People really don't understand this Batman. This is not a burly fighter Batman. Keaton's Batman was a SLICK Batman. He didn't waste any movements, didn't pull any punches, uses leverage to perform feats of strength that scare the shit out of criminals. This is not a Batman who jumps around like a ninja. He just remains cool, calm, waits for his opportunity, strikes, and moves on. Extremely cool if you ask me.
"Get in the car." "Which one?" "....there is a grand total of two vehicles out here. One is jet black and the other looks like Joker. Which fucking one do you think I'm talking about?"
drlee2 Absolutely! And even though I thought James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer's moody and dreamy score was great, I still would put Mr. Danny Elfman at the top for the Batman composers.
I totally agreed with you, when I saw Ben Affleck as Batman, I dint realize if he was serious playing as batman, cause he isnt neither the close compare to the one and oly original Batman of 1989
As opposed to Bale's Batman who looks like a brutal military style fighter in a batsuit. I agree; Keaton's Batman made this look all but EFFORTLESS, as though HE was the one trained by a clan of shadow society fighters for five years
Keaton's fighting style is not practical in a real fight whereas Bale's is based in reality. Plus Bale was in Batman shape. Lastly, Bale didn't pucker his lips like Keaton did.
*1]* Keaton didn't have the 5 months of training Bale did for the role; more like _4 weeks_. He *still* possessed a better fighting figure than Kilmer OR Clooney [which was surprising; I've seen Clooney kick ass convincingly before]. This just shows however that the actors were working with what was given them. Either way, Keaton, a non-trained actor, *still managed to pull off convincing fight scenes,* even in a suit that was _far more restrictive_ than Bale's. That counts for something. *2]* If you want to go about this "being real", _please_ keep in mind that Burton made a *comic book* movie. That's why his rendition rang _truer_ to the characters AND visual aesthetic than Nolan's. Yes, I too enjoyed the "realism", but it detracted from the sense of the _Batman_ mythos. I *never once* managed to buy Bale in the role, as a convincing Batman, _or_ Bruce Wayne. It's like the Web series _Mortal Kombat: Legacy._ Yes, it had great actors. Yes it was visceral. Yes, it _tried_ for much of the series to keep it as "real' as possible. But *if you strip too many of the elements* in which the story is based, you end up _changing the story_ into something completely different. *3]* To my knowledge, those are Keaton's natural lips. Was that Bale's "natural" voice?
Oddly enough its the cowl. Its inches of latex so he couldn't turn his head, and his brow never moved. Bale breathed through his mouth alot, and was deliberately making a voice to sound scary instead of being natural.
Eric Dixon Bale didn't fight practically. They tried to build him up in begins but never actually showed him fight. (You can make 4 guys fly off you by throwing your arms up, and the camera was deliberately shaky to hide how stiff he was in the costume.) Dark Knight he fought like an average brawler, and came off like he was unsure if the last punch hurt so he put more umph in the next. Dark Knight Rises was summed up with Bane. He fought like a novice. The only time I saw him fight more like he'd have real trainung was the last half of his fight at city hall, when he was redirecting banes attacks. Keaton wasn't the flashiest fighter either since his suits were more restrictive to the dark knight version. (Batman begins was just as stiff except for the knee), but we actually saw him fight more, and he looked more experienced, the best example is in Batman Returns, with the street brawl.
Except, Gotham City in The Dark Knight series is a more grittier and dangerous place. Which is the main point - Gotham should be a dangerous place. Tim Burton's version of Gotham is a place in which you would like to live. Nolan's Gotham is the place from which you would like to stay away as far as possible.
Lol. Nolan's Gotham is more dangerous and you would not like to live there? It looks like a modern, clean, shiny american city where an adult dressed like a bat looks ridiculous. Also the crime rate per capita was way less than in Burton's version which was full of weirdo psychos.
This fight scene got me into martial arts and I love this Batman better: he's calm, collected, and waits for his enemies to fatigue and when the opportunity arises, he takes them out :)
In the 89 Batman films Batman here was the "Established Batman" he's fast, has alot of gadgets, in fighting he's martial arts skill is unparallel he knows his opponents moves, also his detective skills doing background research on the Joker to know he was Jack the guy who killed his parents and knows chemicals.
That swordsman has to have one of the most unintentionally hilarious scenes in a movie ever. The completely useless sword spinning, unnecessary screaming and shouting and... good lord what was he doing waiting behind that fence in the first place?! Did he know Batman would turn up there of all spots? Funny flaws aside, a very memorable and awesome scene. Really shows Batman using his enemy's weakness against them.
"unintentionally hilarious"? I donno, man, as i watch it, there's no way that wasn't intended to be funny. It's one of those little throwback moments to the 60s TV series that they have sprinkled throughout this flick IMO. little nods to the "camp" here & there.
Murdock So you mean to tell me that when they chased Vicki in the cars he did it on foot? Then, not losing a beat, jumped over a 9 foot fence...Where's his movie?
Lol I like how Batman just calmly stands so still and quite while the swordsman tries to attack him all loud and viciously only for Batman to kick his face in like it was nothing.
The word to describe both this movie and Keaton's performance is "masterful". Only Keaton, the inspiration for the Conroy Batman voice, could strike that delicate balance between the raspy edge and his normal voice. Bale just sounded like he had cancer (maybe not his fault, but hey), but Keaton in his flawless execution sounds intimidating and *real*, whilst still disguising his voice just enough that his Bruce Wayne voice and his Batman voice sound *so* different.
