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You should've researched the movie. Plenty of reviews out there (even the non-spoiler reviews if you are afraid of the reviews being spoiled) along with news articles that said the movie has barely any action in it. It is more of a dialogue heavy Batman movie and it's more about Batman being a detective and trying to track down The Riddler than beating up bad guys all the time.
Should've done better research on the movie. Plenty of (non-spoiler) reviews and news articles saying the movie is more of a detective/investigation movie and dialogue heavy Batman movie than a lot of the action-y Batman movies we've gotten before throughout the years. I did my research and the movie flew by for me. The movie felt 30-45 minutes shorter than what it really was.
I don't think the movie has anything to do with it and there is no actual connection between the two. There has been almost a monthly shooting or a shooting every two weeks or so for the last 5-10 years. Could maybe bump that up to 15 years. For anyone possibly reading this in the future, I'm pretty much talking about from the late 2000's/early 2010's to this comment's present day in 2022.
No. I got through The Batman fine when I saw it in theaters. The only problem I ran into was that I started getting hungry around the scene where Falcone is shot/killed. But that's like 2 hours and some minutes in. So I just had to hang in there for another 30-40 minutes. And lots of movies throughout the years prove intermissions aren't needed. Titanic, Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, and all three Lord Of The Rings movies are a few examples.
The movie's runtime was fine. I was never bored. Movie kept moving for me and it "got going" almost immediately for me. I've also watched a lot of 90-minute movies that feel longer than The Batman. Like Halloween 5. Or a good chunk of the Friday The 13th movies (mainly because I don't like the camp setting, Friday The 13th Part 6 is the only one I really like since it's more action-y than all the others). Or most of the Nightmare On Elm Street sequels (I only like the first one and Wes Craven's New Nightmare). Eternals even felt longer than The Batman.
Titanic, Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, and all three Lord Of The Rings (and probably many more) prove that longer movies can be successful. Also, all these movies (except for maybe Endgame) felt shorter than the 90-minute movies I listed. They definitely felt shorter than Eternals. The Shining 1997 miniseries (which is about 4.5 hours) felt shorter than Eternals and all those 90-minute movies I listed. Heck, a season of Stranger Things or Sons of Anarchy flies by faster than these 90-minute movies I listed.
For me, The Batman further confirmed something I already knew. It doesn't come down to runtime and runtime should be looked at last. It comes down to plot/story and characters. If the characters and story/plot are interesting enough, then the runtime shouldn't really matter.
And after watching The Batman twice, I don't know what could be cut. Everything felt important/needed/had a purpose/led to something. I heard there is a 4-hour cut of the movie. So if there is, I think they already removed all the filler/fluff scenes and subplots.
If you watch his videos on YouTube, you'd know that a lot of these movies he makes don't take long to film, especially when he is directing. They usually range anywhere from a week to about about 20 days to film. Now post-production/editing is a different story. I think he leaves that to others to do. But also from his YouTube videos, it seems like there is a couple weeks in between directing movies. So there is breaks in between movies. He isn't always/constantly working. But the movies are quick to filming. So when one is in post-production, he is directing the next movie. Oh and all these movies he makes aren't exactly out to win Oscars or anything. So pretty much, it's like they do 3-5 takes on the scene and go from there (slap stuff together). It's not like bigger movies that they can do like 100 takes before finally getting that right take or enough takes to pull stuff from and merge together. And the movies he directs are supposed to be cheesy, bad acting, and so on. I want to say that him directing and acting is more for fun and YouTube is his primary job or whatever you want to call it. By the sounds of it, his friends/Hollywood connections come to him and ask him to direct instead of him going to his friends/connections begging to let him direct or be in a movie. But what I get from his YouTube channel, he wants to stick to movie reviews and vlogs instead of being big in Hollywood, and directing and acting are side jobs since he doesn't make enough YouTube money and can't survive off of just YouTube money.
Italian is considered white. Heck, there is only like three or four skin colors in the world nowadays with the logic on the internet and social media. White, black, Arabic (thanks to 9/11), and maybe Native American. Asians are considered white. It's the facial features like the slant eyes that make them Asian. Not so much the skin color. Mexicans could be another possible skin color, but with the logic I'm seeing nowadays on the internet/social media, they are categorized under white altogether. Native Americans I say are a maybe because I'm a mix of Native American and white, but you'd never know I'm Native American unless I whip out my Native American/Tribal card/ID, although I'm quarter Native American. I think I get the white skin from my dad. My dad is white and my mom is Native American (my grandma on my mom's side is 100% and my mom is 50%). Only way you will see the Native American in me is if I let my hair get long and I don't shave my facial hair. And I know my Native American comes out when that happens because I found some old junior high and high school pics of me when I was too lazy to shave and had long-er hair. I kept asking who the Native American wearing my clothes was. But then I realized it was me. But when I have shorter hair and shave my facial hair, I look more white. And I've come across some REALLY white Native Americans that are part of the same tribe as me. So Native Americans are 50/50 and a maybe. But going back to Italian, Italian is considered white with how things are now. You are pretty much either white, black, or Arabic. And there is Mexican and Native American being questionable/up for debate. No more "in between" stuff or specific stuff.
