Earlier this week, The Batman was released on HBO Max, finally bringing the three-hour behemoth of a movie to a platform where audiences could comfortably watch it. It is, of course, not meant to be watched on a television; the scope and scale of the storyline and visuals are intended for a large screen, and something is lost in streaming the movie instead of seeing it in a theater.
Alec Dent is a former culture editor and staff writer for The Dispatch.
