Looking Back At Batman. Is It Still Good? - Talking About Tapes

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To prepare for Michael Keaton's return to the big screen as Batman we decided to revisit Batman 89. Does it hold up or is it a product of its time? Did it change movies and the Batman brand forever? Does it have the best Batmobile? Speaking of...
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@HackTheMovies Год назад

Head over to patreon to hear my Batman 89 commentary track with @Pegwarmers www.patreon.com/posts/batman-1989-hack-82667477 Thanks to TV Show Cars for letting us shoot with his Keaton batmobile! Follow him here: instagram.com/tvshowcars/ Thanks to Justin from @EpicFilmGuys for solving a mystery around this movie. Listen to his podcast: www.epicfilmguys.com/

@iam19192 Год назад

Liked vid! I enjoy how your or who edits your videos put the actual screenshots from what you guys are talking about. Makes it worth also watching instead of listening all the time.

@mikematei Год назад

Tony is the real Batman most people don't know that

@davealaya Год назад

Funny, no one has ever seen you and the Joker in the same room at the same time...

@changotv5847 Год назад

Makes sense as you are the joker

@Tom_Van_Zandt Год назад

Why TF would you dox him like that?

@thelivingjed9676 Год назад

Started as a barely visible background extra in Dark Knight Rises now we here

@segaseth Год назад

I mean come on Batman 101.

@bensneb360 Год назад

This is one of the few movies I could put on repeat and watch over and over and over and over and over again and never tire of

@KT-rq9id Год назад

but...... but Nicholson was too comical!!!! - said every TDK fanboy

@rubeng370 Год назад

Thats me with Spiderman 1

@theflail Год назад

Always nice to see Frank and Crystal!

@kdusel1991 Год назад

I agree! I love the chemistry they have together! They're both really hilarious too!

@wstine79 Год назад

This feels like a Bat-Tailgate party with Bat Tony, Crystal, and Frank. This and Batman Returns what deathly be fun Hack the Movies videos.

@Harri927 Год назад

I love this movie so much. Batman (1989) is my favorite movie of all time and it still holds up after almost 35 years.

@LarrySwishamane Год назад

Mine too. Until JP came out. But, anyway… Idk if I’m late or there’s abundance of other films out here simply title “Batman” but when referencing it as “Batman 89” become a thing?

@doyouevendab77 Год назад

@@LarrySwishamane you mean JL?

@rubeng370 Год назад

Thats how I feel about Spiderman

@User-ge7ni 7 месяцев назад

@@LarrySwishamaneno it doesn’t

@Aragorn7884 Год назад

Gotta love the dedication and Tony wears that GD mask the entire time! 🤣

@HackTheMovies Год назад

I changed it for the second review we did because my head was literally on fire

@Aragorn7884 Год назад

@@HackTheMovies lolz, credit nonetheless.

@changotv5847 Год назад

Dont be such a hot head, Tony.... Get it?!

@bunnygrill Год назад

We taped this off of HBO, and I watched it over and over again. I got to see Batman Returns in theaters and then went to McDonald's and got my Catwoman happy meal toy and cup.

@wstine79 Год назад

I remembers my mom taking me to see Ghostbusters 2, but chose this one at the last minute. Michael Keaton is still greatest Batman, Jack Nicholson as great as Joker, the Batmobile still awesome, and the set still look great. Bob was a great sidekick.

@torquetheprisoner Год назад

probably thought batman was the better movie and it was by far and going in blind i bet you was hooked when the theam kicked in and seeing the camra fly through the bat symbol was just 🤯

@kdusel1991 Год назад

I think your mom made a good call. Batman 89 is infinitely better than Ghostbusters 2!

@NelsonStJames Год назад

It's amazing how Bob stole the show with every scene he was in, with just his attitude and deadpan expression.

