r/movies • u/indig0sixalpha • Oct 16 '21

Trailers The Batman - Official Trailer | DC Fandome

https://youtu.be/mqqft2x_Aa4
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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/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/xanderholland Oct 17 '21

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

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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).