I think Nicholson plays The Joker the best of all of them. There's no tragic circumstances that create the monster... He just ends up dipped and surgically altered and the violence and madness that he always had inside comes out the rest of the way. He is by far the most dangerous and grotesque of the Jokers.
Batman's plane is called the Batwing. _Batman_ 1966 is an intentional comedy, but all the actors play their roles seriously, which is what makes it so funny. It's such a fun watch.
Yeah, I like to recommend Batman '66. I think it's every bit as good as, say, Airplane! or the Naked Gun movies. (I'd say better, even than Top Secret!, another underrated camp/satire classic.) It's what Batman & Robin wanted to be.
@@MalcomMcLeod What, do you think they accidentally edited those "BIFF!"s and "POW!"s on the the screen? It was deliberately very colourful and very silly for it's target audience which would have been kids, like a comic book come to life. Very much like pantomime. Superheroes weren't in the public eye they way they are today.
I laughed when you said you were excited to see his “slow descent Into madness”. I was thinking, welllll this movie it’s more like a backflip double twist into madness (the chemical vat) 😂
I was OB-SESSED with this movie back in '89! I got a job at a local theater just so I could see it for free as many times as I wanted. It's a little rough around the edges compared to modern Batman movies but to me it's one of the best!
@@shen-long9082 Why in the holy fuck would you think this is an appropriate thing to say to a stranger, ever? Super possessive, misogynistic, sexually-aggressive, and just straight aggressive. You need to go have a long, hard think about your truly fucked-up values. Reading some literature on basic feminism and the oppression of the "gilded cage" probably wouldn't go amiss, either. Takes about 30 minutes at the outside.
I love the museum scene: Jack Nicholson in a Tim Burton movie dancing to Prince music. Michael Keaton is also awesome as Batman. Thank you Jen for another great pick and great reaction.
@@chrisleebowers Might want to check your sources on that one cheif. Mark Canton, WB producer reached out to Princes manager Al Magnoli to do the score, because Prince was so prolific at that time after Purple Rain's soundtrack won him so many awards; and he thought he would be perfect to capture the energy of the script they were working on. And when presented with the idea Prince jumped at it because he, a black male, loved Batman and the idea of what the comic Batman stood for; he even use to play the 60's Batman theme on the piano when he was first learning to play the plethora of instruments he now wields. Then there was Tim Burton who during filming would use 1999 and Baby I'm a Star as temporary place holders for certain scenes, so when they mentioned Prince Burton also jumped at the chance to have one of his idols do a separate soundtrack. As for the doing three tracks in one night, maybe, but neither Prince nor Burton have claimed this in any of their interviews that I've seen and I've seen/read a lot of them, I'd dare say all of them. Also, no research in the comic world has ever "shown" that batman is not popular with minority males. Please cite your work on that one I'd be curious to see what state they did this "study" in and why. Sounds like a bad thesis topic for a business majors senior paper. They originally wanted him to colab with Michael Jackson but the two artists were in the middle of their silly 80's clash. Simply put, they choose Prince because the dude is stupidly talented and he could do no wrong in the 80's.
I remember I was seeing Last Crusade in a huge theater when it came out, and they showed the trailer for this movie. The audience went insane. It sounded as if, given a choice, everybody in the theater would have forgotten about Indy and watched Batman instead.
I remember those Indy screenings - We knew they HAD to show the Bat-trailer first, and we probably wouldn’t have paid attention to Indy if they didn’t get it out of our system. 😁
A double feature of this and Last Crusade, with fans cosplaying everybody from these 2 movies, themed snacks, trivia before the movie and a star or two doing a Q & A and meet-and-greet........ that would be ONE HELL of a night!
I think this is my favorite Batman movie. Keaton absolutely brilliant, the best costume (my opinion), Jack Nicholson as Joker is phenomenal. The score by Danny Elfman (who has worked with Tim Burton many times) one of the best in the franchise and Prince handling the songs. Its near perfect. Edit: the scene where the Joker fries the guy when he shakes his hand and then starts to talk to the corpse is one of a kind. Oh and the plane is called Batwing.
This will always be one of my all time favorite movies. Even after all the newer comic book movies, this one still holds up as the best. While Superman laid the groundwork for what comic book movies could be but Batman brought it up to another level. Avengers Endgame is the closest thing today to how I could describe how popular and successful it was in 1989. I spent many weekends watching this on VHS throughout the 90s. I'm glad you liked it Jen! I recommend you see Batman Returns as well!
The only amendment I'd make to this is that Batman Returns is the best ever Batman movie. Michelle Pieffer is a great Catwoman, and Danny's Penguin is creepily memorable. And who could forget Pee Wee Herman as Penguin's dad. That movie had it all, and the best ever Bruce Batman actor in living memory.
We traveled to watch this. It was on the other side of town, at one of two theaters that had THX and 70mm projection. Hearing the Joker walk off screen and talk behind the audience was such a new thing at the time.We traveled to watch this. It was on the other side of town, at one of two theaters that had THX and 70mm projection. Hearing the Joker walk off screen and talk behind the audience was such a new thing at the time.
19:25 There was a real contest to win a "Batmobile" used in this movie! "ABC" had "The Drew Carey Show" sitcom. In that show he won it and so they had fun with it! 😊
I'm so old I saw this movie in theaters. People loved this movie so much that they stayed in theaters just to see the trailers before this movie came out. It was so insane that people cheered when this movie came into the screens in my hometown. This movie is the best of all the Batman movies in my opinion.
There is a 1966 Batman movie based on the TV show with Adam West. Also. Mark Hamill (aka Luke Skywalker) was the voice of the Joker in Batman the Animated Series. In this movie, Billy Dee Williams(aka Lando Calrissian) plays Harvey Dent.
Fun Fact: There are two actors who played pilots who attacked the Death Star in the first Star Wars film: Eckhardt played Porkins, the first pilot to die, and the father of the tourists at the beginning was Biggs, Luke’s best friend who gets killed by Darth Vader. And of course, there was Harvey Dent, who was Lando Calrissian.
Oh, my gosh, I hadn't watched this in years! So much '80s cheese, but what a *brilliant* performance by Jack Nicholson! That man is the master of creepiness! 😱
9:57 In the comics written and drawn by their respective creators, "Superman" had the "LL" alliteration while "Batman" had a "VV" alliteration for their respective supporting characters. 😀 However, for Batman, "Vickie Vale" seems to be the only one people remember now. Compare that to Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Lex Luthor, Lionel Luthor, Lori Lemaris, et cetera. 😮
So if you haven’t figured it out yet. They gave Jack Prosthetic Makeup to give him those very defined cheeks. The smile is permanently grafted to his face. Even when he’s angry he still smiles. Fun fact: he wears the layers of makeup for the flesh colored scenes. A base layer, the white, and an oil based flesh color. The rag he uses to wipe off the flesh color was soaked in alcohol. As well as the pitcher of water. It was alcohol. That way only the flesh color would wipe off leaving the white untouched.
