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Plot: Adventures of the caped crusader, stressing the relationship between Batman and his adversary The Joker.
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:October 12, 2008
This film used to be the epitimy of all superhero films for myself, personally.
Then I watched "The Dark Knight".
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MCT:October 10, 2008
The original Batman was one of the greatest interpretations of DC comics' most famous character. Under Tim Burton's direction, the film has a very dark ambience that is what gives the movie it's power. Michael Keaton was a very solid Bruce Wayne/Batman despite the controversy surrounding his casting. As most people have said, Jack Nicolson pretty much stole the show as archvillain, The Joker. It is second only to 2005's Batman Begins. The latter is just more serious and modern. Despite being a little dated, Burton's 1989 masterpiece still remains a great piece of work.
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MCT:October 7, 2008I was disappointed at how little this movie explored Batman's tortured soul. The film bears witness to Bruce Wayne's troubled past, but fails to connect the character's history to his vigilante activity in more ways than just a hideously obvious flashback to a scene where his parents are killed in front of him. Michael Keaton was able to emphasise some of Bruce's repressed emotions, but ultimately the part was so underwritten that he was easily shoved to the side by Jack Nicholson as the over-the-top Joker. The look of the whole film was great - it is quite obviously a camped-up, eternally nocturnal version of New York in the 1980s, but this tone really works for the film.
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This is the first film treatment i ever saw where Batman was portrayed moreso as the Dark Knight than the campy caped crusader. He was born of tragedy, he was cloaked in the darkness of the murder of his parents. Somehow he found the resolve to turn that pain into something positive. And this film destroyed it's predecessors by presenting the story in that new light... or darkness, in this case.
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MCT:October 3, 2008fun flick great work on it...but jack is no where near the perefect joker...he makes him look good as a old school criminal but it dosnt truly fit but michael keaton did a pertty kick ass job as batman though
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MCT:September 29, 2008
This whole series has some ups and downs. Overall, I liked this one but don't think its the best one.
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MCT:September 28, 2008
It may not have the same look and feel of today's Batman movies, but a strong beginning to the series. Great effects for the time and Jack as the Joker is awesome! Seems like Joker steals the show every time! Character development is a little poor but the movie is full of action. Seeing this one after I saw the Dark Night, I'm not happy with the latest for having rewritten history.
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MCT:September 28, 2008WOW! i recommend any Batman film, they're all great! I also like Batman socks... that's another story though
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MCT:September 27, 2008
I'm a huge fan of Batman and have been since I was a kid. This film came out when I was in high school and the summer of 89 was the year of the bat. To say I was looking forward to this movie is a understatement. The hype was unreal and Batman tshirts were seen everywhere.After I seen the movie on opening day. I loved it but now, I think nostalgia of the first time seeing a dark interpretation of Batman on the big screen has worn off on this film and the flaws show very clearly. Now to start off here, Burton created a decent adaption of Batman in a time where Adam West's campy series was all that the general public knew. Burton should be applauded for his effort. His Gotham City was interesting, the Danny Elfman score is legendary in film-making history (Although I'll never understand why Prince music is anywhere in this film). Jack Nicholson gave a good performance as the Joker, he's truly a great actor.
While Batman is a good fun, the movie has several problems. The plot and the script is a mess and almost missing. The director utilizes too many clichés and convenient plot devices to propell a rather a dull story. There is no exploration into Batman's motivation and character development here is really lacking. Some have excused it away as Burton wanted to Batman to be "mysterious." Whatever. This is usually just called bad character development. It's obvious Burton is not fully sure where to carry this character and decides to give him offbeat eccentric behavior to make up for it. Keaton's Bruce Wayne never grows and you never connect with him. The other characters besides the Joker are one-dimensional and forgettable. Basinger gives a less-than-decent portrayal as Vicki Vale, but she's really just eye candy in this Lois Lane rip-off role. Vale is a damsel in distress throughout the entire movie and has no real purpose, presence, or meaning in the movie. Her chemistry with Keaton is rather forced and its clear her purpose is just a mandated Warner Brothers "love interest" that is required in every superhero movie.