All the officers standing outside when Falcone is arrested (and then gets shot) debunks all this. Plenty of white cops/police officers standing outside. And it's never really said, but I'm 99% sure all those officers are a mix of the good cops in the GCPD and ones that Falcone bought off but were too big of wimps to stand up to him or say no and didn't want to be bought off to begin with. Maybe some were being blackmailed by Falcone for something. But all the officers that were wimps or possibly being blackmailed finally grew some balls when they learned Gordon and Batman were bringing him down.
I think I have the most WTF answer/reply/response ever. She looks like Adriana Chechik to me. When I was watching Uncut Gems, I thought that Adriana Chechik jumped over to Hollywood and Uncut Gems was her debut role. I even paused Uncut Gems for a minute or two to do an IMDB search and see if it was really Adriana. It wasn't though. But Adriana Chechik is my answer and who I'd go with.
I prefer Batman with a cape. When I think Batman, the cape comes to mind. I think that's part of why I can't really get into Batman Beyond. I don't like how Batman Beyond does the cape/wings. And I'm like Tyrone Magnus. Cape flapping. I'm a sucker for cape flapping visuals/shots or whatever you want to call them. But I do see the argument about the cape getting in the way during fights and something for the bad guys to maybe grab onto and stuff and use against Batman.
Plenty of non-spoiler reviews and news articles giving the heads up/warning/disclaimer that the movie is more dialogue heavy and more of a detective/investigation movie than your usual action-y Batman movie. Do some research (this is target to anyone/anybody reading this).
Also, a kid needing constant action? I don't know about that. I was in 3rd grade when Titanic released in theaters. I saw it twice in theaters too and handled it fine both times. Even all the stuff before the Titanic hits the iceberg. The first time I saw the movie I wanted to see it because my sisters were making a big deal about it (because of Leonard DiCaprio), and since I have no brothers and I'm a middle child, I just followed my sisters. The second time I was dragged to the movie because my mom wanted to see it again, but I wasn't old enough or trustworthy enough to be left home by myself. And unless my parents were seeing an R-rated movie, my sisters and I HAD to go. So I was dragged to Titanic again. But I sat through it like a pro both times. Plus around the time I saw the movie a second time, word was spreading around my school about the drawing scene and getting to see boobs, especially in a PG-13 movie. So getting to see boobs again made me cool for like 2 minutes at school (I was never really popular and stuff and considered a freak/loser/geek/nerd/etc.), although Titanic wasn't the first time I ever saw boobs before in a movie. I had seen several R-rated movies before seeing Titanic. But still it was fun to brag at school about seeing Titanic for the boobs since all the boys were talking about that scene.
But yeah. If a kid can't handle a 3-hour dialogue heavy movie at 8-10 years old, they need some tolerance built up and stuff. Or least have a talk (my parents told me on the way to the movie theater Titanic was 3+ hours). And the parents should do some research first. Plenty of reviews and articles out there giving the heads up about The Batman lacking action.
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Maybe I would've been flipping out if The Riddler killed a black person or two or an Asian or Native American or Mexican as well and Catwoman left them out of it and only verbally attacked the white people Riddler killed.
The way I broke down the meaning of it, I'll give it a pass. For once. It was only really being directed at the people The Riddler was targeting, who have jobs that are a privilege to have, mainly because they were elected into the jobs/titles instead of having to work their butts off to get the jobs/titles and earn their way there to the top through something like seniority or experience/the right qualifications. I felt Catwoman wasn't attacking ALL white people. Sure, they could've worded it better, but I'll give it a pass for once. And I think that's just how black people are. Even to themselves, especially in movies and TV shows (I'll throw that in just to save myself since I don't know what they are truly like in real life). And I'm not talking stuff recently. I watched Jerry Maguire back in 2021, which is a movie from the 90's. Cuba Gooding Jr.'s character's wife had to constantly specify race with everything. When she talked about Jerry or anyone white, she was always, "white this, this, and this" or when she was talking to Cuba about things between them it was always, "black this, this, and this." The whole "white privilege" nonsense wasn't exactly a thing back in the 90's. But I want to say it's a real life thing though. I could've sworn I've watched all kinds YouTube videos made by black people/content creators and everything has to be specified with skin color. Black people can't leave race out of it. Doesn't matter if it's white, black, yellow, and so on. They always have to shoehorn it in. I'm sure if they cast someone white in the role, the line would've been "these privileged a-holes" or something that doesn't involve skin color. But anyway, I guess this once I'll give this "white privilege" nonsense a pass, especially with how I broke it down. The people Catwoman was talking about are privileged with the jobs/titles they have and are abusing, and they happened to be all white. So merge stuff together and it's white privilege.