I suggest the underrated Tim Burton movie "Mars Attacks!". It's packed with stars (Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Michael J. Fox, Glenn Close, Natalie Portman.....).
This movie was huge, HUGE, back in 89. It was the first movie that took comic books seriously and us comic geeks loved it. Jack as the Joker, the sets, the costumes, the batmobile, Elfman's score, Prince's soundtrack, and let's be honest here .. Kim Basinger, everything was amazing. People got bent out of shape about Keaton ("Mr Mom is Batman?? What a joke!") until they actually saw him. I didn't hear many complaints afterward. I saw this one twice on opening day and nine times that summer and constantly listened to the Prince soundtrack and the Elfman score on cassette LOL Glad ya liked it, Jen!
The Batman movie serials were a serious, pulp/noir take on Batman in the 1940s. Superman was a serious comic book film. But Batman was, at the time, largely associated with the 1960s TV show in the popular consciousness. And that was campy goofiness. So it was nice to get a more serious version of the character on film.
2.9K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! ☺️ Notes: That's the "Batwing"! I miss the "BATMAN" breakfast cereal that was out back then. It was like "Cap'n Crunch" but shaped like Batman's logo. I've never seen anyone with a matching mole on each arm before I began viewing this video! They balance you when they're asymmetrical, usually. I tried to wipe them off of my smartphone screen until your arms moved, and I saw them for what they are! 😅😂
I saw this in the theater several times. I own a collector edition of the Prince soundtrack in a circular black metal can with the Batman emblem embossed on the cover. I just could not get enough of this version of Batman, and even though it seems campy by today's standards, it's still rates at least second in the top Batman movies on my list. Michael Keaton was the best Bruce Wayne/Batman of all the actors to play the role.
Jen, hi! 😊 Kim was also making "My Stepmother is an Alien" as the titular character. (Co-starring Dan Akroyd, Alyson Hannogan & Seth Green!) It is said that she had to force herself to remember which character she was meant to be playing and where and when!) It's too bad that you didn't get to see that movie, too, right after this one!
I have 2 guys that are my Batman. Michael Keaton in the first 2 movies and Kevin Conroy in the animated series (and most animated and game adaptations of Bruce/Batman for nearly 2 decades). When they announced that Michael Keaton was going to put that suit on one more time for The Flash I nearly jumped out of my seat cheering lol Seeing him in that suit after 30 years and hearing that classic "I'm Batman" was like revisting my teen years (I was 16 when Batman came out)
You have to understand Jen, no one had ever done a super hero to this magnitude till this. This was promoted heavily months in advance and people were going crazy. I still remember seeing this in the theater. I don't it holds up that great, but its still a great movie and a fantastic reaction!!!
@@0PsychosisMedia0 Good point, but Supes was a little easier, and certainly more of a straight translation (not to take anything away from those films, in particular the stellar performances and ground-breaking FX). The Keaton/Burton Batman was basically the first "serious" Batman to hit any screen, ever. Stylistically emphasizing the Gothic nature of the narrative and the early comics was a very cool choice.
I think this is the movie that provided the standards for Batman for years to come. From the "I'm Batman" line to Bruce Wayne giving Batman a different voice to make the disguise more complete.
By far one of my favourite renditions of Gotham City. Tim Burton’s Gotham is an amazing mix of Art Deco, Gothic, and Industrial architecture to create a terrifying dystopian city which looks like it’s stuck between the 1930s and late 80s. This was very much inspired by the city depicted in the movie Metropolis. The Nolan films went for a more modern setting with Begins looking pretty good still had hints of Art Deco and Gothic but the two sequels lacked in this department, looked more like Chicago than Gotham City. I love the Nolan movies but not a big fan of it's Gotham compared to Burtons or The new Batman film. The 90s Animated Series would also use this same aesthetic naming it “Dark Deco” but the show dived more into the 1930s feel technically it took place in the 1990s but Gotham had this really cool aesthetic where 1930s fashion was still popular, people drove around in classic looking vehicles, and gangsters used Tommy guns and wore retro looking suits all very much something you’d see in the 1930s. But they’re was a hybrid so we also had computers and high tech equipment which looked both futuristic but retro at the same time alongside these 1930s inspired elements. The city of Metropolis (Superman’s home city) on the other hand is the complete opposite of Gotham. Metropolis goes for a more 1950s retro futuristic artistic while also having a lot of Art Deco. It’s the city of the future in the eyes of the 1950s. In the movies though Metropolis doesn’t look that different to New York or Chicago unfortunately we’re still to see a solid depiction of Metropolis from the Comics. Batman Live Action Movie Universes Burtonverse Batman 89 Batman Returns Batman 89 comic's Schumacher movies - Originally set in the same continuity as the Burton films, New Batman 89 comic's retcon these two movies. Batman Forever Batman & Robin Norlanverse - No connection to the Burton or Schumacher universes Batman Begins Batman The Dark Knight Batman The Dark Knight Rises DCEU - No connection to these other films, DCEU has no Batman film yet he appears in others. Batman Vs Superman The Justice League Reevesverse - No connection to the DCEU or other Batman films The Batman The Batman 2 (Confirmed)
"You are my number 1 guy" is like a job I had many years ago where the guy in charge told me "you're our best worker". Then later we realized that he told everybody that same thing that night.
Michael Keaton was the best Batman because no thought he could pull it off; while Jack was the best Joker because he totally projected the Joker as presented in the comics.
5:18 "I'm not really a gambler. I've not had much luck, any time I've ever gone." Yeah. Gambling is not the sort of activity in which one engages in the legitimate hopes of suddenly striking it rich. The odds _always_ favor the house. I mean, why do you think casinos can afford to look so nice? Because they're always giving away jackpots?
I liked that they allude to Jack already being mental long before his acid bath (and then later when looking at his psyche files), and that his transformation basically gave him an excuse to totally indulge. Also love that his literal Joker smile was done surgically to repair his face and hold his nerves together (pretty dark).
What makes Keaton's version of Bruce Wayne such an amazing disguise is that, whereas Christian Bale went all-out with the drunken rowdiness, Keaton's Bruce is so unremarkable that you'd meet him once... then forget everything about him the moment he was out of sight. He's barely worth noticing in spite of all his money. Which is PRECISELY why no one in their right mind would suspect him.
24:40 To answer your question, while not in the movie itself, the novelization and comic adaptation reveals that the $20 million in cash is counterfeit, tying in with his statement Joker made earlier about wanting his face on the dollar bill.
