The Original BATMAN is INCREDIBLE!! (first time watching) 

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17:39 "There is nobody on this _planet_ that can do maniacal laughter like Jack Nicholson." Oh, I don't know. Mark Hamill provided the voice for Joker in _Batman: The Animated Series,_ and _his_ maniacal laugh was appropriately scary as far as cartoons are concerned.

Unlike Ledger's Joker, this Joker is actually accurate to the comics - IT'S NOT MAKEUP! The acids and dyes in the waste overflow vat bleached his skin, dyed his hair green, and irritated his lips to blood red. Joker has to use cosmetics (foundation, etc) to look halfway normal.

Caesar Romero had a great Joker laugh. He played the original Joker in the 60's Batman TV show.

The dark moody appeal and Jack Nicholson at his finest made this one a hit! Great acting and action beyond belief made the movie for me. The funniest part was the chattering teeth after BatMan cuffed him. After the Joker dies you can hear that laugh in the distance. Great movie reaction!

Well, this is the whole reason Keaton was in The Flash. But Nicholson's Joker is probably even more memorable. And, of course, Tim Buton directing with his unique style, bringing in his buddy Danny Elfman to compose the most iconic Batman theme next to the one from Adam West's TV show.

FUN FACT: When Tim Burton was shown the design of the Batmobile, he responded "Great! Where's the door?". The top opening up was a last minute addition that proved to be very effective.

This Joker is a lot closer to the classic comics, Ledger’s Joker plays with dichotomy of order and chaos, Phoenix’s was an introspective on how the Joker broke and was a unique take on the character’s psyche and mental health, Leto… we don’t talk about Leto. Nicholson’s Joker is just the classic evil bastard that just wants to prank Gotham with a knife in the back and to kill Batman. This is the classic Clown Prince of Crime.

Im absolutely recommend you to watch its sequel Batman Returns also made by Tim Burton. With M. Keaton return as Batman. Also Michelle Pfeifer, Danny de Vito and Christopher Walken. Crazy good cast. Batman Returns is a very good film, a much much more darker than this one. My favorite Batman film. 🦇🦇🦇

It was the first cinematic Batman after the 60's series and it presented a darker version of Batman based on the 1986 and 1988 graphic novels The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke. Jack Nicholson was born to play the Joker and Michael Keaton gave a suitably tortured and complicated Bruce Wayne/Batman dynamics. The other movie directed by Tim Burton, the 1992 Batman Returns is definitely darker and more violent but Michelle Pfieffer is the absolute best cinematic version of Catwoman. A must see.

Great Reaction. You actually understood the full value of this great film. The fact that it’s entertaining, fun, and serious altogether. Most younger generations don’t get it because they are being influenced to think that it’s cool to just be twisted and conflicted. Thanks for this reaction. 🙏

Batman: The Movie (1966) is a riot, as is the TV show.. it's SO campy and self aware it basically invented the modern idea of camp. The TV show recently got remastered in HD from the original film and its f*ing GORGEOUS. Worth seeking out just for the insane Technicolor sets alone! Some people hate the old show for how silly it is, but it was so popular it kept Batman on the cultural brain long enough to make this movie a thing... and as dark as it is, theres so much camp here too.

The original Batman movie is from 1966. It was based on the TV show.

MY FAVORITE BATMAN OF ALL TIME! Before Michael Keaton played the Dark Knight,a lot of actors were considered for the role: Pierce Brosnan, Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Bill Murray, Harrison Ford, Steven Seagal, Kurt Russell, Al Pacino, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Costner, Richard Gere, Michael Biehn, Ray Liotta, Tom Hanks, John Travolta, Sean Penn, Emilio Estevez, Matthew Broderick, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Mickey Rourke, Charlie Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Jeff Bridges, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Selleck, Kyle Maclachlan, Chevy Chase, Jean Claude Van Damme, Michael Douglas, and Robert Downey Jr. Before Jack Nicholson played the Joker, Tim Curry, Willem Dafoe, David Bowie, Jeff Goldblum, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, John Lithgow, Brad Dourif, Robert Englund, Robert DeNiro, Alan Rickman, John Malkovich, Christopher Lloyd, Ray Liotta, and Robin Williams were considered for the role. Before Kim Basinger played Vicki Vale, Sean Young, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, Ally Sheedy, Geena Davis, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Linda Hamilton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Debra Winger, Demi Moore, and Carrie Fisher were considered. Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, Richard Donner, David Cronenberg, Guy Hamilton, Ivan Reitman, Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Tony Scott, John McTiernan, Terry Gilliam, Walter Hill, Brian DePalma, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, and Robert Zemeckis were considered for directing the project. The film was a box office success, making $411 million dollars ($988 million dollars today) against a $50 million dollar budget. It won the Oscar for Best Production Design.