Keatons gives a solid performance as Batman (as opposed to his dull and foppish Bruce) although I wasn't too impressed with his portrayal of Batman as a wreckless stoic James Bondish killer whose methods isn't all that different from the villains he fights. However, the movie is more about the Joker, giving his origin more focus than Batman's. After he's introduced, coincidence after coincidence after plot device occurs clicheingly tying the villain to the hero. The Joker is responsible for Batman and 30 years later Batman is responsible for the Joker. Small world. Then, the Joker is interested in Bruce's love interest for some reason. Then Batman figures out who the Joker really is through another lame plot device. The other characters are ignored while Nicholson (a great actor) takes all the spotlight. Batman is reduced to a distant man wanting violent revenge as opposed to a mythological crime fighter. What Batman gains from this whole ordeal isn't clear to anyone. However, once the score plays, the film is over.
Now I can see where this can be seen as a negative review but despite all of these flaws its still a fun movie to watch and the by far the best of the 1st cycle of Batman films which finally crashed and burned by the 4th movie with the beyond awful " Batman And Robin" -
MCT:September 26, 2008
Althought more cartoony and not as dark as Batman Begins, this is still a good one! I liked Jack Nicholson as Joker. Good movie!
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MCT:September 26, 2008Tim Burton did a great job and deserves alot of credit for keeping Batman alive by taking away the "Bang" "Bop" "Whammy" and putting back in the gritty reality of Batman. This movie certainly is a legendary movie because of that. And I believe alot of credit goes to Micheal Keaton and Jack Nicholson as well. HOWEVER Alfred never intentionally invites people into the batcave, The Joker didn't kill Batman's Parents, and The Joker does nothing but dance in the end. No grand scheme. No planned trap. Just dancing and hooping and holering and cracking jokes. To me that's disappointing. It's for those reasons that this film is missing a star.
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MCT:September 24, 2008
3rd best Batman.Jack Nicholson is a great Joker but I thought Heath Ledger outclassed him.I don't think Micheal Keaton was a great Batman
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MCT:September 23, 2008
Early adaptation of the Comic series. During the 90's, there's not much technology can be adept for this movie.So relying on the strength of the actors are the key to the success of this movie.Therefore, I would say, not bad for Michael Keaton and good performance from Jack Nicholson.
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MCT:September 22, 2008
Saw this again recently and I love how Burton created Gotham. Keaton is a pretty good Batster and Jack is a great Joker (though I prefer Ledger now). Returns is good too, just don't mention Val and George's ones. "Ice to see you!" How witty of you Senator Schwarzanegger.
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MCT:September 21, 2008
Tim Burton's vision of Batman is second only to Christopher Nolan's. Let us never again discuss Joel Schumacher's.
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MCT:September 20, 2008would of been brilliant if tim burton had not directed. should of been called the joker. completley went away form any of the comic books
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MCT:September 19, 2008
this movie tells the adventures of the caped crusader, stressing the relationship between Batman and his adversary The Joker. starring
Michael Keaton,Jack Nicholson and Billy Dee Williams.great set pieces and great performances by all the cast. the second movie is an even more darker movie. one of the best summer blockbusters of the year 1989. -
MCT:September 16, 2008this sucks. you may (quite) like it if you haven't seen The Dark Knight, but if you have, well, don't waste time on this one. every time i watch something that has been filmed more than fifteen years ago, i find it somewhat trashy. i mean, just look at batman's weapons: what's wrong with them? can't he use something NORMAL, or does it necessairily have to be plastic-fantastic-cheesy-bat-shaped? honestly.
and it's not only the film in general, it's also the characters and what they say. christian bale is better than michael keaton. heath ledger is WAAAY better than jack nicholson, especially because he doesn't keep making lousy jokes at which he's the only that laughs all the time. -
MCT:September 14, 2008
the best batman adaptation in my opinion. better than what was before and after. the best joker (nicholson). the opening credits are great. so is the resto of this dark blue burton movie!
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MCT:September 11, 2008
The Best of the Tim Burton Batman movies. Jack Nicholson was a great Joker. Keaton played a good Batman. The film had a great look to it. A classic now.
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MCT:September 11, 2008
I still think Burton's vision of Batman was the best. He created a whole world. Unfortunately, Warner Bros turned it upside down with the 3rd and dimal 4th installments.
