What’s your favorite of the original four Batman movies?
I say 1989’s BATMAN. In my true opinion, BATMAN is the greatest movie ever made!
This film had remarkable visuals and production/set designs. It was a visual marvel, according to the critics. Beautiful sets in this movie, production designer for this movie Anton Furst won multiple awards for his beautiful work in this flick. He practically created a whole city pretty much. The opening shot of this movie, with the words "Gotham City" appearing on the screen, you knew you were about to be swept in! This was Batman finally done right on the big screen…
…Batman went from this in 1966
http://www.kiddiematinee.com/images/batman_01.jpg
…to THIS in 1989
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This film also had great score provided by Danny Elfman. Him and Tim Burton together was like John Lennon and Paul McCartney…pure genius. I mean, what good is a Batman movie without the cold, eerie, gritty sounding music. The score really accompanied the movie quite well!
And the cast…brilliantly casted if I say so myself! Michael Keaton was genius as Batman. He played the Norman Bates/Ted Bundy dual personality character perfectly…he made you think he was just a regular guy like everyone else. But oh is he far from! He is a saddened, troubled individual who’s only to cope with his parents’ death is to become his fear! When he put on the Batman costume, he BECAME Batman. Him and Batman were not just alter egos…he was no longer just Bruce Wayne in a bat costume. He was just…Batman!
And Jack as the Joker…don’t even get me started!
Even before the script was written, even before Tim Burton joined in, Jack Nicholson was the one and only choice for the role. He was and still is today, the most achieved and successful actor, having the most oscars and most nominations of any actor in history and being on both covers of People and Time!
The idea here was to portray the then-and-now-current comic book Joker as faithful as possible.
Visually, he is the 100% perfect reflection of the comic book - the EXACT same gangster outfit completed with same hat, pointy eyebrows, purple eyeshadow, heavy laugh lines and the permanent, unnatural smile, in the movie caused by a failed plastic surgery trying to repair a shot wound. Truly a grotesque frea