What’s your favorite of the original four Batman movies?
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at
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Definitely, DEFINITELY the first one. I’m partial to Tim Burton anyway, so it’s kind of a no-brainer for me. Keaton was not only a great choice for Batman, but he was also awesome at portraying Bruce Wayne. And of course, Jack Nicholson as the Joker was a stroke of genius. Heath Ledger was pretty cool, but Nicholson was a lot more charismatic and fun to watch. So to me, there’s no contest.
Also, I love you for mentioning Danny Elfman’s score. It’s one of my favorites(although his music for Edward Scissorhands will always be Numero Uno in my book). Burton plus Elfman equals AWESOME.
My favorite Batman is one with Michael Keaten and the Joker, who I loved Jack Nicholson as the Joker, he was a little more funny.
But my all time Favorite Movie is the Dark Knight, because it was more twisted, evil and sick. The only problem I had with the Dark Knight, is that they killed off 2 Face a little to fast for me. I think Harvey Dent deserved more of a show.
Original Batman all the way!
But I grew up with some of the terrible sequels and liked them as a kid.
Tim Burton actually trained penguins to be in Batman Returns I always thought that was cool. Some of them were robots though, so the real penguins cuddled up with the robot ones at night during filming.
There are a few things that bugged me with Batman.
1. He killed the Joker?
2. He blew up a factory with bombs?
3. He revealed his identity to his girlfriend?
I feel it is more Tim Burton than Batman.
Actually, I would have to go back a bit further. There was a serial Batman in 1943 that I remember going to the neighborhood theater every Saturday to see back in the 1950s.
Here is the information on it:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035665/
Yea, it is kind of lame today, but I still remember the cliffhangers every week and wondering how he was going to get out of them
You use to get in and see the serial and a movie for 6 RC Cola tops. That was the best. You get 30 cents for a drink and a pop corn and there was no better way to spend a Saturday afternoon. . .
Batman and Batman Returns are the best! The last 2 didn’t have the same feel that Burton had in the first 2 films. They tried to combine both the campiness of the 60′s show and the darkness of the first 2 films and they were a big mess!
There was another movie between Batman 66 & Batman 89. People just exclude it because it wasn’t licensed under Warner Brothers.
Like Ledger, I had a lot of issues with Nicholson. Each of them does not accurately depict the Joker of his time, mentally or physically, & I demand continuity/origin/character accuracy. I’m a Tim Burton Fan, but he could have looked into the Joker’s character a little more. The Joker had never shown an interest in women durring the Golden, Silver, or Bronze age of comics & Vickie Vale was a legit character, so why did he suddenly decide that Joker would fancy her? & what happened to Joe Cool being Batman’s parent killer?
Weren’t Ledger’s costume & make-up just awful? That annoying voice, that annoying lip-smaking habbit, being reminded of The Crow & Beetlejuice when you just want to see a proper Joker? The only resemblance I saw between the Ledgoker & the Modern Age Joker was suggestive batsexuality, sadomasochism, & single-minded obsession. Would it have killed Nolan to include something about his past with chemicals? Couldn’t he have maybe been an albino if he has to be so damned realistic?