***** I agree in begins his voice was not so deep and in the rest of the trilogy he is just so bad. Michael on the other hand can desquse his voice so it doesn't sound like bruce man but a perfect blend. Much like Kevin konroy in the animated series.
***** Trust me, you are far from the only one to feel that. It personally did not bother me, to be honest, i just feel his version of batman was kind of boring, but the rest of the movie, well the dark knight anyway, was still pretty good. But yeah, you are far from the only one to feels that way, even when the movie was first coming out, everyone was making jokes about it and considering that one noteable flaw on the film's part, but still liked the movie well enough. I can see the humor, but his voice did not really bother me, i just get the idea behind it and it works for him, just in a different way. That one was going for a more outward and angry kind of intimidating where this one is a more subtle and eery kind of intimidating. If bale's batman were more interesting to the rate of keaton, i would find both batmans entertaining in a different but equal way.
Couldn't agree more regarding "masterful"! This film, the score by Burton and Keaton's rendition of Batman with that kind of bubbles-underneath, quiet anger and obsessive determination made this one of the best films of it's era.
Oilcurls Amen. With Keaton, you could look into his eyes under that mask and see that anger. Even when he took off the mask in Batman Returns, you felt this obsessive determination. With Bale, I always had the impression that he needed the suit to project fear, whereas with Keaton, the suit was a way to express himself - Keaton WAS Batman, Bale dressed up as Batman. His voice issues didn't really help feeling that suit was anything more than a disguise. It's always hard to convey that Batman IS the real personality whereas Bruce Wayne is the show act. It's the Bruce Wayne personality that's a "costume".
I just realized something after all these years of watching this amazing movie when Batman asked her how much she weighed and she said 108 that's why the grapple gun was moving so slow when it lifted her and Batman up and that's why after the fight scene he said you weighed a little more than 108
why do yall get so pissed because we love our old childhood stuff leave us alone about it and let us enojoy it again if you don't like it then leave thats it stop fighting at us about what we like
***** You're free to like whatever you want and I'm ok with it. If you like Keaton, great, glad you do. But he said Keaton was the best. That's not the same thing. "Keaton is my favorite" that's perfectly fine. The best? No way in hell. Predilection and taste is subjective, quality isn't.
Still, my favorite Batman film. Anton Furst's design is GENIUS. And Danny Elfman's score completely redirected all composers into a new realm for action films, away from John Williams-type scoring. Tim Burton's directing is a masterclass compared to Nolan's terrible fight editing and serious pacing flaws (still one of the most overrated directors working today - great writer, mediocre director). Instead of a "Jason Bourne Wearing A Batsuit" (Nolan's Batman movies) this is the epitome of a comic book brought to life.
Love Tim Burton's Batman movies, Joel Schumacher's not so much except Batman Forever was great. Nolan's was brilliant too. But Michael Keaton is my favourite Batman
+claudiob62 I'm honestly not sure which is better, but I do know that I PREFER Nicholson's performance, because he's actually funny, yet it's a dark sense of humor which also makes him scary. Ledger's Joker, for me, is the only good thing about 'The Dark Knight', which is much too serious, but without real depth. Nicholson has the advantage of being in a more entertaining film overall. He's not the only good part, but certainly one of the best aspects of it. But he's complemented by a great performance by Keaton, a cool-looking neo-noir version of Gotham, a great musical score, and a script laced with memorable, witty dialogue. Burton put together the most entertaining Batman film. It may actually not be the best, because I personally think Batman Returns is even better and also I love Batman Begins, but I definitely think most ENTERTAINING applies to Batman89!
THIS is Batman. THIS is the Batmobile. The younger ones who insist that the Nolan movies were quite the sensation while the Burton movies not so much... just weren't there in 1989 and 1992. THIS Batman movie was quite the talk of the town, along with Jack Nicholson's Joker, plus how Michael Keaton surprised the detractors by giving a great peformance as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
It's funny because Wayne Enterprises isn't connected with Batman here. Probably all the Gadgets we're created by Bruce himself in this universe, Batmobile included. The Wayne Enterprises thing with Batman get popular with Nolan's Batman, but I think that before that, Batman created his own toys.
Haha, at 3:36, Vicky Vale saved Batman from the Joker's henchmen without them knowing who Batman's true identity is which is Bruce Wayne since if they succeeded in removing his mask without Vicky Vale getting their attention with a flash camera, everyone would have seen that Batman is Bruce Wayne.
I’ve always love Batman more as a street level vigilante, armed with high tech weapons and gadgets and hand to hand combat skills without ever using a gun.
This woman was literally outrunning Batman at 2:01. She can pull herself up on that ledge at 3:13. Even near at the end when this woman and Batman were hanging from the edge of the church. She can hang onto a ledge for minutes off a giant building and can even pull herself up. I think this chick is hell of a lot athletic than this movie wants people to believe
In Gotham City, there are certain badass vigilantes who kick ass and take no prisoners. One such Vigilante is named Batman. These are his badass stories.
First guy: "Check his wallet." Second guy: "Looks like some kind of body armor. He's human, after all." First guy: Um....yeah, why did you think I asked you to check his wallet??
I love the 3:00 mark where He just let's go, falls into garbage, and pretty much incaps Himself ;p Any Batman after this would slowly glide to the ground with His cape, but this one didn't.
THAT'S why it wasn't in the book of the movie, nor was it ever explained WHERE that fighter came from. Then again, they cut a LOT of the scenes from the original script from this movie, including one where the joker and Batman tangle in afternoon daylight after he kidnaps Vicki from her apartment...
