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EP 24: The Batman Review · The Podyssey: A Film Podcast

• Addipoop: Hey welcome back to the Podicy. I'm Henry Wilkinson. I'm Andrew Mosley. This is episode twenty-four of the podcast, and today we're doing a full review on Matt Reeves' The Batman. there's been a lot of stuff in the news floating around the production of Batman Part Two, a lot of delays and such. It's fall, it's spooky season. We don't really do horror movies that much on this pod though, so we're rolling with the Batman for the fall vibes. First Andrew's got something really fun to start this episode off, so I'll I'll kick it over to Andrew. Okay, so I said before I got here I was getting something for you. You did? Yeah. so I need you to close your eyes. Okay, I don't know. I d I actually didn't know he was getting me something. Did you snap me yet? No. I just said that I was getting something for you. but you didn't read it? Yeah. Probably. Okay. No, you said my B I had to stop and get something. Something get something for you. You said for me. Okay. All right. Okay. wait, wait. This is gonna be gold. Maybe not. All right. So I want you to just take this. Uh-huh. I just want you to tell me what you think it is. Don't peek, bro. I can see you trying to peek. I'm actually not. I'm serious. Okay, so just take this. It's a Batman mask. And I just want you to just a Batman mask. Are you one thousand percent sure? Now hold on, just feel around for a sec while I get something out of out of here. Hold on. Just feel around. I'm gonna put my mic down so I can use both. Yeah, dude. Dude, why are you Let's say this. Okay. Yeah. I just I just want you to know that sometimes like when you go to a store and you think they have something like a Batman mask, they might not. You know, they're they're not just in unlimited supply. Sure. Okay, so go ahead and open your eyes. nice. Alright. Alright. Here we go. So for two on Batman masks. But I figured, you know, it's the thought that counts, right? Yeah. And we kind of look like the people at the beginning of Batman. Right, that's true. You're a drophead. Yeah. And also there is a Lego Batman movie. Which is really good. Yeah, very good. And there's a comic book where Wrath and Batman Team up or something. Dude, nice. This might be better than a Batman mess. Might be. Alright, let me just read my notes. I have to take mine off. I'm just gonna read my notes. Yeah, you don't have to wear that. actually, I can read it. Can you see out of that thing? If I really go here. Alright, Andrew? Yeah. What did you watch this week? Well, I watched some great well, I just watched The Batman last night. Me and Henry both did. Nice. Thanks for spoiling my what I watched. Henry didn't watch The Batman. Yeah, but I didn't watch a ton. I didn't either. Yeah, I I got to what, four movies? Yeah, four movies. Which sucks. And they were all on the weekend and then yesterday. so I've been I've been in a dry spell. But actually I I've watched four five star movies. Wait. yep. Yeah, so I watched I looked up kind of like underrated just got an itch. You take that off. No. so I was looking up like underrated movies from the two thousands, to watch before our century episode. And I kept seeing the fall and I've seen this on Instagram and just as an underrated movie. Just on Reels and YouTube shorts. Not YouTube shorts, but reels, yeah. Close. and yeah, it's just like kind of like a a low key, just like super good movie that like not a lot of people have seen. And part of that is I was watching something on it. It's like not on streaming. And if you want to buy the If you wanna buy the hard copy, it's like seventy bucks or something. You said it wasn't on streaming? Yeah. And you watched it? Yeah, and I wa and I watched it. That's weird. Yeah, I I couldn't tell you how I did that, but I did. so it's Tarsum Sing. I I I'm butchering his name, I know I am. Tarsum Sing. Yeah. so a little bit about it. It's in a hospital on the outskirts of nineteen twenties Los Angeles, an injured stunt man begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about five mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances. Wow, that sounds sick. Dude, it I didn't know I didn't know anything about it before watching it and I'm really glad. I don't know if I've ever even read the synopsis for Dang it. You just spoiled everything. Dang it, dude. I really shouldn't have said that. Dang. Well, so try to look sad real quick. Nah, kinda. You just look mad. Why are you so mad, dude? but yeah, it was really good. It's like one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. and yeah, that's all I'm gonna say 'cause I'm just gonna stop right there because I just I just want you to watch it so we can talk about it. Yeah, I really want to watch it. then I watched Nirvana the Band, the show of the movie, 'cause I was just kinda like messing around in my room, cleaning some stuff. building some stuff. So I just chucked it on. bang five out of five. So good. So funny. Yeah. then I watched Raiders of the Lost Art because I could not get the score out of my head. Bum bum bum bum. Yeah. Dun dun dun. Yeah, that one. And then I started Temple of Doom and then fell asleep. that movie's bum. Is it? No. I haven't seen it in so long. I just like Is that the one with the car scene at the beginning? With the little Asian guy? Yeah. That's that's the one thing I remember about Indiana Jones movies from a child. The little Asian guy? And that opening sequence. You don't remember the opening sequence of Raves of the Lost Ark? I well I just watched it this summer. okay. yeah, it's I don't know that actor's name. Key one Ke one Ho. No really What what? Really What is that not his name? Watch it be his name, dude. Then you're gonna look then yeah, then it's gonna be on you. He just won an Oscar and you're throwing out Key Wan Ho. Keyway Quan is his name. see yeah, really yeah. Really? We're gonna have to cut all that out, dude. Wow. But you can ask your winner now. Yeah, 'cause what what do you win for? Mooseon? Do you know? Do you think you could get there or should I tell ya? Crazy Rich Asians? No, you're really close. No, I swear he's in that. I've never seen it. Yeah. It's a little bit of a racist guessing. Everything everywhere all at once. I was gonna say that next, dude. Just right on the tip of your tongue. Yeah, I just I had that. I got it for you though, no worries. Thanks, bro. Mm-hmm. Thanks, Lloyd. No, Lloyd's green. Right? Who's blue? Jay? Blue Jay. You're Jay, I think. You probably haven't seen Ninjago, dude. No. You're a fraud. I haven't. What's his name in the in the freaking movie? Why why can't I think of his name? And why don't they have his name on the thing? Letter boxed. What what's his name? You got You got me? I don't know. I haven't seen it. man. Hold on. Look it up. Where'd you go to get these masks? Walmart? Savers. Really? Yep. Do they have an Iron Man one there? I didn't see an iron. I feel like there's always an Ironman one. I didn't see an Iron Man one. You can you can take that off if you I can't. You spent your hard earned money on this, I'm gonna whatever. Trust me, what it it wasn't that much. I gotta find this guy's name. Short round. my gosh. I'm gonna slap myself. Short round? No. Short round is the is the name of the the little Asian guy in in Indiana Chinese. I thought you were talking about this. Who is this? Jay. Come on, man. Blue Jay. What what did I tell you? What did I tell you? Okay, sorry. and then I watched Yes, then I started Temple of Doom, fell asleep. Then I watched The Batman. And then I watched I watched two episodes of the Adam West Batman show. No, it's like the first the Bam Pow. really? Yeah. Like Dang. I used I have my my dad has Which ones does he have on? He has a bunch of them on VHS. That's sick. So I used to watch them all the time. Have you seen Mask of the Phantasm? I feel like you'd really like it. Is that like the animated Batman movie thing? Yeah. Yeah. It's like the first I think it's the first one, and then there's Under the Don't people put that like to like above the Dark Knight? Yeah, there's some people that do. That's insane. I mean not a majority of people. Right. Yeah, some people hold that movie very highly. I think I give it a four stars, but it was really, really good. What have you been watching? Yeah, so I didn't watch much either. Only got three movies in this week. It was in Nashville for the strip? Yeah, I was just on the strip in Nashville. it was my girlfriend's nephew's birthday and I've never been to Nashville. I was there for their wedding, but I haven't actually like been there. So you had been there? I haven't been th actually no, I'd never been to Nashville. The wedding was in Knoxville, so I watched In the Invite on the Plane. It was kinda one of the twenty twenty six releases. I'm like, Yeah, I wanna check off. I hated it. What'd you give it? I give it a one and a half. We gonna bump it down? I might. I don't know. I just don't like the message of it at all. I think it's like the directing is getting specific. The basically the message I got from it is that marriage is terrible and don't get married. And then it was like glorifying this couple that has like three sums and foursomes all the time and about how that's like powerful and all this stuff and Wasn't my cup of tea. Olivia Wilde, good director though, I think. Doesn't sound like it. Maybe. She's got six movies. I don't know. Everyone's like, yeah, all these performances are so good too. I don't know. I thought Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogan were really good. Edward Norton and Penelope Cruise are like okay to me. I don't know. That's a hot take 'cause it has like a five point eight on letterboxed, but Yeah, not a fan. They don't watch children of men. Watch Children of Men. And How's that? It was good. I gave it a four stars. I don't know. I like wanna love it, but there's a s something kinda holding it back. Did you tell your dad? no. I can't believe I haven't told him yet. You shouldn't tell him, dude. Just Okay. It looks really cool. It's like this post apocalyptic world where people can't procreate anymore. Huh. And then there's this girl that Kenan this guy tries to help her. and it looks really cool. Emmanuel Lebeski is the cinematographer. Who's climbing my ranks of goats for cinematographers. His it's like I don't know, it's so interesting. Yeah. I'm saying I feel like it should a four and a half or a five for me. I just don't know why. it can't like so you really liked it? Yeah. okay. I thought you were saying it wasn't that good. No, no, no. It was great. okay. It was great. Just like Yeah, I don't know I don't know what ingredient it was missing to not be a four and a half. So it's a four for me. Just kinda on vibes. Hey. It's okay, man. But yeah, Emmanuel Libeski like I feel like a lot of times directors have very distinct styles and stuff. Like Emmanuel Lebeski as a cinematographer, like I can tell it's him behind the camera. Like he's just really cool. And this goes back to our last no two episodes ago about directors and cinematographers and the difference between the two. And he's great. He's a great cinematographer. And he makes some really cool choices in this film. He's got a lot of waners that are super cool. The opening sequence is really, really famous and rightfully so. Kind of sets the stage. And then I watched The Batman. for the podcast. Those are the only three movies I watched this week. So pretty light light for me. Yeah, that that that's what I watched. Obviously the Batman's a banger. I'll talk more about that. movie news. First trailer for Greta Gerwig's Narnia released. Garwig directed Barbie. I think it looks like poop poop. It just it vis it looks it looks like a marble trailer. What's that swallow? Just just CGI slot. Yeah. And like they're trying to be like, yeah, we need to bring colors back into movies. So let's just do rainbow CGI. Yeah, doesn't look good. And