@jekw23 Год назад

That was a good call. My Nan took me to see The Land Before Time but ended up in the Batman queue. It was miles long and she didn’t realise for ages. Then some teenager behind me told her what line we were in and we switched to the right line (the line with no one in it). I was so close to having seen this in the cinema as an 8 year old. I ever find that teenager he’s getting a slap

@newsbender Год назад

@@torquetheprisoner Who is "Bob"? Can you be more specific?

@trishasitaly Год назад

This one will be good. That one guy looks like my brother

@chyannaturner9110 Год назад

I saw this at the theater,had to sit on the floor because it was packed. I was 12 and became hooked!!!! Micheal Keaton is the best Batman hands down! Batman Returns is my all time favorite Batman movie!!!

@HeyFella Год назад

I much prefer Batman Returns as a peak aesthetic artifact, but 89 is pretty damn good on its own. This and Donner’s Superman are still some of the best examples of the “genre”. Raimi’s Spider-Man took elements from both and sort of made a brilliant encapsulation of what they were doing and built off of them with its perfect sequel. We need to get over the idea of asking “did it age well” because it’s this very simplistic way of weighing a piece of art based on how it fits in with a set of current standards-which are constantly changing. Everything ought to exist on its own terms. Even regardless of my issue with that whole concept-I would say it’s “aged” well.

@NelsonStJames Год назад

Thank you for that. I am sick of the idea of art "aging well". That is not the way one looks at art -- that is unless you don't consider cinema art in the same way that you consider painting, sculpture or music art.

@robertwild9447 Год назад

I'm a simple man, I see Frank dressed like Robin in a new Hack the Movies video, I click.

@kdusel1991 Год назад

So do I. I think Frank is even better than Newt! Although I really miss Newt.

@Jay828__ Год назад

"like chewing glass"- my local comic book shop owner when hearing the Keaton casting was announced

@fairwarning007 Год назад

R.I.P Bob 🪦 You were loyal to the very end. _”Bob is love, Bob is life.”_

@drlight6677 4 месяца назад

Silent Bob

@davealaya Год назад

Wow Tony looks exactly like Batman, it's uncanny

@changotv5847 Год назад

I literally thought Christian Bale had joined Hack the movies for a minute

@michaelreardon303 Год назад

I think it’s his serious, No-Nonsense Demeanor

@tonyortiz3221 Год назад

This is one of my favorite Batman movies and Batman Returns

@kdusel1991 Год назад

I love both this and Returns! I'm hoping Keaton is good in the flash movie!

@thefilmeffect6089 Год назад

The acting, score, and production design are flawless in this film. This still has the best Batman theme by a country mile. The flaws of the film are all in the script, but it’s still a fantastic movie overall. I love the cold industrial look and feel of this movie too.

@andrewz732 Год назад

this is hands down my all-time favorite Batman movie and Michael Keaton will always be my favorite Batman.

@jamesperkins4632 Год назад

Without a doubt, Burton and Keaton found the perfect balance of fantasy and realism needed for a Batman film. Yes it's a fantasy, but with enough realistic takes you could believe it is real. Nicholson's Joker has the perfect blend of comedy and horror. You go from laughing at him to being terrified of him. Plus what other Joker used personal hygiene as part of his plan? taking things we all use everyday and making them deadly was a masterstroke. Keaton changed how we see batman today. Showing a true mental health crisis that others would try and mostly fail to capture, his Wayne is an absent minded, doesn't know what he's doing man who changes into the serious minded always in control Dark Knight who would inspire how the character is shown in the Iconic B:TAS and all future films. And of course, the greatest Batmobile and Batwing of all time. And music from 2 legends: the score by Danny Elfman and funky songs from Prince.

@jimbowlan5804 Год назад

Well technically Keaton was playing 3 roles batman Bruce as the public saw him which is a rich idiot playboy and Bruce in private who’s smart as hell

@KT-rq9id Год назад

Heath Ledger is good but overrated

@Nicolas.Vincent Год назад

Tony, as critical as I've been of your panelists thus far, you three on the Panel today? Perfecto 🦇 😚👌 I have been waiting for a Panel discussion just like this one. Probably the best ep you've ever filmed! I wanna see you three do Returns together 🙏 I saw a recreation Batmobile on ebay about a decade ago and it sold for over $500,000. When I was a little kid, my dad brought my brother and I to a car show and we got to sit in the original Batmobile from the TV show. Batman was there, and we got a poster signed by him but years later I realized it wasn't Adam West in the suit (I was very little, maybe 4?). He signed my and my brother's names, but Adam West's signature was already pre-printed on the poster. I threw it away 😆 But we did get to sit in the original Batmobile!

