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Film-Noir

posted 3 years ago by TheFoxcatcher (59)
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I was getting this familiar feeling while watching the movie.

This is Film-Noir version of Batman - not pure but atleast a treatment/touch/cross-over whatever you like to call.

A protagonist who is not out and out a hero; major and the last part of the puzzle was solved by catwoman and not batman

Closed environment, frequently visiting a particular central point - The Club in this case

Twisted plot with several persons entangled by their actions and all the dots getting connected only at the end.

Night life, Corrupt cops, Cars, Hookers - all movie has it but this had it with that typical Noiresque style.

And ofcourse that typical Cinematography

Simplicity, no fancy gadgets, guns. A classic Batmobile;

you blend The Maltese Falcon, 1966's Adam West Batman TV Series and The Dark Knight, you get this.

[–] FilmBuff (7434) 3 years ago

It had a strong noir vibe to it. I disagree with a few of your observations, but overall I agree with you. I don't remember Catwoman solving anything, and was surprised how ineffective and subordinate they made her to Batman. It was realistic, and appreciated, and not the way films seem to operate these days.

If I were blending movies to approximate The Batman, I'd definitely leave out the Adam West Batman. Nothing in this film, to me, had any of that camp or humor. I'd mix, off the top of my head, Chinatown, The Conversation, Seven, and maybe a dash of Zodiac

As for film noirs, I'd say The Big Sleep if we're going for a Bogart film, as this one feels a little closer, especially with Marlowe's stoic avoidance of the romantic passes from the Sternwood daughters.

[–] TheFoxcatcher (59) 3 years ago

don't remember Catwoman solving anything

The last quest was to get the rat (falcon) to light.

Batman wrongly chased Penguin who in turn corrected how it means in spanish, no sooner, it was the Catwoman who discovered the call recording and identified Falcone as the murderer of the girl and the rat.

[–] FilmBuff (7434) 3 years ago

Ehhhhh.... that's a bit of a stretch. Batman solved the first part of that clue-- "you are el"-- and Catwoman only played him the voicemail she found when she got her phone back. At that point, it was obvious to everyone that Falcone had given up Maroni, though less as a rat, and more as a business move. I forget who actually says "a falcon has wings, too," but by then it was moot.

[–] mikethemartian (6990) 3 years ago

It definitely had a film noir feel to it. I thought it did a good job of being as realistic as possible but at the same time reminding me of artfully done graphic novel panes. The DCEU stuff looked too much like a comic book to me and Nolan’s version looked very realistic. But this film did a really good job of blending the two.