BatsAndNights
HOPE incarnate (he/him/his)
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That's extremely limiting though.
I agree that for most scenes he should probably be very concise, especially when interacting with criminals and normal citizens.
However, when he's talking with Gordon, or Catwoman, or Alfred, I think he should talk more. Maybe even if you have a moment like the one at the end of TKJ of Batman offering help to a criminal or something.
Batman is a creature of the night, yes, but he's also a man, and on a movie that's meant to explore his point of view of the world, I feel we should see more of his humanity, and how complex he is in and out of the suit.
I'd agree he should definitely have his frequency of talking be relative to the person but you can also quite easily achieve the idea of Batman being quiet and mysterious by simply having him not answer to particular topics. I did something like that when I played the Telltale games. Whenever anyone asked Batman about himself, his psychology, etc he'd just be silent. When talking about the case at hand, or even the other person, Batman would be more vocal. About himself, however? Ask him anything, you get nothing. Similar rule of thumb wouldn't necessarily be a bad idea for the movie