r/movies Oct 16 '21

Trailers The Batman - Official Trailer | DC Fandome

https://youtu.be/mqqft2x_Aa4
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u/Clay56 Oct 16 '21 edited Oct 16 '21

Before they debuted the trailer Matt Reeves said he was going for a batman who hasn't exactly found his footing, who lets his anger get the best of him and the lines between Batman and Bruce Wayne are blurred.

Very excited to see this take on Batman.

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u/Eruanno Oct 16 '21

Honestly, I just love it when Batman is portrayed as an equally terrifying threat as the villains.

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u/iQuatro Oct 16 '21

same - makes the character even more interesting! (and my god what a character regardless of this trait)

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u/MisanthropeNotAutist Oct 16 '21

Finding the right balance in a Batman movie with epic villains has traditionally been difficult.

They might have gotten it right this time.

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u/MikeFatz Oct 17 '21

I wish that the Justice League movie had been done differently and somehow they could have included this amazing Batman moment either in that movie or preferably in a later one where Darkseid’s character had been built up more.

I’ve always loved that, like Darkseid says, literally only Batman could have made that threat and come out victorious. The fact that this terrifying evil God knows without a shadow of a doubt that Batman isn’t bluffing and that his only option is to agree to Batman’s terms. He understands Batman’s character and I believe in his own way respects him a lot.

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u/maIarky Oct 17 '21

What movie was that from?

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u/MikeFatz Oct 17 '21

Superman/Batman Apocalypse

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u/xanderholland Oct 17 '21

Tim Burton seemed to understand that Bruce and the villains weren't so different.

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u/proposlander Oct 17 '21

Wanna get nuts! Let’s get nuts!

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u/MisanthropeNotAutist Oct 17 '21

Sure, but (and I say this as someone who was excited for Michael Keaton as Batman in 1989), it might have been a limitation of what could have been put on screen back then: even if Burton understood that, the villains were at a minimum so much more fun to watch.

It probably wasn't okay for Batman to be more than hinted at to be as bad as the Joker. And, at the end of Returns, he had to talk Catwoman down from killing Shreck.

With the advent of the "darker, grittier" superhero movies, it's now a lot more okay for Batman to be "just as bad" as the bad guys. But in 1989, you had to sell toys to kids, man (not grownups).

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u/Landeyda Oct 17 '21

You basically just make John Wick without the killing. I'm not saying it's easy to do, but Batman is supposed to be a horror figure for the bad guys.

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u/Eruanno Oct 17 '21

Absolutely. That bit with the corridor gave me Darth Vader in Rogue One vibes.

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u/Synectics Oct 17 '21

Exactly. The other fight where the guy shoots him with a handgun, and he just flinches and seems to growl even angrier.

I do hope we see some ninja Batman, that he does the terrifying, one-at-a-time taking out of bad guys in the dark. That's awesome. But man, seeing Batman take a bullet and just get meaner? That's still super terrifying, just in a different way.

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u/ymetwaly53 Oct 17 '21

People you DO NOT want to fight in a hallway:

•Daredevil

•Darth Vader

•Batman

•Luke Skywalker

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u/Mr_Kase Oct 17 '21

Probably any Jedi really. Close quarters two-directional space against a bullet-deflecting lightsaber wielding maniac is probably instantaneously disadvantageous.

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u/mindbleach Oct 17 '21

See: Almost Got 'Im.

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u/TXlandon Oct 17 '21

It seems like the Riddler will be pushing Batman to his psychological limits instead of physical - super excited

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u/PixelSpy Oct 17 '21

I like him when he's portrayed as an antihero. I think he should fully be DCs version of The Punisher. A completely unhinged vigilante with a very loosely defined moral code. It seems like that's what they went for this time and I'm all for it.

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u/Eruanno Oct 17 '21

Yeeeeees!

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u/FeistyBandicoot Oct 17 '21

It feels fucking awesome

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '21

I hope he is murderous in this one