[Movie] The Batman (2022)

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When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877830/

The movie is good.  Definitely worth a watch.
Visually the movie is very dark, with red being a primary color, I think that's partly why the logo was red on black for this film.  While the film is 3 hours, it doesn't drag or feel overly long, I felt engaged the entire time and only a couple of small scenes felt unnecessary.  Most of the action sequences are also fairly dark, with one driving sequence being so dark and rainy it was difficult to follow.  Acting was solid, Pattinson does a good job as Batman, but doesn't spend hardly any time as Bruce Wayne; Zoe Kravitz does a solid job as Catwoman but her mask makes her look goofy as hell.  The musical score is solid, if a bit bombastic, however they do overuse the main theme quite a bit (maybe I only noticed because of the length of the film).  There's also plenty of batman being a detective (including someone joking about a world's greatest detective), although it does come across as out of place that batman is walking through crime scenes next to a bunch of police officers, they try to explain that away but it still feels a bit off.  The plot with the Riddler felt solid, they convey his scheming and planning very well - those elements of the movie reminded me of Zodiac or Seven (both of which I hold in high regard).  This is also one of the few batman movies where Gotham felt truly messed up, between crime, corruption, urban blight and just a general sense of ugliness in the city, which works well with why Bruce chooses to be the Batman; including when he questions why he keeps going if crime keeps getting worse. 
I also appreciate that the film points out that criminals like the Riddler are inspired to their acts of crime by Batman. 

[Malaphax]

I believe this is a larger version of the technology that's been used on the Mandalorian.  I guess this is the new jump forward from traditional blue/green screen sets with everything added in post. 
I guess the downside is that the CGI work needs to be done ahead of time.  I also think it's going to be amusing seeing Unreal Engine and other games engines push more heavily into movies and TV, I know they've been working on that for some time.