"THAT scene", hon.... I pray thee, please be more specific. There are a LOT of "that' scenes in that series. If we're talking about Teple of Doom, you could well be refering to the majority of the film.... ;-)
ohhhhh.... haven't read the books, so i guess i missed that. My Biggest issue with Raiders of the lost ark is HOW in the HELL did Indie get INSIDE the damn submarine after it began to submerge?????
By far the best batsuit on the big screen. Would've been perfect if the producers fixed the neck turning problem. Batfleck's suit comes next. Bale's suit is like ... oh never mind!
The only problems I have is I dont like joker as the Wayne's murderer , Bruce's actor (he's better as batman ) , part of the story could've been better
some can say its the destiny, some can say its on point that they met each other as batman and joker 30 years after, batman is hanted by his parents murder and the destiny put joker on his way , for me its cool
You know why this is a great Batman and so is Returns? Because they didn't forget that this is a man who dresses up as a Bat with no powers who single-handedly takes on all crime. I mean, they didn't forget it came from a comic book. All the villains had their gimmick and weren't name-only characters. Comic book Bane and Catwoman don't have anything in common with Nolan Bane and Catwoman.
No. This is Burton's twisted interpretation of Batman. Half of Batman (89) was great, then he dropped a bomb at a factory possibly filled with innocent people and thugs. Batman doesn't kill people. Nolan knows it came from a comic, why do you think his stories are blends of different Batman comic stories. The only villain Burton did somewhat right was Joker. Penguin isn't some sewer dweller that hangs out with penguins. He's a wealthy mob boss that hates being called the penguin. Bane in Nolan's film isn't that much different from comic Bane. Catwoman from Nolan's film is much more accurate than what Burton gave us.
YonnySix1Six First of all Burton didn't make Batman a killer, Bob Kane and Bill Finger did, before he was retconned with his One Rule in the comics and animated series, he not only killed but also used Guns. Second, they entire factory was a front for a mob boss, no one was innocent and the Joker was using it later on to manufacture deadly poisons. Third they established his No Kill thing and deconstructed it at the same time. In the beginning of the movies, any mentioning of him killing were often told by thugs that shared stories and reporters and cops. Much of the stories included but were not limited to Batman being some kind of vampire that fed on the blood of criminals. Ergo these were little more than urban legends. Then Bruce found the man that killed his parents. Not only that, but this man was responsible for making Batman and in turn, Batman turned him into the Joker. You do the math on how pissed off Batman would be on all those accounts.
Shanethefilmmaker First I never said Burton was the first to have him kill. He probably won't be the last one either. Also that was about two years in, at that time, the 50 years of Batman's existence. So? It's still a factory that will have people working in it. You don't just have a factory with no employees. That's be one stupid mob boss. Third no they never established anything to deconstruct. They didn't deconstruct anything. Myth's about Nolan's Batman in Batman Begins were told too by thugs. Yes, he found the man who, was coincidentally the man who would become The Joker, killed his parents. So he'd be mad, doesn't change the fact that Batman would never kill. Also he kills Joker, he should have his revenge right? No more killing? Nope. In Batman Returns he down right burns someone alive. Like I said, Burton's Batman is a twisted interpretation of the character.
YonnySix1Six I don't doubt there were employees, however none of these guys seemed to have a problem with Joker as a boss. The guy overseeing lethal products during his whole "SHIP EM ALL!!!" scene treated it like it was routine rather than be scared of a psychotic clown ordering him around. During the whole raid with the Batmobile, the only ones present were the guys trying to shoot at him. I'm willing to bet those are the employees of the factory. You are really naive at this whole revenge thing. I'm gonna have to invoke Batman Forever on this. Kilmer pretty much said the whole reason why killing Joker never quenched his thirst for revenge and why he kept going that road. "So it happens this way. You make the kill, but your pain doesn't die with Harvey, it grows. So you run out into the night to find another face, and another, and another, until one terrible morning you wake up and realize that revenge has become your whole life. And you won't know why." When you kill someone in revenge, do you get some relief yes you do, but it doesn't last too long. Returns pretty much showed how far down Batman has gotten since his killing of the Joker, but it was ultimately Catwoman that snapped him out of it. During Max's ball, he didn't just see Selina going crazy wanting to kill Max, he saw how he himself was ending up. When he confronts them both in Penguins lair, rather than just off Max like he did Penguin, his first words were "Shut up, you're going to jail." Then and there, he was sick and tired of killing, he saw where it was taking him and he didn't want Selina to go down the same road. When Robin was about to do the same in Forever, Batman broke his newly formed no kill rule just so Robin wouldn't have blood on his hands.
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" IMO, no other Batman movie can compare to this masterpiece. This is one of my favorite scenes, too. Thanks for uploading it. =)
I love how he had that ONE tool to do the ONE thing, which I guess was to make an instant zip-line. Even Joker couldn't believe it ("Where does he get those wonderful toys?")
The "Red Triangle Gang" in batman returns were pretty cool, but i STILL say that no batman villain will ever be as badass as the dude with the swords in 3:58. I wonder why nobody has ever done some kind of homage to him before? ....now that i think about it....What actor plays him in this movie???
Best line never said. "Where does he get those wonderful toys? WELL?!?!?! Go ask him!!!" I read once that that was the actual continuation of the line from the script, but for some reason they cut it.
The quintessential batman... just love Keaton. This movie was putting it straight... waayy ahead of the entire dark knight series. oh & did i mention thats because burton was an Awsome 'american' director who made a movie too awsome it cant probably be matched.... ever!