@HackTheMovies Год назад

If you like this line up watch our episodes for The Batman, underrated animated batman movies, and Superman the movie.

@dustywaynemusic6297 Год назад

The best performance of the "Let's get nuts" line was George Costanza

@countorlokdx1 Год назад

The one thing I always remembered from the reviews was the Critics were complaining Batman had no personality. Then by Batman Returns, it was promised he would have more personality, and the Critics were like "yeah, but not enough". By the time the Schumacher movies came out, the Critics were like "whoa way to much personality! too Adam West-like". I just ignored the Critics BS and enjoyed. Great episode Tony

@user-ez1pn5jy9v Год назад

BatMan 1989 is and will always be the best BatMan movie!W0000000!!! 📼 📼 📼

@valgallardo9632 Год назад

I wish I felt the same but still a classic

@ChuckM0503 Год назад

This is my personal favorite Batman movie. Love everything about it. The production design, the suit, the car, the batwing, all the actors. Just a fun movie all around. Sure it has it's flaws, but it's easy to look past them.

@jimbowlan5804 7 месяцев назад

I agree with all those things and the fact they used the aliens hive set for the chemical building puts it up there for me

@robk.6591 Год назад

Michael Keaton was absolutely the right choice for Burton's Batman. He has the acting skills and that understated type of comic delivery that fit Burton's vision perfectly.

@kdusel1991 Год назад

I totally agree! He's literally a perfect batman/bruce wayne!

@changotv5847 Год назад

Agreed!

@kdusel1991 Год назад

@@changotv5847 beaten only slightly by Christian Bale and Robert Pattinson but not by much.

@user-oz3um2ii7o Год назад

@@kdusel1991And Ben Affleck

@kdusel1991 Год назад

@@user-oz3um2ii7o I think Affleck is fine. He's a decent stabbier batman. But BVS destroyed any chance of his character being any good.

@NinjaRunningWild Год назад

You guys have to do Batman : Mask of the Phantasm. One of the top 3 Batman movies ever.

@kdusel1991 Год назад

As well as Return of The Joker!

@DjJokerr Год назад

Still the best Batman movie. The best Batman score music. Nicholson the best Joker. Keaton the best Batman & Bruce Wayne. The best Gotham city.

@kdusel1991 Год назад

One of my favorite movies of all time, as well as Batman Returns. If you're interested the Channel Awesome crew did what if script reads for Tim Burton directed versions of Batman Forever and Batman and Robin. Both are excellent!

@michaelbull4344 Год назад

Facts Batman 89 is still one of the best Batman movies of all time aged well like fine wine baby

@jimbowlan5804 7 месяцев назад

@kdusel1991 fun fact about batman 89 the ace chemical set was shot on the aliens hive set

@kamenrangerzeo8251 Год назад

Batman 89 will always be a Triumph for me in terms of how Batman is really done for films

@2006Mercury Год назад

Batmobile looking sharp tony. Its hard to keep a high-performance machine like that clean.

@theepoch1354 Год назад

I AM TIRED OF ALL THE PRINCE SOUND TRACK HATE! It was awesome!

@Nay-kp6uu Год назад

When Joker says "Better make it ten" it pretty much takes exactly 10 minutes in movie run time until the helicopter shows up

@Smansteel Год назад

I remember seeing it in the theater. My dad is a huge Batman fan and this was a big event for us.

@shainewhite2781 Год назад

This is one of my favorite movies as a kid! It's my also favorite superhero film!