This is one of my favorite movies of all-time. I'm kinda not sure why; I'm not a huge Batman fan. But something about it resonates with me in a way I can't articulate, in part because I don't really understand what it is. There are just so many lines and scenes in here that I enjoy. It also inspired the feel and look of "Batman: The Animated Series" which is perhaps the greatest cartoon of all-time. Definitely worth checking out (it technically lasted 4 seasons, but really 3; the 4th was done by an entirely different team so it's just not the same). It's a lot to react to, so if you're not interested enough to want to invest that much time in it, that's cool, but I'd still recommend you react to a few episodes; maybe have a poll with the 20 highest rated eps, and watch the top 5? Something like that. I really didn't like the 2nd movie, Batman Returns, at all. Near as I can figure, it just isn't really a Batman movie. Some people like it though; there's a surprising amount of people who like it better than the first, as far as I can tell. (Most of the time, it seems like there's a consensus in a situation like this, but with these two, while I think most people prefer the first, there's a fairly large contingent of people who prefer the 2nd.) So... I don't think it's a good Batman movie, because it's not really a Batman movie, but it seems to not be a bad movie. It's just not what I was looking for. I bring that up in part because I want to make a point about the 3rd movie, Batman Forever. First of all, real quick: fantastic soundtrack. It's not, like, Star Wars, it's doesn't have some iconic score, but there are few soundtracks - maybe none? - that is actually music from and inspired by a movie that are as good as Batman Forever's. But also... many people will tell you Batman Forever is bad. I respectfully disagree. While I agree that it isn't good, I'm not sure it's bad either; really, it's just fucking *weird*. But, to me at least, it's weird in an interesting way. If you're not interesting in watching it (maybe you don't intend to watch even the 2nd, or maybe you'll watch the 2nd and decide you're done after those 2, because those are the only 2 Burton/Keaton Batmen), fair enough. But I would say don't skip it just because you hear it's bad. (Skip "Batman & Robin" for that reason though. Honestly, it wanted to be campy but it wasn't, it was *terrible*. Instead, watch Batman '66; that found the perfect tone to be campy and funny and silly. Batman & Robin wanted to be Batman '66 but didn't come remotely close.) I honestly think Val Kilmer is really really good as Batman (although the material is... he deserved better). It's got such a weird tone, but it's weird/interesting not weird/bad (IMO, of course), and the cast... Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, and Nicole Kidman, like Val Kilmer, do as much as they possibly could've with what they're given, I think. The only bad casting was Chris O'Donnell, whom I like enough but he's supposed to be, like, a 14-16 year old Dick Grayson but he's a 35 year old man. Just... an odd choice.
For me this is the best Batman movie. It is so close to the comic book feeling and the animated series. People did not want Michael Keaton as Batman, but to me he plays them both perfectly while in all the other movies the actor nails eighter the Bruce Wayne part or the Batman part or they don`t get the screen time for both roles right. It is the same in the Spiderman movies besides Tom Holland who plays both Peter Parker good and Spiderman good. + Here you get every possible confrontation and Bruce has to learn who The Joker is. Bruce first meets Jack Napier when he kills his parents and then you have three face offs. Batman against Jack Napier, Bruce Wayne against The Joker and then in the epic finale Batman VS The Joker.
The last gag of the Joker's that was found on his body was a semi-popular novelty around that time that could be found through mail-order or in malls at Spencer's Gifts. It was a block of plastic about the size and shape of one quarter of a brick. Inside it had a sound playback mechanism similar to a Speak-N-Spell except it was battery driven and just looped through a really demented HAhaHAhaHAha....! They didn’t show the front of the bag in the movie but it had "Bag 'O Laughs" printed on it.
Danny Elfman's film score is AWESOME. Great orchestrations by Steve Bartek. Performed with perfection by the Sinfonia of London conducted by the late and great Shirley Walker.
If you were a kid in 1989.....no other movie existed but this and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. One of the biggest blockbusters of the summer! Saw it at the tender age of 9 in a packed local theater with lines that stretched around the block, but damn did we have so much FUN!!!!!!
29:05 The jet is called The Batwing. Batman Returns is pretty good, but after that, once Joel Schumacher took over, they were much more camp with the brooding shadows of Gotham replaced with Neon lit sets. Still, they are a fun ride, if not very good.
My favorite quote is " As though we were made for each other... Beauty and the beast. Course anyone else calls you beast, I'll rip their lungs out." I used to say that to my ex, hilarious 😂😂😂
The Adam West "Batman" series also has a theatrical movie. In it actress Lee Meriwether substituted for actress Julie Newmar who did the series. Both played the Caucasian "Selina Kyle/Catwoman"! Julie's version dies and is succeeded by Eartha Kitt's version. I mention that because the movie chain that began with this one used to end with Halle Berry movie "Catwoman". Her version replacing actress Michelle Pfeiffer's version. (See, precedent established!) But now the new chain link is the movie "The Flash"! 😎
My favorite superhero movie of all time. I love how it fuses the campy Batman of the 60's with the new darker Batman which emerged in the comics in the 80's, especially in how it portrays the Joker.
Mark Hamil does the voice of the Joker on Batman the animated series. You absolutely must watch it. Mark Hamil is the Joker. Kevin Conroy is Batman, and Arleen Sorkin is Harley Quinn, and I mean that quite literally. Search Harley Quinn origin and you will see what I mean.
Jen, they weren't sure of Tim Burton for this movie, but then Beetlejuice came out and it was a smash hit, giving Tim the respect that they gave him Batman
This movie influenced a lot of things about Batman and superhero movies in general. However I think the biggest lasting thing from it is that Batman's musical theme is still being used occasionally in other things.
Batman movies have a history of unorthodox casting choices. Michael Keaton was known in the late 80s as a comedy actor and a stand up comedian. His casting was very controversial when the movie came out. To this day he’s still my favorite actor for Bruce Wayne. He looks believable as a guy people would overlook or not expect to be a hero. He’s calm but awkward and charming. They would do this again later in the Dark Knight Rises with Heath Ledger, who was typecast as a leading man in romantic comedies before playing Joker. On a side note, we came very close to having Robin Williams as the Joker in this film.
To me Nicholson is synonymous with creepy. In my youth the first movies I saw him in were Cuckoo`s Nesting and The Shining. When I heard he was replacing Cesar Romero as the joker it made perfect sense.
Saw this when it came out with the whole family (wife, FIL, MIL, SIL) while on vacation. It was everything Batman fans wanted that grew up with the cheesy TV series. It was dark humor and macabre; a true return to the heavy edginess of the original comics.
Batwing was the name of his plane. His vehicles names usually begin with bat Infront of it. Batmobile, batwing, batboat, batcycle, batcopter. Stuff like that.
This is one of the great movie scores in cinematic history, Probably, top ten at least. And it adds so much to the movie in terms of mood and atmosphere.
I like how Bruce lures Joker into shooting him in the chest. Bruce Wayne is TOO smart for the Joker at times. But, alas they are destined to do this forever.
4:32 Alec "The Shadow" Baldwin's future wife and mother of their children and stepmother to others. By now, have you seen KB being one of Sean Connery's "Bond Girls/Babes"? 🤔
The actual killer of Batman's parents in the comic book was a small time hood named Joe Chill. Tim Burton changed it to Jack Napier for dramatic effect.