The music man is just awesome. Maybe the Dark Knight series was a bit greater but this Batman at least had a very nice bat mobile, a nice bat suit, nice music, and an incredible joker, even if Heath is the best, they are both my favorite
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People really don't understand this Batman. This is not a burly fighter Batman. Keaton's Batman was a SLICK Batman. He didn't waste any movements, didn't pull any punches, uses leverage to perform feats of strength that scare the shit out of criminals. This is not a Batman who jumps around like a ninja. He just remains cool, calm, waits for his opportunity, strikes, and moves on. Extremely cool if you ask me.
+Oddmont Soddington Cool, but still not batman, just like nolans batman, cool but still not him.
+Fanatico Random Keaton's batman had the best swagger and feel of any batman
+Fanatico Random Well, I mean, we'll never get a "Real" batman. Bob Kane and Bill Finger's batman was a nut with cardboard wings and a gun.
Amen, Neal adams' batman is the real one (except for the trunks, it was about time it was taken away), the rest of them....feeble trys
+Oddmont Soddington Michael Keaton is still the Best Batman on screen.
My favorite bat mobile out of all the movies.
"Shields."
+Ben Geiger that's way futuristic for 1989
Well obviously. The 66 Batmobile, and the Tumbler are great, but I don't think this design will ever be topped.
this movie is pure fucking GOLD
AshlandMan agreed
It was actually build on Chevy Impala Chasis.
"You weight a little more than 108."
"Oh, really?"
"Let's go."
She'd get Bat-slapped!
"I wasn't counting my purse. That would be an additional 30."
I love that line
If Keaton was your introduction to Batman, then you know the benchmark was set very high.
It was mine. That movie was really awesome. My favorite Batman. I liked Batman Begins too
+Natural Joe you r cool
Yes I was the 89th like best batman ever!
Well, Pattinson has some pretty big shoes to fill if he what's to top, this.
I saw it when it first came out
"Get in the car."
"Which one?"
"....there is a grand total of two vehicles out here. One is jet black and the other looks like Joker. Which fucking one do you think I'm talking about?"
Rprince418 lmfao
Dude the fact that it's black isn't even the worst part. IT HAS LITERAL BATWING FINS ON IT.
🤣🤣🤣
The one that looks like a fucking jet
Dude lmfao!!!🎉
"Check his wallet..."
Bob was so underrated.
The MUSIC really helps to make the scenes in the Burton Batman flicks!
drlee2 Absolutely! And even though I thought James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer's moody and dreamy score was great, I still would put Mr. Danny Elfman at the top for the Batman composers.
Michael Keaton was the greatest BATMAN ever, and check out that awesome Batmobile! that's what it supposed to look like.
That's right!
they look like 1965 style
I totally agreed with you, when I saw Ben Affleck as Batman, I dint realize if he was serious playing as batman, cause he isnt neither the close compare to the one and oly original Batman of 1989
Yeah but he sucked as Bruce Wayne
even with that terrible batman voice!!???
I love how cool Keaton's Batman when he fights, just nothing fazes him. HE LOOKS SOOO intimidating.
As opposed to Bale's Batman who looks like a brutal military style fighter in a batsuit. I agree; Keaton's Batman made this look all but EFFORTLESS, as though HE was the one trained by a clan of shadow society fighters for five years
Keaton's fighting style is not practical in a real fight whereas Bale's is based in reality. Plus Bale was in Batman shape. Lastly, Bale didn't pucker his lips like Keaton did.
*1]* Keaton didn't have the 5 months of training Bale did for the role; more like _4 weeks_. He *still* possessed a better fighting figure than Kilmer OR Clooney [which was surprising; I've seen Clooney kick ass convincingly before]. This just shows however that the actors were working with what was given them. Either way, Keaton, a non-trained actor, *still managed to pull off convincing fight scenes,* even in a suit that was _far more restrictive_ than Bale's.
That counts for something.
*2]* If you want to go about this "being real", _please_ keep in mind that Burton made a *comic book* movie. That's why his rendition rang _truer_ to the characters AND visual aesthetic than Nolan's. Yes, I too enjoyed the "realism", but it detracted from the sense of the _Batman_ mythos. I *never once* managed to buy Bale in the role, as a convincing Batman, _or_ Bruce Wayne.
It's like the Web series _Mortal Kombat: Legacy._ Yes, it had great actors. Yes it was visceral. Yes, it _tried_ for much of the series to keep it as "real' as possible. But *if you strip too many of the elements* in which the story is based, you end up _changing the story_ into something completely different.
*3]* To my knowledge, those are Keaton's natural lips. Was that Bale's "natural" voice?
Oddly enough its the cowl. Its inches of latex so he couldn't turn his head, and his brow never moved. Bale breathed through his mouth alot, and was deliberately making a voice to sound scary instead of being natural.
Eric Dixon Bale didn't fight practically. They tried to build him up in begins but never actually showed him fight. (You can make 4 guys fly off you by throwing your arms up, and the camera was deliberately shaky to hide how stiff he was in the costume.) Dark Knight he fought like an average brawler, and came off like he was unsure if the last punch hurt so he put more umph in the next. Dark Knight Rises was summed up with Bane. He fought like a novice. The only time I saw him fight more like he'd have real trainung was the last half of his fight at city hall, when he was redirecting banes attacks.
Keaton wasn't the flashiest fighter either since his suits were more restrictive to the dark knight version. (Batman begins was just as stiff except for the knee), but we actually saw him fight more, and he looked more experienced, the best example is in Batman Returns, with the street brawl.
Why was this not a DLC costume for Arkham City. It's one of the most iconic Batsuits in history.