The Robert Pattinson Batman line "I am vengeance" I think was a homage to the late great Kevin Conroy, who voiced batman for the Bruce Timm studio animations, such as the show "batman the animated series, justice league, justice league unlimited, ect." The line when first recorded was said with such grit and intensity, Kevin Conroy actually almost tore his vocal chords and was coughing blood after. The line was....... "I am vengeance..... I am the night........ I AM BATMAN!!!!!!"

Shree, you're right. There was Batman: The Movie in 1966 associated with the Batman 60s TV series. Before that, there were movie serials in the 1940s with Batman and sometimes Robin. And let's not forget Batman Fights Dracula (1967) from The Philippines. It really exists. I couldn't make that one up.

"Is this the first Batman adaptation?" No, but we can say this is the first modern Batman adaptation (of the character as we generally imagine him today). Before this one, the most popular adaptation was the Batman of Adam West (which this film partially plays homage to; the Joke designs and several elements of this Gotham come directly from that show; just look for Cesar Romero's costume and make up as The Joker... fun fact: it was a TV Show, but it has a film, in case you want to check it eventually XD). The Batman of Adam West was way too innocent because of censorship: it was produced in the middle of the strict rules that forbade gory death, and serious crime being portrayed in comics (its innocence goes to ridiculous lengths to our standards... like showing Batman asking milk in a bar where people drinks alcohol; the worst part? the bartender does have a glass of milk ready for The Dark Knight XD). Tim Burton partially breaks this mold, but not to its full extent (the studio still wanted a family friendly show that could sell toys... and that eventually didn't end well). But this film inspired one of the most iconic adaptations: Batman, The Animated Series which explores in more detail several dark and comedic elements of the characters (like, for example, the flower that shoots acid and some of Bruce's daily life). If you haven't checked it, give it a try, the voice cast is ichonic (the, sadly, late Kevin Conroy as Batman/Bruce Wayne; and Mark Hamill as The Joker). If you consider it channel worthy, the series has some stand alone animated films that you can check without needing the entire series; the one you can compare the most with others would be "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" (being some sort of origin story that you can link to all the different Batman films you have seen so far). "So... the Joker has nerve damage, not scars... that's practical; and he has bleached skin" Indeed, and if we get picky: that's the original version: after an unfortunate encounter with chemicals, The Joker has a permanent facial deformation that resembles an smile, and permanently bleached skind and died hair. The scars concept was developed as a realistic explanation of all the elements for Christopher Nolan's film (who wanted to avoid most of the comic unexplainable elements in his films... we can't blame him, I guess, the guy flips entire trucks or crashes planes in hangars for real to make the shot looks the way he wants). But there is one thing: while it's generally accepted the chemical bath was how The Joker came to be, comics (in general) have never decided the exact circumstances under which this accident happen, making The Joker even more dangerous: he is a man with no past, with no known ties and even he admits he sometimes doesn't remember pivotal events of his life (so he makes them up as he needs them). This trait was more explored in the Nolan films. The laughter was toned down in those films, and explained with an illness in the Joker film; but in reality... it's just that The Joker is insane and sees fun in the most gruesome aspects of life. That is what he generally calls "The Joke": civilization, good behaviour and justice are mere social constructs that don't have any other back up than our fear of the chaos. Let go those attachments and there is nothing left... except to laugh. And only when you have lost everything, you might see the world has he does ("All it takes to turn a model citizen into me is one bad day..."). "The batcopter" I guess several comments have already gone into the "it's not a helicopter, it's a plane!". Batman, being a hero without superpowers, has a different set of tricks to fly, if the occassion requires it. This particular aircraft is called "The Batjet/Batwing"... because it's basically a bat shaped airplane; but it's not very practical in all aspects XD. Christopher Nolan, in his realistic take, decided to replace it for a more "realistic" aircraft (just called "The Bat", but not shaped in any way like a bat) and both the Nolan and the Pattinson films use a more "down to earth" way of flying: a cape that can turn into a fixed wing for gliding (Batman has used gliders before, but sometimes they are regular gliders, not connected to his cape). As technology advances (and more serious adaptations appear), the ways in which Batman "flies" evolve. "The Dark Batman vs. the more fun one" Interesting analysis, partially true: the Christopher Nolan films did show comic films (and Batman) could work being serious and dark... but Nolan's films didn't make the comics more serious; in turn, they use stories that already were serious. After the censorship faded out in comics, in the 1980's, stories dared to explore more dark themes, pushing the envelopes of heroes that once had to be "fun" just because they were aimed for kids. This reached some sort of "peak" in the 1990's where almost every title went to extremes of adult themes and violence (those two decades, just in the case of Batman, added: the Joker paralyzing and sexually assaulting Batgirl, fascist Batman, Bane breaks Batman's spine, an elder Superman and Batman fighting to the death in a world consumed by the Cold War, Gotham destroyed by a plague, Gotham destroyed by an earthquake, Gotham being kicked out of the United States for being a costly city that can't be saved, Gordon having an affair, Gordon divorcing his wife and marrying his lover...). To be fair, by the moment Nolan decided to make his realistic take on the Dark Knigth, he didn't have to twist the source material much: comics were no longer meant to be a medium that should stay "innocent" because it was meant "just for kids". And that would be it. Nice reaction.