@allencampbell3350 Год назад

There were two X-Wing pilots in this flick. The dad in the beginning of the film was played by Garrick Hagon, who played Biggs in A New Hope.

@Rorschach97 Год назад

Batman '89 is one of my favorite Batman movies, I can't wait to see Keaton's Batman in The Flash.

@SilvaF0X Год назад

"Whats the difference between you and me" "Difference is im not wearing display purpose only mask"

@apathyminus5925 Год назад

Did you know that Batman's name backwards is Namtab? Really makes you think.

@changotv5847 Год назад

For some reason its really funny the way Tony has to move his head to Look down at his phone while wearing the mask. Zero flexibility with that thing 😂

@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector Год назад

Not much of a fan of comic movies but I'll always remember this being on a Tape my Family taped a wrestling show on Nothing spookier than Vince McMahon yelling What a Manuver while the tape switched over to the jokers face reveal

@jimbowlan5804 Год назад

Reading that was funny as hell

@_Pauper_ Год назад

I had so many movies edited for tv set up just like that haha

@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector Год назад

@jimbowlan5804 it was either the Hat Removal or the Shadow Facepaint reveal And I think summerslam 95? Maybe 96 definitely wasn't 94 Taker vs Taker as that was a favorite of mine haha

@_Pauper_ Год назад

@@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector I love OSW Review for all those older WWF PPVs

@Smee319 Год назад

Love these guys, but man, i feel old. I saw the first Batman movie in theaters at age 5.

@colemandaniel8801 Год назад

Love the episode reminds me of my film school days. Tony feels like a guy I would be best friends with. Also, I have a major crush on Crystal.

@Anubis.6256 Год назад

Please do Batman Returns famous oh-so famously famed Tony!!!

@timvasser9 Год назад

I'm excited for this episode!!! I ALWAYS watch BATMAN and BATMAN RETURNS!! Wished things would have worked out where Keaton played Batman in Batman Forever.

@kdusel1991 Год назад

I think the studio wanted it to be more marketable towards kids like me at the time. I grew up with Batman Forever! It was my intro to Batman. I didn't see the burton ones until much later but Forever and these films still hold a special place in my heart.

@timvasser9 Год назад

@@kdusel1991 I was born in 93 so I grew up with all 4 of them lol.

@nman2 Год назад

Holy shit the Diet Coke and looney tunes ads unlocked a ton of memories I forgot I had

@dereksmith6033 Год назад

I remember being Excited for this Movie & also being even more Excited that PRINCE was Recording Music for this Movie because i was a Huge PRINCE Fan 😃🤘🤘

@cumberbatchpepperpot Год назад

They did a great job marketing this movie, but they definitely missed out on a planters commercial where Batman really wanted to get nuts

@mrblueduck Год назад

Saw it in the theater wearing Joker Converse.

@atommiranda8997 Год назад

This review makes me wanna watch the movie again.

@unclegumbald989 Год назад

Frank as Robin is… making me have *feelings* rn 👀

@Ka_Five Год назад

I also wore out my VHS tape to this and Returns to the point where I will forever associate Loony Toons and Diet Coke with Batman

@luvaboy772 Год назад

2:26 My first time was in summer of 89 while staying 2 weeks with my aunt in Dothan, Alabama. Her and her best friend took me and her friend's nephew to see it.

@captainmeatsadventures7954 Год назад

Batman 89 is my 11 year olds sons favourite Batman movie! Returns is his second

@timmyfitz8032 Год назад

Ive been waiting for you guys to do this review

@Draliseth Год назад

40:15 If I recall correctly, Joker's makeup was rubbing off on his collar, so they put some purple shoe polish/makeup/whatever on the collar to cover it up, only for it to rub off on his neck.

@JamesB-mg9pk Год назад

Gonna need my Batmobile back Tony. I'll let you know where to send it. Great show y'all!

@arthurhall8238 Год назад

i always love when they have "wooder" in films....lol

@Light-Rock97 Год назад

The Batmobile added so much to this episode. I just loved seeing the sunshine move around and change thorough the video. It just looks beautiful outside of that dingy movie. Clean and shinny.