The creators of Arkham Knight read this comment
Bob running off always gets me. Gotta love Bob, so loyal even until his untimely end
Thats what got him killed
I always felt bad for Bob lol. I wish I still had the Bob action figure from when I was a kid lol
When the swordsman pulls out his blades and Batman just puts his dukes up.
Metal af.🤘🏼😡🤘🏼
This version is Way More Atmospheric Gotham city than The Dark Knight version.
MetalHeader 69 fucking idiot.
Except, Gotham City in The Dark Knight series is a more grittier and dangerous place. Which is the main point - Gotham should be a dangerous place. Tim Burton's version of Gotham is a place in which you would like to live. Nolan's Gotham is the place from which you would like to stay away as far as possible.
If you mean modern day Chicago, which was the shooting location for TDK, then yes you'd be right considering the amount of shooting deaths.
Lol. Nolan's Gotham is more dangerous and you would not like to live there? It looks like a modern, clean, shiny american city where an adult dressed like a bat looks ridiculous. Also the crime rate per capita was way less than in Burton's version which was full of weirdo psychos.
Critical Ruin Definitely
the best batman and batmobile ever created
TRUE
This fight scene got me into martial arts and I love this Batman better: he's calm, collected, and waits for his enemies to fatigue and when the opportunity arises, he takes them out :)
Sorta like Obi-Wan's lightsaber style Form III Soresu.
Yep. Like BOOM!
Who would want too see Micheal Keaton as Batman again ?
Leave a like if you agree
you are about to in the flashpoint movie
@@Vietnam_Chr0nicles SOOOO stoked for that, only cause Keaton.
Welp.. you spoke it into reality sir.. thank you.❤
The only time in film so far that batman is a detective, a finesse fighter, and gothic af. I LOVE THIS BATMAN
Best Batman ever.
agree
agree best batman ever and Affleck best second
In the 89 Batman films Batman here was the "Established Batman" he's fast, has alot of gadgets, in fighting he's martial arts skill is unparallel he knows his opponents moves, also his detective skills doing background research on the Joker to know he was Jack the guy who killed his parents and knows chemicals.
That swordsman has to have one of the most unintentionally hilarious scenes in a movie ever. The completely useless sword spinning, unnecessary screaming and shouting and... good lord what was he doing waiting behind that fence in the first place?! Did he know Batman would turn up there of all spots?
Funny flaws aside, a very memorable and awesome scene. Really shows Batman using his enemy's weakness against them.
"unintentionally hilarious"? I donno, man, as i watch it, there's no way that wasn't intended to be funny. It's one of those little throwback moments to the 60s TV series that they have sprinkled throughout this flick IMO. little nods to the "camp" here & there.
***** yep!
He probably just got to the fence at the moment.
And flipped about 15 feet over it. Not a bad effort! No wonder Bob wasn't interested XD
Murdock So you mean to tell me that when they chased Vicki in the cars he did it on foot? Then, not losing a beat, jumped over a 9 foot fence...Where's his movie?
i dont care what any one says micheal keaton was the best batman
he still is today
100000000%
You're damn right!
Was? He's coming back SOON!
@@strozombie.01 June 16th! I'll be there!
Lol I like how Batman just calmly stands so still and quite while the swordsman tries to attack him all loud and viciously only for Batman to kick his face in like it was nothing.
That’s for sure. Sheesh! He was swinging like Random directions. Then BOOM He’s down.
The Keaton Batman is still my #1 favorite.
***** Same here =)
mine too and always will be
Mines too.Michael Keaton is my favorite batman
So Do I.
I fuckin’ lose it every time Bob the Goon pops out and Batman gives him that “Come and get a piece of this” gesture 🤣🤣🤣
The word to describe both this movie and Keaton's performance is "masterful". Only Keaton, the inspiration for the Conroy Batman voice, could strike that delicate balance between the raspy edge and his normal voice. Bale just sounded like he had cancer (maybe not his fault, but hey), but Keaton in his flawless execution sounds intimidating and *real*, whilst still disguising his voice just enough that his Bruce Wayne voice and his Batman voice sound *so* different.
***** I agree in begins his voice was not so deep and in the rest of the trilogy he is just so bad. Michael on the other hand can desquse his voice so it doesn't sound like bruce man but a perfect blend. Much like Kevin konroy in the animated series.
gunnar young Kevin Conroy took his cues from Keaton.
*****
Trust me, you are far from the only one to feel that. It personally did not bother me, to be honest, i just feel his version of batman was kind of boring, but the rest of the movie, well the dark knight anyway, was still pretty good. But yeah, you are far from the only one to feels that way, even when the movie was first coming out, everyone was making jokes about it and considering that one noteable flaw on the film's part, but still liked the movie well enough. I can see the humor, but his voice did not really bother me, i just get the idea behind it and it works for him, just in a different way. That one was going for a more outward and angry kind of intimidating where this one is a more subtle and eery kind of intimidating. If bale's batman were more interesting to the rate of keaton, i would find both batmans entertaining in a different but equal way.
Couldn't agree more regarding "masterful"! This film, the score by Burton and Keaton's rendition of Batman with that kind of bubbles-underneath, quiet anger and obsessive determination made this one of the best films of it's era.
Oilcurls Amen. With Keaton, you could look into his eyes under that mask and see that anger. Even when he took off the mask in Batman Returns, you felt this obsessive determination. With Bale, I always had the impression that he needed the suit to project fear, whereas with Keaton, the suit was a way to express himself - Keaton WAS Batman, Bale dressed up as Batman. His voice issues didn't really help feeling that suit was anything more than a disguise.
