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Author	GoldenZWeegie
Comment	The main points were that it was too long, boring and moody. The same characters and plots are used again and again and it gets boring. There's so much stuff that's great from the comics, but they use the same characters and material repeatedly. There's a lot of filler - The Iceberg Lounge sequence could have been halved to no detriment. The 'World's Greatest Detective' jumps to simple conclusions-'birds have wings. So do bats'. The romance with Catwoman comes out of nowhere. The Riddler is portrayed terribly here. The character would be a great Hush or Anarky, but as The Riddler? It doesn't gel well. Some scenes are just so comical as well, like the Keystone Kops sequence in the police building or Batman and Catwoman riding their bikes together for an inordinately long time. I'm also bored with a gritty, realistic taken on the character. Part of the charm is that it's a ridiculous premise, so to see it being taken seriously time and again gets rote. I'd rather have the Batmobile be a big gothic limousine than a Dodge Charger. The attempts to show he's inexperienced as a crime fighter as well fall flat. Stalling the Batmobile was laughable. Agreed with the final act. The buildup to purging Gotham of corruption was intriguing, but then they go full disaster mode for no reason. That scene of Batman on the roof was ridiculous as well. It's just so long, boring and unoriginal. The comics are great, but this was just so uninspired. I'm baffled as to why people came out the cinema thinking it's a masterpiece.
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Created	Mon 18th Apr 2022 10:56am
Status	normal ()

The main points were that it was too long, boring and moody. The same characters and plots are used again and again and it gets boring. There's so much stuff that's great from the comics, but they use the same characters and material repeatedly. There's a lot of filler - The Iceberg Lounge sequence could have been halved to no detriment. The 'World's Greatest Detective' jumps to simple conclusions-'birds have wings. So do bats'. The romance with Catwoman comes out of nowhere. The Riddler is portrayed terribly here. The character would be a great Hush or Anarky, but as The Riddler? It doesn't gel well. Some scenes are just so comical as well, like the Keystone Kops sequence in the police building or Batman and Catwoman riding their bikes together for an inordinately long time.

I'm also bored with a gritty, realistic taken on the character. Part of the charm is that it's a ridiculous premise, so to see it being taken seriously time and again gets rote. I'd rather have the Batmobile be a big gothic limousine than a Dodge Charger. The attempts to show he's inexperienced as a crime fighter as well fall flat. Stalling the Batmobile was laughable.

Agreed with the final act. The buildup to purging Gotham of corruption was intriguing, but then they go full disaster mode for no reason. That scene of Batman on the roof was ridiculous as well.

It's just so long, boring and unoriginal. The comics are great, but this was just so uninspired. I'm baffled as to why people came out the cinema thinking it's a masterpiece.