Batman vs. Robin (2015)

Film Journal 2015 (112 movies items)

" I don't know much about Damien Wayne and even less about the Court of Owls. Because of that, I think I enjoyed this more than folks who are in the know. I like seeing Bruce's relationship with his shithead son. It's forced, but not. Complex and shit."

Batman vs. Robin

“A sequel to Son of Batman, Batman vs. Robin is an improvement over the first film, but it’s still mired in the blood and explosions that undermine the emotions at play here. We should care deeper about the fractures between Batman, Robin, Nightwing, and the presence of the Court of Owls. There’s simply too much story for too little a running time, and things that should mean more just dissolve on impact.   Talon and the Court of Owls deserve their own film trilogy to properly tell that story, one of the better modern Batman stories and the premiere tale of the New 52. Here, it’s merely background noise to the familial dysfunction between Damian’s darker impulses and Bruce’s more disciplined methods. The wedge they drive between father-and-son works thematically, but the Court ” read more