Yep. Mainly because Snyder fans wanted more of Ben Affleck's Batman. Also, those that are anti-Robert Pattinson will more than likely mess with stuff as well since they don't want the guy from Twilight to turn Batman all sparkly, although I never saw any sparkles when watching The Batman. And I hate Twilight as well, but I was willing to give Robert Pattinson a chance as Batman and not auto-hate/dislike the movie like a lot of people were. And I saw him in Tenet. He was fine/tolerable.
I've liked quite a few of Christopher Nolan's movies. Mainly the three Batman movies and Inception. I enjoyed The Batman though. It's definitely not a 1 star. If I were to rate it on IMDB, it wouldn't be lower than an 8/10. Not saying that's what I'd give it. I could give it a 9 or 10 out of 10.
I think the Snyder fans will be the ones trying to mess with The Batman's IMDB rating. Mainly because they want more of Ben Affleck's Batman. I did want more of his Batman, but I was willing to give Robert Pattinson's Batman a chance and be fair about stuff. The Batman was a good movie. I'll be getting it on Blu-Ray when it comes out.
Also, all those that are anti-Robert Pattinson might mess with stuff as well. They think that he'll turn Batman all sparkly and stuff because of Twilight (which I didn't see at all). I hate Twilight, but I was willing to give him a chance.
I'm a little split on that line. I hate all the PC/woke stuff in movies and TV shows, but I can sort of give it a pass this one time because of how it was used. Catwoman/Selina was talking about white people in power or white people in higher-up jobs that are abusing their power. She wasn't talking about ALL white people and not like the white dude working as a janitor at Walmart, or someone flipping burgers at McDonald's, or the person bagging groceries at a grocery store, or someone working the cash register at a gas station, or even neighbors that happen to be white. She was talking about the white people that are politicians or have high-rank jobs (senators, governors, mayors, etc.) in the government or maybe a high-ranked officer (police commissioner and the couple high ranks right below police commissioner or maybe just any corrupt police officer/officers abusing their badge), or maybe someone major in the mob like Carmine Falcone. She was pretty much talking about everyone that The Riddler killed, who were all abusing their power/badge, were corrupt, and had it coming to them what The Riddler did to them. All of the guys The Riddler killed were white. Maybe if there was an Asian or black in there, maybe Catwoman/Selina wouldn't have been so specific and worded things differently. But these jobs/titles that those that were killed have are pretty much a privilege to have (except Carmine Falcone, who probably murdered his way to the top and stuff or was next in line because of family members or something). The jobs/titles had to be earned (mainly through winning an election) and these white people that had their jobs were abusing them and stuff. So I can sort of get the usage of white privilege in this scenario and give it a slight pass.
Well, Kurt Sutter and FX parted ways, so we are more than likely not going to get it. Ever.
I sadly saw her death coming after everything being said on the 28th (of December 2021 in case anyone reads this in a couple years or so), especially when looking back at personal experiences with family members and relatives I lost over the years, or a friend's family member/relative, or overhearing stuff when it comes to my mom's work (she is a hospice nurse), or just other celeb deaths. It just seems that whenever someone says they are fine and are making all these plans in the near future, especially when they are REALLY getting up there in age (maybe as early as the 65-70 year range), that's pretty much the red flag to start preparing. That person is pretty much telling everyone their "exit"/death is going to be happening VERY soon. I was actually expecting maybe another 4-8 months for Betty White. Not so much three days later. But in a way, the whole "I'm fine" thing or talking about future plans is part of the whole last hoorah that happens before someone dies or before they might have a stroke or heart attack that leads to them eventually dying (my grandma was doing fine and stuff, ended up having a stroke a few hours after my parents left the hospital from visiting her, and then finally died about 2-3 days after the stoke, or there was my uncle who was having a good day, ended up having a heart attack after everyone left from visiting him, and then he died like a day later). So yeah. I guess I saw Betty White's death coming. And maybe the next time an elderly celeb says something similar to Betty White, start preparing. It could be a major hint/red flag/warning/etc. that they are on their way out.
Yeah. He took quite the beating during the fight with Kate. Read my comment/reply for other scenarios on what could've happened in that scene. Don't really want to re-type all that or copy/paste.
They cut away, so he could be alive. Well, one could argue they cut away so the rating doesn't go up to R or TV-MA (TV rating equivalent of an R). But I'm pretty sure they purposely did that because they want to keep us guessing, but he is more than likely still alive. He survived everything during his fight with Kate, so he could probably survive getting shot even if he got shot in the head. Or he simply dodged/moved out of the way. Maybe he attacked Maya/Echo as she fired the gun and the bullet missed and then he fled after that. And with such a big/popular/well known villain like that, I don't see them killing him off so quickly. Sure, the MCU did kill off some major villains before, but Kingpin barely had any screen time compared to the other ones. He isn't dead. Oh and don't forget the number one rule of deaths in movies and TV shows. If there is no body or we don't actually see the person dying on screen, they aren't officially dead and could return. And 95% of the time, they do return. I'm sure the Echo show is going to show the rest of the scene. That or maybe save stuff for a Hawkeye Season 2 (IF they make one).