I believe that this Batman laid the ground work for Batman: The Animated Series. The design of the Batmobile, the Bat wing, the look of the 30's in a modern setting. Also, the man who drew the cartoon for Knox was Bob Kane, the man who is credited with creating Batman.
Yes Joker killed Alicia, and Joker arrived at Vale’s Apt with a much more dark and sinister purpose….The R word. The only reason he left is because he fired a gun indoors and the cops would more than likely be on the way.
Me , my father and brothers loved this movie so much that we always reference it. my favorite line is " I want my face on the 1 dollar bill" and I always answer it as a joke
Beetlejuice came out about a year before this film. In the theater when this came out when he's in Vale's apartment and says, "You wanna get nuts" someone in the audience yelled 'Beetlejuice' and the whole place laughed because it does sound just like him.
"I'm Batman." Yeah, I think Michael Keaton was the first one to utter those words in that way. Then they overused it in the animated cartoon series, which was still cool, but it got old. But that term had become part of our pop culture.
It would be really cool to see you reacting to the Batman movies in release order! Everyone usually skips the third and fourth movies (Batman Forever and Batman & Robin), so you’d be breaking new ground as a YT reacter! Every instalment offers something a little different in terms of style (and quite often, in terms of who’s playing Batman), though the quality varies quite drastically. As for this first one, it’s still my favourite Bat movie. It’s so stylish, theatrical and dark, but also tongue-in-cheek. I think it’s also the best-designed Batman movie… and I was so happy to hear you call out the music, Jen, as it’s one of my all-time favourite movie scores! It turns the whole piece into a grand opera, and to be honest, we rarely experience such a pure and bombastic melding of sight and sound in modern movies. It all feels a little too intellectual these days… but that’s a whole different subject. Fun fact: it’s never made clear in the movie itself, but the money Joker hands out at the end is bogus. Remember how he said he wanted his face on the one dollar bill? Well, he did it! Every note has his face on, so the festival is his biggest gag - he tricked everyone to their deaths by playing on their greed. I’m not sure why this was left out of the final cut of the film, but it was probably for pacing. To be honest, the whole climax is a little messy, but the movie carries it off anyway.
15:08 _"Dancing around like a maniac."_ 17:20 _"I get he went nuts but like the other guys are just dancing around. . .they're just what? Like they just love to dance."_ Hey now, I dance around my home all the time.¹ 🕺🏼 _All the time._ 11:18 That face and sound *Joker* makes after saying, _"Wait till they get a load of me,"_ that sort of _"Ooop. . .Ooop"_ sound is probably my favorite moment in the film. Great reaction. So glad you enjoyed the film. 😊 ··•●✺●•·· ¹ ─ Virtually anywhere, tbh. 😎
It's an _amazing_ coincidence that you're watching this, when just two days ago I introduced my son to this _'Batman'_ movie, and then the following three (though modern thinking is now that only this and the sequel are from _this_ universe, whilst _'Batman Forever'_ and _'Batman & Robin'_ are in a separate universe altogether; you'll see why, if you’re watching the rest)… My son now loves *Batman* but says that this movie, _'Batman'_ (1989), is actually last on his list, with the two aforementioned Schumacher films being his favourite (but then, they are definitely aimed more at younger kids, and my son is 8, nearly 9)! Anyway, I thought it's an amazing coinkidink that we watched _'Batman'_ two days ago, _'Batman Returns'_ and _'Batman Forever'_ yesterday, then _'Batman & Robin'_ earlier today, then you watch it this evening! Sending love from Nottingham, UK, from both my son and I. 🥰❤️🥰❤️ *P.S. -* It's _never_ mentioned, and it's really subtle, but the corruption of Gotham City is shown in the opening scene _before_ the family go down the alley & get mugged; a pr0$t¡tute literally ignored the parents & approached/propositioned _the little boy,_ a frickin _child_ who couldn't have been older than 11! _That's_ how far Gotham has fallen!
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"Harvey Dent? Is he a good guy or a bad guy?"
Me: Yes.
I think Nicholson plays The Joker the best of all of them. There's no tragic circumstances that create the monster... He just ends up dipped and surgically altered and the violence and madness that he always had inside comes out the rest of the way. He is by far the most dangerous and grotesque of the Jokers.
And as you can see, he's a lot happier 😁
Bob: ".. If the boss is happy, I'm happy."
While Heath Ledger is my all time favorite Joker, Jack Nicholson is definitely one of my top 3.
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I love "Batman: The Animated Series" from the 90's! It even got the same "Batman"- theme from Danny Elfman.
The Animated Series was a continuation. Batman Beyond continued that.
No it wasn’t. For one thing, the Joker is alive in The Animated Series.
I just bought the entire series on blu-ray. Also, I met Matt Brundage, an artist from the show. He hand drew me a pic of The Joker and signed it.
It wasn't a direct continuation but it did take a lot of inspiration from the movie especially the tone and feel of Gotham.
One of the most amazing animated shows ever IMO, SO GOOD
Batman's plane is called the Batwing.
_Batman_ 1966 is an intentional comedy, but all the actors play their roles seriously, which is what makes it so funny. It's such a fun watch.
Yeah, I like to recommend Batman '66. I think it's every bit as good as, say, Airplane! or the Naked Gun movies. (I'd say better, even than Top Secret!, another underrated camp/satire classic.)
It's what Batman & Robin wanted to be.
I don't know about intentional comedy, but definitely campy and family friendly. It was such a long time ago and a different time in history.
@@MalcomMcLeod The creators wrote it as a parody of the 1949 Batman movie serial. The comedic tones are completely intentional.
@@MalcomMcLeod What, do you think they accidentally edited those "BIFF!"s and "POW!"s on the the screen?
It was deliberately very colourful and very silly for it's target audience which would have been kids, like a comic book come to life. Very much like pantomime.
Superheroes weren't in the public eye they way they are today.
I laughed when you said you were excited to see his “slow descent Into madness”. I was thinking, welllll this movie it’s more like a backflip double twist into madness (the chemical vat) 😂
I was OB-SESSED with this movie back in '89! I got a job at a local theater just so I could see it for free as many times as I wanted. It's a little rough around the edges compared to modern Batman movies but to me it's one of the best!
So much fun! 👍
@@jenmurrayxo WE were all obsessed. I was blown away by the soundtrack.
@@mikesilva3868 are you referring to Batman v Superman?
@@shen-long9082 Bruh, take a chill-pill or, you know...the whole bottle.
@@shen-long9082 Why in the holy fuck would you think this is an appropriate thing to say to a stranger, ever? Super possessive, misogynistic, sexually-aggressive, and just straight aggressive.
You need to go have a long, hard think about your truly fucked-up values. Reading some literature on basic feminism and the oppression of the "gilded cage" probably wouldn't go amiss, either. Takes about 30 minutes at the outside.
I love the museum scene: Jack Nicholson in a Tim Burton movie dancing to Prince music. Michael Keaton is also awesome as Batman. Thank you Jen for another great pick and great reaction.
