Review: The Batman

The Batman is a film that excels when it leans into the weird.

The most interesting scene in The Batman takes place right near the start of the movie. The Mayor has been murdered and Batman is visiting the crime scene.

This is the sort of situation we have seen play out in countless Bat-comics over the years, quite a number of cartoons, and here and there in the movies. The way that usually plays out is that there a…