Falcone! This cast is great.

Well who thought Christian Bale could pull it off after his stint as Patrick Bateman?

Robert Pattison is in a new film out now with Willem Dafoe called The Lighthouse, it's getting oscar buzz as best picture. I was going see it last week and my local theater pulled it already. I guess it's not tearing up the box office.

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I didn't. I knew that he had range, but not like he displayed in TDKT. I recall at the time thinking that he'd have made a good riddler, or something like that, and not Bruce/Batman

Man, this movie as incredible. It's shot in 1.19:1 ratio, which I believe is nearly the same as the early talkies, but it does a fantastic job of making you feel cramped. Dafoe is Dafoe and may have been born for this role and does a phenomenal job, but Pattinson knocks it out of the park and never lets Dafoe's performance outshine his own.

If you don't like ****ing weird arthouse films I cannot recommend this one to you. When it ended it left me pretty ****ed up for a bit.

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Holy **** I hope that costume isn't the real thing. Christ al-****ing-mighty.

:facepalm:

Not a ringing endorsement from the man who's likely going to play this character for a couple films at least. I guess he's never met a firefighter, cancer survivor, or even his own parents to know there are superheroes in the world.

Sidenote: I don't know if anyone here has seen the King on Netflix, but the way that movie ends is absolutely hilarious in regards to his character.

I think you're confusing heroes with superheroes. Superheroes by definition have super powers. Without getting into Batman (although it is debatable, he has no super powers, of course neither does Iron Man & now we're splitting hairs) but the people you mention above are heroes no doubt, but I wouldn't really call them superheroes.

He's way to weird to have ever met his parents

Does Batman's really high IQ count as a superpower?

That's a fair point, you could also argue that his gadgets (especially considering we've seen him in essence in an Iron Man suit that doesn't fly) give him superhuman abilities. But I'm just saying I can see the point he's making, you can certainly argue he's not a super hero.

Granted if someone was paying me millions to play Batman I'm not sure I'd make that point.

He's pretty much right. Having enough money to buy all sorts of gadgets does not make one a "superhero".

IQ? Is Sherlock Holmes considered a superhero?

Martial arts training? What about Bruce Lee?

I see nothing wrong with what he said. He's right. Yall are just looking for something to crucify him for. Yall aren't going to see it anyway.

For those that aren't familiar with Pattinson in interviews, he is VERY self depreciating and doesn't take himself that seriously at all. I wouldn't read much into what he said.

This...

We are all depreciating.

I think you mean deprecating

D'oh! Good catch man.:thumb:

Yeah this Pattinson dude likes to talk shit and make fun of himself in interviews is all I was getting at really.

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Too skinny...

Holy shit

https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2020/02...tmans-bat-suit

Easier to see images

I dig it! And loved the music too.

Keaton wasn't anything special or physically imposing. But he climbed into a batman suit that made him look so and 6'6". But Pattinson will need to bulk up for this role

I didn't really think Keaton was a very convincing Batman either to be honest. Physically speaking at least...

My god this looks terrible.

It’s Batman, so I’ll be seeing it but yeah... low expectations

But who knows, maybe he’ll shock the world like Tom Cruise as Lestat, or Ledger as the Joker

Batman at the self serve pump:

Wait, what?

This looks as bad as I thought it would look. The actor has a weird face and a weirdly shaped head. Reminds me of those 90's cartoons where the artists were really good but intentionally made all of the characters funny looking.

Music was cool

It’s a thing bro, google it

That's a fair assessment. He wasn't bad as Bruce Wayne. And the alter ego is more important in my view when playing a character that dresses up. But they still need to get it close. Bale had to become leaner, Reeve had to bulk up and was still borderline. DC has more strikes than gutterballs in casting

But they do have some big misses. Like the last Luthor. I'm not sure that he could've been a good Lex. And they've also mucked up how they wrote, directed actors like Bane in Batman and Robin. And Mr. Freeze

Val Kilmer the best Batman don't @ me

Kilmer definitely gave the same depth of character to it as Keaton, but without the off putting pencil neck... even as a kid I couldn’t really see Keaton as Batman, it ruined an otherwise great movie for me

So Kilmer was definitely an upgrade, but Bale is the undisputed champ

You guys realize this is year 2 Batman, right?