Batman 89 - is a cult classic! As for Joker's skin tone over white make up - actually his skin got bleached by that chemical dip, so it is supposed to be pale white

So glad you liked Batman 1989! Michael Keaton is my favorite live action version of Batman. Could not agree more with your overall thoughts. To me, this film is that perfect middle ground between the sillier (but still valid) Adam West Batman and the later theatrical versions that lacked a fun factor. Hope that you are able to react to Batman Returns. Can’t wait for the Superman II reaction as well!

Jack really played up the showmanship & narcissism of the Joker. He's an ultraviolent, obsessive, homicidal maniac, who LOVES the cameras & is an extreme narcissist

So the funny thing about Batman killing in this movie and in Batman Returns is that it was a deliberate decision the producers and Tim Burton made. They felt like it helped to modernize the character to have him occasionally kill given the level of violent crime at the time and because they felt audiences expected that of action heroes due to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone style action movies. Batman having a no-kill rule wasn't really a set-in-stone rule for the character as far as general audiences knew until Christopher Nolan brought it back to the forefront in Batman Begins (not to say it wasn't always in place in the comics, just that if you asked the average joe on the street at that time if Batman ever killed people you would have gotten a shrug out of them).

A few more Jokers for your consideration: Caesar Romero (Batman - 1966), Mark Hammill (Batman: The Animated Series - 1992), and Alan Tudyk (Harley Quinn - 2019). All are solid in the maniacal laugh department.

Nicholson isn't my favorite Joker because he was the first I encountered, but he has become my favorite over time as he embodied the maniacal violence and unhinged humor that makes up the Joker's persona. Ledger was tragic and Leto was violent, but really neither really filled out Joker's idea. They are "real life" Jokers, but Nicholson really brought out the comic villain nature. Everything is over the top and pithy. Mark Hamill in The Animated Series is my second favorite Joker, but Nicholson really played the character to a J.

Every time I see Robert Wuhl (Knox) I think of Newbomb Turk in The Hollywood Knights. And Jack Palance (Grissom): I think of him in Shane. Jerry Hall (Alicia): can't get past her almost real marriage to Mick Jagger (4 children with him) and then real marriage to Rupert Murdoch (they're now divorced). And kudos to Bob the Goon who actually has an action figure. That always cracks me up.

It's not white makeup. The chemicals in the vat that Jack fell into bleached his skin and turned his hair permanently green.

Batman was, of course, a comic long before he was on TV. There was a very camp version in the 1960s starring Adam West and Burt Ward, which also had a spin-off movie. There was a darker take in an animated series in the 90s, which also had Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) as the voice of the Joker. Superman does not kill people, largely because the Police of Metropolis are good and honest and will try criminals properly. Batman does kill people because the Police of Gotham are corrupt and the criminals will bribe and cheat the judicial system and not get sent to prison.

What's is amazing is that everything is filmed on stage or the studio lot. Even the outdoor scenes. Its only one scene that's is real and that is the road to the Batcave. All other roads are on a large set!

