I felt the final 30 or so minutes kind of fell apart, but I enjoyed everything which came before quite a bit. Here's something I wrote on the final half hour on Discord sometime ago:
I think my main issue with the final half hour of
The Batman was how noticeably derivative it felt of
The Dark Knight. Don't get me wrong - it's not like this was the first point in the film where the film's similarities to other movies were noticeable. After all, the similarities to some Fincher films (
Se7en and
Zodiac) were also present, but those similarities were comparably more superficial and didn't bug me as much. With the final half hour though, I couldn't get over the clear similarities to
The Dark Knight. Whether you're referring to the interrogation scene, the 'you got me, but I still have more plans' reveal, or the final fight having similar 'not being able to save everyone' vibes, it felt like it was recreating parts to Nolan's film. Granted, it still could've pulled this off decently enough, except it had about 50% of the craft of Nolan's film since Paul Dano was far less compelling than Heath Ledger was (Dano is generally hit or miss for me) and the final fight was pretty unmemorable and didn't feel particularly exciting to watch. As an aside, the
WARNING: spoilers below
Joker cameo
Joker cameo
at the end was unnecessary and could've been cut. Overall, the film failed to wrap itself up in a compelling way for me and was rather disappointing since most of what came before was very good.