The Batman (2022) Movie Review

The relentless recasting and rebooting of this character
continues unabated, now completely ignoring the failed DCU
universe - though it's serious and dark tone (a high point) make
it more relatable to the Snyder Cut and The Joker than those
films. In fact it rivals the Snyder Cut of Justice League as one
of the best looking superhero films ever - without Christopher
Nolan's reliance on massive scope, the cinematography is
unexpectedly art-house, even recalling hyper-stylized films like
Mandy at times, the sound-stage is nearly as good. The Agatha
Twistie detective yarn that runs through the main part of the
film is another high. HOWEVER, the writing of both dialogue and
characters is really poor, leading to great actors, who've been
better every other time I've seen them, wrestle with place holder
roles. Given the writing track record of the uniformly excellent
director Matt Reeves, it smacks of written by committee. Add to
the that a main protagonist and labored final hour that are both
completely inconsequential and it all adds up to a bit of a big
nothing.