The funny thing about Batman not carrying a wallet while in suit is for one of the 90s movies, they had the character doing product placement for American Express. He never left home without it (product placement got really bad)

Fun Fact: a lot of the 70s and 80s movies you are watching actually have British actors as supporting characters. Both Superman (1978) and Batman (1989) were filmed at Pinewood studios in England, so a lot of British actors were used. The Air Force One crew in Superman were British and dubbed over by American actors. The two thugs Batman beats up in the opening of Batman 1989 were British actors doing American accents. It's also why Imperial officers in Star Wars all sound British. Star Wars was also filmed at Pinewood.

This version of the Joker had his skin bleached by the chemicals... his skin is actually white. He needs to put on makeup to appear normal.

Tim Burton captured this film perfect. Always loved this movie. Jack Palance always get overlooked in this film, he's a legend.

And, the line “I’m Batman “ has been used in nearly every Batman movie since this one.

If you want something campy: Batman: The Movie (1966) - Theatrical Trailer

I loved Jack Nicholson's Joker so much I had a door-sized poster of him in that iconic suit (with the good hat) on the back of my dorm-room door. And you're right: the big difference between this Joker and the others is that this one is having a blast. I also love that even people who can't help liking this Joker all seem to go off him when he shoots Bob. RIP the best henchman.

This movies Theme gives me chills every time. Such amazing score and Jack Nicholson was amazing as Joker with full blown Diva attitude.

My favorite batman of all time has to be Keven Conroy who voiced the batman in the animated series, movies and games for over 30 years

Really sweetness Batman term is this “I AM VENGEANCE,I Am THE NIGHT,I AM BATMAN “

I love Michael Caine, but Michael Gough will always be my Alfred. He and the actor who played the Commissioner even survived the changeover from Burton to Schumacher. Also, I'm going to give you the Batman movie recommendation that the fans our age should always give you: Watch Batman Returns, and then watch Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Mark Hamill had been the iconic voice of the Joker in almost every animated iteration of the character, and Mask of the Phantasm is him at his absolute best. Fun fact: In the novelization for this movie, it's mentioned that the money Joker drops on Gotham is freshly printed fake money with his face on it, just like he told Vicki he wanted.

53:08 They're wind-up chattering teeth. They're a gag toy. He wasn't wearing them in his mouth over his teeth. He probably had them in his pocket and then pretended to spit them out after Batman punched him in his mouth. 55:06 It's a looped recording of his laugh so he can "die laughing".

There's an Easter egg in here that most people don't get. Vicki's Time magazine photo shoot was of a war in Corto Maltese. "Corto Maltese" was a popular French comic book in the 1960s. That Corto Maltese wasn't a place, though, but an international soldier of fortune.

15:52 Vicki Vale: "Could you pass the salt." Bruce Wayne: "Sure. Go long."

Amazing classic Batman directed by Tim Burton starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger and music score by Danny Elfman. The music videos of the film is the songs "Batdance" and "Partyman" performed by Prince. Thank you Shree great reaction Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman from my childhood. Next time Batman Returns.

I love this iteration of Batman. Burton has such a style that meshes silver-age comics with the dark and surreal world of Gotham. Looking forward to the day you check out Batman Returns. If you haven't seen Batman The Animated Series from 1992, do yourself a solid and look it up. You won't regret it. And the first animated movie, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is fantastic. RIP Kevin Conroy. I really hope you give Beetlejuice a look this October. It's probably Tim Burton's most Tim Burton movie, where he was allowed to just let his creative muse run wild.

Jack Nicholson..one of my favourite actors of all time and he was great as the Joker. The best in my eyes is still not from any movie but the great Arkham Batman Games from Rocksteady.

I heard that Jack Nicholson is the reason why Prince did the pop soundtrack. Nicholson was a huge Prince fan and had his headphones blaring the Purple Rain soundtrack while he was not working. He kept pestering the director to hire Prince for the soundtrack until finally they relented just to stop his persistence. Don't know if it's true, but that's the story I heard. Also Ekhart was Porkins from Star Wars with a dubbed voice.

14:38 I remember, this origin story surprised me very much. I had grown up with the image of the Joker fostered by the '60's _TV_ show. He was just a guy in _face_ paint.

Jack's white skin isn't make-up, it's actually white, bleached by the chemicals.

Bob! Gun! is my favorite quote from the Joker. It's so evil to kill your most trusted Hench guy!

