


Dating back to the 1960s, fans have seen all manner of takes on Batman, from the pulpy and colorful to the aggressively dark, from merely decent to quite good. Critics are calling it the best comic book movie since The Dark Knight, which is still the barometer against which all comic book adaptations are measured.īut what makes a good Batman movie? Faithfulness to the ever-changing source material, compelling villains, and ambitious production values contribute to a successful adaptation, but the Dark Knight invites intricacy. The latest entry in this venerable franchise, Matt Reeves’ highly anticipated The Batman, is a neo-noir take that puts the world’s greatest detective and his legendary skills front and center. As one of the greatest superheroes of all time, Batman has been the subject of multiple big-screen adaptations, each attempting to bring something new to his already complex mythos.
