The most "woke" part is a line from Catwoman, and it really makes her seem naive. The themes of the movie honestly seem almost "anti-woke".
For example, a major theme seems to be that we shouldn't be shackled to the wrongdoings of our ancestors, nor should we be punished for them. Another theme is that celebrity/hero worship is a bad thing. Finally, we're presented with the idea that a person can make a terrible mistake and still be a good person, which runs directly against cancel-culture. There even seems to be a message about how strong male figures are important in a child's life, which is just about as far from woke as one can get.
It's a different superhero movie to be sure, but it's not woke. At least not in my eyes. It's a mix of noir detective stuff and more traditional superhero tropes. Think "Seven" meets "The Dark Knight" and you're almost there.
I honestly think people were actively looking for wokeness (and who can blame them?) but that may have made them see woke aspects when, in reality, there really weren't many to be seen.
The black female mayor became mayor without being elected, was targeted by riddler despite it explicitly being said he only goes after corrupt Falcone politicians-- in a scene that was forced because after the bombs go off Riddler had already completely won.
The entire mayor race subplot only existed to be woke. CMM. Would have been better if she had just been the mayor from the beginning and Mitchell was just some other politician.
Also this batman sucks at saving people. Great batman character performance, terrible hero as written.
(Btw if the theory of telegraphing plans is to be believed, T will be assassinated and H will just get to be president afterward.)
Also want to add the 'last jedi' moment and the plot going out of its way to tell you Thomas Wayne was actually a racist sexist white supremacist climate change denier probably trump voter
It seemed like they had 3 endings written, couldn't decide which one to use and just used all 3.
Think about what you just said...the mayoral race was rigged. The mayoral race didn't exist to be woke. It existed to show that, even if a candidate WOULD be good for Gotham and bring about needed change, the system was so corrupt that the only way they stood a chance was for the incumbent to be killed. I think the incumbent even asked WHY she was ahead, not HOW, implying they were fixing the numbers or planning on it.
And the Riddler's victory was for character development. It forced Batman to question his methods and realize he was too focused on vengeance rather than justice. It also creates a Gotham more in line with the comics, as we're even told "people will grab up whatever they can" while the camera focuses on the Penguin. There is a theme of "one man can only do so much" that comes into play here too. It's even mentioned by Batman at the beginning of the movie.
Batman "sucks" at saving people because he was focused on vengeance, not justice or anything. That's why the last few minutes focus almost entirely on him saving people and realizing he needed to be doing that more.
...did you miss the whole scene where Thomas Wayne gets his redemption by Alfred? It's clearly stated that he didn't order Falcone to kill anyone, even by Falcone himself ("He told me to put the fear of God in him") and that he was trying to protect his family. He tried to turn Falcone in and come clean even.
Interesting rebuttal but I have a couple comments