@@chrisleebowers Might want to check your sources on that one cheif. Mark Canton, WB producer reached out to Princes manager Al Magnoli to do the score, because Prince was so prolific at that time after Purple Rain's soundtrack won him so many awards; and he thought he would be perfect to capture the energy of the script they were working on. And when presented with the idea Prince jumped at it because he, a black male, loved Batman and the idea of what the comic Batman stood for; he even use to play the 60's Batman theme on the piano when he was first learning to play the plethora of instruments he now wields.
Then there was Tim Burton who during filming would use 1999 and Baby I'm a Star as temporary place holders for certain scenes, so when they mentioned Prince Burton also jumped at the chance to have one of his idols do a separate soundtrack. As for the doing three tracks in one night, maybe, but neither Prince nor Burton have claimed this in any of their interviews that I've seen and I've seen/read a lot of them, I'd dare say all of them.
Also, no research in the comic world has ever "shown" that batman is not popular with minority males. Please cite your work on that one I'd be curious to see what state they did this "study" in and why. Sounds like a bad thesis topic for a business majors senior paper. They originally wanted him to colab with Michael Jackson but the two artists were in the middle of their silly 80's clash.
Simply put, they choose Prince because the dude is stupidly talented and he could do no wrong in the 80's.
Jack Nicholson captured The Joker's manic glee better than other portrayals of the character
People talk about Hans Zimmer and the Nolan trilogy, but Danny Freaking Elfman has THE quintessential Batman theme.
“This town needs an enema!” So many quotable lines. Phenomenal movie.
"He got a little hot under the collar, hahahaha"
@@orarinnsnorrason4614 “Haven’t you heard of the healing power of laughter ⁉️”😂😂😂😂😂
“Never rub a man’s rhubarb” or his impersonation of Jack Palance is good to when tells Bob “Your my number one guy’
"Wait'll they get a load of me"
I remember I was seeing Last Crusade in a huge theater when it came out, and they showed the trailer for this movie. The audience went insane. It sounded as if, given a choice, everybody in the theater would have forgotten about Indy and watched Batman instead.
I remember those Indy screenings - We knew they HAD to show the Bat-trailer first, and we probably wouldn’t have paid attention to Indy if they didn’t get it out of our system. 😁
Batman made about 54 million dollars more at the box office, so it would seem many more people did see it
89 was a great year for movies.
@@logann7942 it definitely was
A double feature of this and Last Crusade, with fans cosplaying everybody from these 2 movies, themed snacks, trivia before the movie and a star or two doing a Q & A and meet-and-greet........ that would be ONE HELL of a night!
I think this is my favorite Batman movie. Keaton absolutely brilliant, the best costume (my opinion), Jack Nicholson as Joker is phenomenal. The score by Danny Elfman (who has worked with Tim Burton many times) one of the best in the franchise and Prince handling the songs. Its near perfect.
Edit: the scene where the Joker fries the guy when he shakes his hand and then starts to talk to the corpse is one of a kind. Oh and the plane is called Batwing.
👍
Best costume, the only problem is they made the cowl too thick and he couldn't turn his head. They fixed that for the sequel.
Batwing, also Batplane and Batjet.
When he says "I'm glad you're dead." and starts laughing maniacally it scared me so much as a kid. I loved it though.
This will always be one of my all time favorite movies. Even after all the newer comic book movies, this one still holds up as the best. While Superman laid the groundwork for what comic book movies could be but Batman brought it up to another level. Avengers Endgame is the closest thing today to how I could describe how popular and successful it was in 1989. I spent many weekends watching this on VHS throughout the 90s. I'm glad you liked it Jen! I recommend you see Batman Returns as well!
The only amendment I'd make to this is that Batman Returns is the best ever Batman movie. Michelle Pieffer is a great Catwoman, and Danny's Penguin is creepily memorable. And who could forget Pee Wee Herman as Penguin's dad. That movie had it all, and the best ever Bruce Batman actor in living memory.
We traveled to watch this. It was on the other side of town, at one of two theaters that had THX and 70mm projection. Hearing the Joker walk off screen and talk behind the audience was such a new thing at the time.We traveled to watch this. It was on the other side of town, at one of two theaters that had THX and 70mm projection. Hearing the Joker walk off screen and talk behind the audience was such a new thing at the time.
19:25 There was a real contest to win a "Batmobile" used in this movie! "ABC" had "The Drew Carey Show" sitcom. In that show he won it and so they had fun with it! 😊
BATMAN RETURNS (1992) is even better!
I'm so old I saw this movie in theaters. People loved this movie so much that they stayed in theaters just to see the trailers before this movie came out. It was so insane that people cheered when this movie came into the screens in my hometown. This movie is the best of all the Batman movies in my opinion.
20:10 Their official homage to "Raiders of the Lost Ark"! 😊
There is a 1966 Batman movie based on the TV show with Adam West. Also. Mark Hamill (aka Luke Skywalker) was the voice of the Joker in Batman the Animated Series. In this movie, Billy Dee Williams(aka Lando Calrissian) plays Harvey Dent.
Fun Fact: There are two actors who played pilots who attacked the Death Star in the first Star Wars film: Eckhardt played Porkins, the first pilot to die, and the father of the tourists at the beginning was Biggs, Luke’s best friend who gets killed by Darth Vader.
And of course, there was Harvey Dent, who was Lando Calrissian.
Porkins slipped on a banana peel.
Oh, my gosh, I hadn't watched this in years! So much '80s cheese, but what a *brilliant* performance by Jack Nicholson! That man is the master of creepiness! 😱
9:57 In the comics written and drawn by their respective creators, "Superman" had the "LL" alliteration while "Batman" had a "VV" alliteration for their respective supporting characters. 😀
However, for Batman, "Vickie Vale" seems to be the only one people remember now. Compare that to Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Lex Luthor, Lionel Luthor, Lori Lemaris, et cetera. 😮
Was it just me or was Jen turning into Harley Quinn?? “Drop him the liquid!! Drop him in the liquid!!” Such enthusiasm! Great reaction
Actually haven't seen Suicide Squad, should I?
@@jenmurrayxoonly for Harley as the MVP, otherwise, skip.
So if you haven’t figured it out yet. They gave Jack
Prosthetic Makeup to give him those very defined cheeks. The smile is permanently grafted to his face. Even when he’s angry he still smiles. Fun fact: he wears the layers of makeup for the flesh colored scenes. A base layer, the white, and an oil based flesh color. The rag he uses to wipe off the flesh color was soaked in alcohol. As well as the pitcher of water. It was alcohol. That way only the flesh color would wipe off leaving the white untouched.
I suggest the underrated Tim Burton movie "Mars Attacks!". It's packed with stars (Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Michael J. Fox, Glenn Close, Natalie Portman.....).
I just discovered that the movie Mars Attacks is based off of baseball like cards from the early 60’s.
Yes! Great movie suggestion.
Please. This movie gets a lot of hate and i don't know why. I think it's also Natalie Portmans first movie.
That movie is hilarious.