it just it just is like stripping the core of what Narnie is supposed to be. And like the white witch. From the original Narnia movies looks so sick, and then in this one it just looks terrible. It's another big So is it like it's it's just a redo of the movie? It's the it's a different book. Same story, same characters? Yeah. I think it's like a prequel or something. Huh. But yeah, I don't know. Some people are over the moon about this, some people are frustrated about it. I'm in the latter half. Dominic Sessa from the Holdovers on Tony has been cast in Joe Kacinski's Miami Vice eighty five. Joining Michael B. Jordan, Austin Butler, John Leguizamo, Aiden Iron Reich, and more. That's stacked. Yeah, very, very stacked cast. Dominic Sessa's really good. I haven't seen Tony yet, but Yeah. That's that's a really good cast for this movie. Coming out in twenty twenty eight, Joe Kaczynski directing should be fun. Yeah. Did you do do you got any movie news? boy, do I. boy. that's right. Relevant to this episode? Well, I wait, I'm I no, no, no, no, not that, not that. not that not that. No. Alright, well what do you got for movie news? Well I guess it's not really movie. Then you can't talk about it. Alright. Is it show news? No. What is it then? It's play news. Okay. Let's hear it. It's a play. Let's hear it. Quentin Tarantino's first. It's better be good. Gwen Tarantino's first stage play will open in London's West End on March 18th, 2027, starring Sasha Baron Cohen. Tarantino wrote and will direct the production. Wow. The play is a swashbuckling comedy set in 1830s Europe involving Deception and Disguises. Previews begin February 23rd, 2027. Dang. It's like about like a pirate, I guess. Interesting. Yeah. It's gonna be sick, I hope. I don't know how I'm gonna see it. It's kind of a problem. Yeah, it better be good for when we go and check it out. How can we get to London to watch it? I don't know. I'll f I'll work on that. Alright, yeah, we'll figure it out. We'll probably be so big by then we'll get an invite from a personal invite from Tarantino. So Yeah, I don't know. Alright, so that's play news. You got any movie news? Yeah, I got some I got some movie news. about your beloved stop motion. Yeah. Did we already talk about this last week? No, I don't think so. It's it's got a hundred percent on critic score. On like Rotten Tomatoes and stuff. but can it make any money is the question. because like in early screenings, like the box office stuff is like kinda in the middle is what they're saying, I guess. I saw their projections six to ten million for opening weekend and the budget's a hundred million. Yeah, that's a lot of money. But Which would mean it it'd it'd really bomb at the box office. I'd kinda doubt that. I d I don't know. I I guess I have no idea. I hope people go and see it. Yeah. I don't I don't know. I I just feel like I don't know, I feel like it's people I feel like people are talking about it. I think so too. I don't know. P I f I don't know. I think people will see it. Were people talking about Digger? No. Not really before it came out, were they? No. Yeah. And there was a bang. Plus Wildwood is actually having like or opening at a film festival and stuff where Digger didn't So maybe right so yeah Maybe that'll help them 'cause they're getting a little bit of buzz. Yeah. I think so. I think people will see it. I think it's like I don't know, I think j I just think it appeals to so many people that it you know, if it's if it's good then people will be like, you should go see that and like so many people will. Yeah, in in the world of CGI and AI and all this stuff, like it's a very human movie which is really cool. Yeah, I don't I yeah, I think it'll I think it'll do well. I I hope it does. I know I'm gonna see it. So Yeah. That's all I got. That's all I got for movie news. Mm-hmm. All right. I'm taking mine off. I'm taking mine off too. That was dude, that thing's kinda suffocated. It's kinda suffocating. Yeah, there's nowhere to talk. Yeah. Hey man, that that's yours. Let's go. If you need a Halloween costume and a pinch. Dude, it's like a Lego. Well yeah, man. It's it's Lego. Okay. That's why I said there was a Lego Batman movie. I see. One sec. What'd you think it was? Turtle. You thought that was You thought that was Leonardo? Wait, wait, wait, wait. You thought that was a ninja turtle. And you thought one of the Ninja Turtles names was Jay. 'Cause I said Jay that's Jay. And you're like, yeah. And then I after that I said, You didn't watch Ninjago? And you said, No, I didn't. So did that what did you think I was just saying that just for fun? What What's Ninjago? That's what that is. Lego Ninjago? Yeah. Is it a movie? No, it's a show. okay. Yeah, I thought it was Down aga last time you caught it. I thought it was a I thought it was a don't say a turtle, right? Say his name, right? You know his name. I don't. You haven't seen those movies? No, I haven't seen any of those. Dude, those are so good. I w I watched the Watch the old one. by a while ago when I was a child. Okay. Right. Not like yeah, a couple weeks ago. Got it. Hmm. the ones where they would look really creepy. They have huge smiles. Dude, I I have no memory of it. I just know I watched it. Okay. And there's there's like Ralph or something. Come on, man. Ralph and Jay. What is Ralph and Jay? Ninjago? I no. Jay is Ninjago. Raphael? There you go. And Leonardo. There you go. But you just said Leonardo. That's the only way I got it. I got nothing else. You don't even you're stomped. You don't I I just I just feel like you'd hate the movies. What? Would I like the animated one that came out? I hated that one. Really? That's the one that has like the highest Yeah, I that's that's lit like the ones that I love, people hate. Like they it has like a two on letterbox. And I don't know how. Because to me it's like it it's like better than a lot of Marvel. I've seen clips of it of the one. Dude it there's like And it actually looks the second one is pretty bad. So 2014, just Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Yeah. Is that your goat? Yeah, that's my favorite one. Yeah. The second one's not very good. But playing one star. Who are you giving the one star? All these people I follow. my gosh, idiots, bro. I gotta watch this. People are so dumb. Okay, well what's this movie from nineteen ninety? I that's probably the one you watched. Yeah. It yeah into the or no It's just called Mutant Turtles, it says. Quartet of humanoid turtles trained by th their mentor. Must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan. Shredder's so sick. I think that's yeah, that's the one I watched. That's gotta be. Where's the second one? I think it's just called like two. It's like I don't know. Dude, it's just so sick. The fight scenes are so dude. There's gonna be a Mutant Mayhem two coming out next year. Maybe I should rewatch that. I watched it in theaters. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Chrome Alone 2. That that cannot be it. It's from twenty twenty five to the three point seven. What is that? What is that? Is it a Chris that's gotta be like a Christmas special thing. How long is it? it's seven minutes. Yeah. Teenage Real Ninja Turtles out of the shadows. Out of the shadows. Yeah. That one's got a two point six too. It's got the same as the first one. The first one's so Yeah, I don't it's Yeah, and then do your watch list. no, you're looking you're looking at the backdrops. There's just it's just that prime of CGI and fight scenes. It's like d just reminds me of Transformers. Okay. You like Transformers? I've only seen the first one. And? And I really like the first one. Yeah, okay. Yeah, then I then I feel like you'd like it. I don't know. All right. The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves from twenty twenty two, unmasks the truth. In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial serial killer known as the Riddler. Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, John Churro, Andy Circus. Yeah. That's who it's starring. Spoiler free thoughts of the Batman, Andrew. What do you think about this movie? I really like it. But I but re watching it I there's just there's no I think the Dark Knight is just significantly better. Alright. What else did you think of the Batman? I don't know about Signi I it's I think the Dark Knight is better. Okay. What else do you think of the Batman? I love the like the political kinda like backstory. and I like how much like Batman is like a detective. I think I've said that on here before, but like that's what I kinda don't like about the Nolan ones is he's not like he doesn't do a lot of that. And that's like kind of one of the big things, like in the comics at least too. And I just think that that part of it is like just as interesting or even more interesting than just like the action scenes and like the whole Bruce Wayne like vigilante side that I think like most of the movies just get into, like the Keaton ones too. But I think but I think this one does a really good job of like Making it, something totally new. Because Batman is such a played out IP and Yeah, do you know when it started? When Batman started? Dude. I I didn't know if you would know. I d I think I saw like the forties. I was gonna say like thirties or yeah. I I was like the inception of the character. I think I'm trying to think of who gosh, I feel like I knew that guy's name. But I I can't remember now. But Yeah, no. super old and obviously like, you know. Played out and done in every angle. you all wet for him? Hey Yeah. The story first appeared in November nineteen thirty nine. What's the guy's name who created it? I knew it at some point. Detective Comments. Written by Batman co-creator Bill Finger. Hmm. Bob Kane. That's who I that's that's the guy who I what'd you what'd you look up for that? I just looked up Creator of Batman. he did a he was like a comic book artist, so like he's he's credited with like I think he does like some more or he's like it like got the original drawings. And then I think he does I think he like I feel like I I remember reading this like around Spider-Man time. Bob Kane and Bill Finger discussed Batman's background and decided that there's nothing more traumatic than having your parents murdered before your eyes. They had to come together and decide that. That was the first part I saw Bob Kane on Wikipedia. Let's get together, hey. Hey, Mr. Fingers. What do you think be worse? But Yeah, I don't know. I just think it's like it's hard to do something new. And I think Matt Reeves just blows it out of the water. True. And like when when it first came out, I think like Do you see it in theaters? Yeah. yeah. Me too. So good. This is like what'd you say? I just Yeah, so we sung through it. This one I re like I remember me, Briggs and Bowser went and watched it. And then we went to McDonald's after something. We were just blaring the the score? The No, something in the way. And something about it. But I remember being like one of the first movies where like I don't really care if a movie is three hours long. Like, I don't care at all. Yeah. Like I if it's if it's a good movie, I'll watch it. I don't care how long it is. But I remember like people getting up in the theater to like go to the bathroom or whatever and I just mean like how are people going up? Like it it doesn't feel like there's like a good spot. Yeah. 