At first, Warner Brothers and DC wanted to develop the image of Batman from the film universe and even give the post of director to Ben Affleck himself, but after the failure of Justice League, the studios did not see any prospects in his project, (although his plans were not the worst). As a result, they decided to radically rethink Batman again, taking Robert Pattinson in the lead role and Matt Reeves as director. The project was expected to be very ambitious, and by the brilliant promo campaign, many saw in the new “Batman”, ironically given the article “The” in the English version, the new “Dark Knight”, but in the end came out rather “Batman: The Beginning”, and that with a lot of reservations.

The funny thing here is that the author of the articles, who started writing about Batman in the movies on the wave of popularity of the new film adaptation, never understood how he should feel about the latest film. On the one hand, it is well filmed, the actors are great and there is some attempt to analyze modern problems, but it seems as if Matt Reeves has nothing to offer. He has a great skill, but it’s as if he lacks that creative thinking. he lacks the creative thinking that Burton and Nolan had. It’s as if the only job Reeves had was to bring the best Batman comics to the big screen with a very controversial attempt to adapt them to modern realities. Considering the bungled ending, (albeit not as much as in The Dark Knight 2: Legend Reborn or Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), it’s hard to say if there’s any chance of developing this separate universe. There are precedents, of course. Colin Farrell made a great Penguin, and a spin-off about him would be nice to see. Paul Dano is not a breakout, but a curious villain. Zoe Kravitz has presented an odd image, but she may have a future, too. Perhaps the recently announced sequel will correct a number of the creators’ mistakes, but for now the prospects are very dim.

We would like to finish the analysis of Batman in the cinema with an important question. What does the future hold for the character in the movies? If we accept the “looping” theories, then we are again waiting for the cult Batman movie, its less successful sequel, one more attempt to go mainstream, followed by a failure, as a result of which Batman will be restarted again. Whether this is really the case, or whether the author of the article is just imagining things for himself, time will tell. One thing is for sure, movie comics may cease to be popular. Heroes like Wonder Woman, Thor, Deadpool and many others are sure to become relics of the past or become part of the nostalgia for old-timers. But Batman… Batman will be immortal even after the genre burns out. Why? Because he was popular even before his heyday. This hero is too monumental to permanently disappear from the movie radar, so we’ll see him on the big screens more than once. Whether the adaptation is bad or good, it will always be hotly debated by all movie buffs.