Matt Reeves discusses earlier Batman films

[Silver Nemesis]

Director Matt Reeves has commented on two of his favourite Batman films during an interview with Nerdist.

"I thought, 'Well, there's been some terrific Batman movies,' and I don't want to be part of a long line of Batman movies where this is just another one. I feel like they've been really distinctive. The best ones have been incredible. What Nolan did was incredible. What Tim Burton did was really singular."

On Batman Returns:

"I love Batman Returns. Michelle Pfeiffer was incredible. I love it, I love it so much. It's so incredible and she's so incredible in it. I just think it's such a beautiful movie. I love the Penguin stuff when he's going down the sewers as the baby. It's just like, wow. This is the beautiful thing about Tim Burton at his best in that way that he's got that connection into the fantastical that feels very, very personal."

On The Dark Knight:

"The Dark Knight is so incredible and I think that Heath Ledger's performance and their conception of the Joker in that movie is indelible. And the battle that he engaged with, you know, with Batman/Bruce is incredible. But the thing you take away from it more than anything is that conception, specifically, I think of the Joker. That movie is so much about how it's a horrifying thing to stare into the abyss, that idea of that level of nihilism. The whole idea that there was nothing you could do because even in the destruction of him, you were fulfilling his aims. It was just a terrifying notion that speaks to an aspect of human nature and that was really profound."

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This fellow has good taste. If his own film draws inspiration from the finest qualities of BR and TDK, then we should be in for a treat.

[The Dark Knight]

Not surprised he lists those two. Everything indicates he's aiming for a crime drama with a lot more atmosphere than Nolan. Bravo to him for citing Batman Returns so proudly though, given how some sections of the fanbase bizarrely react to what is obviously one of the best things to ever emerge from the franchise. He's also right about putting a unique slant on the mythos.

Hopefully filming can resume sooner rather than later.