After Joker
"The New Batman" gives DC enough confidence
Compete with marvel movies
Before the release of "The New Batman", the lead actor Robert Pattinson made a flag, and if word of mouth failed, he would "go to the sea" to star in an adult erotic film.
What I never expected was that many people watched this version of "Batman" and did not call him to the sea because of the bad look and feel - on the contrary, Robert was definitely the sexiest of all Batmans so far.
He himself immediately changed his tune: if he is successful, he is more likely to act (adult films).
The New Batman by Robert Pattinson
Although the reputation of "New Batman" is difficult to compare with the Nolan version, it is still a superhero movie with an ultra-standard degree of completion.
Both commercial and artistic, it has achieved a huge box office worldwide. Let DC still make a lot of money in the face of the epidemic.
In my opinion, the most wonderful chemical effect of this version of "Batman" is that it is actually a youth epic that bids farewell to youth.
The three-hour film is indeed a bit of a dissuasion for many people, and instead of feeling bored, I am inspired to lament the past years.
Who has not yet had the childishness and obsession of confronting the adult world alone, when the three-hour Batman, especially healed.
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Me and my father
The story of The New Batman is simple.
It takes place before the Birth of the Joker, when Bruce is a melancholy and paranoid "Dark Policeman" who ignores the family business and is bent on eradicating evil to relieve the pain of being an orphan.
Compared to previous films, he really doesn't look like a "superhero."
Neither is it like Big Ben's bland flaunting "money is superpower" in "Justice League", nor is it like Bell playing with all kinds of cool-looking equipment in his series, frankly speaking, his equipment is a plus-size Harley motorcycle, the same black paint roar, nothing different.
I even noticed that he was going to jump off a tall building, planning to fly in a wingsuit with a little hesitation — because he had the fear of ordinary people and knew that it would hurt to fall to the ground.
The mayor is murdered, leaving a series of riddles waiting for him to crack. However, he also does not have the strong logical inference ability of Conan or Holmes, and relies entirely on the cost of trial and error to approach the truth.
He can get close to the truth and can even be said to benefit from the release of water by his opponents. The purpose is simple, one is to pull Batman into the water to expose the corruption and ugliness of Gotham's municipal altar, and the other is to let him know that his father, who was killed, is actually a part of the shady scene.
In the process, Catwoman makes the scene, and her biological father and Batman's father are well-known "partners".
"My father and I" is probably the most subversive answer in the whole movie, and it is the "forbidden zone" that the previous version of the Batman and Catwoman story extension did not involve, which fundamentally pulled these superheroes off the altar, fell into the quagmire, and truly integrated with Gotham City.
So, I feel that this version of Batman is the lowest story template in many Hollywood movies: finding Daddy. My dad is dead, but I want to know what kind of person my dad really is.
Killing the father is not only a ritual in the sense of superficial violence, but also a nirvana in the spirit of the protagonist, a true rite of passage.
The secret of the father is the origin of all suffering. If it were not for the old Wayne's one-mindedness, choosing to hire murderers in order to cover up the scandal of his wife with a psychopathic family history, he would not have let the orphan riddler lose the opportunity to become a decent person, like a rat at the bottom, so he glorified violence like a clown, and organized revenge is "sunnah".
02
Be sure to check out the Imax version
In addition to the three-hour length of the film that discourages some viewers, the film's image style may also be an "obstacle", simply put: it is too dark.
Almost ninety percent of the scenes are night plays, if the theater is not adjusted to enough brightness, then the audience is likely to see a group of shadows, a long time will feel very tired, there is no time to take care of meaningful details,
So I highly recommend going to see the Imax version, only then you can see more and appreciate how deeply the atmosphere of this movie is.
For example, the scar on Bruce's naked back verifies that every time he disguises himself as a "police officer", he is at the risk of bleeding from his fist.
Another example is the club where the Penguins are called Iceberg, implying that it is just an intelligence transit station in Gotham City, and more shady scenes are under the sea.
Some viewers have noticed that the twins of the gatekeeper have starred in "Desperate Housewives", are the children of a housewife, and probably want to continue the "desperate" mood, whether ordinary citizens or gangsters have no "bright future".
As the darkest version, the director makes the film's image style show a completely different temperament from the cool film, with a large number of male protagonists' inner monologues, depressed, low back, "I am the dark night", the opening Halloween eve a pouring rain conveys the gothic dark mood, is a twisted ghost city.