'Cause like the whole movie is like so intense and like it just feels like a like a who done it. Like Nice. That was nice. It's a good chug. Yeah. Feeling hydrated? Yep. Nice. yeah, what do you think? What do you think? what do you think what do you think Dark Knight comparison? A since you just freshly watched it. I I like the Batman more. Really? Yeah. I like it a lot more actually. Wow. And it's funny because I just got my hair cut. come on do a spin or something. Dude, it looks good. Thanks. Brecken did it? Yeah. Shout out Brecken. Brex cuts. Brex barbershop. And they had like the dark night on the T V. Like a plane? Yes. That's sick. And there. And it was like the best part of the movie. And I was like, dang, this is actually really cool. But it's not as cool as the Batman. Wow. Okay. Yeah, I think Matt Reeves brings something new to the table that I really liked, like you were saying, with like the detective aspect of it. Yeah. He was very adamant about not taking on this project unless he was able to to do something different with it. He didn't wanna keep he didn't want to just do like the Nolan trilogy again, like that sort of same story. And he really wanted to bring like a darker tone to it, which he does and I think it's really, really effective, especially for the Batman. I think What do you think? he was like, I wanna do this, but I'm only gonna do it if I don't have to like tie in all these other DC characters to it. He's like, I just want it See a James Gunn. James Gunn, suck it. He's like and if you know, if that's not what you guys want, that's that's fine, basically. But just get someone else to do it. And I I just think it works so well as its own standalone thing without having to cater to the universe as a whole and be worried about bringing all these other characters in it. I think it's I think it's like the most in depth look at Gotham that we've really gotten. I think just Gotham is like like obviously it's like terrible and corrupt, but like the way it's captured is just so sick. and Greg Frazier's a cinematographer. he does the Dune the first two Dune movies, Project Tail Mary. And I I don't like there's obviously not similarities with like the set as far as like the Batman and like specifically Dune part one. Like there's just like certain sequences where I don't know if it's like when he's like Bruce on his motorcycle or something, like in He's on in his bat suit, but he's got his helmet on and there's lights and stuff. It was like just the way he's capturing that stuff compared to when the people in Dune are in their suits and it's like dark out. I was just like, dang, I can just kinda tell this is like Greg Frazier and it just looks so awesome. I love like the rigs on the cars that they have that like they like I didn't know It was I it was how they did it until I saw the stuff on set from them d shooting part two. They have a thing that comes out from the back tire at a ninety degree angle almost. And they just have a camera there. And I was like, that's definitely how they do the stuff in the Batman. Yeah. Yeah, and he like Reeves and Fraser, they they made it like imperfectly Perfect to me 'cause they don't care if the camera's like shaking, when he's driving on the motorcycle or in the chase scenes, they just let it do whatever it's gonna do. I think that looks really cool. Yeah, I d I don't know. I I just I think it looks it looks great. I love this version of the Batman that like kind of doesn't have it figured out like in in Nolan's, he's kind of like a playboy and here and that I it's like something Reeves wanted to do too. He's like, I wanna do like an early exploration of the Batman without doing like an origin story. Because we've seen that before. Like we don't need to know how him and Gordon get their relationship. We don't need to show his parents dying. people have seen that. And it's what they did with Spider Man homecoming. they didn't basically TASM the first TASM kind of does everything that Spider Man one does. Like it shows Uncle Ben Yeah, wait. TASM. No, Tat TASM has No, yeah. Yeah. It like it kinda has those same origin story beats. And I I mean I like TASM, but then like Homecoming. And you love TASM too. I haven't seen it. I love TAM. I still haven't seen it. Yeah. but yeah, you're right. And then Homecoming kind of does without that, and I think that was a really good introduction for that. adaptation that newer adaptation of Spider Man. Yeah. I think Reeves does that really well with the Batman here. Just jumping right into it. like we know that him and Gordon know each other. We know crap. Him and The actor for Gordon? Alfred. him and Alfred. Yeah. this Alfred sucks. No. This Alfred sucks, man. Crazy. the relationship. Yeah. And yeah. But like it because then like you say all that, but that's like you still have like a three hour movie without having to like set up all this stuff. But I think like just Really what they're focusing on in that first hour is just setting up Gotham as a whole, which I feel like we haven't seen a ton of that in other well, I haven't seen like the Michael Keaton Batmans. But yeah, and even even just independent of comparison to the Dark Knight trilogy and stuff like that, I just I just really love this movie. I think it looks great. I think the score is phenomenal. I think the casting and performances top to bottom are all great. And Yeah, it's just a very atmospheric movie for me. And I love it. And it perfectly fits the fall vibes. Yeah, for sure. What do you got? So Zoe Kravitz isn't coming back? she's not gonna be in part two, I don't think. So she's not coming but isn't isn't part two the extent of it? Huh? Like he's not signed on for three movies. Well, I don't know. I don't know if they're doing three or not. There was speculation that she's not gonna be in two and she might be in three. okay. But that that that's fine. It it honestly it makes well she leaves. Yeah. Yeah. So Yeah, it makes sense. I mean she's great in this movie though. Yeah. what do you think about Well you I guess you've said that Paul Dano is the Riddler. What do you think what do you think about Spoilers from here on out. Okay. Let's get into it. Sure. Let's let's dive in. I have it as a five out of five. Yeah, me too. Really? Yeah. Put it put up the thing. Yeah, okay. Yeah, five five. Right here. Podicy five out of five. Five of five. Sweet. Yeah, it's a it's easy five out of five. okay. The easiest ever. It's probably like the best movie I've seen in a theater. Maybe ever, dude. Really? I'm trying to think of Dang. what other We missed out on a lot of peak movies in like the two thousand so I feel like this is I mean, I didn't even see a lot until this last couple of years. I feel like yeah, I I don't know. Maybe better theater experience, Civil War. 'Cause that was like s seventh grade. Yeah. And it was just like I I didn't see that Marvel was just going crazy and just nerding out. That would be sick. It was so sick. But I think this movie is Way better. Okay. Top Gun Maverick. That's a close one too, but I'd say this. Fire and Ash. I would the Odyssey. Ooh, yeah, okay. Now you're talking Now we're getting to like you'd say the Odyssey? Okay. I'd take the Odyssey. Are you a big Guardians three guy? Yeah. But you'd take this I'd take this, yeah. I would take this over any Marvel movie. Dude, I don't know. I I f I definitely would I think Civil War for me is better. Really? Yeah. So Civil War you'd have it a five stars? Yeah. Civil War's my number Mine's Guardians Three, I think. Totally fair. It's pretty close between Guardians Three and what? And the Bat and the Bat I see. Well like as far as Marvel goes, it's Guardians three and then a pretty big gap. Yeah. And then Guardians One. Yeah. And then I don't know where it goes after there. Guardians two? No, Guardi I think Actually no, I I think my my like my true ranking would be Guardians three, Guardians, Infinity War, Guardians Two. That'd be my top four. Guardians are all bangers. And then it and then it's like all in like their own tier would be like I don't know what exactly I'd rank but I'd have brand new day, Civil War. Black Panther. I don't like I don't love Black Panther. I it's okay. No. Really? Dude, I just saw another guy who's doing a Marvel Marathon who gave Multiverse of Madness like a four and a half. What? Multiverse of Madness is terrible. I'm talking about the first one. Dude, no, wait. Theater experiences? Hold on. I gotta compare the Batman to Multiverse of Madness. Almost washed out. No, dude, remember I was telling you? I thought multiverse of Annus was like peak when we watched Yeah, and no one else did. And I was like, What? Did and then did you like the first one? Or you think it's okay? I wa I watched it before even seeing the first one. No. really? Yeah. Okay. Well, then you this was I don't know. Well, when it came out, so I don't know, early twenty twenties or whatever, or twenty two maybe. Twenty two. So did Dang, 2022 movie theater year, big year, multiverse of Madison. Huge movie year. Dang. So did you watch the first one that it just blew your mind? Or no? No. Really? See now I think I don't I don't know. I I think I just liked everything I watched. Yeah, that's fair. at that point. What about the OG Iron Man? What about Iron No, that's I like I like iron that's definitely my top ten marvel. It's just not Guardians. It's not none of them are just Guardians is just like its own it is. It's just kinda it's just so much better than everything else. I don't it's just yeah, it's awesome. It's just James Gunn. When when he when he was cooking. Clayface. Yeah, please. Clayface be good. Yeah. Please. I just saw like letter b like when you wait a little bit, yeah. These three dots will like do something and they were just like melting. Like serious? Like the clay face. Like dang, that's kinda sick. Like a teaser for it or whatever. another inquiry. Mm-hmm. So this is obviously separate from the James Gunn D C universe. Yep. So does this like I'm just like, I don't I didn't look into it. I was gonna look into it and I just I just didn't. I don't know why. But when they decided to do to do this, this was before James Gunn had been right. Okay. And then So then they So it's just D C Studios, right? It's just a D C Studios movie. Okay. That's that's all I was Yep. Yeah, Multiverse and Menace of twenty twenty two. Way of Water. Top Gun Maverick. I actually saw a lot in theaters, yeah. Bullet Train. I didn't see that in theaters, but Yeah, I think that was just a Netflix movie. Yeah. Wakanda Forever, not good. I still haven't watched that yet. Certified Podicy thumbs down. but yeah, I I think Paul Dano as the riddler is like the best casting ever. It is, dude. He's great. Have you seen that tweet where it's like he's it's him at a basketball game? And they have like Paul Dano up on the screen and then the sub tweet is like greatest casting ever. This MF just l just looks like he's begging to ask me a riddle and just like saying that It d he just looks like he like he wants to ask you a riddle. Like it it's true. let me file it. I gotta pull this picture up. It's so funny. What do you think about so well this is what I want to ask you. Would 'cause there's no like confirmation what they're gonna do in part two. Yeah. I just wonder like Court of Owls. Court of Owls would be so sick. But I d I don't know anything about that. Like I d I remember seeing an edit for it where it was like the DA, I can't remember his name, but when he has the bomb around his yeah, he's like it's bigger than you know. He's like Yeah. It's it's yeah. It's like it It's the whole it's the whole something or or I can't remember the apparently people think there's you know, I don't know, Batman heads think there's like Easter eggs throughout the first one that really are like hinting towards it. But I don't know. But what okay, what what were you gonna say? well I was just gonna say like 'cause the Joker comes in at the end. Yeah. And I just saw like so much stuff about like Mr. Freeze. Mm-hmm. And I just don't like cause I've seen like people saying it's gonna be a b a culmination of yeah, penguins gonna have a a big impact. Like Mr. Freeze, the streets are flooded, killer crock. Yeah. So I don't I just don't know like it what the I don't know. I I I hope it's kinda like that. I hope it's like Joker, Riddler, Penguin, maybe another one. Yeah, I know I know like People obviously see slash hear Why is he at a Nets game? I know he just hates basketball. There's no way. That's actually that's true. But yeah, like the Joker kind of has has that conversation with the Riddler at the end and a bunch of people are like, the Joker's gonna be the villain in part two and Matt Reeves is like, No. like the the point of having the Joker there was to show like why Bruce had to like stay in Gotham. 