The Saltburn Drainpipe’s review published on Letterboxd:
Looping back round for this one following on from ‘the penguin’ and spotted one more thing that I absolutely love about it.
Reeves just really understands Gotham in a way that we probably hasn’t seen since Tim burton’s version. The city is sick, and Batman isn’t really a cure. He’s just another symptom. I love the idea that crime still just happens, something which is carried on in the penguin. One man in a mask doesn’t completely end crime in a city, and that isn’t Batman’s goal.
Furthermore this Gotham is layered. You have the beautiful city skyline and the lovely old city hall and courthouses, and then beneath that you have a dirty, grimy, ugly sprawl filled with criminals hanging out in dimly lit streets. I don’t think that was actually captured very well in Nolan’s trilogy so I love seeing it here.
The final thing I like is how often Batman gets absolutely smacked in the fight scenes. He’s young and new to this and he shouldn’t be putting away groups of 8 thugs without breaking a sweat. Go and watch the film back and take note of how often he is slightly too slow, or misses a punch. All the times someone absolutely clocks him. It’s kinda great and adds to the character progression. This is almost the Batman/vengeance prototype. He isn’t there yet.
With that in mind I’m really looking forward to seeing him be ‘there’ in the next film. I also hope we get more tv spin offs because the penguin was great. Perhaps a different side character gets a turn at bat. Who knows?
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