This is one of my favorite Batman films. The sequel is great too. Watch the best Batman animated films on Max like Batman Mask of the Phantasm, Batman Under the Red Hood, Batman Year One, Batman Hush, the last two Adam West Batman animated films: Batman Return of the Cape Crusader and Batman vs Two Face

Fun fact: after people got word that Michael Keaton was going to playing Batman, fans wrote in demanding they recast someone else. A year before this came out , Michael Keaton stared in Beetlejuice, which made Keaton come off of a comedy actor.

For WB to get Jack Nicholson to play the Joker, besides the paycheck, they had to agree to not interfere with his choices. Much of what he is doing is improvisation. Not 100% improv (he was still being a professional and respecting the material) but after doing a scripted take, they would many times give Jack his own take. More times than not, the improv made the final cut.

The power of Danny Elfman's score is AWESOME. Conducted by Shirley Walker and performed by The Sinfonia of London Orchestra.

This Batman does kill but he still has a moral code of protecting the innocent people

You got that right Shree, out of all the Jokers I'm inviting Jack Nickolson on a birthday party. There are so many amazing, memorable things in this movie: Danny Elfman's score, costume design (including my fav Batman suit), comic book atmosphere. Also compared to other Batman movies, Gotham City itself feels almost like living breathing character, integral to the story. PS. Love your profile pic! Cyberpunk look fits you so well.

I loved your analysis of the movie after watching your reaction, which was fun to watch. I love how just a bit of camp made it's way into this movie, considering the that even in the late 80's, they could quite escape a little bit of 60s show, which I love. Back then, if you wanted a serious take on Batman, you had to be into the comics of the time, which highly influenced the direction that Tim Burton wanted to go in. It is that perfect blend of dark, disturbing, but also fun and exciting. This movie was so huge upon it's release. The bat-symbol was all over the landscape everywhere you looked. Bill boards, sides of busses, shaved in people's heads, the cereal, the Nintendo game. All the merchandise, the soundtrack music videos on MTV, and the anticipation was like nothing I'd ever experience, even to this day. This began the tradition of the black suit, and Batman have a changing of the voice that differed from Bruce. So much that came after this would never have been of not for Tim Burton's vision. This is still my favorite Batman movie of all time, and Michael Keaton will always be BATMAN.

Batman Returns is great too. Watch some of the Batman animated movies as well Batman Mask of the Phantasm which has the late great Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Luke Skywalker Hamill as Joker. Batman Sub Zero is a great animated film with Kevin Conroy and Barbara Gordon voiced by Tara Strong. Batman Under the Red Hood with Bruce Greenwood as Batman and the voice of Bender as Joker.

Shree, inlike Nolan's "The Dark Knight" this Joker is a bit more comic accurate in regards to the ways he kills most people and the skin (bleached white) and haur(dyed green) from the chemical dip he took

When I saw original Batman, I thought you meant the Adam West version from 1966 😂

This joker was into novelty gags, and used them as distractions or lethal weapons after he got done tinkering with them. Like the joy buzzer that fried that one mob boss.

I watched this movie in the theater on premier night; the line literally went around the building. I remember nearly a year before Rolling Stone had a great article about the making of, and so many people were ticked at the casting of Keaton, but I was into it from the beginning. Watched Batman Returns in the theater as well. The two directed by Joel Schumacher (Forever and & Robin) I watched at a drive-in theater in Aruba, and while they aren’t as good as the Burton films, they ARE in the same continuity. Clooney wasn’t a great Batman or Bruce Wayne, but I really liked Val Kilmer, it’s just too bad he had such horrid material. Also, I highly recommend Batman: The Animated Series. Kevin Conroy as Batman/Bruce Wayne and Mark Hamill as the Joker are incomparable. If you want to watch a movie of their portrayals rather than a show, then Mask of the Phantasm should satisfy that desire.

17:39 - *_You can't piss anyone off for loving any of the major actors who played Jokers (Caesar Romero, Jack Nicolson, Heath Ledger, Mark Hamill or Joaquin Phoenix) over the others... Except Jarret Leto's! (That one is inexcusable!)_* 34:53 - *_Indiana Jones? Nope! He pulled a Karate Kid move!_* 😂👍 *_I hope you get to watch the sequel, Batman returns, soon: Opinions are split 50/50 amongst the fanbase as to which of the two Keaton Batman Movies is the better than the other but, personally, as much as I preferred the first one when I saw them in theatres, the second one has grown so much on me that I think it is actually better than the first (Maybe because it is much more of a Tim Burton movie than the first one is; which is part of the controversy, not only between the two Tim Burton movies, but the next two Joel Schumacher directed movies, before the franchise was rebooted by Christopher Nolan)_*

Michael Keaton will be and has always been my ONLY ( modern day ) Batman. I’ve never had any desire or need to see another since I saw this in the theater opening night. I love the way u respect the franchise(s)🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠When you said “ it’s like Joker is imitating Jack N.” You were spot on🌠✔️

If you didn't catch the name, Billy Dee Williams (Lando) is playing Harvey Dent aka Two-Face. He would have been fantastic if Burton had gotten his third.

