It also does that trope where it has the revolutionary "villain" fighting to expose the systemic corruption be/act so unhinged and do evil things as to give justification that their critiques are wrong. It's a really well made, entertaining movie, but it's themes are just such weak centrist bs that I couldn't ignore it.
I wrote about it more in-depth here if you're interested: https://letterboxd.com/peytobrock/film/the-batman/
EDIT: this is a write-up by a critic I really like that's even better than what I wrote: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63389248
Even with Voldemort he supposedly gained support from marginalized groups like centaurs and goblins by promising them improved conditions under the new order. But that is the extreme lib brainworms of Rowling manifesting themselves, change is bad and if someone is promising improvements they are lying.
It is an object lesson in the UK lib mindset, and why they were so aghast at jam grandpa.
you already know it because we obviously both saw Shaun's new video yesterday, but i'd just like to mention that CW homophobia
spoiler
Rowling also intended the werewolves to be a metaphor for HIV and the leader of the werewolves systematically infects children with lycanthropy.
Oh, he finally released it. He has been discussing it a lot on streams, which is why I remember it.
it's good, too. as thorough a takedown of the book's ideology as you'd expect from skullboi.
:stalin-gun-1: :stalin-gun-2:
OwO