Someone has to tell me how this is not rated R.

People are going to hate this movie.

It's a 3 hour hardboiled detective story that's legit terrifying and I cannot stress enough, violent as fuck. There's action but not in a big budget blockbuster sense. The biggest set piece is the car chase which feels like it came from a William Friedkin movie.

This is more grounded, realistic, and gritty than anything in Nolan's trilogy. Even the third act set piece is smaller and more real than even the smallest set piece in THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY. This Gotham is gross and seedy.

What's cool is that almost every character has an arc including Batman (not Bruce, but Batman)

What I love is how this addresses that Brucevhas money and can deal with half of the city's problems through philanthropy and influence.

This also looks at Batman's white male rage as white privilege.

I'll save more for when this drops, but yeah this is my favorite Batman movie so far.

And this is literally about Batman as Bruce Wayne is only in it for about 10 - 15 minutes.