Michael Keaton's son Sean was 8 years old when this was shot. Now his grandson is 8 and he's back as Batman in The Flash. 😃😃

17:21 You edited/skipped over one of the most clever easter eggs/references in the movie. The surgical tools on the table are the exact same dental tools from another "iconic" 80's movie, Little Shop of Horrors starring Rick Moranis, Bill Murray (as the Dentist's patient), and ton of other 80's comedic actors. It's extremely clever because one of Jack Nicholson's first movie roles was playing the Dentist's patient in the original Roger Corman movie from 1960. I hate musicals, but 1986's Little Shop of Horrors has Iconic all over it!! I hope you get to enjoy this comedic gem of a movie! EDIT: Just FYI, the musical numbers and songs were written by the same duo that did the songs for The Little Mermaid, Aladin, Beauty and the Beast, etc. (the 90's animated movies). Directed by Frank Oz, and had practical effects done by Jim Henson's company.

I really do hope that we eventually get a mainstream adaptation where they make it clear that Joker's look is because of chemicals bleaching his skin and dying his hair. I feel like Ledger and Phoenix ruined the public perseption of Joker's appearance. People now think that Joker's look is just makeup when it's actually a chemical bath.

This movie is infinitely quotable, dripping with atmosphere, and Jack Nicholson is just *French kiss* so enjoyable to watch

17:47 it doesnt disrespect me at all. Jack Nicholson still nailed Joker in a way Ledger and Phoenix both just didnt to me

The scariest joker ever on film. He behaves like a genuine psychopath.

39:08 "Oh my god! It just occurred to me, he's Bruce _Wayne_ here, not _Batman._ So he's gotta do Bruce _Wayne_ stuff to rescue her. Even resort to, like, using a _tray."_ Give him a little credit here, Shree. There's a _lot_ more to Batman than his suit, his cave and his _technology._ He's got _years_ of training under his belt.

They wisely showed the Joker as slightly unbalanced even when he's Jack Napier a Gangster, that laugh for example & facial expressions. A larger than life character like "the Joker" should ALWAYS have an origin story (a mistake they made in the DARK KNIGHT version I thought) everything felt too hurried there, unlike in the great BEGINS film, no Wayne manor, & no bat cave, before one problem was solved we were onto another, plus were doing enough with the joker Bat man's most dangerous enemy, we didnt need 2 face as well.

My one criticism of the Nolan Batmans was how little of a role Gotham was given as a unique setting. The Burton Batmans definitely use Gotham as a character, as does the new one. The Phoenix Joker is great with setting, but that setting is 1970s New York rather than Gotham per se.

7:21 "Hi. I'm Vicki Vale." She looks _this_ good, but she makes her living _behind_ the camera? That strains my credulity, a tad.

You're watching the 30th Anniversary Edition, digitally remastered in both picture and sound! Nice!

When we first heard Michael Keaton was going to be Batman, before this came out, we all said the same thing: Michael Keaton?!? (He was only known for comedies before this), until we saw it. He was a great Batman.

Fyi Jack Nicholson has stated that this is his favorite role he has done EVER

Michael Keaton is the first and best Batman I've ever seen. That said, I hope you react to the sequel "Batman Returns" very soon.

There was an earlier movie, with Adam West, but that's more saturday morning cartoons than an actual superhero movie

WHEN THIS CAME OUT IT WAS SEEN AS PRETTY DARK, ESPECIALLY SINCE MOST OF US GREW UP WITH BATMAN THE TV SERIES FROM THE 60'S WHICH WAS PURE GOOFINESS

“That dude would’ve died for you” He did. He died to temporarily relieve Joker’s stress. Bob the Goon is the most loyal henchman in all of fiction.

Thats why Keaton makes the most effektive Batrman for me. You'd never look at this guy and see Batman.

