New Batman's good. Not super paranoid about restrictions and such, but for the first time going back to theaters in two years, was happy to see a mostly empty theater. Especially sitting there for three hours. Think it's because they had a special fan screening on Monday and it's expected to open tomorrow on Friday. Not complaining that it randomly opened on Thursday.
Couple things I found interesting, without spoilers. Within the landscape of big hollywood movies, especially superhero fare, it's closer to a blade runner 2049 or the director's own war for the planet of the apes. Dune was popular and it was a relatively slower burn big movie without jokes or being a lighthearted fun power fantasy adventure. If Nolan was making Batman by way of Bond, this seems informed by Reeves digging 90s David Fincher, The Crow, Nirvana, and that sort. Not that it isn't basically Nolan Batman v2. It's a grounded realistic Batman that is its own thing, far more than those were. It's cool that it is its own pocket irrespective of whatever is happening with the next dozen years of shared universe stuff.
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This is a me thing being roughly in the same generation as Robert Pattinson. Growing up with this all, Batman has always been this older adult figure. Aspirational isn't the word. I took it as you were meant to identify with various Robins or Batgirl or Terry, where Batman was mythical but still relatable. Here, I end up identifying with Batman in a way I haven't before. And not just because one of the three hours is just him sitting at home playing Elden Ring. Feeling old.
