“The Batman” Review

There’s a moment in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight where a Batman wannabe yells at the caped crusader about what the difference is between them. Batman gives a one-liner: “I’m not wearing hockey pads.” It’s an interesting question that is sadly reduced to a punchline. Thankfully, this version of Batman by director and co-writer place both Batman and Bruce Wayne more in the crosshairs of his own world. Rather than make him the unquestionable dark knight of Gotham’s crime world, ...