'Cause like there's still this imminent threat in Gotham, like where obviously Catwoman's trying to learn lear him out. Gotcha. I c can't remember what the place is called that she goes. like upstate or something. Yeah. Yeah, I c I Haven? Y yeah, some well, something like that. Metropolis. I don't know what it's called. New Haven is like isn't that a place in New York? Or did I just make that up? I don't know. Yeah, I heard New Haven. She she tries to take him somewhere and he's like, No, I gotta stay. the city needs me. I've made an impact, but it's not the one I wanted or not the one I thought or something like that. And yeah, he was just like trying to show that basically stuff ain't sweet yet. Yeah. It he says it's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better. Yeah. So I don't know what Joker's role is gonna be, but yeah, I've heard a lot of different things. It could be just a bunch of people right with penguin and Dude, the penguin show. Before part two, you gotta watch the penguin show. I know, I re I after wa re watching the Batman, I'm like, I need to watch this show. Yeah. Like with the sh like Yeah. He's not like the director of the episodes or anything, but he's like with production or something and the show is extremely good. Yeah. So But I I was gonna say I think what is interesting too, kinda what we were saying before, but also what you said, like Reeves doesn't get into childhood or the origin story and also he starts it in year two. and it's all from Batman's perspective where the whole thing is a voiced by Pattinson like reading his journal or writing down in his journal basically. Yeah. and yeah at the start he says this is year two. So like he's been like doing stuff for a year, like you know, trying to keep the city safe or whatever for a year. So like I just think that's interesting too, rather than I don't know, Batman begins is just I don't mean I don't even want to compare it to that 'cause it's just so different. Yeah. Yeah, it's just a different spin, which I guess is what we were saying. Yeah. And like I was saying, I I just like that he like has not figured out how to be like Bruce Wayne yet. Like And like at the beginning like Alfred's like people are coming, you need to take a shower. Like Yeah. He clearly is just I don't he just hasn't figured out the double life part of it yet where in the dark night he's like freaking slick back hair, like pulling all the ladies in the mansion and he just like he has not figured this out yet. And at the beginning, after we see like the Riddler Killing killing the guy at the beginning. We we basically would is that monologue with Bruce or Batman or whatever. When he goes into like the Batlayer and Alfred's telling him like shower, we got accountants coming and stuff, like he doesn't go to the meeting. Like that that meeting was would have literally told him like everything that he needed to know about how people are pulling money from the fund and all this stuff. Yeah. But he just is not yeah I don't he just is not aware of that stuff. Like he's just so haunted by his parents and all this stuff that all he cares about is just being in the shadows at night and getting these criminals. I I didn't pick up on that until I listened to I didn't even know I didn't even know that either. And and like the Riddler says he's an accountant at KPQG or something. And that's you're just like the Riddler, bro. That's like dou it's like one of the big four accounting firms is KPM. really? Yeah. So that's like they're trying to make make it seem like he's this big accountant. But s that's like another thing where I I didn't even think about that either. Yeah. I think I think I had something else. about that, with the Riddler and working at KPQG or whatever. Hmm. I well, I guess this is before that, but at the beginning of the film, before Ridler murders him, Mayor Mitchell is watching his election debate, and one of the things he's br he brings up is the renew renewal fund and how Real is against it. At first it seems like he doesn't want to ruin Thomas Wayne's legacy by getting rid of the last thing he did before his death, but after learning more about him, it's clear the reason he does he doesn't want to shut down the fund is because he's stealing money from it. And it's like I don't know, at the beginning you just kinda think they're just showing this guy like Yeah, like just him getting killed. But yeah. It's revealing like one of the bigger points of the story that shows like the corruption of Gotham, hold on. Dw. Wow. I have a lot of fun facts here. Same. In no order. Some of aren't that fun. You're just more prepared. Here's Well, I guess that's kind of what I was just writing down while watching it. Well yeah, that I I have like a like a scene like stuff that I wrote down in order while watching it. Yeah. And then these are like all like the stuff on IMDb. I'm just gonna I'm just gonna knock these off. Let me hear it. So the casting of Batman was very important for this movie 'cause you get Christian Bale, super iconic. people really ride for Michael Keaton and then Val. Yep, people ride for Val and then Adam West. You get Ben Affleck in the mid twenty tens who people are kinda split on but mostly don't like and People like him, bro. Yeah, I I know there are people that like him, but in general does does not like it's just not the same as Dark Knight. and that's not necessarily all like Ben Affleck, but casting was very, very important. so Robert Pattinson, his audition and screen test took place while he was in reheus rehearsals for shooting tenet in Los Angeles of May twenty nineteen. Pattinson had to lie to Christopher Nolan about it, but Nolan, who was no stranger to Batman and Warner Bros, immediately figured it out. Pattinson. Pattinson said that he had a family emergency, and as soon as he said it, Nolan goes, You're doing the Batman audition, aren't you? When Pattinson was told that he won the role of Batman a day before principal photography for tenant begun, he was surprised that Nolan also knew and congratulated him, although Pattinson hadn't told anybody about it yet. Dang. So Nolan's just all over it. That's the most critical thing I've ever heard. And Patsen was like, I didn't know how he was gonna feel about it because he did the dark night and I didn't want him to, you know, but apparently Nolan was really complimentary about it. that's cool. That's hilarious. And then Director Matt Reeves was devastated when Robert Pattinson was cast in Tenet because he thought it meant that he wouldn't want to play Batman. Reeves was convinced that because Pattinson was doing only art house films at the time, if he's going to do a blockbuster, it would only be once. Reeves stated, I was devastated. I wrote the script specifically with Rob in mind. I wanted him to be my Batman. When he's doing a blockbuster with one of the definitive Batman filmmakers, I thought, okay, so there goes that. He's not gonna want to be Batman. Luckily for Reeves this wasn't the case and Pattinson was actually eager to portray the character of Batman. So it all worked out. Pattinson really wanted to do it. Reeves literally wrote it for Pattinson. And yeah, was just a a match match for the two of them. Reeves stated that his version of the Riddler was inspired by the infamous Zodiac Killer, an unidentified serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late sixties. this story was a movie called The Zodiac by David Fincher. The Zodiac used ciphers in his infamous letters to the police, which made Reeves call him a real life riddler. And the following In the film, Riddler begins his video saying, This is the Riddler speaking and the Zodiac began his letters with This is the Zodiac speaking. The Zodiac also murdered his victims while wearing a leather suit and mask with glasses over the mask, just like the Riddler wears. So and then not just the the real life story, but also the Zodiac movie. And then he pulled a lot of inspiration from Seven, which is another Fincher film. Silence of the Lambs and Taxi Driver were kinda like his main main inspirations for this and I feel like you can really see that neo noir crime thriller detective aspect that he's kinda pulling on. I think it's like the I think it's like Paul Daniel's performance and just like the villain like the character is like on par with the Heath Ledger. I think it is too. Like it's it's it's incredible and like his monologue with the Batman in the jail. Yeah, it's so good. Yeah. And like it's over the top, but I don't like it's a comic book movie, you know, and it's Yeah, it's it's awesome. Yeah. I I was just watching some stuff and I one thing I do I agree with people about on the Batman. I just don't think the fight scenes I just don't think they're You you're not buying I don't think they're that good. Dang. I just don't think they are. It just feels very like I don't know, it's like it's almost like dude, it's like the guys are waiting to get punched. it then like Batman grabs him and they're like Okay they just get socked. Okay. So I just think the Dark Knight has better Corey grab. scenes. And then I don't think that's I don't think that's Matt Reeves versus Nolan or like the Batman versus the Dark Knight. I think it's literally 2022 versus 2000 and the 2000s. I just think that they were going so crazy back then and like I don't know why but they were it was just everything was just better. Like core action scenes were just better. I don't know why. They were I don't know. Dude the the new Bond movies suck. The fight scenes in that suck. The what was the last what was the other one I was thinking of? I don't know what that has to do with the Batman. I'm just saying newer movies fight scenes with the choreography. Yeah. I'm trying to think of what the other one is that I was thinking of. Fight I think fight scenes specifically because I think action scenes have gotten a lot cooler and I don't know about a lot cooler, but I think there's just it this is just different. Yeah. I and I just think I just think they nail it with that two thousands era of fight scenes. I just think they're cooler. And I think that's a I think a lot of people say that. You don't you don't agree. You think they look good. I think they look great. I think they look great. The the capturing of them is great. But this the fighting itself. What you think about the Batmobile? I love the Batmobile. I love the Batmobile. I hate the Tumblr. Is that the one in the dark? The dark. I hate the Tumblr. Really? I don't know if I hate it, but it's just like it doesn't feel like a a Batmobile. Like an a yeah. It just feels like a tank. I I love the the first time we get the Batmobile with the noise. Yeah. The noise is so blue flame. Yeah. Dude so sick. The Batman wheels like, dude, how about the Batman part two with the snow scene? Dude, I know. I cannot wait to watch that. I dude, in that, when they were doing that, they had the camera rig off the wheel while he's like doing a donut in the snow. And he's like escaping the cops and stuff too. Like there I saw a scene where there's like 15 cop cars with their lights on and it's dark out and there's snow. Dude, and I don't know I don't know how they do this till years ago. Two years away. th they got stunt people, I guess, but these cop cars are legit just smashing into each other. Like poor stone gas. Yeah, they're like I know they make stunt cards literally for that, but like still it like this one ripping it. This one like drives and just like goes in the air and like flips on its side and I'm just like there's a dude like I mean I'm pretty sure there's a guy that's operating that. Probably. But yeah, but the the scene with the penguin is Yeah, okay. Yeah, let's just talk about that. That's like one of my favorite