 I'm not sure if you're aware of this or not, but there's a new Batman film coming out in 2022. It's titled The Batman. What you may not have known yet is how long it is. If you asked my wife, she'd say it's medium-length and nothing to write home about. As far as the film's length is concerned, two hours and 55 minutes. Let's talk. I'm a simple man. Usually I'd like the story to get to the point right away, not overstay its welcome. Unless the film has a lot of story to tell, or it's grandiose in scale and requires a longer run time. Films such as Lord of the Rings, or Avatar, or Baby's Day Out. That last one was a joke. Baby's Day Out is the perfect length! When I see an almost three-hour run time on a Batman movie, I am a little concerned some red flags go up, because I just don't know if I can do it again with the whole origin story, and I feel like if a movie's this long, they're probably gonna spend some time on it. We've done it so much. Let's just get, let's get past it, Matt. Let's get past it, Director Matt Reeves. On the other hand, which in this case it's this one, we also have origin stories for Catwoman. We got the penguin in this, we got the Riddler. Maybe the justification for the run time is like the Arkham Knight video game series. He's gonna have to go around collecting all those goddamn Riddler icons that are everywhere, those question marks. There was a lot of them in the game. I remember. It was my 9-11. On the other hand, this is Matt Reeves. He takes his time making movies. It doesn't make a lot of them, but the ones he handles are done incredibly well. Look at Don of the Planet of the Apes. The guy had me carrying for CG apes riding on horseback with guns for over two hours. That's impressive. Much like the Riddler. There's a lot of mystery behind this movie. We don't know a lot about it yet, so I did a little bit of Batman investigatory work myself, went on to IMDB, checked out some of the other characters who were in this where the story could maybe veer off and focus on for a bit. Here's what I uncovered. Obviously, we're going to spend a fair amount of time on Bruce and Selena. That's a given. But we also have Alfred Pennyworth in this. It's played by Andy Serkis. We're going to put some time into that character. Everybody remember Carmine Falcone? He's back. He's in this one. But you set aside the Commissioner Gordon's. You set aside the Catwoman's. And here's really where I think a bulk of this movie's going to go to. Look at this actress right here, Ayanna. She's playing a hospitality girl. And just above her is a greater mystery, Detective on the Phone. I think there's more to this character than meets the eye. And speaking of eyes, Amber Sienna says mine are up here. Not on the bra. I'm for some reason using as my profile pic on IMDB. She has the critical role in this as Iceberg Lounge Hostess. What are you hiding, Amber? What are you hiding? Well, not much. You're kind of showing us the goods already and I appreciate that. But what's inside of that ice chest of yours? Ice chest? The bottom line is there's more to this film than just the cape and cowl. And we're going to find out very shortly. This film comes out not too far down the road. I'm very excited for it. The trailers are looking great. The almost three hour runtime? Yeah, it's troubling. I mean, I'm having a hard time patting this video out to like seven minutes. But if anybody can do it, if anybody's capable, Matt Reeves is. And I'm not going to let this go any further. Thanks for watching this quick video talking about the runtime of the Batman. That's where we're at on YouTube. We're making videos like this. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't. I put out content each and every week. Rants, movie reviews, things related to film. If you have any thoughts or ideas of your own about the Batman, please put them in the comments below. I'd love to hear them. And with that, I take my leave. Hopefully I'll see you around next time. I don't know, maybe the Penguin has an extended scene where he's having dinner with his fellow Frosty friends. Yeah, polar bears are hanging out. Oh, you're still here? Hey, if you haven't already, maybe check me out on Patreon at patreon.com slash Adam does movies. You could sign up there for just $1 a month and say, hey, Adam, I love what you're doing. Here's some support throwing your way. Or even become a member here on YouTube via the join button. There's multiple options at your fingertips. Love to have you.