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Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.
Batman
1989 Directed by Tim Burton
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"Alfred, could you come here for a sec?"
"Yes, Master Bruce?"
"Did you let Vicki Vale in the Batcave?"
"..."
"Y'know I'm trying to maintain a secret identity here, right?"
"Yes, Master Bruce."
"Kinda hard to do that when YOU LET RANDOM WOMEN IN HERE."
"Yes, Master Bruce."
"And this was AFTER I told her we had to go out of town and YOU immediately told her we weren't going out of town! HOW DUMB DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO MAKE THAT MISTAKE?"
"Yes, Master Bruce."
"Look, I hate to do this. You're a good guy, and you make a really good bowl of chowder. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to let you go."
"But... Master Bruce..."…
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Count me among those few who prefers this to any of the Nolan films.
After revisiting for the first time in at least a decade (and likely two decades), I discovered a film whose power comes from a rare alchemy of artifice, absurdity and horror. It starts with the score. Elfman's work is one for the ages and does a lot of heavy lifting early in the film (specifically making Nicholson's Jack Napier about 80% more sinister in those early scenes). Secondly, the set design - with special adoring emphasis on that first shot of Gotham, all dark, smudged pastels, like something out of Caligari or Metropolis. The opening scene when we're introduced to Keaton's Batman is impeccable. His "I'm…
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I decided to watch Batman again as a moral support to Michael Keaton and him being robbed at the Oscars! IMO he should have jump on the stage, grab Redmayne and ask him "You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"!
Anyway...Batman is still awesome! Love the soundtrack, love the effects, look of the movie...everything! Although I still prefer Batman Returns just for an inch...
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Jack Nicholson's Joker >>> Heath Ledger's Joker
Don't get me wrong both were absolutely fantastic. But based on who The Joker is in the comic book, Jack Nicholson literally embodied him perfectly. I love Heath Ledger and his Joker, but Jack Nicholson was a better comic book Joker.
Tim Burton's Batman is definitely one of the best comic book films out there.
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There's a lot of movies I watch again and wonder to myself why I don't watch them more often. It can't be because of time (I have plenty of that when I'm not working), but it could be because of an underlying fear of getting tired of seeing something you once loved.
After all, sometimes there can be too much of a good thing; but then other times, I revisit old favorites of mine that I watch every once and awhile to see if they still hold up, and sure enough, they often do, and this is definitely one of those cases.
There's always something I come to appreciate each time I end up seeing this, and I think the…
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I will be honest. I did not really care for the film the first time I saw it. As a kid I was always a Marvel man and automatically didn't care for the DC heroes at all.
But that was almost 25 years ago....
After rewatching it I was a bit shocked to discover it is that old. As it really doesn't show at all. I was also rather shocked by how much more I liked it this time round. If ever a film aged well it is this one.
This has, of course, a lot to do with Burton. Here his visual flair is fresh and absolutely spot on. He manages to give the film the feel of a…
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Batman reminds me of Space Jam, in the sense that I thought it was really good when I was a kid, and I'm just like "ehhhhh.. not so much." While Batman holds up better than Michael Jordan shooting hoops with Daffy Duck, it's definitely inferior to Burton's other Batman film, and I'd honestly rather watch Batman Forever than this. At least Jim Carey acts like The Joker in that film, even if he is the Riddler. Better than acting like Jack Nicholson for two hours.
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Tim Burton's dark take on Batman was one of the first boundary-pushing comic book movies and features great performances from both Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton. That being said, it hasn't aged very well and feels undeniably dated at times.
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- Michael Keaton says "I'm Batman" 7 minutes into Tim Burton's Batman. That seems revolutionary now.
- Jack Palance has the weirdest presence imaginable for a person who looks like Jack Palance. If only Nicolas Winding Refn had been old enough to direct him in something in the early '90s.
- "Look at this mirror. Looks like it should be Bruce Vain!" Man, what a dick.
- This movie is kind of remembered as a prototype of modern blockbusters, but it's also a damn well-made and entertaining superhero film in its own right. It's more confidently weird than anything they would allow these days, and the cast is fantastic.
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The age old question of who is the best joker? Can that be answered so simply when the character, and the actors that portray him are so different? I'm not sure, but I'm thoroughly impressed with Tim Burton's imaging of Gotham City
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Ein guter Batman ganz ohne zweifel Jack Nichleson als Joker macht einfach ein klasse Job den man in der Geschichte der Superhelden Verfilmungen nicht vergessen wird.
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