the Lambs and Se7en.
When he’s finally caught, the Riddler admits he lacks the physical prowess to carry out many of the things Batman did as part of his grand plan to purge Gotham from the lies he so fervently hates. Although this is a character that’s always been all about his devilish schemes, his serial killer take is possibly the only way he could have worked in a movie like The Batman or even in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy, had he ever taken a liking for DC’s favorite
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