1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. I'm 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: your host Movie Mike a k A. Mike D. And 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: if you are a fan of Batman, well you've come 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: to the right place. Coming fresh off of seeing The Batman, 5 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: I'll give my spoiler free review of that, but I 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: want to rank every single Batman movie and let you 7 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: know where The Batman ranks on my list and in 8 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: the trailer park. I want to talk about a fun 9 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: new action movie starring Brad Pitt. So much to talk 10 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: about on this week's episode. Glad you're here, you already 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: know what it is, So let's talk movies. In a 12 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, one 13 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like never 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: before in a movie podcast. A man with so much 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: movie knowledge, he's basically like a walking au MTV with 16 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: glasses from the Nashville podcast Networks Movie Movie Podcast. When 17 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: it comes to movies, there is no bigger role than 18 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: playing Batman. I think as Americans would be come kind 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: of obsessed with it, like who's gonna play Batman next? 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: Who is the best Batman? And going into watching the Batman. 21 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: I think that's what a lot of people have been 22 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: talking about when it comes to Robert Pattinson, and it's 23 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: just interesting to see that after seeing first reviews about 24 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: The Batman, everybody wants to know, well, where does it 25 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: rank among all the other Batman movies. So that is 26 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: what I'm here to do today. And I just have 27 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: to say before I get into all this, we are 28 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: living in a really great time for movies right now. 29 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: We just had a major release from a superhero franchise 30 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: with Spiderman No Way Home, where I did a similar episode, 31 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: and just a few months later I'm able to do 32 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: one for another major superhero. So as a movie fan, 33 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: I'm super excited to be able to do another episode 34 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: like this. So, without wasting any more time, let's get 35 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: into this list and getting it right out of the way. 36 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: At number ten from I'm putting Batman versus Superman, the 37 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: movie has no substance, and I don't blame Ben Affleck 38 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: for this. I actually think he was a pretty a 39 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: choice to play Batman, but he had no fighting chance 40 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: because the story wasn't there, the design wasn't there. Everything 41 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: what they tried to create in this whole reiteration of 42 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: Batman with his chance to play him. Wasn't there And 43 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: there was absolutely zero substance to this movie. And in 44 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: my entire life, I've never walked out of a movie. 45 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: I think if you've paid for a ticket, it's like 46 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: throwing your money away if you're gonna walk out of 47 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: a movie. So the only thing I've done in protest 48 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: or the equivalent of that, is falling asleep during a movie. 49 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 1: And about ten minutes into this movie, it was so 50 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: utterly boring that I fell asleep, but not only fell asleep. 51 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: Whenever I woke up, nothing had happened, no part of 52 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: the story had progressed. It was the exact same thing, 53 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: in the exact same situation. It was just the utter 54 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: misfire when it came to what d C was trying 55 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: to do, everything was clunky. I hated the bat suit, 56 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: I hated the low go. As far as Ben Affleck 57 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: as Bruce Wayne, I didn't think it was that bad. 58 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: I think he's actually a pretty good Bruce Wayne. I 59 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: just can't get past the look and the stylings that 60 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: they did with the Batman. I just thought he had 61 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: no real chance to make anything of this movie. So 62 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: coming in Dead Last is Batman versus Superman next up 63 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: at number nine, I would put Batman and Robin and 64 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: it's a pretty bad Batman movie. I think number ten 65 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: and nine are the only bad Batman movies. And the 66 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: reason this one is a little bit higher than Batman 67 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: Versus Superman. When it came out back in seven, I 68 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: was a kid. I was six years old. I still 69 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: found it fun to watch a Batman movie, But watching 70 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: it back as an adult, what I take from it 71 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: now is that it's so bad it at least has 72 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: some comedic value. With Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr Freeze, it's 73 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: just funny to see him recite the catchy, dumb lines 74 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: that we kind of know now because they are so bad. 75 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: But if I was going into this movie wanting like 76 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: a real depiction of Batman, it is not there. And 77 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: maybe it was because it was the last Batman film 78 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: of the nineties and that whole kind of era. They 79 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: got a little bit more comic bookie as they went along, 80 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: a little bit more cartoonish that the whole idea of 81 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: the villains in this just felt like a live action 82 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: cartoon almost so for no other reason than having some 83 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: comedic value, I rated it just above Batman versus Superman. 