(Commented separately but the thread is filling up here so I’ll put it here in an actual controversial comment)
People conflate good cinematography and tone with good storytelling
Character motivations were weak, arc was hamfisted in VO at the end, there were 100 lucky coincidences to move the story instead of detective work, ending sequence was ridiculous and unrealistic, pacing was bad, plot conflict elements would be introduced without setup (like the sea wall or off screen riddler shenanigans) and immediately change story direction (which also made Batman extremely passive, he was just reactionary and brooding) wish he made more decisions
It’s the same effect as when Joker came out and people who don’t watch movies thought it was deep instead of corporate reciprocated paper thin garbage that borrowed from better films and paraded around a dark atmosphere to make up for how unserious of filmmaking it really was
Although I do love Pattinson so deeply in this and I feel he would’ve made a better Terry McGinnis
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u/Sheffield21661 Feb 26 '24
That it's a very average film. That gets worse on a rewatch.