@davidjames579 Год назад

It is stunning to look at. I had the good fortune to stand next to it once.

@Light-Rock97 Год назад

@@davidjames579 Must be trippy to see it live :)

@theflail Год назад

It's pretty good. Could use an Italian or two in the background tho

@Bill_198 Год назад

Of all the Batman movies from that era this is the one I've seen the least. I'll have to revisit it soon.

@kingkold Год назад

Another banger guys. 🔥

@reinforcedpenisstem Год назад

Good to see Crystal back. She is good value!

@luvaboy772 Год назад

1:40:17 You're right. I tried to show this to a group of kids at my juvenile treatment facility job 6 years ago, we got almost half way thru it and they told me they weren't liking it.

@tonypoelman5953 Год назад

My very first movie I got when I was 1 years old and I still have it on vhs

@sahidurrahman7497 Год назад

RIP Michael Gough (Alfred) & Pat Hingle (Gordon)

@avace917 Год назад

The Animated Series was actually green lit after Batman 89. It was being worked on while Batman Returns was shot

@titosanchito6336 Год назад

One of my fav memories is my mom taking me to see this at the theater. Had my batman shirt and my batman in my hand lol great times

@frankvolpe3232 Год назад

Those are the best kind of memories!

@titosanchito6336 Год назад

@@frankvolpe3232 yes they are! Priceless!

@AutoPilate Год назад

I was in high school when this one came out; can confirm the line went around the theater on premiere night.

@jayonnaise6105 Год назад

This review "blows" hehe Now that my severe pun addiction has been satiated, great work everyone! I love this Batman movie so much and you covered quite a few extra bits of trivia I never knew before. I'm on the fence about seeing the new Flash, but Michael Keaton was always my dream casting for Bruce Wayne in a potential live-action Batman Beyond movie. Maybe I'll get a bit of that with him in the Flash, but I'm not expecting too much from it.

@BRIANOCONNOR2003 Год назад

Batman 89 was a movie that my father saw it in Caribbean Cinemas In Rio Hondo back in 1989

@maloperverso8118 Год назад

Anyone else Noticed that Jack Nappier didn't Actually "Smile" until He became 'The Joker'.... And then He Smiled like ALL the Time....

@christermyrberg3661 Год назад

The second best Batman movie after it's sequel

@brettparker1296 Год назад

I remember reading that Heath Ledgers Joker was supposed to meet the same fate as this Joker, but due to his death, they changed it to what it is now. Don't quote me on it, always thought it was interesting. This was a lot of fun to watch. Huge props to Tony for wearing the mask the entire episode. Also, let get Frank as Robin in a film.🤷‍♂️

@frankvolpe3232 Год назад

I did recently play Bruce Wayne in a short film! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LVvyckQNHOc.html

@dreamlandnightmare Год назад

I doubt this is true. The scene wouldn't work if the Joker dies.

@mr.manpants9460 Год назад

I love how Tony points out other peoples flawls, I love the irony.

@Bill_198 Год назад

Is it still ironic when the person pointing out others' flawls are fully aware of and openly acknowledge their own flawls? 🤔

@mr.manpants9460 Год назад

@@Bill_198 I'd say yes, when they don't correct them. And I love Tony, it's just funny.

@tonygucciano6875 Год назад

Batman 89 is a great movie. The second one is great too with penguin and the atmosphere. Is Michael Keaton really returning, post Birdman?

@kdusel1991 Год назад

He's returning for the flash movie. I agree with you on both points about batman and batman returns! Both are excellent films!

@changotv5847 Год назад

Yeah hes even in the trailer for the flash movie

@kdusel1991 Год назад

@@changotv5847 I'm cautiously optimistic about the movie, I want it to be good yet I also want DC to finally cut ties with Ezra Miller. They're too much of a liability at this point.

