Batman in the comics is the World’s Greatest Detective and if you look at the history of Batman movies, he’s just sort of okay at it. He’s never the best, someone always kinds of points out what he needs to know, and he’s rarely the one figuring anything out. But Matt Reeves seems to have heard my prayers and is delivering the perfect version of Bruce Wayne to me.

Finally, after all my years of moaning about how no Batman was actually a detective, The Batman is bringing a new fresh Batman to my door and he’s gritty, wonderful, and most importantly: A GREAT DETECTIVE. Reeves talked at DC FanDome about how most of the time, Batman wasn’t really a detective and that he was changing that with The Batman. But can you trust someone just saying that their Batman will be different?

Lucky for me and my soul, Reeves gave us a teaser for the film and all my fears (trust me, I didn’t have many) were thrown out the window as the trailer for The Batman brought me the dirtbag energy I wanted and gave me a Bruce Wayne who was new to the game but still had the qualities we know and love from Batman.

Asked who he is, Bruce replies “I’m vengeance” and honestly, at that moment, I felt my soul leave my body. Look, I won’t lie: I love all Batman movies. I just like the Dark Knight and the only time I was actively mad about something Batman-related was in Justice League but that’s just because that entire movie made me angry. (We don’t talk about Joker. I don’t know him.)

But this? Actually getting to see Batman be a detective while taking on the Rogue Gallery of villains? It just makes me feel like I am getting everything I wanted without really knowing that I was missing anything.

It’s going to be interesting because, as Matt Reeves pointed out, this is Batman when he’s only been doing this for two years. In fact, if you look at the IMDb page for the movie, Jim Gordon isn’t even commissioner yet and it is a mix of everyone learning of their abilities and finding their way in the Batman lore.

And yet, The Batman seems to be bringing a new take to the character but still mastering the feel of a Batman movie. In the trailer, it looks like such a dark noir-esque take on the character and that’s exactly what we need for Bruce Wayne. So much of the previous Batman movies have either taken the absurdity that exists in Gotham and ran with it or taken just the darkness that exists within Bruce Wayne and made it broody without exploring anything else the right way.

And yet, somehow, this just feels somehow right and perfect. Has my excitement for The Batman been right? If this trailer is anything like the rest of the movie then yes, I was right to rally behind it and I can’t wait to see what Matt Reeves has in store for me and the World’s Greatest Detective, Bruce Wayne.

(image: Warner Bros.)

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