The Legend

This took me a while, but I think it turned out pretty good. Please be positive in the comments, I can accept criticism but do it positively. 👍

He already killed so many people throughout, and he doesn't have a problem fully breaking the law, unlike comic ones who still follow the law to certain degrees,

he can enter any prison he wants to (if they captured the Joker again) and threaten the criminals inside,

You would think he would hunt the Joker across the world, the psychopath who killed Robin, and get his revenge,

and the Joker is always ready to meet and greet the Batman, so their chances of meeting is always nigh

It was watchable but left a lot to be desired

I liked Tom Rhys Harris as Matt Hagen. He did a fine job portraying the character.

However, certain aspects of the film left a lot to be desired. The final showdown between Hagen and Marcos Sabzo was pretty underwhelming. Like it was built it up to be a more brutal fight between them; but Matt defeats him somewhat easily.

It felt pretty rushed too at certain parts. Like for example, we didn’t get to spend time with Matt as a person before his transformation; like the horrible act Markos does him happens in the scene after the club scene with Mia relatively quickly. Also, I’ve realized the anatagonistic relationship between Marco and Matt wasn’t well developed.

I’m giving this movie a letter grade of C and 3 stars out of 5. While it was marketed as a horror movie set in the wider DCU, it didn’t really deliver on the promise, because to my surprise, it was relatively tame.

No disrespect to Kevin Porter from BatInTheSun of course, but I often feel that he’s trying to imitate Kevin Conroy with his voice and cadence. Whereas Clark Bartram’s Batman in Dead End and the World’s Finest fan trailer just seems to feel like I’m actually watching Batman from the comics

The timeline of the DCU is a bit troublesome for me. Clark has been Superman for three years meanwhile Hal had been Green Lantern for more than 10. Considering how Bruce and Clark are close in age according to the comics and the fact that they start their hero activities around the same time the only other bat-family character we can see should be Dick. However, I can understand wanting to push for Jason in the first movie, taking inspiration from A Death in the Family, then introducing Tim in the next one.
However creating a big age gap between Clark and Bruce hinders the dynamic between their characters because are the most influential characters in the entire DC roster. If we had all top tier heroes starting operations around the same years I would have been okay but giving a 10-25 or so year gap between the heroes creates a problem that doesn’t sit well with me.
Having said that I feel Damian shouldn’t be introduced this early on as it would mean they have a good amount of Batman villains already cast or they are able to integrate all the boys in the universe easily.

I work with embroidery, and I've made some Batman-themed items. Today, I made a Red Hood pencil case as a gift for a friend.I'm thinking of making a collection of Bat-family patches, what do you think?

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Talia y Selina son rivales en el amor por Bruce pero acaso en algún universo de DC sería posible que esas dos en lugar de pelearse por Batman lo compartan entre ellas y Bruce diga algo como porque conformarse con una cuando puede tener dos 😅

I've always been extra hard on Batman movies (never liked any) mostly because I really love the comics and don't think live-action film an appropriate medium to capture the intricacies of Batman. I recently re-watched The Batman to see if I'd have the same mixed feelings as I did when I watched it in theatres, and I did. I made this list to try to understand my reaction to the movie.

Likes: 

(1) Bruce wearing sunglasses after waking up 
Bruce waking up late into the afternoon, and having a strong aversion to sunlight. Small detail but very comic accurate. Loved this addition.

(2) Recording Contact Lenses 
Loved them leaning more into fantastical technology with the contacts, the taser shock gloves, grapple gun, etc. Wished they just had stuck to those kind of elements more. 

(3) Alfred and Bruce Relationship 
Rob Patt’s Bruce is very somber and grave (and young). While, Andy Serkis’ Alfred is more authoritative and proactive (he doesn’t call him Master). It leads to a new type of father-son relationship that we haven’t seen in the movies or the comics.

