The Batman

The Batman movie review by Edelia Weston

Written by: Matt Reeves, Peter Craig, and Bill Finger (creator of Batman)

Directed by: Matt Reeves

Rating: 🔥 that’s hot

This is not an origin story. This is not the tale of an orphan growing up in a messed up world, finding inspiration to help the world that his parents so desperately loved. This is someone who is past inspiration, who has instead settled into the role he holds to the outside world as a symbol but not a man- and that is fine for Bruce, he doesn't value his life beyond symbolism either. But things about his life, character and his mission are called into question as he meets Selena Kyle, an equally closed off and action driven person while the city is being terrorized by a man whose mission is to bring the darkest parts of Gotham City to light through his version of justice.

I loved it. It was slow, and dark and met me right in the middle of the "what am I doing with my life" that many of us get a few years into a job. It was relatable with the 3 main characters being roughly the same age and with similar traumas reacting in similar manners and why we deem some of those actions as heroic, villainous or morally corrupt. This movie is a whole lot of gray area with moments of black and white.

Review written by Edelia Weston