It's always hard to convey that Batman IS the real personality whereas Bruce Wayne is the show act. It's the Bruce Wayne personality that's a "costume".
4:00 that's what happens when you give a random dude two swords, throw him in front of the camera, and say "have at it"
this movie has the BEST Batmobile ever. It was the one you see and still say " damn, Batman has a cool ride"
I just realized something after all these years of watching this amazing movie when Batman asked her how much she weighed and she said 108 that's why the grapple gun was moving so slow when it lifted her and Batman up and that's why after the fight scene he said you weighed a little more than 108
"Get in the car"
"Which one?"
"THE ONE THAT SAYS BATASS MOTHERFUCKER!"
KEATON BEATS ALL EVEN BALE. NO ONE IS BETTER! I GREW UP LOVING KEATON AS BATMAN AND I WILL DIE LOVING KEATON AS BATMAN
*****
yes my opinion too
SAME HERE BEST NUMBER 1 BATMAN WE GREW UP ON
Affleck is the best Batman
+omfgitzalex "NO ONE IS BETTER! I GREW UP LOVING KEATON AS BATMAN AND I WILL DIE LOVING KEATON AS BATMAN
why do yall get so pissed because we love our old childhood stuff leave us alone about it and let us enojoy it again if you don't like it then leave thats it stop fighting at us about what we like
***** You're free to like whatever you want and I'm ok with it. If you like Keaton, great, glad you do.
But he said Keaton was the best. That's not the same thing. "Keaton is my favorite" that's perfectly fine. The best? No way in hell.
Predilection and taste is subjective, quality isn't.
Michael Keaton is hands down the coolest Batman .There will be no one else like him
Love that jet sound at 0:39 to 0:50
Still, my favorite Batman film. Anton Furst's design is GENIUS. And Danny Elfman's score completely redirected all composers into a new realm for action films, away from John Williams-type scoring. Tim Burton's directing is a masterclass compared to Nolan's terrible fight editing and serious pacing flaws (still one of the most overrated directors working today - great writer, mediocre director). Instead of a "Jason Bourne Wearing A Batsuit" (Nolan's Batman movies) this is the epitome of a comic book brought to life.
"You weigh a little more than 108."
"Oh really?!"
lmao
Love Tim Burton's Batman movies, Joel Schumacher's not so much except Batman Forever was great. Nolan's was brilliant too. But Michael Keaton is my favourite Batman
I believe they were trying to get that same vibe, but ruined it by making it way too 90's
No disrespect to Ledger's performance but I think Nicholson's performance is EXTREMELY underrated. In fact, I think it edges out Ledgers portrayal..
+claudiob62 obviously, Ledger seemed to me as an emo
+claudiob62 I'm honestly not sure which is better, but I do know that I PREFER Nicholson's performance, because he's actually funny, yet it's a dark sense of humor which also makes him scary. Ledger's Joker, for me, is the only good thing about 'The Dark Knight', which is much too serious, but without real depth. Nicholson has the advantage of being in a more entertaining film overall. He's not the only good part, but certainly one of the best aspects of it. But he's complemented by a great performance by Keaton, a cool-looking neo-noir version of Gotham, a great musical score, and a script laced with memorable, witty dialogue. Burton put together the most entertaining Batman film. It may actually not be the best, because I personally think Batman Returns is even better and also I love Batman Begins, but I definitely think most ENTERTAINING applies to Batman89!
drlee2
obviously, greatly said, man.
Best Joker = Jack Nicholson and Ledger / Worst Joker = Jared Leto
One of my favortie batman films of all time
another reason why this bat suit is so great its bullet proof to small fire arms and blade resistant
THIS is Batman. THIS is the Batmobile. The younger ones who insist that the Nolan movies were quite the sensation while the Burton movies not so much... just weren't there in 1989 and 1992. THIS Batman movie was quite the talk of the town, along with Jack Nicholson's Joker, plus how Michael Keaton surprised the detractors by giving a great peformance as Bruce Wayne/Batman.
Kim Basinger: So what are my lines again?
Tim Burton: Aaaaaaaah!
3:55 is really a badass bat turn with that awesome specific part of the background music score.
I love Keaton’s famous bat turn!!!!
Joker: Where does he get those wonderful toys?
At a magical land far far away known as Wayne Enterprise.
It's funny because Wayne Enterprises isn't connected with Batman here. Probably all the Gadgets we're created by Bruce himself in this universe, Batmobile included.
The Wayne Enterprises thing with Batman get popular with Nolan's Batman, but I think that before that, Batman created his own toys.
Nolan's Batman is dumb as bricks compared to, well...most any other version.
@@JhonJanorNapier in certain comics, an autistic guy named Harold makes his toys
Lucious fucking Fox! I love that guy
My goal through life is to be as fearless as Batman was in this moment.
You get there with a lot of practice and experience.
PRINCE WILL BE MISSED!
Haha, at 3:36, Vicky Vale saved Batman from the Joker's henchmen without them knowing who Batman's true identity is which is Bruce Wayne since if they succeeded in removing his mask without Vicky Vale getting their attention with a flash camera, everyone would have seen that Batman is Bruce Wayne.
I’ve always love Batman more as a street level vigilante, armed with high tech weapons and gadgets and hand to hand combat skills without ever using a gun.
The swordsman fight was the moment as a kid I officially became a Batman fan.
It's so funny that he turns on the jet engines but is going 20 miles an hour at most the whole time
1:00. Love how that engine sounds when he takes the corner mixed with the jet engine.