scenes ever. He hits the ramp. Yeah. Dude, that scene is so like the ram just calms it right in front of him. Yeah. And the the the penguin and what it no, it's it's like the you're getting like a r almost like a review shot. Yeah. And the penguin's like, I gotcha. I gotcha And then you just see him come out of the flame. And apparently that was like practically done. Like the him flying through flames and like getting that shot. And from the front of Penguin's car. Yeah. And then literally like one of my favorite scenes, honestly, ever at this point is the upside down shot of him walking towards Penguin. Upside down shot is so sick. With the flame in the background, you get like his cape and everything, and his like theme is playing on every step he takes. Like, what do you think about What do you think about his suit? I love his suit. Yeah, I I think it's the best looking suit. I was just gonna say I think it's the best suit too. I don't really love it. I think it just looks so actually tactile. Yeah. you made it. Yeah. Yeah. And tangible and Yeah, the Dark Knight one is just too much for me. Yeah, and Pattinson said it was really flexible too. it actually I don't know, was stretchy and he could like actually move around. The cape is sick. Yeah. The wingsuit is so sick. Dude, so his his entrance in that first scene, like where we're you know, going through the train with like this gang, like with the face paint and everything, and they're gonna like beat up this guy and then that like score is playing and this ev everyone else seems to be afraid of the bat signal, but this this gang doesn't care. They're like not intimidated by it. And then But there's the one kid that only has half his face paint. He's gotta jump some. He's not fully initiated, right? And you can just see he's like scared, like emotional, and like you kinda like a feeling for this kid. And then you get literally this like bear Jew entran entrance from a glorious bastard's like it's his pitch black, it's so drawn out so long. Yep, and then eventually he comes out of it and you're like, is he just gonna murk this kid? That that one sick. That I'm feeling bad for Yeah. I'm feeling bad for this kid. Basically beats everyone up except for the yeah kid. but yeah, his his entrance there is sick, and then him walking up to the penguin. The penguin's cars. Yeah. That's like that that is like genuinely one of my favorite scenes of all time. That one is so good. speaking of the penguin, Colin Farrell knocks it out of the park. Dude, Colin Farrell. So good. Jonah Hill was approached for the role of the penguin, but turned down the offer due to disagreements over the character. It was also rumored that Hill wanted to portray the Riddler instead. I don't think that would have worked very well. No. I just can't see anyone else besides Dano at this point. Not legit nobody. Like, I don't know who else can play that. You need like Jack Nicholson to play that. Yeah, Paul Dano's awesome. Paul Dano's so good. I wonder what the disagreements about the character were. The pin the most simple character another thing I saw, apparently I guess not really Colin Farrell. I mean he's like normally like a pretty like I don't know if he's like ever been like ripped or anything. Right. I'm sure he has been. Yeah, don't don't trash don't trash them, no. Yeah, yeah. But fat now. But he like had to gain weight for this movie before. Mm-hmm. And apparently Reeves just wanted him and then when he saw that he gained weight for the Southern he's like, Perfect. Now he can be the penguin. And then apparently and they like told him like don't lose your weight. And then apparently he had like some health thing where like he just lost a ton of weight while they were doing the like literally while they were shooting. So then they had to like put him in a fat suit and stuff and That's what I was gonna say. When you said he had gained weight, I was like, didn't he wear a fat suit? Yeah. Originally apparently he had the perfect body type for it and then he lost weight. Tom Farrell's the goat, dude. He's so he's really good. Really versatile actor. He's such a good actor. Yeah, he he is really good in the show too. I mean that show is just like just dives deep into that care into the the penguin's character and like one of my favorite scenes is when Falcone is getting taken into custody or whatever. Yeah. And then the penguin comes out and he's like, Can't believe you did that. Or like he's What does he say? He's like he's he's like might be your last night in in the jail or whatever. Yeah. And you can tell like the penguin has been Falcone's right hand man forever. And he's really? You're the big guy now, now that I'm getting in the cups. And he's Yeah, maybe I am. So that's that's essentially the show. it's like the penguin starting to run the streets of of Gotham and like Yeah, there's like a more implication of the drops, like the the drug that's in in Gotham. so it dives into all that and the character is just like the character of the penguin is just like so cool. Like he is like him and like the the whole like crime family of Gotham feels like so similar, just like poor people that like that are like you know, basically we didn't get treated right, like we're gonna kill everyone because of it. Yep. and I I think it just kind of puts us a spin on that that that like the Joker and the Riddler kind of don't have. So I think that's something that's pretty cool too. Is he not in The Kingsman movies? Colin Farrell? Yeah. I don't know. I haven't always known those. he's in the gentleman. That's what I'm thinking of. That's right. He is the gentleman he's the he's the coach. That's right. How about Fantastic Beast? Did you ever watch that? No? Okay. He's in that too. I'd never I just you're Mr. Harry Potter. I know I know I know I'm Mr. What? Harry Potter. is that not Harry Potter? Fantastic Beast? Where to find them? Is that not like I don't I don't think so. Yeah. I don't know. From JK Rowland's Wizard Wizarding World. I had no idea. Newt Schwarmer arrives at Magical Congress in the US. Not a real character. I thought this was like about about like Dumbledore's like is there not a movie about that? I don't know. Maybe. It's if it's not the original okay. I'm way off then. This is just It might be Harry Potter. It is Harry Potter. Okay. All right. Okay. Okay. Hey, hey. It's Harry Potter. Colin Farrell's in a Malik movie though called The New World. That I really want to see. Mm-hmm. And he's also in a Mike well Is he in multiple he's in a Michael Mann movie called Miami Vice that I really want to watch too? Which is literally the movie that Joe Kaczynski's making. So he's gonna be in that one or he's in the old one. No, he's in the old one. Jamie Foxx. Yeah, that's right. That's right. Okay. That's But yeah, he he he goes crazy. He's so good. Also, yeah, so you like you like Andy Circus as Alfred. Sure do. Really. I think when they're in the hospital, that's a great scene. That is a great scene. 'Cause he's a good Alfred. I don't know if it's because of that. I I sure think so. I just think it's not like I I mean I My yeah, I probably like Michael Caine more. I know, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying I think I just think it's kinda they don't do as much like building it up. it almost seems like 'cause we've already seen that. Right, that's true. like what kinda like what you've been saying. Yeah. That's a good point. Just kidding. But if you don't build it up, then how am I supposed to 'cause you just watch the Dark Knight trilogy and then you're like, chill. These guys are chill. Yeah, but I don't wanna just know that. One thing about Well, okay, this is basically that scene, but Bruce is kind of a hole to Alfred throughout this movie. Yeah. and It doesn't feel like the same it doesn't feel like they have a relationship. No, but this is early on. Bruce he hasn't figured it. He hasn't figured stuff out yet in the in this Batman. And he like he like all he like seems to almost like neglect him for like trying to be his father. Right. And it I don't I don't know, this is speculation, but it seems like he kinda holds a grudge against him for either his parents dying or just not figuring out how his parents died. And then they have that really good conversation in the hospital and before that the the nurse is like, Does does he have anyone to contact? And he's like, No. And so you realize like basically this is all that Bruce has is Alfred. Right. And Bruce is like all that Alfred has too. And then I think Bruce has a moment of realization in the hospital of that. So maybe this is like the start of their Yeah, true. And he said that right, that's a good point. And he says like he doesn't want like he's he hasn't he doesn't want to fear or he he thought he would never feel like fear like that again. Yeah. Yeah. So he's kinda realizing, yeah, that's a good thing. That's a great point. Thanks. I still I just don't think Andy Circus is a good alfred though. I think he's a good elephant. But interesting because Circus worked with Reeves on the Planet of the Apes movies. He's Caesar. so I'm sure that had something to do with that casting choice. I'm jumping all over the place here. Keep jumping, man. What about what about What about Gordon? I like Jeremy Strong a lot. That's so good. That's Gordon. He's great. I think he's better than I think he is too, which is crazy 'cause Gary Oldman's like a goaded actor. Yeah, he is. I just he feels too like He feels like too much like a cop almost and yeah. Gordon is like not like he's like a he's like a detective almost. Yeah. And I was gonna like and The Dark Knight it's like I don't know, he's he's making sure that lines aren't crossed for the most part, Where here, he's really t like he's tampering with evidence, like in front of other cops. And he's just he's he gives him the key and he's punched me in the face. Like he's really He wants the truth, man. He does. Yeah. Yeah, they're both great detectives. Well they are, but they kinda get the the Riddler just the Riddler just screws him. Yeah, the Riddler the Riddler does screw him but if he if Bruce would have just went to that darn meeting at the beginning of the movie, maybe he solves this sooner. Maybe he would have been there. Yeah. Maybe. Maybe that would have been his It could have been. That's how he got all the info. Yeah. Definitely. Yeah, gonna bounce around here to allow Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson to communicate on the set across the self-imposed COVID nineteen barriers between them. They were both outfitted with earpieces and microphones. Reeves stated we were always directly connected and it's weird because we were physically distant. I could talk to him very low, I think we were in each other's head. That had a particular effect. According to Pattinson, there were times when while cameras were rolling, Reeves' mic was accidentally left on. Pattinson Say that you could hear his little reactions. If it was a tense scene, you'd suddenly hear his breathing accelerate. Sometimes it'd be very, very distracting, but sometimes I actually quite enjoyed hearing his real time reaction. I've never been so close to a director's perception of what I was doing before. It's a strangely intimate experience. But I was reading that, I was like, that's kinda like what him and Catwoman have to do in the club. Right. When Yeah. She has to she puts those contacts in or whatever. For him. I just I I thought that was funny that he basically had to go through that same experience. but then also people love to talk about like how I don't know, Batman just walks so slow in in this movie. Really? Yeah. I don't like he's always moving so slow all the time. But it's because he has those contacts. He's like gotta like scan everything and For his video playback or whatever. And it also is just sick and intimidating. Yeah. I think that's a sick detail where he's like all the nights blend together. I have to write this journal. Otherwise