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I was always a fan of the Batman TV series, and this movie was basically an overlong episode minus cliff hanger. This movie is not psychologically provoking like Tim Burton's series. But it is fun that your whole family can watch.
It features the cast of the TV series. The only casting change was Lee Meriwether as the Catwoman instead of Julie Newmar (or Eartha Kitt).
One last comment: This movie proposes a possible solution to the tension between nations. One may say it's not realistic, but nothing else seems to be working!
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What I loved about this movie and the TV show was that Adam West, Burt Ward, and the rest of the cast played it completely straight. It's so campy and over the top, but they were never self conscious about what they were doing. They weren't being "ironic" or detached. That's one of the main reasons why the show worked so well. Of course, the dialogue and situations here have to be seen and heard to be believed (my favorite is the dolphin who sacrifices his life, so that Batman and Robin may live). A ton of cheese, but really good cheese.
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Adam West will always be Batman to me.I know the show was campy,but it was supposed to be.
If you are looking for a good time and reminiscing about years gone by buy this movie.I saw it when it was released in theaters.I was 15 at the time.
The villians are all the best Cesar Romero,Frank Gorshin,Burgess Meredith and Lee Meriwether.
I did wish Julie Newmar had played Catwoman.What a goddess !!
The picture quality is great on widesceen T.V.The bonus features are nice too.
You can't beat the price.
GO FOR IT !!
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Whoever thought of making a spoof of the Darkknight character was absolutely brilliant. I mean, you gotta admit, Bruce Wayne takes himself just a little too seriously, don'tcha think. Okay, yeah, his parents were murdered right in front of his eyes at such a young age and I guess that could make anyone go a little batty. However, this is not even discussed in the Adam West portrayal of the caped crusader. He's just some guy in a bat costume who has a young "friend" who also likes to wear tights and a cape. The two of them go around Gotham City fighting the crazies that are in and out of Arkham Asylum on a rotating basis. "Thank God you caught the Penguin, Batman, but, uhhh...we're gonna release the Riddler now so you have somethin' to do..."
Well, in this movie, they are all out; the Penguin, the Riddler, the Joker, and the purrrrrfect Catwoman played by the beautiful Lee Meriwether...even though my favorite is still Julie Newmar...
and of course, these crazies are going all out wreaking havoc and chaos all over the place.
In the show you primarily saw the fantastic Batmobile...in this movie, all the stops are taken out and you see the Batcopter, the Batbike, the Batbidet...just kidding...but I remember seeing this as a little kid and I was just so amazed by all of Batman's devices. I once made a "Batarang" out of a clotheshanger...as a matter of fact, I did poke my sister's eye out...how did you know?
Of course the great cheesy writing is definetely a part of this movie. It's not quite as sharp as the television show, but it is still pretty good. There's a great scene where Batman is running around like a madman trying to detonate a bomb. Everywhere he goes, he is frustrated in his attempt, finally he looks in the camera and in typical Adam West delivery, says, "Somedays you can't get rid of a bomb..."
Yeah, tell that to Tim Burton...all of his Batman movies were bombs. And don't be telling me that he explored the deeper and darker parts of Bruce Wayne's fractured psyche. His movies were pure bat guano...
But back to this one, yeah, it is a cheesefest, but I sit on the couch with my nephews and I'm wiping tears from my eyes because it's so silly, so ridiculous, and so incredibly funny.
So, yeah, I highly recommend this.
Batpeace and Batblessings to all of you...
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Comic books, including Batman titles, are NOT literature and are meant for CHILDREN and not adults. What I love about this movie and the old 60s TV series is that it is intentionally designed to be a fun ride for Saturday morning television. When the comic book culture in North America started in recent decades to become "serious", pretentious and filled with the type of moral ambiguity that one normally finds in adult fiction, comic book aficionados (being mostly overgrown children in their 20s and 30s with too much disposable income) started lambasting this fun and goofy classic as an insult to Batman and comic books in general. In effect, they are criticizing the main essence and purpose of comic books (FUN AND DISTRACTION) in order to defend their misguided understanding of comic books as serious drama, if not high literature itself. For the rest of humanity, who are more socially mature than these pathetic hardcore comic book readers, this camp classic will bring out the innocent laughter and fun that all comic books should have. However, like classic Star Trek and Star Wars: A New Hope, the look of this Batman movie has not aged too well and marks it clearly at an earlier era when good guys still wore bright colours and spouted moral lessons for the children watching the show.
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