There are so many night scenes, which reflects the extra romantic feeling of several bright scenes. For example, Batman and Catwoman negotiate (flirt) on the roof of the building, when the sky is at dusk, the lines of the two protagonists in the golden background are outlined sexy, and Halloween turns to Valentine's Day.
Another example is the ending of Batman lighting a torch to guide the people in the flood to escape, and there is a sense of immediacy of the famous painting "Free Guide to the People", which is a fun that must be determined to sit in a movie theater chair.
Of course, the soundtrack is also a plus – like Dune before it, the soundtrack is an original work that can be enjoyed independently.
When I walked out of the theater, it was hard not to be overwhelmed and haunted by "Something in The Way", a song released by Nirvana Nirvana in 1991.
Director Matt Reeves went straight to the point that when creating this version of Batman, one of the inspirations was Nirvana's songs and lead singer Cobain.
This time, it appeared in this DC superhero film many times, not only to create an atmosphere, but also to truly integrate with the story of the movie. Because at the end of the film, the villain Riddler really detonated several places at the same time in Gotham City, causing the sea to break through the embankment and pour into the city, and civilians and dignitaries were all swept into the torrent.
03
A long goodbye
Finally, we must talk about the actors.
This time Batman made some adjustments, such as Batman's loyal companion, Sheriff Jordon "blackened", according to the trend to change to an actor of color, Colin Farrell played the unrecognizable Penguin Man, and "Gollum" Andy Serkis of "The Lord of the Rings" played Alfred Butler.
This version of Catwoman is also "blackened", played by Zoe Clovis, the daughter of rock star Lenny, and it is conceivable that her rock temperament is multiple, which is simply brought by the genes.
Personally, I think this is the most full and expressive version of Catwoman's current character story, surpassing the ancient Michelle Pfeiffer and the middle Anne Hathaway, the former is still too formulaic and too vase; the latter is still a "sweet girl" temperament that cannot be concealed.
Only Zoe is seamlessly connected to the character's underground temperament, with a deadly allure. The plot vaguely implies that she has a closer relationship with the girls in the same room, and when the girls fall victim to the gang, she decides to avenge love.
As for our soul character, played by Robert, it is well known that the work that became famous in one fell swoop was "Twilight", and countless young girls were heartbroken for his pale face. Later, he made a lot of attempts, just like his ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart, he specially selected unpopular literary films to try out, and the success or failure was half and half.
I thought that the "tongzigong" of this actor was the most skilled kung fu in the field of youth films. No matter what others think, this version of Batman can more or less smell the feeling of the "Twilight Man" of that year, can't see the light, is raised by pain, has a low voice, and has many inner thieves.
Several of his rival scenes with Catwoman are provocative between hormones, and taking it out alone is the acting method of youth films, ending in the plot.
At the end, the two ride their motorcycles to part ways, and Batman also "coldly" looks at each other's backs from the rearview mirror, and the small emotions of reluctance are about to come out.
They all "killed" their beloved fathers, completed the rites of passage, and from the next episode onwards will become true superheroes and take to the stage of history.
The three-hour film before that was their long, gothic prom.
Having said all this, it seems to be a compliment to this version of Batman, but the Douban score is not high so far, less than eight points.
In fact, its shortcomings are obvious, but it depends on each person's sensitivity and tolerance to the groove.
The story is still superficial, upside down with the publicity effect, and there are some reasons for the mystery.
The blackening of the image is enough, and the sense of ceremony is enough, but it is indeed because of the subjective and objective factors to catch the guest.
Including the performance, Robert played a very good Batman, but to say that there are any Joker-like Colorful clips is in arrears.
For me, the biggest bug is that the villain is too weak, collectively dwarfed, giving way to the main line of growth between Batman and Catwoman, and somewhat unbalanced.
In any case, after "Joker", "The New Batman" gave DC enough confidence to compete with Marvel movies. It's a good thing for the audience, after all, there is an interesting choice, and some people like it and some people don't.
Unfortunately, all the cinemas in Shanghai are now closed, and the film cannot be seen for the time being. We hope that the epidemic situation in Shanghai will stabilize as soon as possible, and everyone can resume normal life and enter the cinema as soon as possible.
Text / Chandler
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