Pattinson has turned into a fantastic actor over the last decade or so and Reeves is one of the best directors in the business. They’re going to kill this shit.

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Yep...he is a great actor and Matt Reeves is great too. Excited for this detective/noir Batman

Jesse Eisenberg is a good actor too, but not when you make him Lex Luthor.

I think he did fine in that role with what he was asked to do, it's just that role was written so piss poorly.

The writing was meh for his role. Not his fault. Also everyone scoffed at Ledger as joker and he crushed it. Maybe Pattinson can pull this off especially with this director.

I actually like the homemade aesthetic, it's just a shame about the ears and eyes.

The thing about the ears, they are drawn like that in the comics a lot (thin and far back) and they look good from a flat 3/4 angle. But only that angle. The comics have the luxury of cheating, they can draw them different so they work from any angle. The eyes are just misguided. It looked dumb in The Dark Knight and it looks dumb here. He's not Spider-Man. If they want to do the lensed eyes, they've got to do it CG like Deadpool.

Pattinson's body type and ****ed up head make him a better match for the Aeon Flux role.

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It's a stunt man suit so it always looks meh. It isn't the actual suit/cowl. Theyll have effects I'm sure

Yeah, I try not to look at set photos. They're just so far away from what hits the screen, its just not productive.

I think they’re gonna h it it out of the park story wise. Did they ever say which villain was going to be in this?

He normally is not. He is like the punisher normally. Especially if the movie has human villains.

The Penguin and Riddler

$100 says he's going to pull that bat symbol thing out of his chest and use it as some corny bat tool....

I'm just wondering what those silver things on his forearms are, look almost Black Widow-esque to me, some type of dart launcher or something. Could just be there for show, but looks like a much more militarized, armor like version of the suit than before.

Is this true or a rumor?


Warner Bros is negotiating with Colin Farrell to play The Penguin in the Matt Reeves-directed The Batman. If the deal closes, he will round out the trio of villains going against Rob Pattinson's Caped Crusader, with Paul Dano as The Riddler and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman

Supposedly this movie is an adaptation of The Long Halloween to some extent.

https://cosmicbook.news/batman-colin...nfirms-penguin


https://variety.com/2019/film/news/t...nt-1203374212/

Like in Superman II when he pulled the S off of his suit and it turned into a giant plastic wrap S that took out the three Kryptonians?

That bat symbol appears to be constructed with pieces of the handle of the gun that killed his parents, so I doubt it's a usable gadget.

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Even 10 year old me was all like "WTF???" when that happened, lol.

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They look like some sort of throwing axe to me. No doubt he's going to use them.

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As much as I dislike the casting for Batman... the casting for the Batmobile is ****ing awesome.

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@ScottWamplerBMD: The vibe I get from everything I've seen, heard, and read about THE BATMAN indicates that Matt Reeves is making a dark (but, crucially, fun) detective story with a shitload of gadgets, villains, and Bat-lore. Don't know why anyone would be mad about that. Sounds rad as hell imho.

I agree with this... definitely intrigued

Between the vintage Batcycle and this car, they’re definitely going for an old school vibe... like maybe it’ll be set in the early 60s or something

At least they’re trying to be different I guess, we’ll see...

I've seen conjecture that they're going for a Bruce Timm Animated Series vibe, a mix of vintage and high tech.

I'm down with this.

If this really ends up being a detective story I will be so damn happy! I don't currently need another 'smash em in the face' Superhero movie.

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And that looks.... fairly promising.

The Im Vengeance part was pretty damned good! really solid!

Great song

That looks a hell of a lot better than I thought it would.

Who is the main villain?

From my understanding, The Riddler, but that was a while back and have no idea if it's been altered

My take, that scene was really really good. Cat woman scene looked good.

Car looks bad, emo Bruce looks bad. Dude looks like he should be in a my chemical romance video.

The Riddler and the Penguin

This looks amazing.

I’m getting some serious Se7en vibes. Feels darker than Nolan’s Batman/universe.

A no kill rule rings a bit hollow when you're severely maiming anyone you come across lol

I think the car looks awesome; sort of a cross between an old Camaro and the Mad Max Interceptor.

Looks solid, interesting how he’s already cool enough with Gordon and the police to be hanging out in a crime scene together. Looks like the action and fights will be hard hitting which I think is key for believability. It almost has a Netflix Daredevil vibe to it. In on day one for sure.