Technically this is the first big Batman theatrical release. The 60's Batman movie was for the tv show and the others were even older than the tv show. Same with Superman. There was a tv show 1st. Many people miss the fact that the chemicals in the vat turned Jack's skin white and that the skin tone is the actual makeup. That's the Bat Plane. The Bat Wing was in the other movie you mentioned. 2 different vehicles. We went from total campy Batman in the 60's to this darker themed version which was a shock unless you'd read the comic books.

Picture yourself as a 11 year old kid and your older brother/sister surprises you takes you to the theater not knowing what your going to see . And they tell u we are seeing BATMA’N one of your favorite superheroes of all time and the film blows your little mind away . The theater was packed that was the first time I was in a film line 😆 so that was something but yeah still love this and I get a kick out of new people seeing this movie good or bad

@4:00 "He's not going to kill you...unless it's directed by zack snyder" 😂😂😂 @17:25 well no, Jack Nicholson didn't have the laughing disease. He started laughing because he just had a mental breakdown from seeing his good looks (which he prided so much) getting twisted into a clown like face. It being a clown face was a rich irony that he saw and so he started laughing NOT because of a forced biological mechanism , it was his surrendering to evil and his pride and ego being so insulted by the "joke" life just played on him that he cracked out a malicious laughter. It was basically "who gives a fuk about anything" moment, but a permanent moment because he resents it. This movie brilliantly adapted The Jokers secret origin in the comics, created by the brilliant ALAN MOORE.

I saw it in the theater when it came out. It was an instant hit. Michael Keaton proved critics wrong that he shouldn't be cast. The movie and the TV show have a scene that is very similar in one aspect. I recommend you view episodes 57 and 58 to see not only the scene, but Cesar Romero as the Joker I watched in my youth. Now... to the batcave!

I think this is the most human Bruce Wayne.He's polite, smiling, careteking...A real person. The Bruce of Nolan is just a rich prick (in public), Affleck and Pattinson are just obsessionnals or can't act normally with people. They are always in Batman mode everytime. Because of Frank Miller 's comics, everybody is agree te see that Batman is the real identity of Bruce. Here the two try to exist.

shree, if you watch the sequel to this, Batman Returns, it's my favorite movie, you should hold onto your tuna (female anatomy)

This movie and the 2004 animated series were my exposure to Batman, that and vampires. Also why I perfer the Bat Symbol with the yellow background.

43:28 "Wait. Did _Alfred_ spill the _beans?_ Oh. I think she figured it out, after knowing about his backstory." Oh, no, Shree. I mean, _obviously,_ she did not find her way down to the _Batcave,_ on her own. No, Alfred let her in.

6:40 Batman is a scary dude.. In a cartoon.There's a warehouse fire after a gunfight between gangs. A thug grabs a female hostage and puts a gun to her head, screaming "I'll kill her..I swear it!!" . Batman had his fireproof cape on, made sure he advanced on him SLOWLY thru the flames, looking like a hell demon and tells him coldly.." Go ahead..then I get to do WHATEVER I want to you." Dude gave it up.14:27-Just like in the DC comics when they first introduced the Joker (Late 40's?) Mad Jack was a riot--shoulda got a best supporting Oscar for playing Joker!

I think that between this, The Shining, and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, you have now seen Jack Nicholson's top 3 performances...

I swear my forehead is red after all the facepalm you had me do. Especially the question about the purple gas mask 😑. But great review 👍🏾🙏🏽💯🙂

An obvious thing about the Joker is that, he doesn't have fixed goals or motivations, he does what he wants, when he wants, for example: if he decides to steal a car and randomly run over people or spread Poison gas bombs around the city, he will do it mainly for the sake of he that's funny.

This was made when Tim Burton was still using his Tim-Burtony powers for good.

"Where is the Batmobile?"... ta-da!!! 😂

13:30 "Is he behind me?" If he _is,_ he's probably diggin' the awesome movie.

the original batman (Adam West-1960s) was more a parody with clothes in multicolor, batman 1986 (Michael Keaton) is more as the batman should be

Sid Ceasar had the best laugh from being the Joker in the TV series.

Check out some iconic classic 1950's SF movies. The Day the Erth Stood Still (1951) The Thing (1951) , The War of the Worlds (1953) , IT came from Outer Space (1953) THEM! (1954) , Forbidden Planet (1956) ,Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) The Deadly Mantis (1957) and The Blob (1958).

Actually Joe Chill killed Bruce’s parents in the comics. This origin story just for Tim Burton’s Batman.