84 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: And also I just kind of forget that George Clooney 85 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: was ever a Batman, so we'll leave that one at 86 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: number nine. Moving on now to number eight, I went 87 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: with Batman Forever from Val Kilmer himself at the time 88 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: when he was Batman. He didn't do anything great, he 89 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: didn't do anything bad in this movie. He's just kind 90 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: of there. What I do love in this movie is 91 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: Jim Carey as the Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones as 92 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: to Face, which Tommy Lee Jones has just like a 93 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: hardcore demeanor altogether, so it's kind of, you know, interesting 94 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: to see him in a role like this, and unlike 95 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: in the other ones I've mentioned from this era, I 96 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: felt like the cartoony nous of the Batman and the 97 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 1: characters in the Villains really worked in Batman Forever. I 98 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: was into it. I liked the very comedic approach that 99 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: Jim Carey took. I like the costume design here. I 100 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,119 Speaker 1: think overall, when you go back and look at this movie, 101 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: it just feels a little bit more dated and you 102 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: can tell it came out in unlike the other Batman 103 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: films of the nineties. So I'm putting this one at 104 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: number eight at number seven from seventeen one that I 105 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: feel is very underrated and sometimes people don't even consider 106 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: a Batman movie, but it totally is, and it's the 107 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: lego Batman movie. And I don't know what it is 108 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: about always having to fight for an animated movie because 109 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: just because something is animated, that means it's geared towards kids. 110 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: And this one, yes, maybe a little bit more so 111 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: because it's also based on a child's toy. But what 112 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: really sets this movie apart is it's able to kind 113 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: of dig into the fun side of Batman's story and 114 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: even a little bit inside the Joker story. But the 115 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: voice acting just really brings this movie to life, and 116 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: in a world where there's kind of no rules, you 117 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: don't really have any expectations, you can go into it 118 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: feeling like a kid again and kind of enjoying that 119 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: just fun aspect of nothing is serious. And this was 120 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: also coming off of, you know, the Dark Knight movies, 121 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: so it kind of existed in this perfect place right 122 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: before The Batman We got to now and coming off 123 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: the Dark Night just like a fun animated movie, which 124 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: is a space that DC does really well in. But 125 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: I think Marvel just hasn't really got there yet. I mean, 126 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: they had what If on Disney Plus, but I think 127 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: they're missing out a little bit on just putting out 128 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: a fun animated movie geared towards kids, so not like 129 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: into the Spider Verse, something fun, just like this to 130 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: have fun with the ranchise, and if you try really 131 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: really hard, I think you can look past the fact 132 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: that they are all just animated legos. But overall, I 133 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: just think it was important for kids to have a 134 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: Batman movie like this geared towards him, that you don't 135 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: have to go into it thinking well, is this safe 136 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: enough for my kid to watch? So at number seven 137 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: from I'm going with the Lego Batman movie at number 138 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: six is maybe my most controversial placing out of all 139 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: this list, but it is two thousand and fives Batman begins, 140 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: and I rewatched this one leading up to The Batman. 141 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: Even though you don't have to watch any other Batman 142 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: movie to enjoy or understand the new Batman movie. I 143 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: just kind of wanted to put myself and that feeling again, 144 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: see if all these kind of had the same rewatchability 145 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: before I watched a whole new undertaking of the Batman 146 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: story and when it comes to the Batman begins. I 147 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: remember that this movie didn't really phase me a whole 148 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: lot when it came out. I don't know if I 149 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: was just kind of tired of Batman, maybe like some 150 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: other people at this point, but I just didn't love 151 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: the origin story, everything going on with the League of Shadows. 