The Batman Theory Pattinsons Year 2 Dark Knight Is Failing Gotham

The Batman Theory: Pattinson’s Year 2 Dark Knight Is Failing Gotham

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2021’s standalone DC movie The Batman presents Robert Pattinson as a fledgling Dark Knight, and it seems likely this early Batman is failing Gotham.

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The Batman Theory Pattinsons Year 2 Dark Knight Is Failing Gotham

2021’s standalone DC movie The Batman presents Robert Pattinson as a fledgling Dark Knight, and it seems likely this early Batman is failing Gotham. While there have been many portrayals of Bruce Wayne’s Batman, both in movies and on TV, one thing most have in common is that the Batman being featured is a seasoned superhero with multiple years of experience protecting Gotham City under his utility belt. Batman is rarely portrayed as a character still learning the ropes of crime-fighting.

For example, the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher Batman series features a fully-formed Batman that’s already a long-term presence in Gotham City, as does the DCEU films directed by Zack Snyder and starring Ben Affleck. The classic Batman: The Animated Series also centers on a veteran Batman, and even the old 1960s Adam West TV show focuses on a Batman with lots of mileage on his Batmobile. Some notable exceptions include Batman Begins, for obvious reasons, and any adaptation of the famous Batman: Year One comic arc.

The Batman’s big screen depiction of an early Batman, while far from unprecedented, is still highly unusual. However, that offers writer/director Matt Reeves the opportunity to do things with the iconic character that don’t normally happen in Batman movies. The downside for Gotham City though, is that Batman probably wasn’t perfect from the start, and like any emerging hero, struggled with growing pains and conflicting feelings over how best to accomplish his goal of cleaning up Gotham and protecting the innocent.

Pattinson’s Batman Is A New Hero

The Batman Theory Pattinsons Year 2 Dark Knight Is Failing Gotham

While The Batman won’t quite be the story of the Caped Crusader in his rookie year, it will feature the troubled hero in his second year as a crime-fighter. It’s clear from the trailer that this version of Batman/Bruce Wayne is quite a bit darker than that portrayed by even Christian Bale in The Dark Knight trilogy, so while this isn’t an origin story, it’s likely Robert Pattinson’s Batman is still emotionally scarred by the murder of his parents. That’s what drives Bruce to become Batman in nearly every iteration of his story, and while most versions don’t focus on it, it takes a scarred, somewhat twisted mind to decide that what he needs to do with his life is to dress up like a bat and stalk the night.

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Only in year two of Batman’s existence, Bruce may still well be struggling with his resolve to keep fighting, and his belief what he’s doing is right. While it’s unclear if this Batman will kill anyone, which would definitely prove controversial with fans, Pattinson’s Batman appears prone to inflicting no holds barred beat-downs on criminals, to the point where the brutality gets uncomfortable to watch. Most Batmen are capable of taking down an armed assailant with a few quick moves, but this Batman is less refined, and still going through growing pains.

The Batman Will Show The Dark Knight Making Mistakes

The Batman Theory Pattinsons Year 2 Dark Knight Is Failing Gotham

To that end, Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight won’t be the world’s greatest detective quite yet, and he won’t be Gotham City’s shining symbol of justice. In fact, The Batman’s Batman will likely still see a measure of distrust and resistance from the populace, this early into his tenure as a superhero. Really, why shouldn’t he? Thinking about things from a more realistic perspective, and Reeves’ film does seem to want to, it makes perfect sense that a man dressed up in a bat suit that drives around in a personal armored vehicle, and swoops down from rooftops to beat people up might at first be seen by many as a cure worse than the disease.

This perception will likely be supported by Batman doing something he rarely does onscreen: make mistakes. Batman may be an expert at his job, such as it is, in most portrayals, but this younger Bruce appears prone to excessive emotion, and judging by his aforementioned beatings of bad guys, probably has trouble controlling his anger. What happens when a simple purse snatcher gets his back broken by Batman in a fit of rage? Or a still-learning hero gets a hunch wrong, and attacks the wrong person? It’s bound to happen. Having the money and will to become Batman doesn’t make Bruce Wayne infallible.

Riddler’s Brand Of Justice Will Be More Effective

The Batman Theory Pattinsons Year 2 Dark Knight Is Failing Gotham

As seen in The Batman’s trailer, it would appear that Paul Dano’s take on The Riddler is more of an antihero than an outright villain. So far, it looks like Edward Nashton is fed up by the rampant crime in Gotham City, and has decided to take the law into his own hands, starting with Mayor Don Mitchell. While The Riddler is sure to repulse many Gotham residents by straight-up killing people, at the same time, doing that may prove to be a more effective deterrent in a place so infested with corruption and greed.

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While Batman breaks bones, but – presumably – leaves all his enemies just a prison release or hospital stay from being back on the streets causing more harm, The Riddler takes them out of the picture, and if it truly does help clean things up, many citizens will eventually begin to wonder if he doesn’t have the right idea. Plus, the corruption in Gotham tends to come from the top down, and Batman usually attempts to work alongside police and government officials, at least the few honest ones he can find. Thus, it’s unlikely that he’ll be willing to take the fight directly to the Mayor or other prominent figures, instead settling for fighting the goons and supervillains they control.

The Riddler Effectively Creates The Batman In His Image

Obviously, a long-term strategy of murdering bad guys just isn’t something Batman could ever adopt. For one, it runs counter to his desire to protect, only doing harm when necessary. For two, it may eventually create a bloodlust Bruce is unable to contain. That said, once The Riddler is eventually dispatched, possibly after earning a measure of favor with Gotham’s general citizenry for punishing hopelessly corrupt officials, it may be time for Bruce to look at his counterpart’s methods and wonder if some aren’t worth adopting.

Perhaps Batman would accomplish more if he stopped endlessly fighting psychopaths and thugs, and set out to put the fear of a god into Gotham’s police force and politicians. Sure, that would earn backlash from the corrupt, but the honest, like Jim Gordon, would probably welcome the intrusion. While Batman will always need to bust a certain number of heads, he has to have an overriding strategy for achieving true victory, something that a mad genius like The Batman’s Edward Nashton would no doubt be an expert at formulating.

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