

Other than perhaps the Adam West film in 1966, The Batman is one of the few big-screen versions of the Dark Knight in which Batman actually realizes that vigilantism based solely on getting perpetual revenge for his parents’ murder is…toxic. However, there is one specific aspect of the film, which, thus far, has been under-discussed that does set it apart from all of its predecessors.

Directed by Matt Reeves, The Batman isn’t exactly the BEST Batman movie of all time, or, if it is, it’s still too early to tell. Was it going to be the best Batman ever? Could anything top Christian Bale in the Christopher Nolan films? Did this automatically cancel out the possibility of more Ben Affleck as Batman in the Snyder-verse? Now that The Batman has actually come out, there aren’t really any answers to these questions. For nearly two years, the hype around Robert Pattinson’s The Batmanwas unavoidable.