152 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: I get that it had to, you know, explain and 153 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: flesh out why Batman was such a great fighter, and 154 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: I think this movie on paper looks a lot better 155 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: than it is watching it back, I just felt like 156 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: the whole origin story eats up the first hour of 157 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: the movie. It doesn't really become a Batman movie to 158 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: me until sixty minutes in. But what I really kind 159 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: of took away from watching this movie is that Christopher Nolan, 160 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: who directed the entire Dark Knight trilogy, had this entire 161 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: vision from the very beginning that he did just want 162 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: to make three movies and this movie just had to 163 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: exist to set up the Dark Knight. To some people, 164 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: I think this is your favorite Batman movie, But for me, 165 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: out of the entire trilogy, unless I was watching them 166 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: all the way through, for that exact same reason, I 167 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: would not go back and watch this one individually, I 168 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: think it's okay. So at number six, I'm going with 169 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: bad Man Begins, and then we'll follow that one up 170 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: with number five from I'm going with The Dark Knight Rises, 171 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: and I kind of forgot how good The Dark Knight 172 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: Rises is. I think it's underrated merely only because of 173 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: the fact that The Dark Knight came before it, and 174 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: watching it again it really kind of made me see 175 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: that vision again of Batman Begins being the rising action, 176 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: the Dark Knight being that climax of the entire trilogy, 177 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: and then Dark Knight Rises being that falling action. But 178 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: I think it's some really good falling action. And I 179 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: really remember loving Bayne as the villain in this movie. 180 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: At the time. I thought he was almost a little 181 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: bit more hardcore than Joker. And the reason that is 182 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: is because Bayne was this unsinkable force just battling Batman, 183 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: breaking him down, kind of really challenging him to the 184 00:09:54,679 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: point of both mentally and physically breaking down Batman. In 185 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: this movie also brought back the big visuals and really 186 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: just put a nice bow on the end of The 187 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 1: Dark Knight. I think my biggest criticism with The Dark 188 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: Knight Rises is that as hardcore as Bayne got, as 189 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: impossible it looked to defeat him at the end of 190 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: the movie, he just kind of kicked over and gave 191 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: up and became a non factor, became a non threat, 192 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: And I thought that was just the interesting way to 193 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: take out such a strong villain in the beginning. And 194 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: what I love about Christopher nolan movies is they always 195 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: kind of leave the ending up for interpretation, and the 196 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: ending of this Batman does exactly that, and I almost 197 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: understood that a little bit more rewatching get here this 198 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 1: last time is I kind of felt the same way 199 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: that Peter Parker did, and you know, and Spider Man, 200 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: is that Bruce Wayne just doesn't want to be Batman anymore. 201 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 1: He kind of wants to leave that behind and just 202 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: have his normal life and the idol he has trying 203 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: to be those two people at one time. I think 204 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: at the root of the greatest superheroes, that is the 205 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: constant struggle and the biggest question in their life. And 206 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: the other thing that Dark Knight Rises got me thinking 207 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: is why would anybody choose to live in Gotham as crazy? 208 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: If things have happened leading up to this movie at 209 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: this point, why would you just willingly and also how 210 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: did Commissioner Gordon not know that Bruce Wayne was Batman. 211 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: But with all that said, The Dark Knight Rises is 212 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: still just a great movie, and that's why I put 213 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: it at number five, and at number four we're going 214 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: back to it was one year old when this movie 215 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: came out, and it is Batman Returns, and up until 216 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: The Dark Night, this was I felt the most rewatchable Batman, 217 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: and I feel of the two Batman movies that Tim 218 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: Burton directed, I think this is the one that kind 219 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: of perfectly walks that line of having his dark, kind 220 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: of camp be style but still keeping it a fun, 221 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: hummic book movie. And Batman Returns has my favorite combination 222 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: of villains Michelle Peiffer as Catwoman and Danny DeVito as Penguin, 223 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: Like that just made it for me as a kid. 224 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: And then also in The Batman Returns, I think it's 225 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 1: one of the best displays of all the Batman gadgets, 226 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: with the Batmobile, the cool bat Cave, and just all 227 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: the other things he uses in the fight scenes. So 228 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: at the core of it, I just think it's the 229 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: most fun movie, the most rewatchable and that's why I 230 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: put it at number four. At number three, this is 231 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: where I'm going to put The Batman from two, and 232 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: I'll get into my full review later. But why I'm 233 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: placing it here. I've kind of mentioned rewatchability, and I 234 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: watched this movie back on Monday, so I've had about 235 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: a week to sit with it, and I'll just say 236 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: that the reason it gets ranked right here, even though 237 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: I really enjoyed it, I kind of feel like, you 238 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: watch it one time and for people you won't have 239 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: to watch it again. But it was made for a 240 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: fan like me who likes the grittier side of superheroes, 241 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: and we haven't really fully seen that in a movie yet. 242 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 1: I kind of get that more from TV shows like 243 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: The Boys, Daredevil, Punisher, and when it comes to big 244 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: screen adaptations of that, I mean, Deadpools are rated superhero movie, 245 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: but when it comes to just to all out gritty, 246 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: real live set movie that hasn't been done until now, 247 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: I feel like if I have a failing. If I 248 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: have a failing is that sometimes I'll overhype a movie 249 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: I'm really excited about, especially when it comes to superhero movies, 250 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: and I think if I would have done this rating 251 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: right after I left the movie theater. I would have 252 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: easily put The Batman out of number one, and I 253 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: see a lot of people online just already rating at 254 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: the best Batman film of all time. I'm glad I've 255 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: had some time to reflect on it a little bit more, 256 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: and I feel great about putting it at number three. 257 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: I think that's exactly where this movie should land, So 258 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: we'll leave it that at number three, it is the Batman. 259 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: Before I get into the top two, I do want 260 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: to give an honorable mention. I feel sometimes when people 261 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: talk about Batman movies, we forget about the original Batman 262 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: one based off the series with Adam West, and some 263 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: people may not know or just may forget about this 264 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: one because it came out back in nineteen sixties six 265 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: there was a Batman movie based on the series. So 266 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: just a special shout out here to the O G. 267 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: Batman Adam West. In the nine version of Batman. I 268 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: just didn't really feel right ranking it with all the 269 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: other Batman movies, but gave it an honorable mention. Alright, 270 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: So we have the final two Batman movies, and at 271 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: number two, I'm going back to nine Batman with Michael Keaton, 272 00:14:54,800 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: who I just think is the best Batman overall. I 273 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: feel like Michael Keaton embodies the character the most. He 274 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: was great, and Batman, he was great, and Batman returns. 275 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: And maybe it's a bit of biased of the time 276 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: I grew up in, and I think sometimes your favorites 277 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: are always the ones you grew up with. You know, 278 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: my favorite Spider Man is Toby Maguire, so kind of 279 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: in that same sense, Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman. 280 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: And I only think that to Batman. Movies are truly iconic. 281 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: And that's a word that kind of gets thrown out 282 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: all the time when it comes to talking about movie characters. 283 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: But when you think about the original Batman, you think 284 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: of Michael Keaton, and you think of Jack Nicholson as 285 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: the Joker, who really made playing the Joker a thing. 286 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: Jack Nicholson is, you know, a bit of a method 287 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: actor who got so into the role that he understood 288 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: that it messes with you mentally. He gave Heath Ledger 289 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: some advice later down the line when he played Joker, 290 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: because it's a role that really messes with you if 291 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: you play it correctly. And Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton's 292 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: can Street in this movie is so great as to 293 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: driving forces battling against each other, and I think it 294 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: has one of my favorite scenes in any Batman movie 295 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: when Batman is in the bat Wing and Joker pulls 296 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: out that really big gun. That scene just stayed with 297 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: me over the years, and without this movie being a hit, 298 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: I don't think any other Batman movie that came after 299 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: it would even be a thing. So I feel like 300 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: every Batman movie success owes it all to Batman, and 301 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: only one true movie I feel like totally sets itself apart, 302 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: and that is what I have at number one. My 303 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: favorite movie of all time from two thousand and eight, 304 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: The Dark Knight. And the reason it's the Dark Knight 305 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: is because how it changed the culture of superhero and 306 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: comic book movies, and of the two Batman movies that 307 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: I consider iconic, it really isn't the truest sense because 308 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: every movie and comic book adaptation wanted to be The 309 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: Dark Knight after this, not only in movies but in 310 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,439 Speaker 1: TV shows. It was that idea of taking a comic 311 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:15,239 Speaker 1: book like character, putting him into real modern times, and 312 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: giving it that edge that The Dark Knight was able 313 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: to do so well. And how this movie really sets 314 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: itself apart from every other Batman movie is anybody can 315 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: watch The Dark Knight and know it's a good movie, 316 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: no matter what level of movie fan you are, because 317 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: not only did it get just so much praise from fans, 318 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: but a movie that also got a lot of critical acclaim, 319 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: and that's a very hard thing to do. There have 320 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 1: been very few superhero movies that have done that, The 321 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: Dark Knight really being the first one, and then Black 322 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: Panther also being one that just also gets the critical 323 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 1: acclaim and was rewatching this movie, I was excited to 324 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 1: see that it still holds up and gives me those 325 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: same feelings. And this is a movie I watched and 326 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 1: knew from the very first scene that it was something special. 327 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: Has the best opening scene in any Batman movie with 328 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: the bank highest and the Joker's escape from that, and 329 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: with Batman begins just really setting up this movie, it 330 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 1: was able to get right into the action. I think 331 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: in this movie, Christian Bale does a really good job 332 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: at not only being the kind of big, somewhat arrogant 333 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: playboy that is Bruce Wayne, but also being a pretty 334 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: hardcore Batman. But the reason this movie has really stood 335 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: the test of time and got to that iconic status 336 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: is because of Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker. And 337 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: it's still kind of amazes me to watch how I 338 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: don't even feel like I'm watching an actor play a 339 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 1: role when I watched the Joker in this movie, it 340 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: just feels like, in some world this really happened and 341 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 1: this person actually exists because Heath Ledger played it so 342 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: well and everything from the mannerisms to the lip smacking, 343 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: to the voice delivery, to the wardrobe to the makeup, 344 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: it was truly a perfect casting and one of the 345 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 1: only movies that I would say is a perfect movie 346 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: from start to finish. So that is it. That is 347 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: my ranking of Batman movies. And you probably don't agree 348 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: with all those, but if you want to weigh in 349 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: on that, you can always send me an email movie 350 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,959 Speaker 1: Mike d at gmail dot com or hit me up 351 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: on socials at Mike destro. If you forget any of that, 352 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: it's always down there in the episode notes. But coming up, 353 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: I'll give my full spoiler free review of The Batman 354 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: and let you know exactly why I put it at 355 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: number three. Time now for a spoiler free review talking 356 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 1: about The Batman. I just want to get right into 357 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: this one. You've seen the trailer, I've talked about a 358 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 1: little bit already, so let's get into a full spoiler 359 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: free review. And first I just want to answer some 360 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: questions I got after I posted a TikTok with my 361 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: initial reaction, and one is that you don't have to 362 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: watch any other Batman movie before seeing this. This is 363 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: a new movie from director Matt Reeves that exists entirely 364 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: on its own, so in no way connected to the 365 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: Dark Night and no way connected to any of the 366 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: other DC movies. He actually, you know, wanted to make 367 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 1: a point to be like, I don't want to exist 368 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: in this DC universe. This is completely its own thing, 369 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: and I love it. The other thing I see people 370 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: talking about is the three hour runtime. It's right at 371 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: like two, and for me personally, it didn't feel like 372 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: it was that long. I could have probably sat there 373 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 1: for longer. But I'm also just so into the Batman story, 374 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: just a big fan of superhero movies that I was 375 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: really just highly anticipating going in and having this full experience. 376 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: So so I don't think you should be scared about 377 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: enjoying long form movies. I don't think it is three 378 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: hours long just to get us all in a movie 379 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: for three hours and had a lot of purpose. And 380 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 1: with those three hours, it's really able to flesh out 381 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,919 Speaker 1: every single character and give every person in that movie 382 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: a moment to shine. And above all, it's just not 383 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 1: a boring movie. There's not a whole lot of scenes 384 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: to where it lolls in any place, so it uses 385 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: those three hours with full intent and doesn't waste any 386 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: of your time. And the other thing I see going 387 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: into this movie is people saying that I can't see 388 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: Robert Pattinson as anything else than Edward from Twilight, and 389 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: for me, I don't even connect him with that character anymore. 