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MCT:September 9, 2008
There are any number of reasons why "Batman" works so well, not the least of which was Burton's decision to make it as dark and realistic as possible, while still maintaining a comic-book sensibility. Burton effectively echoes the visual style of the original comics while conjuring up a nightmarish world of his own. It isn't an easy task to convince anybody but the most die-hard superhero fan that a crime-fighter in a bat suit could really be swinging from one building to the next in a fictional Gotham City. But Burton manages the feat by making us believe in the characters, believe in their ambitions, and believe in their plights. He helps us suspend our disbelief by creating a noirish atmosphere reminiscent of the best Hollywood films of the forties and fifties and the best graphic novels of the eighties and beyond: dark, shadowy rooms; dark, rain-swept streets; dark, smoke-filled alleys. Even Wayne Manor has a dark, brooding aspect to it. Burton's ingenuity, Keaton's and Nicholson's star turns, and the excellent supporting cast would go for naught, however, if it weren't for Anton Furst's production design and Peter Young's set decoration, Roger Pratt's cinematography; and Danny Elfman's original music. One look at and one listen to this movie's opening sequence alone, and you know it's "Batman," a unique work of considerable influence and imagination. Silly touches aside, like the overambitious Batmobile and Batplane, this movie is the yardstick by which all subsequent "Batman" movies are measured, and Rightly so.
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MCT:September 8, 2008
This movie is defintly for those who want a lighter, funnier version of THE DARK KNIGHT and it stands as a film that's just as good. Nicholson makes an excellent Joker, and embodies the character well, delivering lines you can laugh at. He's a funner version of Joker, cause he's not as insane as Ledger's version. Keaton also gives a good show and has to be my 2nd favorite Batman(no one beats Adam West). I also have to give props to Gough, who is a great old version of Alfed and is one of the best characters, so I'm glad he made it into all the films(cept the recent prequels of course). Baysinger, Walter, and Wuhl cover their characters well and deserve notice too.
The story is decent, not overly thought provoking, just striaght up comiv booky really, so I have to say this film is really for comic book fans.
The "special effects" kinda fail though(their all mostly cheap animations), so it doesn't quite hold up now-a-days. I do have to stress that you don't watch this movie to see who was better, Ledger or Nicholson, just watch as any other movie, and you'll probably have fun not having to debate the deep moral meanings in the story. So watch this film and put a smile on that face. -
MCT:September 7, 2008
At the most, this was an okay film. Jack Nicholson steals the show. Batman is about crazy and weird villains and Nicholson plays the joker brilliantly, Heath Ledger's joker is probably better because he has more of a sinister side to him, whereas the only evidence of that in Nicholson's character is the hand buzzer scene. The mood of the film is quite dark but the disco and circus music, added to the hilarious quotes from the joker "you wouldn't hit a guy with glasses would ya?!" makes this quite a fun film. However, there wasn't much action in the film and it is very slow at some points and you end up wanting it to end. Michael Keaton was better than Val Kilmer as batman but still didn't do it for me. Overall, a very fun film created by Nicholson's character and the gothic nature which is so typical of Tim Burtons films, probably worth watching at least once
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SkywalkerJonesposted 77 days ago -
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Favorite Moment I WISH had happened in this movie:
D.A. Dent walks up to the podium at the banquet being held in his honor.
DENT: Thank you... Thank you... Thank you, Mayor Borg!
(turns to face audience)
DENT: People of Gotham City! I'm a man of few words.
(Pause)
Dent walks back over to his seat and sits down. Thunderous applause ensues.posted 139 days ago -
"Batman" was the first movie I saw on the big screen when I was 5yrs old. It was a brilliant film then and one of the best films of the series now, alongside Nolan's new batman.
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don't u ever say an unkind word about tim burtons batman. it may not be todays batman but it WILL stand the test of time, its doing ok so far.
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what what what! this film is the cornor stone of batman! a simply stunning film! everything is superbe, the joker was done 100%, u realy did believe bruce wayne was fighting a war, and that batmobile is the most amazing ever. i like begins tumbler but this car it truer to the comics. stunning film.
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I remember watching this movie over and over again when I was 6-7 years old.
After rewatching it, I say it has aged a bit, but is still an acceptable and entertaining movie.posted 785 days ago