Good suggestion.
This movie was huge, HUGE, back in 89. It was the first movie that took comic books seriously and us comic geeks loved it. Jack as the Joker, the sets, the costumes, the batmobile, Elfman's score, Prince's soundtrack, and let's be honest here .. Kim Basinger, everything was amazing. People got bent out of shape about Keaton ("Mr Mom is Batman?? What a joke!") until they actually saw him. I didn't hear many complaints afterward. I saw this one twice on opening day and nine times that summer and constantly listened to the Prince soundtrack and the Elfman score on cassette LOL Glad ya liked it, Jen!
The Batman movie serials were a serious, pulp/noir take on Batman in the 1940s. Superman was a serious comic book film. But Batman was, at the time, largely associated with the 1960s TV show in the popular consciousness. And that was campy goofiness. So it was nice to get a more serious version of the character on film.
That’s not true at all. Richard Donner’s Superman was the first movie that took comic books seriously.
@@DeltaAssaultGaming we can disagree, that's fine.
@@bghammock he's right though. It's not a matter of opinion. It's a fact that Superman did it first.
13:59 Jen's "quill pen kill quip quip"! 😂
2.9K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! ☺️
Notes: That's the "Batwing"!
I miss the "BATMAN" breakfast cereal that was out back then. It was like "Cap'n Crunch" but shaped like Batman's logo.
I've never seen anyone with a matching mole on each arm before I began viewing this video! They balance you when they're asymmetrical, usually.
I tried to wipe them off of my smartphone screen until your arms moved, and I saw them for what they are! 😅😂
I saw this in the theater several times. I own a collector edition of the Prince soundtrack in a circular black metal can with the Batman emblem embossed on the cover. I just could not get enough of this version of Batman, and even though it seems campy by today's standards, it's still rates at least second in the top Batman movies on my list. Michael Keaton was the best Bruce Wayne/Batman of all the actors to play the role.
Jen, hi! 😊 Kim was also making "My Stepmother is an Alien" as the titular character. (Co-starring Dan Akroyd, Alyson Hannogan & Seth Green!) It is said that she had to force herself to remember which character she was meant to be playing and where and when!)
It's too bad that you didn't get to see that movie, too, right after this one!
I have 2 guys that are my Batman. Michael Keaton in the first 2 movies and Kevin Conroy in the animated series (and most animated and game adaptations of Bruce/Batman for nearly 2 decades). When they announced that Michael Keaton was going to put that suit on one more time for The Flash I nearly jumped out of my seat cheering lol Seeing him in that suit after 30 years and hearing that classic "I'm Batman" was like revisting my teen years (I was 16 when Batman came out)
You have to understand Jen, no one had ever done a super hero to this magnitude till this. This was promoted heavily months in advance and people were going crazy. I still remember seeing this in the theater. I don't it holds up that great, but its still a great movie and a fantastic reaction!!!
Except for the Superman movies. The first 2 films were blockbusters with a high budget.
@@0PsychosisMedia0 Good point, but Supes was a little easier, and certainly more of a straight translation (not to take anything away from those films, in particular the stellar performances and ground-breaking FX). The Keaton/Burton Batman was basically the first "serious" Batman to hit any screen, ever. Stylistically emphasizing the Gothic nature of the narrative and the early comics was a very cool choice.
@@nsasupporter7557 Touche, misuer pussycat!!!
I think this is the movie that provided the standards for Batman for years to come. From the "I'm Batman" line to Bruce Wayne giving Batman a different voice to make the disguise more complete.
04:05: Perfect cameo for Bob Kane!
By far one of my favourite renditions of Gotham City. Tim Burton’s Gotham is an amazing mix of Art Deco, Gothic, and Industrial architecture to create a terrifying dystopian city which looks like it’s stuck between the 1930s and late 80s. This was very much inspired by the city depicted in the movie Metropolis. The Nolan films went for a more modern setting with Begins looking pretty good still had hints of Art Deco and Gothic but the two sequels lacked in this department, looked more like Chicago than Gotham City. I love the Nolan movies but not a big fan of it's Gotham compared to Burtons or The new Batman film.
The 90s Animated Series would also use this same aesthetic naming it “Dark Deco” but the show dived more into the 1930s feel technically it took place in the 1990s but Gotham had this really cool aesthetic where 1930s fashion was still popular, people drove around in classic looking vehicles, and gangsters used Tommy guns and wore retro looking suits all very much something you’d see in the 1930s. But they’re was a hybrid so we also had computers and high tech equipment which looked both futuristic but retro at the same time alongside these 1930s inspired elements.
The city of Metropolis (Superman’s home city) on the other hand is the complete opposite of Gotham. Metropolis goes for a more 1950s retro futuristic artistic while also having a lot of Art Deco. It’s the city of the future in the eyes of the 1950s. In the movies though Metropolis doesn’t look that different to New York or Chicago unfortunately we’re still to see a solid depiction of Metropolis from the Comics.
Batman Live Action Movie Universes
Burtonverse
Batman 89
Batman Returns
Batman 89 comic's
Schumacher movies - Originally set in the same continuity as the Burton films, New Batman 89 comic's retcon these two movies.
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Norlanverse - No connection to the Burton or Schumacher universes
Batman Begins
Batman The Dark Knight
Batman The Dark Knight Rises
DCEU - No connection to these other films, DCEU has no Batman film yet he appears in others.
Batman Vs Superman
The Justice League
Reevesverse - No connection to the DCEU or other Batman films
The Batman
The Batman 2 (Confirmed)
I was gonna say this, but you already did, so now I don't need to! 😃
This is still my favourite Batman movie. I love how Gothic and creepy it is.
"You are my number 1 guy" is like a job I had many years ago where the guy in charge told me "you're our best worker". Then later we realized that he told everybody that same thing that night.
Superman came out in '78,
& then it took 11 years for this movie to get made
imagine that now
"His slow decent into madness" 😂
Another rewatch done for you, Jen. I shall do some more later on today.
"Harvey Dent , is this a good guy or a bad guy?" Yes.
FUN FACT
JERRY HALL
was originally cast as
VICKI VALE
"Dunk him in the liquid!" 🤣🤣🤣😂😂💀💀
Michael Keaton was the best Batman because no thought he could pull it off; while Jack was the best Joker because he totally projected the Joker as presented in the comics.
Love your fireplace. My father built one like it in our home when I was a young boy.
5:18 "I'm not really a gambler. I've not had much luck, any time I've ever gone."
Yeah. Gambling is not the sort of activity in which one engages in the legitimate hopes of suddenly striking it rich. The odds _always_ favor the house. I mean, why do you think casinos can afford to look so nice? Because they're always giving away jackpots?
4:00 Cute editor's comment! "Jen the Joker"! 😊
I liked that they allude to Jack already being mental long before his acid bath (and then later when looking at his psyche files), and that his transformation basically gave him an excuse to totally indulge. Also love that his literal Joker smile was done surgically to repair his face and hold his nerves together (pretty dark).
