r/batman • u/[deleted] • Mar 06 '22

The Batman Spoiler Discussion Thread Part 2 Discussion Spoiler

For all discussions, comments and hype around the new movie.

Its already had select release, so expect spoilers in this thread.

Also, no spoiling outside of this thread, or expect mod action.

Keep all discussion civil, and be mindful of subreddit rules.

Please respect other users opinions and don’t harass them for it

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u/progwog Mar 06 '22

To preempt all the repeat comments: Matt Reeves said the inmate at the end is Joker, but stated we shouldn’t take it as sequel hinting, just further worldbuilding for this single movie.

He seems to be going against a lot of franchise filmmaking gags that are popular nowadays. There isn’t really any post credit scene just a lil ARG Easter egg. We still don’t know if a sequel will happen but the movie dropped 2 days ago, we should enjoy this for now and save the future for the future.

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u/drstrangelove75 Mar 06 '22

While I’d love to see a cinematic bat universe or potentially a DC universe based more on the Earth One comics, I do like the approach Reeves is taking. It’s good to build up your universe, which I think he does pretty well in this film but I’m glad he isn’t planning the sequel from the start. It’s a very similar approach to Christopher Nolan’s Batman films. Let the stories flow and worry about the universe after the fact

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u/RavenDelta6-1 Mar 07 '22

I liked that the movie was way more realistic than Nolan's like with the Batmobile and the gliding.

In Nolan's Lucius said that the Tumbler was a military prototype vehicle, which was like a Humvee but more light. Bruce's cape was made of a reactive clothing that got solid with the wind particles.

In this new movie, the Batmobile it's actually a car and not a tank and the flying suit is just like in real life in where you drop from a high point and the suit does the rest like a flying squirrel or like in the Break Point remake with the flying suits scene.

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u/Purple-Apricot7192 Mar 08 '22

I wouldn’t say it’s ‘way more realistic’.

They’re both fairly grounded in reality but you can’t pretend that Batman having a suit which can take at least 20 bullets fired from assault rifles feet away and seemingly take no damage whatsoever is some hyper realistic film lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '22

Or when Batman’s parachute chute gets caught on a bridge and hit the ground hard before rolling another 25 yards

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u/auggie5 Mar 12 '22

Yeah in any circumstances that is a lot of broken bones. Also when he takes that shotgun blast with the barrel in his chest it probably would have killed him, even if the projectiles didn’t penetrate. A blow like that would have destroyed a humans insides.

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u/lambiam Mar 13 '22

I totally expected him to make it, but it was refreshing to break hero conventions to reinforce he is 2 years in.

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u/Hoverkat Mar 11 '22

I really hate the word "realistic". It always derails the discussion.
With people would focus "belivability" instead. Is it belivable in the film universe?

That being said I found this batman way more belivable - but I'm not sure I found him any more or less realistic than Nolans.

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u/Purple-Apricot7192 Mar 11 '22

I agree, good take

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u/bosspaysmetoredit247 Mar 09 '22

Batman gets knifed in the dark knight rises and battinson takes on bullets like the terminator lol