Vicky Vale perfectly captures my reaction to seeing this Batmobile for the first time.
This woman was literally outrunning Batman at 2:01. She can pull herself up on that ledge at 3:13. Even near at the end when this woman and Batman were hanging from the edge of the church. She can hang onto a ledge for minutes off a giant building and can even pull herself up. I think this chick is hell of a lot athletic than this movie wants people to believe
Well she was only 36 at the time. I'm 50 and can still leap up a flight of stairs in 4 seconds.
Batman 1989
In Gotham City, there are certain badass vigilantes who kick ass and take no prisoners. One such Vigilante is named Batman. These are his badass stories.
02:32 the way he looks up along with the music i always have to laugh XD
4:30
when you trying to beat the hardest boss in the game like
when he saves vicki from that museum, its amazing those thugs dont start firing at him the second they see him
They left their guns in the cars ;)
"check his wallet"
...this isn't George Clooney's Batman we're dealing with here
Bat Credit Card 💳
First guy: "Check his wallet."
Second guy: "Looks like some kind of body armor. He's human, after all."
First guy: Um....yeah, why did you think I asked you to check his wallet??
2:04 the cape looks amazing in this shot
I love the 3:00 mark where He just let's go, falls into garbage, and pretty much incaps Himself ;p Any Batman after this would slowly glide to the ground with His cape, but this one didn't.
Trivia: The random swordsman was not in the original cut of the film. That fight scene was added in later by producer Jon Peters.
THAT'S why it wasn't in the book of the movie, nor was it ever explained WHERE that fighter came from. Then again, they cut a LOT of the scenes from the original script from this movie, including one where the joker and Batman tangle in afternoon daylight after he kidnaps Vicki from her apartment...
Reminds me of THAT scene from Indiana Jones.
"THAT scene", hon.... I pray thee, please be more specific. There are a LOT of "that' scenes in that series. If we're talking about Teple of Doom, you could well be refering to the majority of the film.... ;-)
When Indy shoots the back guy on the market instead of fighting him.
ohhhhh.... haven't read the books, so i guess i missed that. My Biggest issue with Raiders of the lost ark is HOW in the HELL did Indie get INSIDE the damn submarine after it began to submerge?????
Goddamn Vicki Vale screams so damn much
Imagine when shes getting the D
By far the best batsuit on the big screen. Would've been perfect if the producers fixed the neck turning problem. Batfleck's suit comes next. Bale's suit is like ... oh never mind!
+Sergs Chaves Glad i'm not the only one in the whole world who likes Batfleck's suit
+Sergs Chaves Batfleck's suit is like they pulled it straight out of the comics. I love it actually, but it seems like he can't turn his head either.
Radb707 Ummm he actually can turn his head
+YarugumaSou Oh not everyone hated Ben...GLAD.
bale's suit is a piece of junk.. oh wait.. batman begins is almost batman 89 suit. and it's fucking awsome
for me hes the best batman , and nicholson is the joker, this movie is a legend
agree, keaton is the real batman and Affleck is the second best batman new 52.
The only problems I have is I dont like joker as the Wayne's murderer , Bruce's actor (he's better as batman ) , part of the story could've been better
some can say its the destiny, some can say its on point that they met each other as batman and joker 30 years after, batman is hanted by his parents murder and the destiny put joker on his way , for me its cool
this will always be the best batman
You know why this is a great Batman and so is Returns? Because they didn't forget that this is a man who dresses up as a Bat with no powers who single-handedly takes on all crime. I mean, they didn't forget it came from a comic book. All the villains had their gimmick and weren't name-only characters. Comic book Bane and Catwoman don't have anything in common with Nolan Bane and Catwoman.
No. This is Burton's twisted interpretation of Batman. Half of Batman (89) was great, then he dropped a bomb at a factory possibly filled with innocent people and thugs. Batman doesn't kill people. Nolan knows it came from a comic, why do you think his stories are blends of different Batman comic stories. The only villain Burton did somewhat right was Joker. Penguin isn't some sewer dweller that hangs out with penguins. He's a wealthy mob boss that hates being called the penguin. Bane in Nolan's film isn't that much different from comic Bane. Catwoman from Nolan's film is much more accurate than what Burton gave us.
***** HAHAHAHAHA! Obvious troll is obvious.
YonnySix1Six
First of all Burton didn't make Batman a killer, Bob Kane and Bill Finger did, before he was retconned with his One Rule in the comics and animated series, he not only killed but also used Guns. Second, they entire factory was a front for a mob boss, no one was innocent and the Joker was using it later on to manufacture deadly poisons. Third they established his No Kill thing and deconstructed it at the same time. In the beginning of the movies, any mentioning of him killing were often told by thugs that shared stories and reporters and cops. Much of the stories included but were not limited to Batman being some kind of vampire that fed on the blood of criminals. Ergo these were little more than urban legends. Then Bruce found the man that killed his parents. Not only that, but this man was responsible for making Batman and in turn, Batman turned him into the Joker. You do the math on how pissed off Batman would be on all those accounts.
Shanethefilmmaker First I never said Burton was the first to have him kill. He probably won't be the last one either. Also that was about two years in, at that time, the 50 years of Batman's existence. So? It's still a factory that will have people working in it. You don't just have a factory with no employees. That's be one stupid mob boss. Third no they never established anything to deconstruct. They didn't deconstruct anything. Myth's about Nolan's Batman in Batman Begins were told too by thugs. Yes, he found the man who, was coincidentally the man who would become The Joker, killed his parents. So he'd be mad, doesn't change the fact that Batman would never kill. Also he kills Joker, he should have his revenge right? No more killing? Nope. In Batman Returns he down right burns someone alive. Like I said, Burton's Batman is a twisted interpretation of the character.
