The Batman

In March 2022, I watched The Batman for the first time at Toho Cinemas Nagareyama Ootakanomori. The superhero film was released in 2022. It is based on Batman in DC comics and starring Robert Pattinson.

It follows a superhero named Batman who lives in an imaginary city called Gotham City and struggles to solve a serial murder case occurring in the city.

It made me think about revenge. Nobody could tell a victim that revenge is foolish. Perhaps a human society impossibly is formed without generating revenge also. If I became a victim, I would focus on planning a perfect crime in order to retaliate my foe and would hope that I will forget my revenge while focusing on it, though if I actually become it, I do not know what I will do.

Robert Pattinson gave a delicate performance as the young Bruce Wayne and Batman. I prefer him to Michael Keaton and Christian Bale who both acted the role of Batman, however, I do not like the character, unlike Spider-Man, because it is too strong and mature. Then I am fonder of Joker who Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix respectively acted the role of, moreover, the atmosphere of Gotham City suits the villain character. In addition, I could not help laughing at the superhero's costume especially with the feelers on the head, though the long-time fans never care about them. I even wondered why the policemen teased his garb when he showed up with a serious face in the crime spot that the police has inspected, though I did that maybe because I have watched so many comic shows. Speaking of funny things, the mask of Catwoman looked like the one of Nezumikozo, who was an actual Japanese thief, so it was too funny and tasteless to enjoy seeing it, though the feeling might be particular to Japanese. After all, Halle Berry seemed to be the best actor playing the character among the ones doing it including Michelle Pfeiffer.

The three-hour movie was too long for me to make me happy but it was good as a superhero flick, a suspense one and an action one. I was moved by the choice of Batman toward the ending. He then showed his responsibility as a superhero, which reminds me of the phrase "With great power, there must also come great responsibility" in the Spider-Man series.