I genuinely can't tell if TurdFurgusonsHat is just trolling anymore.
Every Batman movie, from 1989 onwards, had had the actor wear black eye make-up in order to make the transition from cowl to the actors eyes seamless. Without it, there would be lots of visible skin around the eyes, which arguably lessens the illusion that Bruce Wayne is trying to create.
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You can clearly see the make up in every single movie, they have just never consciously acknowledged it as being there as part of the costume. Whenever an actor removes the cowl in a scene, the eye make up is magically gone. The above image is a good example because there is an obvious cut in the scene where they cut to Selina's face just before Batman removes the cowl and his eye make up is gone (right).
Just because it's not been acknowledged before doesn't make it any less real or a fact, nor does the fact that it is now being acknowledged mean that this portrayal of the character is inferior because of such a non issue. I actually quite like the fact that they are showing the eye make-up on his face after Pattinson removes the cowl in character, it's another layer of his transformation from the Batman back to Bruce Wayne (I've always been a believer that it is the Batman who becomes Bruce Wayne, rather than the other way around). However, if they didn't acknowledge it, I wouldn't care, because it's not been done before.
I'm all for discussion and critique when it's genuine or built on valid reasons, but baseless criticism or complaints based on thin foundations is tiresome.
Pattinson DID work out for the role, it is evidently clear. He was joking/exaggerating his comments in that interview and just not completely killing his body for a role in a film that, at the time of the interview, was on hold and didn't even have a date to resume filming yet. But it is explicitly clear that, once things resumed, he did work out. This is not a physique you acquire from sitting on your arse all day.
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He's physically bigger than Michael Keaton was for Batman and Batman Returns, and, I think, bigger than Christian Bale was for The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.
Yes, Pattinson was in Twilight, but he was in his early 20s, and has since admitted to hating working on those movies. He has had some excellent performances in great movies since then.
Michael Keaton was Mr Mom and Beetlejuice before Batman, Kilmer was in Top Secret! and Real Genius before Batman, Bale was in Velvet Goldmine before Batman, etc etc, it didn't lessen any of their credentials to portray the Batman.
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