"Is he a good guy or a bad guy?"
Yes.
😅
What makes Keaton's version of Bruce Wayne such an amazing disguise is that, whereas Christian Bale went all-out with the drunken rowdiness, Keaton's Bruce is so unremarkable that you'd meet him once... then forget everything about him the moment he was out of sight. He's barely worth noticing in spite of all his money. Which is PRECISELY why no one in their right mind would suspect him.
24:40
To answer your question, while not in the movie itself, the novelization and comic adaptation reveals that the $20 million in cash is counterfeit, tying in with his statement Joker made earlier about wanting his face on the dollar bill.
This is one of my favorite movies of all-time. I'm kinda not sure why; I'm not a huge Batman fan. But something about it resonates with me in a way I can't articulate, in part because I don't really understand what it is. There are just so many lines and scenes in here that I enjoy. It also inspired the feel and look of "Batman: The Animated Series" which is perhaps the greatest cartoon of all-time. Definitely worth checking out (it technically lasted 4 seasons, but really 3; the 4th was done by an entirely different team so it's just not the same). It's a lot to react to, so if you're not interested enough to want to invest that much time in it, that's cool, but I'd still recommend you react to a few episodes; maybe have a poll with the 20 highest rated eps, and watch the top 5? Something like that.
I really didn't like the 2nd movie, Batman Returns, at all. Near as I can figure, it just isn't really a Batman movie. Some people like it though; there's a surprising amount of people who like it better than the first, as far as I can tell. (Most of the time, it seems like there's a consensus in a situation like this, but with these two, while I think most people prefer the first, there's a fairly large contingent of people who prefer the 2nd.) So... I don't think it's a good Batman movie, because it's not really a Batman movie, but it seems to not be a bad movie. It's just not what I was looking for.
I bring that up in part because I want to make a point about the 3rd movie, Batman Forever. First of all, real quick: fantastic soundtrack. It's not, like, Star Wars, it's doesn't have some iconic score, but there are few soundtracks - maybe none? - that is actually music from and inspired by a movie that are as good as Batman Forever's.
But also... many people will tell you Batman Forever is bad. I respectfully disagree. While I agree that it isn't good, I'm not sure it's bad either; really, it's just fucking *weird*. But, to me at least, it's weird in an interesting way. If you're not interesting in watching it (maybe you don't intend to watch even the 2nd, or maybe you'll watch the 2nd and decide you're done after those 2, because those are the only 2 Burton/Keaton Batmen), fair enough. But I would say don't skip it just because you hear it's bad.
(Skip "Batman & Robin" for that reason though. Honestly, it wanted to be campy but it wasn't, it was *terrible*. Instead, watch Batman '66; that found the perfect tone to be campy and funny and silly. Batman & Robin wanted to be Batman '66 but didn't come remotely close.)
I honestly think Val Kilmer is really really good as Batman (although the material is... he deserved better). It's got such a weird tone, but it's weird/interesting not weird/bad (IMO, of course), and the cast... Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, and Nicole Kidman, like Val Kilmer, do as much as they possibly could've with what they're given, I think. The only bad casting was Chris O'Donnell, whom I like enough but he's supposed to be, like, a 14-16 year old Dick Grayson but he's a 35 year old man. Just... an odd choice.
For me this is the best Batman movie. It is so close to the comic book feeling and the animated series. People did not want Michael Keaton as Batman, but to me he plays them both perfectly while in all the other movies the actor nails eighter the Bruce Wayne part or the Batman part or they don`t get the screen time for both roles right. It is the same in the Spiderman movies besides Tom Holland who plays both Peter Parker good and Spiderman good. + Here you get every possible confrontation and Bruce has to learn who The Joker is. Bruce first meets Jack Napier when he kills his parents and then you have three face offs. Batman against Jack Napier, Bruce Wayne against The Joker and then in the epic finale Batman VS The Joker.
I couldn't agree more. The musical score to this movie is spectacular!
The last gag of the Joker's that was found on his body was a semi-popular novelty around that time that could be found through mail-order or in malls at Spencer's Gifts. It was a block of plastic about the size and shape of one quarter of a brick. Inside it had a sound playback mechanism similar to a Speak-N-Spell except it was battery driven and just looped through a really demented HAhaHAhaHAha....! They didn’t show the front of the bag in the movie but it had "Bag 'O Laughs" printed on it.
This movie can seem a little cheesy these days, but it was revolutionary back in 1989. It also had the most insane marketing campaign I've ever seen.
Danny Elfman's film score is AWESOME. Great orchestrations by Steve Bartek. Performed with perfection by the Sinfonia of London conducted by the late and great Shirley Walker.
Jack Nicholson is THE Joker. With Mark Hamill a very very close second.
Lots of actors have played him, but Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman. Love this movie. Always enjoy your reactions, Jen! Yes, I had fun. :)
If you were a kid in 1989.....no other movie existed but this and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. One of the biggest blockbusters of the summer! Saw it at the tender age of 9 in a packed local theater with lines that stretched around the block, but damn did we have so much FUN!!!!!!
Mark Hamil, aka Luke Skywalker, was the voice of the Joker in Batman the Animated Series
29:05 The jet is called The Batwing.
Batman Returns is pretty good, but after that, once Joel Schumacher took over, they were much more camp with the brooding shadows of Gotham replaced with Neon lit sets. Still, they are a fun ride, if not very good.
And hair colour so natural! only your undertaker knows for sure!
that's my favourite line in the whole movie.
right next to "I thought i was a Pisces!"
You've never banged on a desk demanding pictures of Spiderman?? 😅😅
My favorite quote is " As though we were made for each other... Beauty and the beast. Course anyone else calls you beast, I'll rip their lungs out." I used to say that to my ex, hilarious 😂😂😂
The Adam West "Batman" series also has a theatrical movie. In it actress Lee Meriwether substituted for actress Julie Newmar who did the series. Both played the Caucasian "Selina Kyle/Catwoman"! Julie's version dies and is succeeded by Eartha Kitt's version.
I mention that because the movie chain that began with this one used to end with Halle Berry movie "Catwoman". Her version replacing actress Michelle Pfeiffer's version. (See, precedent established!) But now the new chain link is the movie "The Flash"! 😎
My favorite superhero movie of all time. I love how it fuses the campy Batman of the 60's with the new darker Batman which emerged in the comics in the 80's, especially in how it portrays the Joker.
I was 8 when this came out and it was filmed round the corner from me. I collected the stickers and it was the first album I owned, Prince on vinyl
"GET THE FUNK UP!!!"
batman 1989 and returns are amazing.
Mark Hamil does the voice of the Joker on Batman the animated series. You absolutely must watch it. Mark Hamil is the Joker. Kevin Conroy is Batman, and Arleen Sorkin is Harley Quinn, and I mean that quite literally. Search Harley Quinn origin and you will see what I mean.
