*SPOILER* for those who haven’t seen the film you may not want to watch this scene.

Matt Reeves narrates a sequence in which Batman flees the police from a rooftop using his batsuit for The New York Times.

In this scene from “The Batman,” a superhero flies, but it’s mostly by the seat of his pants.

Batman (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in an interrogation room after an altercation he was present for turned deadly.

Lt. James Gordon (Jeffrey Wright), who has developed a partnership and trust with Batman, secretly helps him flee the scene. But in Matt Reeves’s take on the series, the Caped Crusader doesn’t have a smooth handle on his tech.

In his narration, Reeves said that he wanted to present a less polished version of Batman than we’ve seen before.

“Rob as Batman is never really in control,” Reeves said. “He’s just barely making it.”

Reeves went in this direction with the character to humanize him a bit and make him more relatable. When Batman reaches the ledge in the scene, he’s actually afraid of how high up he is.

For the flight tech, Reeves found inspiration in wingsuits, a webbed jumpsuit used in extreme sports like skydiving and BASE jumping to experience more airtime. Some of the shots of the sequence are patterned after YouTube videos Reeves watched of wingsuit moments in all their harrowing, will-they-survive-or-not wonder. And strategic camera placement makes it feel like the audience is taking that harrowing, blundering journey right along with the Batman.

Remember back in 2018 when Storm Huntley shared a throwback photo of young Rob? Storm’s done it again. This is another photo of Rob back in the day

The Wrap recently spoke with The Batman cinematographer Greig Fraser. Note are spoilers in the article, but this is what Greg had to say in response to the camera test with Rob in the Batsuit:

I’m also curious about the camera tests with the Batsuit and figuring out how to lens it. I know someone has said – and maybe it was you — the two hardest things to light are the Batsuit and the Darth Vader helmet, and you’ve done both.

Yeah, I said that. I told Robert that. I think I said it to him apologetically as I was adjusting an eye light a millimeter at a time. And the poor guy standing there with this big leather suit on. So I think I felt really bad, having to say, “Hey man, I’m so sorry. I really want to see your eyes.” But it’s tricky because getting the light into the eyes, yet not putting too much on the cowl, is the balance. It’s a really hard balance to strike because when you over-light the cowl — I mean, listen, it’s a beautiful costume, of course. But if you over-light that cowl, it can lose some of the power, you know? It can lose some of its menace, and it doesn’t then feel like it’s servicing that story as well.

Zoe Tahir shared two photos of Rob from the set of The Batman. Originally this was a test for her hair (and possibly makeup) for Bruce Wayne, but as Zoe confirms, it ended up in the first teaser. You don’t mess with perfection – I loved this look.

UPDATED: 7 March 2022

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Here’s a few vids of Rob on the red carpet at the New York premiere for The Batman

6 March 2022

‘The Batman’ Cast Hit the Red Carpet and Discuss the Matt Reeves Film | THR Interview

Marcus was so proud of Rob.