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It's hard to believe that stars like Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Harrison Ford, Charlie Sheen, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Selleck and Bill Murray were all considered for Batman, at some point. It's even harder to believe that Tim Curry, Willem Dafoe, David Bowie and James Woods were considered for the Joker. Thankfully, the powers that be gave us Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in their respective roles that made this film a classic among Batman fans. Directed by Tim Burton, Batman was a critical and financial success. The film inspired Batman: The Animated Series and a series of films. Up until the release of "The Dark Knight", it was the highest grossing film based on a DC comic book. In my opinion, this movie is the definitive Batman movie. With over 50 years of comic books to be based upon, it's the one closest to Bob Kane's original vision for Batman. Although there were three more movies to follow after this one, This movie is my most favorite out of them all. I mean, it had an all-star cast involved with it like Kim Basinger, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Palance, and Jerry Hall. Heck, even Batman creator Bob Kane has a cameo in the movie. Who wouldn't like it?? This Two-Disc Special Edition includes features such as Audio Commentary by director Tim Burton, Legends of the Dark Knight Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight Parts 1-3 Beyond Batman Documentary Galleries, On the Set with Bob Kane featurette, and three music videos by Prince. Definitely worth getting if you're a Batman fan.
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Batman directed by Tim Burton is a cool and classic action adventure. Jack Nicholson is perfectly cast as the Joker, his laugh is wickedly memorable. Kim Basinger is great as well, too bad she's always being typecast. I love Michael Keaton as Batman, he's funny, suspicious, and fits the role to a T. Buy this 1989 blockbuster today!
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The Good Things
*Some good action scenes, especially at the end.
*Very solid cinematography. Seems very fresh and original. Quite a few strong images.
*Pretty dark and moody, but not overwhelmingly so.
*Production design is completely awesome. Gotham City is very imaginatively designed. The Batmobile is still probably the best in this film. The Batwing is cool. There are loads of nifty gadgets, cool costumes, and good sets.
*Storyline is not too bad. Lots of memorable scenes. Has a good amount of drama, romance, action, and snippets of comedy.
*Characters are good and well-acted. Michael Keaton is cool. Jack Nicholson makes a good, funny, somewhat menacing Joker.
*Music score is good, and there are a few good late 80s songs in there (lots of Prince!).
The Bad Things
*Seems a bit long or slow in the first hour or so.
The Questionable Things
*Some parts are a little goofy (but it's not too bad in this case).
Even though the newer Batman films are stronger in a lot of ways, this version is still quite original and entertaining. It has good characters, a pretty good story, and some excellent production designs throughout. The ending has a lot of great action too. Definately reccomended for anybody who is interested in comic-book heroes.
The one-disc version has okay image and sound quality, and no special features. The two-disc version has good quality and a number of featurettes.
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I remember seeing this film for the first time a long time ago. It is really much better than batman and Robin and a bit more better than batman forever. This is one film that is a favorite just the mega popular film Ghostbusters!!
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This movie was good and it had the action and all the batman stuff but the joker could have been better in my opion but other than that four star movie in my book.
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