Jen, they weren't sure of Tim Burton for this movie, but then Beetlejuice came out and it was a smash hit, giving Tim the respect that they gave him Batman
You ever dance with the devil by the pale moon light?
This movie influenced a lot of things about Batman and superhero movies in general. However I think the biggest lasting thing from it is that Batman's musical theme is still being used occasionally in other things.
Batman movies have a history of unorthodox casting choices. Michael Keaton was known in the late 80s as a comedy actor and a stand up comedian. His casting was very controversial when the movie came out. To this day he’s still my favorite actor for Bruce Wayne. He looks believable as a guy people would overlook or not expect to be a hero. He’s calm but awkward and charming.
They would do this again later in the Dark Knight Rises with Heath Ledger, who was typecast as a leading man in romantic comedies before playing Joker.
On a side note, we came very close to having Robin Williams as the Joker in this film.
this Batman-Movie and the second one with Catwoman and Penguin are so good, like a Show, not just a Movie... far better then the new Movies.
To me Nicholson is synonymous with creepy. In my youth the first movies I saw him in were Cuckoo`s Nesting and The Shining. When I heard he was replacing Cesar Romero as the joker it made perfect sense.
LOL, how old would Cesar have been when this movie came out?
RIP Bob, the best henchman ever.
Saw this when it came out with the whole family (wife, FIL, MIL, SIL) while on vacation. It was everything Batman fans wanted that grew up with the cheesy TV series. It was dark humor and macabre; a true return to the heavy edginess of the original comics.
Batwing was the name of his plane. His vehicles names usually begin with bat Infront of it. Batmobile, batwing, batboat, batcycle, batcopter. Stuff like that.
I got an original copy of the soundtrack on vinyl. Off a decent turntable it sounds brilliant.
9:12 there was some music producer guy
(I think he worked with Dolly Parton)
& he said he had legit never been in every room in his house
This is one of the great movie scores in cinematic history, Probably, top ten at least. And it adds so much to the movie in terms of mood and atmosphere.
Batman Returns is a must for you, now.
To think that critics didn’t want Keaton because he did comedy movies rather than seeing his take on Beetlejuice
Keaton is a fantastic actor, and, Beetlejuice may be his best role ever...
I like how Bruce lures Joker into shooting him in the chest. Bruce Wayne is TOO smart for the Joker at times. But, alas they are destined to do this forever.
3:07 "Jack playing Jack!" I don't think he gets slapped, and he's over 21! He gets whiter! So he's not "Jack Black", "Blackjack", or "Slap Jack"! 😂😅
4:32 Alec "The Shadow" Baldwin's future wife and mother of their children and stepmother to others.
By now, have you seen KB being one of Sean Connery's "Bond Girls/Babes"? 🤔
Superman 78 and Batman 89 are my old school favorites.
Loved them both!!
I once met the actor who played Bob (Tracey Walter) at a wrap party. He is a nice guy that played a lot of weird roles in the 80s and 90s.
07:59 AM - CDST! I'm back for now! 😊
The actual killer of Batman's parents in the comic book was a small time hood named Joe Chill. Tim Burton changed it to Jack Napier for dramatic effect.
I believe that this Batman laid the ground work for Batman: The Animated Series. The design of the Batmobile, the Bat wing, the look of the 30's in a modern setting. Also, the man who drew the cartoon for Knox was Bob Kane, the man who is credited with creating Batman.
my second favorite comic book movie after batman returns, the sequel
Yes Joker killed Alicia, and Joker arrived at Vale’s Apt with a much more dark and sinister purpose….The R word. The only reason he left is because he fired a gun indoors and the cops would more than likely be on the way.
Me , my father and brothers loved this movie so much that we always reference it. my favorite line is " I want my face on the 1 dollar bill" and I always answer it as a joke
Beetlejuice came out about a year before this film. In the theater when this came out when he's in Vale's apartment and says, "You wanna get nuts" someone in the audience yelled 'Beetlejuice' and the whole place laughed because it does sound just like him.
"I'm Batman." Yeah, I think Michael Keaton was the first one to utter those words in that way. Then they overused it in the animated cartoon series, which was still cool, but it got old. But that term had become part of our pop culture.
It would be really cool to see you reacting to the Batman movies in release order! Everyone usually skips the third and fourth movies (Batman Forever and Batman & Robin), so you’d be breaking new ground as a YT reacter! Every instalment offers something a little different in terms of style (and quite often, in terms of who’s playing Batman), though the quality varies quite drastically.
As for this first one, it’s still my favourite Bat movie. It’s so stylish, theatrical and dark, but also tongue-in-cheek. I think it’s also the best-designed Batman movie… and I was so happy to hear you call out the music, Jen, as it’s one of my all-time favourite movie scores! It turns the whole piece into a grand opera, and to be honest, we rarely experience such a pure and bombastic melding of sight and sound in modern movies. It all feels a little too intellectual these days… but that’s a whole different subject.
Fun fact: it’s never made clear in the movie itself, but the money Joker hands out at the end is bogus. Remember how he said he wanted his face on the one dollar bill? Well, he did it! Every note has his face on, so the festival is his biggest gag - he tricked everyone to their deaths by playing on their greed. I’m not sure why this was left out of the final cut of the film, but it was probably for pacing. To be honest, the whole climax is a little messy, but the movie carries it off anyway.
15:08 _"Dancing around like a maniac."_
17:20 _"I get he went nuts but like the other guys are just dancing around. . .they're just what? Like they just love to dance."_
Hey now, I dance around my home all the time.¹ 🕺🏼 _All the time._
11:18 That face and sound *Joker* makes after saying, _"Wait till they get a load of me,"_ that sort of _"Ooop. . .Ooop"_ sound is probably my favorite moment in the film.
Great reaction. So glad you enjoyed the film. 😊
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¹ ─ Virtually anywhere, tbh. 😎
It's an _amazing_ coincidence that you're watching this, when just two days ago I introduced my son to this _'Batman'_ movie, and then the following three (though modern thinking is now that only this and the sequel are from _this_ universe, whilst _'Batman Forever'_ and _'Batman & Robin'_ are in a separate universe altogether; you'll see why, if you’re watching the rest)…
My son now loves *Batman* but says that this movie, _'Batman'_ (1989), is actually last on his list, with the two aforementioned Schumacher films being his favourite (but then, they are definitely aimed more at younger kids, and my son is 8, nearly 9)!
Anyway, I thought it's an amazing coinkidink that we watched _'Batman'_ two days ago, _'Batman Returns'_ and _'Batman Forever'_ yesterday, then _'Batman & Robin'_ earlier today, then you watch it this evening!
Sending love from Nottingham, UK, from both my son and I. 🥰❤️🥰❤️
*P.S. -* It's _never_ mentioned, and it's really subtle, but the corruption of Gotham City is shown in the opening scene _before_ the family go down the alley & get mugged; a pr0$t¡tute literally ignored the parents & approached/propositioned _the little boy,_ a frickin _child_ who couldn't have been older than 11! _That's_ how far Gotham has fallen!