Y’all told me the runtime wouldn’t matter and that it needed to be 176 minutes
Another Matt Reeves fumble.
The movie was shaping up to be a classic. We had a movie focused on Batman and Gordon chasing Riddler. You had the serial killer and finally a detective vibe on the Batman side. That’s what we had for the first hour.
Then the movie detours and focuses on Catwoman and John Turruroto for 30 minutes and The Riddler becomes a background character. Then the ending/final third was just The Dark Knight Rises all over again and things we’ve already seen in a Batman movie.
The movie was missed potential.
The concept of Riddler was good but Paul Dano started overacting and Riddler’s “crazy scenes” ended up being more funny than disturbing. People were laughing in my screening.
I will say this is the first Batman movie that literally shows you why a criminal would be afraid of Batman when he arrives on the scene.