@steviegbcool Год назад

Spoke to Michael Biehn (Hicks from Aliens) apparently he had multiple meetings with Tim Burton and the Producers to play Batman as they ere unsure about Burtons choice of Keaton and wanted to persuade Burton to go with Biehn

@liamearly4883 Год назад

If I can simp, crystal looking fine as hell.

@grkpektis Год назад

It makes sense Jack went to a bad surgeon because his options were limited he had to find a surgeon that is corrupt enough not to go to the cops but also won't rat him out to Grissom

@videogamemadness1582 Год назад

Tony great video man. Totally agree with a few things you were talking about when it came to the movie. Also you are absolutely right Roadhouse is the best film made. I know because my first and second part of my middle name is named after the two main characters

@danielcontreras561 Год назад

Good job!!

@army103 Год назад

I first saw this as a kid at my first drive-in movie - it was part of a double feature along with Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. It was a great night!

@SplinkProductions Год назад

I don’t think it was ever more than “good”-but it was fun and different and had a visual appeal that still holds up today.

@troyleiren Год назад

Yes.

@shainewhite2781 Год назад

Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊

@_Pauper_ Год назад

I borrowed the Bruce Wayne suit of armor bit when I had art hanging at a coffee shop. This girl went on and on about how “the artist” did such and such a thing. She was not happy when I gently corrected her. Ah well.

@kdusel1991 Год назад

I think it's one of the best Batman movies ever made! And Michael Keaton is one of my favorite Dark Knights! He's slightly beaten by Christian Bale and Battinson but not by much. He's in my top 3 for sure.

@GMMXX80 Год назад

Actually, Nike didn't want product placement with the bat boots, hats in accurate. Peter Guber really liked Nike and wanted the product placement, because this was always about product placement, but it was totally Peter Guber that had friends but he approached Nike, not vice-versa. Guber thought having Nike in there would be impressive, which really worked well with the additions

@colincurrie2431 Год назад

This movie went through several stages of development with Ivan Reitman as director though Joe Dante would later replace him, Bill Murray as Batman, Eddie Murphy as Robin. David Bowie was also sought after for the Joker but passed on the role.

@eatsnme Год назад

I'm glad batman could come back to discuss his nostalgia for his performance on what made batman great and steered it in the right direction. Too bad Tony wasn't there to discuss it with him

@Bob-Savage Год назад

I was 9 when i saw this in theaters. Never before, or since, did the anticipation for a movie get as excited as this one did. I always thought it was funny that Vale and Knox didn’t recognize a billionaire like Bruce Wayne and he had introduce himself - they’re journalists!

@stranglez Год назад

He wore black Jordan’s in Batman returns . I think it was a personal choice

@anthonywaye4738 Год назад

Let's get nuts with hack the movies

@thebookofduderonomy Год назад

Everyone else: water Frank: whater

@charliemartinez4694 Год назад

I read the title, see the time length...yeah! Keaton iStill my Batman!!! No need 2C video Y so serious 🥃🃏😈

@vincentsolis5149 Год назад

Anyone interested in a Keaton gem check out The Dream Team. Classic 80s comedy with a great cast

@thefilmeffect6089 Год назад

Are we doing Batman Returns too? It’s such a fascinating film.

@tthomaselli2 2 месяца назад

Where was this filmed at so that the Batmobile from 'Batman Returns' & the mid-1989 'Batman' could be incorporated?...

@mikezbr Год назад

0:54 😅😅😅😅 i died!

@Fixxxer07082 Год назад

Saw this when it came out in theaters and immediately loved it! Still an incredible film. Remember the Bat-Mania craze around this very well, too. Ironically, the initial toys from Toy Biz were kinda awful…and Batman (the figure) was incredibly difficult to find initially. 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

@mr.manpants9460 Год назад

This was such a great time period for movies, Batman, Ghostbusters, TMNT and more.....every movie seemed magical! Such a cool time to be a kid.

@beckyhuff4408 Год назад

I actually like the animated Batman shadow effect in the beginning of the film because it serves as a reminder that Batman is a fictional comic or cartoon.