Saturday 23 April 2022

Barry Keoghan; Die Laughing.

Well, I never saw this coming. A deleted scene from The Batman, released onto the internet while the cinema seats are still warm from those who paid in to see it. And what a scene it is too. Five of the most perfectly formed moments in the on screen life of The Batman.It really is remarkable, with a tightly scripted dialogue between two characters destined to destroy each other. Not a second is wasted. Its a quiet little piece that is also almost umbearably tense. With Robert Pattinson underplaying with a restrained stoicism, its all eyes and tight lip, a caped crusader virtuoso. While Barry Keoghan draws on an altogether different instrument channeling the sights and sounds of bedlam. Both young men emerge as two shining talents on top of their game but knowingly building to some yet to be played rematch that I for one cannot wait to see... If it ever actually happens.