I won't Yeah. I won't remember what's what. Like I have to watch these back and write this down. Like that's a sick Yeah. And you can see when he like opens his journal too, like like the opening monologue when he y he says all this stuff. Yep. And then he's like Then he says it's w w November third or something or six. At the end? Yeah. November sixth. October thirty first and November sixth are the dates. Of the of the last thing? Yeah. Okay. I feel like he says does he not say another date like I don't know. He might. Whatever. He does maybe he doesn't say another date, but he he goes through kinda like when the mayor gets killed. Yeah. And then and like what he's been doing. And then he says blah blah blah, you know, I'm starting to do this like figuring this out and then you you see his journal and then you see four or five of the words that he said. Mm-hmm. So then you then you're like, he's writing everything down. this is he's directly reading out of yeah the journal, which I think is cool too. he has to write that down otherwise he'll get mixed up or forget it or something. Yeah. Yeah. this is the first solo Batman film to be shot on digital. Matt Reeves confirmed that the film seventies look for the Batman was achieved by running the finished digital image through film, then scanning it back. an interpositive film and bleach bypass were also used in the process. This is the exact technique that Greg Fraser did for Dune part one, as he didn't want the image to be super fine and smooth. And this is shot in England, right? Yeah. Like Liverpool. Liverpool. Liverpool. Yeah, he said he didn't want it to b like it didn't he didn't want it to be like a distinctive Ua like American city. Yeah, that that location is perfect for it it's like it it's perfect. Yeah. When I started reading that that actually wasn't what I thought I was gonna be reading. But I'll keep talking about Greg Frasier. He found this to be one of his most difficult films he's worked on, particularly with issues arising from the bat suit, because the suit was full of so many details and he was going for a moody dark look. He had to be careful that no shadows obscured the suit. He whatever he did, he did a good job. Yes with that. You're right there? Yeah, I'm all right. Take take a take a second. Do I sound do I sound normal now? Yeah, you sound normal now. Good. Yeah, I saw that or I just saw a thing where Reeves was talking about like the use of shadows and stuff. Like I didn't read that about the suit, but yeah, I guess that makes sense. I remember him saying like this this and this and this has been difficult, but yeah. Like using I mean I'm obviously, you know, in the movie there's like a strong use of lighting and and shadows and I mean half the time you can't even see Yeah. Like the elevat or like the Or mean that on purpose too, but the elevator scene, that scene is so good. That scene is great. I also think I don't know the actor's name, but Falcone is really good. John Chaturo. That's his name. He's goaded. He's in Severance. It's one of my favorite shows. Severance. He's in he's gonna be in the pickpocketing movie? Yeah, dude. That one looks sick. Yeah, yeah. He he is really good in this movie. I I don't know, on Rewatch for whatever reason he's he stood out. Yeah. I just think the political I just think that's what makes it so good for me. Like the like the that in itself with no Yeah. With no Batman stuff would just still just be like such a sick movie. Yeah. I agree. I just think like it just keeps you on the hook the whole time and Yeah, it does it it never feels like it's like it's too confusing or like hard to follow. Yep. Like it's it's literally And every and everything kinda ties back, as it as does a Who Dunit movie, kinda, But the carpet tool, kinda like all that type of stuff. It just feels like in the last half hour, everything is just getting figured out, kinda I don't know. Yeah. Yeah, I think just like ever the whole The way that they went about uncovering this information. and obviously it's like Batman thinks he's solving stuff, which he is, but it's also what the Riddler like wants him to do. So it's kind of like a like good for Batman. He's solving this stuff, but then you realize like, wait a minute, like maybe what is happening isn't good. 'Cause like he gets the drive and then they put the drive in the computer and then it sends stuff from Gordon's account. Huh? To the news. Yeah. And it's like, okay, shoot. And then they shoot. Yeah. shoot. He gets Catwoman, you know, like the club within the club or whatever, like he finally gets to see that inside stuff and then you find out all this stuff about the DA and then the DA ends up getting killed outside the club. Or not getting killed, the They put the bomb and stuff on him and put the phone in his hand. And that's how the riddler gets his first interaction with the Batman. Yeah. Dude You know one of my my favorite scenes is when When is it? Do they put the No. It's when it's when they figure out URL. And he's like URL. Yeah. And he's just like t it's like he's like typing back and forth and say, Hey, like Or he's like You'll see where my next victim is and Robert Pan's like Victim question mark? is he dead? It just seems so unserious. Yeah. And then they U U R L Rada. And the penguin's like Yeah. Well, the only one that knows Spanish here. Yeah. And then the Batman just goes URL. And then it just like Yeah. What? Like Chris Hansen. Yeah, yeah. You are And then they just leave the penguin. Yeah, they yeah, they just leave him there. Yeah. I think the like the Thomas Wayne spin is so good too. Yeah, that is great. And like the Riddler being like an orphan too, or like an actual orphan. Yeah, yeah. Bat Batman lives in a tower. Yeah. Fraud. He's on Fraud Watch. Yeah, for real. For orphanage. Orphanage, fraudwatch. Yeah. People have been saying that. Yeah. you were kinda early on that, right? I was, yeah. I was early. I was tweeting that right away. So I like I love Bruce's appearance at like the mayor's funeral where he sees Falcon get out of the limo or whatever. Yeah. And like this girl steps out and you're like, is that like Catwoman or something? Or is that the girl from the pictures or whatever? and then he runs into Penguin there and it's kinda like crap, it's penguin, but then like these guys know yeah. They know who Bruce Wayne is. Yeah. He's like, whoa, get your hands off him, boys. Yeah. And then Falcone turns and the girl turns and it's just some random girl or whatever. But it I don't know, just like plants that thought that Falcone's just got like everyone under his wraps. And it seems like maybe Bruce is kind of skeptical on it, but like he just isn't he can't. quite get there. Yeah, you can't quite get there. And then this is where like it's like, okay, Bruce is just kind of a chud 'cause the may the new mayor I don't know if she's the mayor she's maybe not the mayor yet, but no the Real? Is that her name? Is that her name? The black lady. She's like Yeah, your parents have a history of she's like, You you haven't done anything. Yeah. Yeah. She just shits on him. She does. Yeah. She's like, Your parents have a philanthropical history in the city and you've done nothing for us, so help us out, basically. He's like, Yeah, yeah. And I don't even know if he says anything or gives a reaction, and then she's like, I'm gonna go pay my condolences to the son or like the family of the mayor. And then Bruce you can tell Bruce like feels bad for the son 'cause he knows that he knows what the son is going through, with h his dad dying and stuff like that. But yeah, just a very fractured Bruce Wayne. And I I really like that scene 'cause it kinda gives a behind the scenes of just yeah, he's doing nothing but being Batman pretty much. Yeah. And he gets to see the Riddler for the first time too. Saves the kid and then gets blown up by a bomb. Yeah, I'm the then that's the the best scene is when they're like talking. Like, don't you want to see who's under his under the mask or whatever? And then like cries they're about to tear the cops. that scene is so good. yeah, and then it okay, yeah. It's after the it's after that where they figure out where Penguin is and they or they figure out that there's gonna be that drop and that's where the sick Batmobile scene comes in. Yeah. And he sees Catwoman pulling up. The one of my favorite parts is when Penguin Hey vengeance and he just like it's just unloading clips. Yeah, like all over the car. I thought you were gonna say when he just sneaks up on her. He's like she's just unknown. he's a Batman. Yeah, comes out and knocked He's pretty good score. and then when and she's like you this is how you get your kick sneaking up on groups. yeah. And then later like they're talking when she has I don't know the dude's name, the cop, the crooked cop who's like the tower. I don't know, I don't know. she's like, this and the whole Wayne, Thomas and Bruce Wayne stuff, it's all connected. He's like, What about the Thomas and Bruce? She's What do you live in a cave? Yeah. He lives in the back of the case. He does. Chill. Personal. Imagine he's like, yeah. Dude, any any of those scenes that are up on that tower are just like perfect. And they they do like one when it's like dark out, they do one like with the sun setting and one at the sunrise. Reminds me of the Skyfall ending scene. Yeah, and it kinda reminds me of I mean it's like every movie. brand new day when Peter's like sitting on the I don't know what you call it. He's like sitting on Some beam and it's just like the New York City skyline. Bro doesn't remember. Bro hasn't been getting my references all day. He's just like sitting on this beam and there's like sunset and the skyline and And it's just him. Yeah. Yeah, okay. Sorry. I Okay. Got that one. Nice. I and And that reminds me of into the spider verse. No. Wow. That reminds you of a cross of spider verse. No, don't him and Gwen sit on that thing at the end? That's a necross of Spider-Verse. No way. I mean they do an across, but I swear they do in the first one. Where it's like pink and orange and pretty? That's a cross. Yeah. But don't they go up and sit on that on the Yeah, I mean they sit on something and into Don't they sit in the movie? Yeah. Somewhere. No, you are right. Yeah. Thanks. I'm an idiot. Yeah, dude, actually. I'm so fat and ugly. Just turn off your time. Put your frickin' Ninjago down. When's it gonna be my turn? I'm so fat and ugly. It's gotta be my It's gotta be my turn sometime. When am I gonna catch a break? And dude, you're not getting my references either. No, I'm not. Yeah. What is it? You probably wouldn't not. It's like an old vine? Dude, I was about to say vine. But I don't think it is a vine. It might be a vine. I think it's just an old reel. A classic reel. Dude, actually. Can't wait till I'm like 40 and I'm just. Referencing classic Instagram reel. Do you remember that reel from my kids gonna be like no? Your kid's gonna have even more short form content than reels. He's gonna be like swipe. Yeah, it's gonna be like three second video max of like of what? Like I don't know. Do you think they're going shorter form? I don't I don't know. Seems like you've thought about this. Sure. I got something in the works. You got some theory going. Yeah, I got something something going. What this what else I was gonna ask you? Do you think do you think it's like too long at any point? No. Do you have a problem with movies being long? No. Killers of the Flower Moon is goaded and it's like three hours and forty minutes. You have to see that. All the Lord of the Rings extended editions. Bangers. Babylon's three hours. Yeah, Oppenheimer's three hours. Odyssey's three hours. Yeah, they just don't fit it's just I honestly, like if I'm going to watch a movie, I'm taking three hours. Yeah. That's how long I'm taking. Yeah. Like There are definitely are movies that are long where I'm like they waste time at certain points. Exactly. That's why they feel long. Yeah. This