390 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: I feel like the Twilight movies were so long ago, 391 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: and he's really just proven himself as this really great 392 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: actor in movies like Good Time, The Lighthouse, Devil all 393 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: the time, and although I think we all didn't fully 394 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: understand it, he was great intendant. I just think he's 395 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: a very underrated actor. So I was very excited to 396 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: see his portrayal of Bruce Wayne and Batman, And like 397 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: I was saying earlier, I think if I have a 398 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 1: failing is that sometimes I overhyped movies, but that's what 399 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: I am at the core of everything when it comes 400 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: to this podcast. I am just an avid movie lover 401 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: and a film enthusiast. So if I go see a 402 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: movie that excites me and makes me feel really good 403 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: and special, I want to tell everybody about it, and 404 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 1: I want everybody to see it and feel the same 405 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: way that I do. Sorry that I love movies, but 406 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm also not sorry that I love this movie. So 407 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: let's get into first as Robert Pattinson as the Batman, 408 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: and it is not the Bruce Wayne that we've all 409 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: you know, come to know when it comes to watching 410 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: a Batman movie. While he is still a billionaire, he 411 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: doesn't have that same playboy persona. He's just a weird dude. 412 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: He's kind of creepy, kind of weird, and internally just 413 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: facing some kind of demon that kind of drives him 414 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,199 Speaker 1: to be Batman. And where this movie takes place is 415 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: in his second year of being Batman. And what I 416 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: talked about when I first saw this trailer is I 417 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: kind of picked up on Batman not being as beloved 418 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: as you might think, and I love that kind of 419 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: element in this movie is that if you think about 420 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: in the real world, if there was a vigilante, the 421 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: police would not like this person. They wouldn't want to 422 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: work with this person, they wouldn't idolize this person like 423 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: they do. And sometimes in the other movies, yes, there's 424 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 1: always some people that have a problem with him, but 425 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: for the most part, the police always cooperate with him 426 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: because he helps him out. But in the Batman here, 427 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 1: he's not really that likable of a character. He really 428 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: only has a friend in Commissioner Gordon, and everybody else 429 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: just kind of has it out for him. So there's 430 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: this other driving force of him trying to establish himself 431 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: that he's actually doing and trying to do good. But 432 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: at the core of him being Bruce Wayne, he's just 433 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: kind of a weirdo and not this kind of sexy 434 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: Bruce Wayne. We've all kind of come to know, I'm 435 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: gonna be wrong. He's still a little sexy. But it 436 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: really creates this grittier version of Batman. And how this 437 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: movie set itself apart from The Dark Knight. You think, well, 438 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 1: the Dark Knight was gritty and dark too. I feel 439 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: like even more so, you felt the real life consequences 440 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 1: of somebody who actually did this in their life. So 441 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: it took what The Dark Knight did of placing Batman 442 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 1: in modern times and was able to ramp it up 443 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: even more. Some of the other characters in this movie. 444 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 1: You have Zoe Kravitz who played Catwoman a k a. 445 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: Selina Kyle, and I think it's one of the best 446 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 1: portrayals I've ever seen of Catwoman because she had so 447 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: many more dynamics as a character. It wasn't It didn't 448 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: feel tacked on in any way of like, oh, let's 449 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: throw Catwoman in this movie, kind of like I felt 450 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: with Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises. She really 451 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,479 Speaker 1: was able to tell her own story here and just 452 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: felt like the most three D representation I've ever seen 453 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: of that character before. Have Paul Dano as the Riddler, 454 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,919 Speaker 1: who was based on the Zodiac Killer in this movie, 455 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: and he gave such a really great performance as well, 456 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: a complete one eighty from the Jim Carrey's animated and 457 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: goofy Riddler. This guy was dark, demented, but not only that, 458 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: he seemed like such a life like serial killer and 459 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 1: play the character so well it felt like you could 460 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: be watching a true crime documentary and they took that, 461 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: pulled it apart, and placed it into this movie. I 462 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 1: think he was the perfect choice to play the Riddler. 