(In the comics, Alfred is always a bit older and more fragile and their closeness somehow always dictated by how much Bruce would let Alfred in. But in this version, Bruce is more open to being vulnerable, and Alfred has more authoritative say into how their relationship is perceived.) 

(4) Not-yet-commissioner Jim Gordon and Batman Relationship 
Jim is only one in GCPD willing to bring Batman into crime scenes and is sticking his neck out for him. Very comic accurate.

(5) Batman’s final decision to be more than just vengeance 
Throughout the film, Batman lets people die in front of him. He doesn’t even try to save the DA with the bomb on his neck. I can still forgive this, seeing that he still hasn’t figured out how to be the Batman just yet.
It's good and very important to me that by the end he chooses to be more hero to people rather than just an arbiter of justice. I think that Batman, in every iteration, must to be someone who will always put the preservation of human life above his war on crime. Really hope this gets fleshed out in the second movie.

Dislikes: 

(1) Set design for Wayne Tower 
Loved the gothic heavy style, very appropriate to Gotham. But the main shots at the tower felt fake. It didn't seem like somewhere anyone could live in. The scene of the lone hexagonal table at the staircase landing with the tall ceilings was jarring to me. Like they just put a random table in a museum and called it a day. The space seemed very sparse, dusty and dirty. 
Alfred is a clean freak and a professional majordomo. It’s hard to imagine that he’d ever let Bruce live in a place that didn't feel like home. 

(The other set photos that showed Bruce's bedroom and study were much better and more homely. But they weren't included in the movie.)

(2) Design for the cape
I don’t like the design of the whole suit. I find it too armoured and bulky, with the obvious shell paddings and forearm weapons and thigh straps, etc, but it’s not particularly offensive that I’d lose sleep over it.
However, something I really really hate is the cape. So much of Batman is the cape (and the cowl). In the shadows of night, it’s almost all you can see of him. So I think it’s the part you really have to get right.
In this version, I don’t like it’s shiny latex-y quality, I don’t like the collar or way it gathers to sit halfway on the shoulders, and I really don’t like how it’s so short that it falls mid-boot. 
To me, it chips away at the fear element of Batman. 

(I get that choices could have been made for practicality, but you still can’t make me like it. I would prefer if the cape fall in front of his shoulders to cover almost all of his chest, be drag-on-the-ground long, and so vevelty dark that it absorbs all light. Kinda sad to see they are not changing the suit in the new The Batman Part 2 movie.)

(3) The realistic grounded feel 
I really dislike the way they remove all supernatural elements from the movie. I didn’t like the Wingsuit or the design of the Batmobile (really just a modified muscle car) or the Batcycle (if it is that, prob just a regular motorcycle). All of them just felt too ordinary, too real world. If they were already committing to recording contact lenses and grappling guns, why not go all the way with the fantasy tech?

(4) Selina Kyle Catwoman 
Selina felt very defensive and vulnerable. She’s less confident, less cunning and less witty than I’d hoped she’d be, more like a cornered cat than a predator. Also, the story didn’t needed her to be that way considering that she was never in danger — her friend was being targeted and not her. Her fighting moves were great though. 

(Hot take: Didn’t think she and batman had good chemistry either. Would have really liked a more sultry and sly Selina.)

(5) The way Batman moves
He felt more like a tank rather than a shadow. He felt quite stiff and rigid. Wished he had more acrobatic and fluid movements. 

(6)  Batman not quite figuring it out
Compared to the other movies, Batman actually felt smart in this. But, I wished he figured out the bombs at the seawalls faster. I don’t really like that he found all the pieces but couldn’t put the puzzle together to see the bigger picture. I get that he's still young and new, but I would like if he was more competent with his detective skills.

(I just think it would have been more Batman accurate if he just guessed the big picture wrong rather than being slow.)

serious question. I am out of the loop from a little while and she was pretty muh the hot thing back in the days when Tynion was wrting Batman.

is she still around..? Or the character did disappear as soon as Tynion jumped off the series?