movie doesn't waste any time. Yeah, exactly. If there's no waste of time and it's a good movie, it can be five hours. Yeah. And I think just Yeah. Everything just looks so sick. it's just sick. If I had to use one word to describe this word, I'd say sick. Yeah, sick. if I were if I watched Kill Bill One And two back to back, I'd be fine. I would too. AKA killbill the whole bloody affair. Yeah. I gotta do that sometime. Yeah, that'd be sick. Sick. Sick. Is that the name of the episode? It is. Episode twenty four six. Sick. How'd you like the episode the name of the episode for the I liked it? I really liked I didn't know if it was too silly. No. Okay. It was like the perfect amount of silliness. Okay, good. I stopped taking no I was taking notes scene by scene. Yeah, I'd I and then my phone died. huh. And then I stopped. The last thing I have is when they kiss, it's just awesome. That is a great scene. You're just kind of waiting for it. There's some tension built up and then just kinda happens with a beautiful backdrop. I'm like, all right. Yeah. I'm like, hey, let's go. Let's go freaking Ooh, what's going on? Three to four brews. Or Dodgers, sorry. basses juiced? Ho ho they're taking out? Who's up? his bowers off. I'm not even a Brewers fan and I just Yeah. They're how could you not want them to win? Yeah, I everyone hates the Dodgers as they should. I for sure want them to win. so if you had to so you like this movie the best out of the Batmans. Do you think Robert Pattinson is the best Batman? Hard to say after Bruce Wayne. Hard to hard to say after just one movie. Yeah. And again, all I'm comparing it to is the Dark Knight. That's all I've seen. I haven't seen Keaton, I haven't seen Ben Affleck. I thought you watched I thought you watched the non director's cut of Justice League. Is that now? Is that a yes? No. I haven't seen the I haven't seen Justice. Okay. But you but you saw Man of Steel, that's what I'm thinking of. That's the only Snyder I've seen. That's what I'm thinking of. I I thought for some reason you and you haven't seen Batman versus Superman. Correct. I mean, as of right now, I'm just gonna say, yeah, I really like I really like this kind of fractured version of Batman slash Bruce where he doesn't have it. Doesn't have it figured out. I think that's really, really interesting to me. I think he's a better Batman. And I think Christian Bale's a better Bruce Wayne, but also like Yeah. I think Bruce Wayne is whatever. I don't know I don't know if this is a hot take, but I don't like the hoarse voice of Batman in the Dark Knight. I don't either. Like and the Reeves said for he's like this is gonna be a detective movie. There's gonna be a lot of dialogue for him as Batman. He's like, I just kinda want him to He has a great voice. Yeah, he's like, I just kinda like it's not gonna be normal Robert Patton Robert Pattinson be I don't wanna ha I don't want him to have to like yeah, be like grinding. Yeah. He's just which I think it works perfectly. Like he still has like this low kind of mysterious tone to him, but where it's not this like bails over the. Top. It is over the top. But it doesn't take away from the movie at all. But yeah. I I like this catwoman better than Anne Hathaway. Yeah, I think I do for sure. I think this character is just so much better. And I think they do more with her. I think Anne Hathaway just isn't a great catwoman. Yeah. I just think that's just not a great casting. Yeah. interested. There's obviously it's not like there's a ton of romance in this movie, but there definitely is something. I mean, they kiss twice. And she wants him to leave, so obviously they kiss twice? Yeah. They kiss at the end? No, she kisses him when he is like hurt in the garden in the in Gotham Square Garden or whatever. he's like laying down and she kisses him. I know they for they for sure kiss twice. I might be getting that second time wrong. I know they kiss on the tower. Yeah. And then Where where is that? What what scene is that? It's like the so the flood happens, everything blows up and then everyone has to go to Gotham Square Garden. Uhhuh. yeah. And then he's like kind of up top and they're he's like fighting people and then he's kinda hurt and he's like laying on the Not stanching. I don't even know what you call it. jumbotron beam stuff up there. Yeah. And the dude the dude's about to shoot him in the face. And she she comes down. Yeah, and she's like, Are you okay? Blah blah blah. She kisses him. What? I think it's that scene. I don't think no, 'cause it 'cause High game. No, because she comes the dude is like loading a shotgun so slowly or whatever. He's just hanging there. He's like, and then she comes down. Pause. Yeah, that was crazy. He comes down. Clip that. That is now. Clip that. That's extra That was crazy. No, that's actually exactly what he does too. No, that's good. That was crazy. He's just looking up okay. I'm just He's gonna get shot in the face. And then Catwoman comes in and saves him. Yeah. And then he pulls him up. But she but then she gets attacked. Yeah, after she kisses him. Really? I think. I thought she just gets attacked and then he's like Can't move. And then he injects himself. That part was funny. That's a great scene. That part was kind of funny to me when I was yeah, when I was watching it again, and he just and then Gordon's like, yo. Yeah. And then he's like, wait. Then he's kinda chilling. Yeah. Then he's kind of chilling. Also, here's a dumb scene. Okay. Bro's just hanging out. He's the electrical box. It's gonna zap all the people in the water if it falls. What? There's the there's the box that's like this right after this scene that we're just talking about. There's this box that's hanging from a cable. Yeah. And he's like, my gosh, this is gonna fall and it's gonna zap everyone that's in the water. Yeah. If it falls, how's it gonna zap everyone in the water? Why do you have to hang off it and cut it? yeah. Like why No, if it falls it's not How where's it connected to if it falls? Connected to this cable, right? That's obviously giving it power. Yeah. If it falls, where is it connected to? I see. I see what you're saying. Yeah. Or just bro, chuck a battery at it. I could use without that scene. That's one well that is the one without him jumping into the water? Or without him slicing the thing and and falling into the water? Getting electrocuted. That is the that is my one thing that I was saying. Wait, what? He gets electrocuted from that? That's he like he cuts it and then you see him. He's like And then he falls under the water. Yeah. Then he leads the people with the Yeah, he's got the torch. That's sick. Yeah. The flare. And one, dude. That was gonna be a great shot. That was an action shot. Bang out. Do you the new iPhone eighteen pro is here? You think I should just switch my carrier and keep getting a free phone? Yeah. You think would work? How many times would I could I do that? I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna beat the system, man. I'm tired of these Gotham City officials. These white privileged men. Which which turtle is that, bro? How did you think that was a ninja turtle? Did you even look at it? Just be honest. Not here. You didn't look there. So you thought I just thought it was like a room. That's fair, honestly. If you didn't look there, yeah, I couldn't. Like just kinda like quick at a quick glance, I'm like, that's kinda green. And you And you saw I was wearing a turtle mask. Yeah. Yeah, that's ex that's the that might be the biggest. Fair enough. Honestly. That might be the biggest. Honestly fair enough, dude. You thought what you thought. All right. What else do we need talk about from a movie aspect side of things for this movie? Great question, dude. How about I love the ending. The motorcycles are awesome. And then him looking in the mirror, that shot is sick. Motorcycles are cool. Sick AF. The the desolate Gotham. huh. So sick with like the lines and it's just empty and it's just flooded and it's just cool. Yeah, like bro, get back to work. What are you doing? The streets are flooded. Yeah, the streets are flooded. Well, he's like chill too. He's like, Yeah, we're chill. Streets are flooded. He's like, I know it's gonna get worse before it gets better. But it doesn't even matter. It's your Ram F two fifty. That was pretty good. But also he's like, I'm not vengeance anymore. Is that Ram? I don't know. Yeah, what does he say? I'm not He's like being vengeance and full of that is like not the way to do it. Yeah. So next movie he's gonna be like, I'm hope. He's gonna punch a guy. joy. Boom. Breaks a guy's back. Kicks a guy in the head. I'm happiness. I'm so happy. I'm spreading happiness to our Gotham. Kick curb stops a guy. That is true. I think that's actually the plot of the second. What is it? This is this is also another problem I have. This is not even a problem. The best part about like I'll just say like the old dark night. Come on. You don't have to aim it at me. I didn't. You aimed it directly. I just casually farted. Dude, you did a 180 on the chair. I w I was getting my water bottle, bro. Yeah, whatever. I just casually was farting. There's always just like crazy ways that people get beat up in in the dark night. I don't know. Crazy ways that people like Bane picks up Batman and snaps him over his leg. Heath Ledger puts a pencil in a dude's eye. What else does Batman do? I just feel like he does some crazy stuff. I don't know, man. You hate this movie. No, I don't. I love it. I get it. I love it. I get it. I just think the Dark Knight is so good too. That's all that's all. Yeah, that's fair. I mean, I love the I love the Dark Knight. It's a four and a half for me, and I feel like What? See it this that's the reaction that everyone gives me. Which is crazy and is a testament to how good of a movie it is. That when I say it's a four and a half. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. When I say it's a four and a half, people give me that exact reaction. Hold on, I did not know that. I know. See? And Christopher Nolan is your favorite director. Yeah. And like When's the last time you watched The Dark Knight? Before the Odyssey. yeah, that's that's not four and a half is that's not even crazy. I hate it. so you hate it. Yeah. That isn't actually crazy. I No, I know, but it it it f I feel like I'm I'm almost underrating it by giving it a four and a half. That's cra right, that is the crazy part. Right, Prim? Yeah, it's a microphone, you're chill. yeah. And any other movie movie points we need to talk about from this movie that we're talking about? I can't think of not a one. All right, let me go through my fun facts and just see if there's any that I want to hit quick. Me too. Cause I just there's not really a good cohesive way to go about this. I didn't organize this at all. I was just like, that's cool. that's fun. Let me write fun. Yeah, let me write let me get let me jot this down quick. here, this is kind of what I was trying to explain. Robert Pattinson Oddly enough, can do it better than I can. Bruce is obsessed in being Batman. He has no desire to be Bruce and he wants to just throw it away. He hasn't gotten over being the ten-year-old boy who, in his mind, let his parents die. For him, being Batman is like a strange kind of therapy. He thinks this is the way he can save himself by living in this kind of Zen state as Batman, where it's his pure instinct and no emotional baggage. It feels like he has a death wish going out at night. I always get the impression that he wants to keep recreating the night when his parents died. In his mind, every single person he is fighting is the person who killed his parents. Wow. Dude. That's like what I was trying to say the whole time. And you wrote that. And I wrote that. Put that in your review, man. No, Robert Pattinson said that. That's a quote from Robert Pattinson. You could just blade ride it. Yeah, I could. You could. but yeah, that's that's how I feel about He just he Batman Batman is like his escape, but it's also just like what he wants his reality to be all the time. It's like Superman. Batman Superman is because they're superheroes. And they wear capes? Dude, you're on it today. Wow. You're on it. Keep going. Superman is Superman. His disguise is Clark Kent. