DC Films

That's cool. I remember when they filmed the first Captain America in the Northern Quarter in Manchester. Didn't see anyone famous but it was cool walking past recreations of 1940s New York.

Apparently The Batman had its first test audience viewing.

Around 3hrs and going for a graphic and scary vibe.

Ends on a "big shocker" to set up the next film.

Zack Snyder appears and everything goes super slow mo adding an extra 20 minutes.

The directors last apes film was about that long. I’m fine with it off the story and film is good enough for it.

Ehhhhh... I dunno. Very few films can justify being over 2.5 hours, and I can't think of a single superhero thing that needed to be 3+ hours.

Maybe Avengers Endgame? But that only needed the runtime because they'd stuffed the thing full of so many characters who needed airtime. What does a Batman movie need it for?

If it hasn't got any pearls falling to the ground in slow motion then I'm walking out.

No film needs to be 3 hours long but a few managed to be that long and are very good. Films can be any length and be shit and boring.

I’d like it to be shorter but the length in itself doesn’t concern me.

I'm sure the Reeves film will be very good, but after the four 80s/90s films which had variations of a gothic visual theme and featured Batman (and his allies) as solo heroes, and then the straightlaced Dark Knight trilogy, I was really hoping we'd finally get a live-action Batman that was a tiny bit sunnier. I really like the sci-fi and goofy aspects of the character from the comics and from the Animated Series, but no one has really tried to do that. I thought with Affleck's version existing in a world full of magic and aliens we might get something crazier, but no; really he was just a dark miserable psycho in a rubber suit.

I'm aware that Batman is meant to be dark, but the Reeves film looks a bit like Batman Begins so far, and - for me - very similar to what Nolan and Snyder (and to a lesser extent Burton and Schumacher) have already given us.

This events got the new Batman trailer. 

Also been hearing that it’s more of a horror film. Which is probably complete BS but it would be a bit different.

I've never understood this comment of respecting the source material when it comes to comic book characters as the source material is whatever the writer at the time feels. DC with its continuous rebooting make that a hollow statement.

I wouldn't say that "no film" justifies a 3+ hour length; I've seen plenty that do.

But to me it kind of correlates with an increased (and imo mostly not justified) seriousness that a lot of films have about themselves. 2, 2.5 hours is more than enough time to tell a story about a guy who gets over the death of his parents by dressing up as a bat and crippling petty thugs! But no, everything needs to be epic.

I blame Chris Nolan.

Also Batman killed people when he first came on the scene, the lore is whatever the writer wants to adhere to. Superman is a MASSIVE example.

The Goddamn Batman is the psychopath interpretation, although it’s Frank Miller so that’s probably to be expected.