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Some More News: The Devastating Impact of 'Fear of Crime' Politics

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lawhawk4/21/2022 8:05:27 am PDT

So, watched The Batman on HBO Max last night with the Mrs.

I’m putting my thoughts behind the veil… because, spoilers.

So, overall thought it very well done. Pattinson was a brooding almost emo take on the Batman character. Zoe Kravitz did great as Catwoman; other characters were well done and created a good take on Gotham’s underground.

Interesting how they looped back to Wayne family history as setting up so much crime in action (funding crime waves via a good works renewal effort across Gotham). Riddler was unhinged in a good way, and his motivations.

There was one fight scene in particular that I thought looked amazing - the shootout in the hallway in the dark, and Batman gets silhouetted by all the gunfire. It’s a striking set-piece and mirrors how we’d see comic book panel shots.

The fight on the scaffolding was also quite well done and Jim Gordon (Jeffrey Wright is always fantastic) threaded the needle on supporting Batman and doing the right thing for law and justice.