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

  • ProfessionalSlacker
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    3 years ago

    Winter Soldier is the worst example you could pick since that movie is all about how the modern MIC is an echo of Nazi Germany and needs to be thoroughly dismantled. Unless you mean Falcon and the Winter Soldier? Cuz that shit sucked

    • garbage [none/use name,he/him]
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      3 years ago

      yeah the one where there's a revolution of people, and when they finally rise up they get shut down by the new captain america guy, because revolution is apparently evil or something. just sit there and take it seemed to be the theme.

      edit: it was the show, not the movie