The beginning of the movie didn't exactly encourage me to watch the entire 3 hours. For a quarter of an hour, Batman doesn't do much. Stands there silently and stares at anybody. Uh-oh, I'm menacing and I wear black. This was supposed to create an air of mystery, while church choirs on the soundtrack supply plenty of pathos. Come on, Batman is the story of a guy in a weird costume catching baddies, it's about gadgets and action, but the makers seem to think they are doing "War And Peace" here.
Somehow after 1 hour, I realised they had caught my attention nonetheless. Avoiding unbelievable superhero show-offs, "The Batman" goes back to basics, a detective story which requires investigations with attention to details and a complicated relationship of several villains controlling the town, without telling to early who the real boss is. And when Batman gets to fight a bunch of terrorists, he definitely would be lost without help from Catwoman. It was clear that there is a certain vulnerability, a limit to what he can achieve. All in all, "The Batman" is not perfect and a bit overblown, but watchable.
Somehow after 1 hour, I realised they had caught my attention nonetheless. Avoiding unbelievable superhero show-offs, "The Batman" goes back to basics, a detective story which requires investigations with attention to details and a complicated relationship of several villains controlling the town, without telling to early who the real boss is. And when Batman gets to fight a bunch of terrorists, he definitely would be lost without help from Catwoman. It was clear that there is a certain vulnerability, a limit to what he can achieve. All in all, "The Batman" is not perfect and a bit overblown, but watchable.