463 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: You also have Colin Farrell as the Penguin, who is 464 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 1: completely unrecognizable, and with all these amazing actors, it would 465 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: have been really hard to make a bad movie. And 466 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: with all that, at one point in the movie, I 467 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 1: looked over to my wife and said, this is the 468 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: best movie I've ever seen. Because sometimes you watch movies 469 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: and as you watch them, you kind of feel yourself 470 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: changing a bit, and watching The Batman, I realized I 471 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: was witnessing something that I knew was going to change 472 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: the way I felt about movies. And I kind of 473 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: felt like I got a wrinkle in my movie brain 474 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: while watching this movie and knew it was just something special. 475 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 1: And there was so much thought and work put into 476 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: this by Matt Reeves to make it what I considered 477 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: to be a masterpiece. And having some time away after 478 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: watching it to reflect on it and compare it to 479 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: all the other Batman films, why I ended up putting 480 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: it at number three and why I don't think it's 481 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: the best Batman film ever despite having one of the funniest, 482 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: most captivating, and all out just best times I've had 483 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,400 Speaker 1: in my entire life while watching a movie. Coming away 484 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: from it, I realized that once I rode this roller 485 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: coaster once, I won't have that exact same feeling going 486 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: back to watch it again. And I think it's because 487 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 1: this movie focuses a lot on bat Man as the detective, 488 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: and you're trying to solve a crime with Batman and 489 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: you're putting together all these clues, so it's almost part 490 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: true crime, part superhero. And the story itself is so 491 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: good in that regard, I almost feel like it doesn't 492 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: even have to exist in the Batman world to be 493 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: a good story on its own, Like this would be 494 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: a great movie if it was just the normal character 495 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: going through this. But with that said, unlike all the 496 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 1: other Batman movies which have a whole kind of higher 497 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: but comparing it to the Dark Knight trilogy, which had 498 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: this overarching just character arc throughout the entire thing of 499 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,679 Speaker 1: it being a trilogy from the start. As fun of 500 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: a ride as this movie was, and how much I 501 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: liked all the elements from the Batsuit, how it kind 502 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: of got away from Batman having all the fancy gadgets 503 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: I love to score in this movie. Whenever you hear 504 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:59,199 Speaker 1: this in the movie, complete with like the scenes and 505 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 1: the dark color Ler's it just gives you that feeling. 506 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 1: But I also stepped away from it knowing that I 507 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: might not feel that exact same way rewatching it. So 508 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: I put it at number three, and compared to any 509 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 1: other movie, it would be a five out of five. 510 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: And even though in my heart as a fan, it's 511 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: a perfect movie and I wouldn't change anything about it, 512 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: I think realistically when I come to my rating, I 513 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: went with a four point five at a five Batmobiles, 514 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: and there were a couple of things that I will 515 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: get into. I will do a spoiler review of this 516 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: movie because there's a lot more that I want to 517 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: talk about, but I don't want to get into if 518 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: you haven't seen the movie. And I think the things 519 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: I will explain in my spoiler review are some of 520 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: the aspects of it that I thought took a little 521 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: bit out of the Batman experience and why I ended 522 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: up rating it just a little bit lower. But even 523 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: at a four point five, at a five, I don't 524 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: think there's a better movie you're going to watch in 525 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: theaters this year, and I was always going to hold 526 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: this movie up to a higher standard than any other movie. 527 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: And I think the only true five out of five 528 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: out of any Batman movie is The Dark Night. And 529 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: I don't think it's as good as The Dark Night, 530 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: but it's really close, and I'm excited to see how 531 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: they move this story along, how they moved this franchise along. 532 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: I think DC has a big win here, finally having 533 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: their Batman that works, and I hope everybody else likes. 534 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: Now it's time for the part of the podcast where 535 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: I break down a movie trailer of a film coming 536 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: to you very soon in theaters or streaming, in a 537 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: segment we like to call it's time to head down 538 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:54,200 Speaker 1: to movie Mike, and this week we're talking about a 539 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: movie called Bullet Train. Its stars none other than Brad Pitt. 540 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: It's about five assassins who all find themselves on this 541 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: bullet train going from Tokyo, taking some steps in between, 542 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,239 Speaker 1: but they're all trying to acquire this same briefcase, not 543 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: knowing that they're all there for that exact same reason. 