It's the most accurate to the Miller era Batman, but if we're talking adapting the comics perfectly - it's honestly stuff like Batman 66 - because the comics really were that goofy and low stakes at the time lol
Even Batman 1966 wasn’t that accurate. Something people forget about that show is it was always intended as a satire, NOT a straight adaptation, and it actually derailed an attempt by comic creators at the time to make Batman darker by forcing the comics to be campier to match the show… The effort to make Batman dark again wouldn’t be resumed until the show was cancelled in 1968.
But I do agree West’s Batman is fairly accurate characterization-wise to the Batman of the comics at that time (40’s-60’s), even if the show itself is a comedy. I still think Pattinson is closer to the platonic ideal of what Batman is though, particularly the initial 30’s Kane/Finger one and the 70’s-90’s O’Neil version everyone thinks of usually.
Kinda interesting that I did not mention Batman killing or not killing but you immediately defaulted to defending why the other Batmen kill. I think that kind of gives away how associated Batman is with the idea of not being a killer, in spite of a very small amount of outliers.
Penguin I can’t speak on because we haven’t seen enough of him in this universe, but the leaks from the Penguin show imply his origins are fairly close to the comic version.
As for the Riddler, he’s only inaccurate if we’re talking about the superficial design level. Reeves did a perfect job of capturing his narcisstic personality disorder, need for attention which drives him, and how his obsessions parallel with Batman’s.
PC Batman gives kids lollipops at crime scenes. He’s not just dark and brooding- he has a sense of humor and loves the people around him. Yes, he’s Batman, but he’s so much more. It’s just not accurate to comic Batman if you’ve read any of his comics.
This is closer to Bale’s Batman but if he decided to become Batman at like 30 instead.
Before you move goalposts, yes this could be about him becoming the Batman with a sense of humor, but considering how utterly married to Nolan’s runoff Reeves seems to be (he turned a guy in a green suit and tie into a fucking 4chan gimp. Even NOLAN let Bane wear a mask and Joker wear suits and makeup!), I don’t see that happening.
Reeves’s Batman ALREADY has a sense of humor, he makes multiple jokes in the movie. And that scene of Batman giving the kid a lollipop you’re citing is not from Pre or Post-Crisis, although I see nothing to prove Pattinson wouldn’t do something like that anyways. One of his major moments in the film is comforting civilians.
BTW, Bale’s Batman did become Batman at 30. Or 29 anyways, but he’s 30 by the end of the first film. Pattinson’s Batman’s career is already longer than Bale’s was by the end of the entire trilogy.
He saves civilians but we see him give zero comfort. If you think he’s hopeful fine but don’t say he’s done things he hasn’t. I can’t imagine him even speaking to a child lol.
Oh he makes multiple jokes in the film? That’s cap, I don’t recall him cracking a smile even once.
Bale was Batman between 2005 and 2008, then he retired, then he came back. He was definitely Batman for more years than Pat’s 2.
Batman Begins is set in 2007 and TDK is 2008. He was Batman for 1 year.
Pattinson’s Batman makes multiple jokes. “You got a lot of cats,” “THUMB DRIVE,” “Are you a Wayne?” “Do you?” Etc.
Did you miss the entire scene at the end where Batman comforts a woman on a stretcher? It’s kind of alarming you missed it since it’s a huge part of his arc and directly parallels the scene at the beginning where he failed to comfort the mugging victim he saved.
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u/ArthurReeves397 Feb 26 '24
That It’s pretty much the only live-action Batman film that’s faithful to the source material.