How Matt Reeves’ The Batman is the Most Like The Animated Series (And How It’s Not)

Every live-action Batman movie has its own unique factors in what makes up the character of both Batman and Bruce Wayne. Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) virtually set the blueprint for how the Caped Crusader has been portrayed since then, giving him a much darker, more serious tone than Adam West’s (that’s not a slight on the original hero). Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy saw Bruce ramp up the playboy facade to especially counter who he really was when the mask was on. And the Schumacher movies were their own entity entirely.