544 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: Before I get into what I think about this movie, 545 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: here's just a little bit of the bullet train trailery, 546 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 1: What am I snatching? And or forever? Take? You said 547 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: you wanted simple for your first job back, doesn't get simpler. 548 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: There's something simple about this job. Something else going on here. Yeah, 549 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 1: I'm not the only one on this train looking to 550 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: this case, Kevin, what's the briefcase? So this movie looks 551 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: pretty good and I haven't really seen Brad Pitt in 552 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: a role like this in a while, and it looks 553 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: like a straight up fun action movie. I love the 554 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 1: styling that I'm already seeing here in this trailer, from 555 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: the wardrobe to the fight coordination. And it's coming to 556 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: us from the same director as Deadpool two, so I 557 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: think it's also going to have that fun kind of 558 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: campiness to it and something that just kind of warrnts 559 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: that big screen. And it's kind of fun to just 560 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: see Brad Pitt being Brad Pitt, and for an actor 561 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 1: like him who seems a little bit more particular of 562 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: the roles he takes on. You know, before this, I 563 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: really liked him in at Astro Once upon a Time 564 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: in Hollywood. He's also randomly in that Sandra Bullock movie 565 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: The Lost City. But I feel like he really took 566 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: this one on because of the premise. At least, I'm 567 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: telling myself that, like I said earlier, though, it's about 568 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: five assassins. They're on this bullet train. They think they're 569 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: the only ones on this train, and then encounter all 570 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: these other assassins. And where I think this movie gets 571 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: really fun is all the other assassins and cast members here. 572 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: You also find Sandra Bullock in this movie, so they're 573 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: in two movies together this year. But then you also 574 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: have Joey King, and the most interesting cast member I 575 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 1: saw on the trailer is none other than Bad Bunny, 576 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: which is the casting choice that I inc will either 577 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: make or break the movie, because sometimes when you put 578 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: in a really big, global, super famous musician in a movie, 579 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: that's because you want to get more people interested in 580 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 1: watching it. So you have that built in audience, and 581 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: he has a massive global audience, but that could also 582 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: mean that at the core of the movie it's not 583 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 1: that great. I like to believe here that he'd be 584 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: a little bit more selected with the roles he is 585 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 1: taking on. It doesn't look like just the random cameo. 586 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: So I'm hoping, yes, I'm really really hoping that that 587 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: means that this movie will deliver all my expectations of 588 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: being a fun, NonStop action movie with Brad Pitt. But 589 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: that movie is called Bullet Train and it comes out 590 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: in theaters on July. This makes adia and that's gonna 591 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: do it for this week's episode. If you made it 592 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: to this part of the podcast, thank you for listening 593 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: all the way through. And if familiar with the podcast, 594 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: you know what I do at the end of every 595 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 1: single episode is give a shout out to one of 596 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: you guys who listen and tweet in send in your 597 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: thoughts because this podcast is not only my podcast, it's 598 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: your podcast too. And the great thing about movies is 599 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,719 Speaker 1: everyone can give their opinion and no one has to 600 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: go for each other's throats. So I always love reading 601 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: the comments after every single episode, and this week's shout out, 602 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: I'm going over to Twitter to at B four a 603 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: k a. Brian, who tweeted about the episode with David 604 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 1: Morris from The Green Mile. He said, I want to 605 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 1: listen to this because of The Green Mile, one of 606 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: my favorite movies, and when talking about music used in movies, 607 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: the song Twister was mentioned laughing crying face that is 608 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: in reference to songs that always make you think of movies, 609 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: and I stand by that statement. Every time I hear 610 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: Motherless Child by Eric Clapton, I always go back to 611 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: thinking of Phillip Seymour Hoffman jamming out in Twister, and 612 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: it's always funny to me to see how many other 613 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 1: people love Twister as much as I do. So appreciate 614 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: you Brian for that tweet. Thanks everybody for listening to 615 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: this week's episode all about Batman. I want to give 616 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: everybody else who hasn't had a chance to see The Batman. 617 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: I will have a spoiler review of The Batman coming 618 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 1: soon after more people have a chance to check it out, 619 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: so you have that to look forward to as a 620 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: separate episode here on this feed. I hope you have 621 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: a great rest of your week. Go out and watch 622 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: good movies, and until next time, Later