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Batman is trying to be he's like he's trying to forget Bruce Rain. Yes. That's when he's like his disguise. That's a good point. That's That's great point. do you think would win in a fight, Superman or Batman? Do you think and follow up question? Do you think they should make a movie about it? That was good. That was really good. What do you think of Batman versus Superman? Do I need do I need to watch it? Is it okay, okay, okay, okay. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. I want to do a backflip right now. Do you? Yeah. Okay. I can't. Consider this your dome. I wish I could. Can you watch that this week? Brrrr. No, I can't. Can you watch that in the fall? I will watch the fall. yeah. Well, okay. Batman versus Superman is better than the fall. Or did I just lie to make you watch it? You just lied. No. At 175 minutes, this is the longest Batman film to be premiered, and the second longest comic book movie theatrically theatrically released behind DC. sorry. behind Justice League. Sa Snyder's Cut of the Justice League. That's not theatrical. Longer comic book movie? Addison we're recording. What's a longer comic book movie? What's that from? I I know what I know. I get I got the reference I'm trying to think. What's it from? Moneyball. Okay. Theatrically really Theatrical. Is it Is it from Can you tell me the year? No. Two thousands? You'd know it if I gave you the year. I don't know. Define two thousands. I don't know it. Tell me. Endgame. man, I'm an idiot. What? Yeah, I saw it side. No, I don't know. Stop yelling. What what happened? Were the brewers down by a lot? By four. They were down four to nothing and they came back. Dang. Did you know that? Yeah. I didn't know they were down four to nothing. I kept checking though. I kept peeping. Dang. the when the title character debuted in Detective Comic Comics, he was billed as the Batman. The article the was also used in the 1940s serials. The use of the word the had fallen out of favor by the nineteen sixties. Although it was although it was revived by Danny O'Neill and Neil Adams. So this is the first time we get the Batman in a while. The Batman. I think that's kind of sick. I think so too. Zoe Kravitz had previously voiced the character of Catwoman in Some animated Batman Yeah movie. What movie was what movie? That one you're talking about. Lego Batman movie. Good job. Yep. it took two hundred takes for the scene where the Riddler finally makes contact with Batman via Colson's cell phone. Director Matt Reeves allowed Paul Dano to use a cell phone to film the scene. Dano filmed the Riddler's video introduction in many ways. Sick. What am I supposed to say when you do that? Nothing. You said I'm supposed to say something when you point at me. here here here here here here here after Matt Reeves officially replaced Ben Affleck as a director, so Ben Affleck was originally on to direct. my gosh. Yep. Crisis averted. Yeah, in February twenty seventeen, Warner Bros. announced that Affleck would also no longer reprise his role as Bruce Wayne slash Batman. So apparently he was gonna do both. On May sixteenth, twenty nineteen, it was reported by Variety that Robert Pattinson was in negotiations to take on the role of Batman. By the end of the month, it was reported that he officially signed a deal to star as Bruce Wayne slash Batman and that he was the first choice by director Matt Reeves. Reeves confirmed the casting two days later on his Twitter account by posting a gif of Pattinson's character from the film Good Time. Good movie, you should watch it. Safety Brothers, accompanied by three bat emojis. The What sh what just happened? Home run. Home run? Garrett Mitchell. my goodness. Let's go. Dude, Garrett Mitchell is the goat. That's crazy. Did you make cookies? Your dad made cookies. You made sweet potato brownies? What'd she make? You smell that? It smells good. For some reason I'm getting chocolate chip, but it must just be like the dough. Yeah. Smells really good. It's all right. Okay. Smells good. All right, well we're almost done here. Yeah. Andrew's just yapping taking a while. You ready for this? I got another novel. Let me hear let me hear that. Nirvana's Something in the Way charted for the first time in August twenty twenty after appearing in the first trailer for the Batman. And the week after its theatrical release in March twenty twenty two, the song was the song saw a reported one thousand two hundred percent increase in Spotify streams and climbed to number two in the US. It's such a banger. It is. It just perfectly fits it. It's nice to play in your car. It is nice to play in your car, you're right. If I had a Batmobile, I'd probably play it. we talked a little bit about like scheduling and pre production stuff like that last on last week's episode. So principal photography began on January twenty seventh, twenty twenty in London and was put on hold on March thirteenth, twenty twenty due to COVID nineteen. After a five month hiatus, shooting began in late August twenty twenty, and after just two days, filming was again suspended after Robert Pattinson tested positive for COVID nineteen. After Pattinson was cleared to return, shooting resumed on september seventeenth, twenty twenty. And finally wrapped on March twenty first, twenty twenty one, fourteen months after principal photography initially. so I think I think we said it usually takes like a hundred days or so for that. And from start to finish with everything they had to deal with, it took fourteen months. And this part two is gonna be 10X that. yeah, we didn't even talk about that. Part two. New director, movie socks, aren't you? New direct Steven Soderbergh coming in to help finish the project. I don't I just said shooting. I don't know if he's gonna be sucks. I don't know if he's gonna be doing post production stuff or not, but apparently Matt Reeves is going through some personal stuff and I don't know. I just hope they don't delay it again, but I also hope that hidden it's it it better still feel like a Matt Reeves movie movie, that's all banger, dude. one thing I was gonna mention the Batmobile is a like a nineteen seventies charger souped up. That's sick. That's it. I just had to say that. Well, I just have to say that the four note musical theme, also called The Batman, is composed of the first four notes of John Williams' famous The Imperial March from Star Wars. Which I bro, I caught on to that before I even looked it up. Yeah, right, you haven't even seen I I've seen the Imperial March though. Yeah. Have you though? Is that an empire? them. That's in all of Bom bum bum bum bon Ooh, let's go. We've got Steven Soderbergh, yeah, he's he's got magic mic. One of your favorites, right? Right? No. Yeah, that's one of my favorites. I I th as soon as I saw that, I was like, This is Henry's favorite movie. He always talks about this. Gross $134 million domestically in its opening weekend. The second biggest debut of the pandemic era after Spider-Man No Way Home. Denevil Enough, George Miller, Ridley Scott were considered to be the film's directors before Matt Reeves. Wow. About a frickin' Ridley Scott Batman. Could be really good. Could be really terrible. Yeah, true. The convenience store that gets robbed at the start of the movie is called Good Times Groceries. This is a reference to the movie Good Time, which made director Matt Reeves write the script with Robert Pattinson in mind. The robber who is disguised as a drophead is also wearing a red jacket similar to the one Pattinson's character is wearing while robbing the bank in Good Times. There's some little Easter egg stuff there. Goofy. Goofy, silly little stuff there. With this film, composer Michael Giacchino joins Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, and Lauren Balfa as composers who have composed for both the Batman franchise and the Mission Impossible franchise. Wow. All of these composers, with the exception of Balfa, have also composed Spider Man films as well. That's insane. I wonder which mission impossible Hans ever. Mm. I feel like there's not like a lot of like soundtrack ish stuff in those movies. It's more score. Yeah. You know, there's not like a there's not like a nerve. Maybe they should get Nerata the band to do the next one. Yeah, true. I think that's all I got. This is a five out of five Podicy Banger. Five out of five Podicy Banger. I th it's my favorite comic book movie of all time. You would have the Dark Knight above it, you would have Civil War above it. Mm-hmm. And then it's in the conversation. Yeah. Yeah, I would probably say those and then Yeah, yeah, it's in the conversation, but I would say I would honestly put manistiel. I really like many You love Manasteel. I honestly really like for some reason I I don't know, I thought you were like indifferent on it, maybe. I don't know. Yeah, I I I think Henry Cow's a gives him but yeah, it's definitely up top three. That's for sure. I think it just portrays Batman in a really cool way. well I I really want to go on like a Snyder deep dive. Dude. Because some people love it, some people hate it. Yeah. So I'm I'm really curious about that. And there's some people that I follow that love Some people that I follow that hate but I'm always interested at the people that are like Snyder heads and Snyder fans. I think it's just kind of funny. How they're always defending those movies, every waking second. Yeah. If they just find There's a a lot of stuff that I want to check out, but this next week of watching is a big one for the Podicy. As we've we've subtly mentioned, we have a century episode coming up. That's what we're doing for episode twenty-five. There'll be no short episode this week. We're one, the timing of the episodes, we just want episode twenty five to be the long one because we're gonna be doing a collaborative ranking of our top twenty five movies of the century. And when we say century, we're going from two thousand to twenty twenty five. So essentially the top twenty five from the first twenty five years of the century. And we're going theater release date. Yes. Okay. Theatrical release date. We're including two thousand. I don't New York Times came out with the list. They don't include two thousand. When people do like century lists, apparently they don't include two thousand. I don't even know if there's a movie from two thousand, I'm like considering, but just to Clear every just just a we're including two thousand. but yeah, there's obviously there's gonna be a ton of movies that we haven't we haven't even seen, but there's a lot where I'm like, okay, I for sure want to check this one out before the century episode. That's kind of what most of my watching has been for the last couple weeks 'cause we've been talking about it. and then after that I can do like my my my Snyder deep dive and it's Dune time. Dune Marvel. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, episode twenty five is gonna be a big one for us. It's gonna be a lot of fun. Yeah. It's gonna be really hard to rank. I know I've been subtly making a list and just it's already been possible. I'm I'm thinking of one. I keep going back and forth. I have like I maybe have like five that I'm like for sure. I have a handful that are But then I honestly like after that it's like dang I could see Right. Yeah, it's it does become very interchangeable. so yeah, we'll see, but it should be a fun episode. Yeah, I I feel like I feel like it's it's like our our our biggest episode that we've done. Th there'll be a lot of it's gonna be fun. Yeah, it'll it'll be fun. We're excited. We are. But yeah, this was the Batman review, episode twenty four of the poticy. thanks for tuning in, guys.