YonnySix1Six I don't doubt there were employees, however none of these guys seemed to have a problem with Joker as a boss. The guy overseeing lethal products during his whole "SHIP EM ALL!!!" scene treated it like it was routine rather than be scared of a psychotic clown ordering him around. During the whole raid with the Batmobile, the only ones present were the guys trying to shoot at him. I'm willing to bet those are the employees of the factory.
You are really naive at this whole revenge thing. I'm gonna have to invoke Batman Forever on this. Kilmer pretty much said the whole reason why killing Joker never quenched his thirst for revenge and why he kept going that road. "So it happens this way. You make the kill, but your pain doesn't die with Harvey, it grows. So you run out into the night to find another face, and another, and another, until one terrible morning you wake up and realize that revenge has become your whole life. And you won't know why." When you kill someone in revenge, do you get some relief yes you do, but it doesn't last too long. Returns pretty much showed how far down Batman has gotten since his killing of the Joker, but it was ultimately Catwoman that snapped him out of it. During Max's ball, he didn't just see Selina going crazy wanting to kill Max, he saw how he himself was ending up. When he confronts them both in Penguins lair, rather than just off Max like he did Penguin, his first words were "Shut up, you're going to jail." Then and there, he was sick and tired of killing, he saw where it was taking him and he didn't want Selina to go down the same road. When Robin was about to do the same in Forever, Batman broke his newly formed no kill rule just so Robin wouldn't have blood on his hands.
To many people I imagine this was their first time seeing the Batmobile and were like
*”OH SHIT THAT LOOKS COOL”*
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"
IMO, no other Batman movie can compare to this masterpiece. This is one of my favorite scenes, too. Thanks for uploading it. =)
0:29 "I gotta get me one of those. "
I miss when movies pumped you up like this. Shit is lame anymore
The reveal of the Batmobile in this movie has never been topped. None of the others that followed were as cool as this one.
That batmobile is just sexy.
I was a boxer for nearly 20 years, do amateur fight choreography, this ain't half bad. Esp considering his suit was 70 lbs!
and he couldn't turn his head, though that might be good for training to bob and weave.
3:57 my favorite part the way he came out was amazing!
Was pretty bad ass
@@johnbuck8399 yea! He was serious!
@@damin9913 what are some of your other favorite parts?
@@johnbuck8399 When batman came crashing down to save Vicki vale😊
@@damin9913 oh yes epic entrance for sure
I love how he had that ONE tool to do the ONE thing, which I guess was to make an instant zip-line. Even Joker couldn't believe it ("Where does he get those wonderful toys?")
Michael Keaton, Tim Burton and the joker
3:05 Batman thinks up to develop the Bat Glider/Glide Cape
The "Red Triangle Gang" in batman returns were pretty cool, but i STILL say that no batman villain will ever be as badass as the dude with the swords in 3:58.
I wonder why nobody has ever done some kind of homage to him before?
....now that i think about it....What actor plays him in this movie???
This movie has the best Batman henchmen. The swordsman's great along with the black guy and the gymnast in the bell tower.
word of advise for Vickie Vale: do NOT take photos when people have GUNS!
Best live-action adaptation of Batman until now
Agreed!!!
yeah, this movie was the closest to the comic tho'. But not as realistic as Nolan's trilogy
Rifat Syafri
why would you want realism in a comic book movie? so next time you want superman to be a gray or reptilian?
Ashraf Anam well Batman doesn't have super powers
Yeah coming here to comment best live action is only to drag into debate we who understand this motherfucking strategy so we not comment assholes
Burton and Nolan should collaborate one day. Not for another Batman flick of course, but an epic, dark, realistically gothic movie!!
Keaton is the true classic Batman
Man that introduction music showing the bat mobile for the first time gives me goosebumps! I love how she says (which one)
When lying about your weight nearly gets another man killed.
Man, as much as I love the Tumbler, nothing beats the 1989 batmobile. That car is so fucking cool.
I know this seems like a controversial statement but i like both Burton and Nolans Batman movies ;)
I like both as well!
Batman needed a line to help him drift a corner. Dominic Toretto would like to have a word
Best line never said. "Where does he get those wonderful toys? WELL?!?!?! Go ask him!!!" I read once that that was the actual continuation of the line from the script, but for some reason they cut it.
"See that thing on my belt, grab it. Whatever you do, don't let go." hahahahahahahahahha
I Love How Micheal Keaton or Batman Offer Bob To Fight But Bob Runs Lol
He was a terrible number 1 goon
Man Burton's lighting in this is unmatched. Love this shot and pause at 3:50
4:16
Now where were THOSE gloves in the Arkham games? Blade thugs would be way less of a hassle with those!
"Check his wallet!" Loved Bob and he's smart villains, saw he was overmatched and high tailed it out of there.
As a kid I always felt sorry for the cabbage. Why I don't know...still need a shrink to answer that one.
The fight that starts at minute 4:15 is my favorite of all the Batman movies.
The quintessential batman... just love Keaton. This movie was putting it straight... waayy ahead of the entire dark knight series. oh & did i mention thats because burton was an Awsome 'american' director who made a movie too awsome it cant probably be matched.... ever!
I just love this movie Michael keaton will always be my favorite Batman and Jack Nicholson will always be my favorite Joker
Love this movie... So strange, yet awesome.
Nothing wrong with it
qwe6348 Never even thought that for a minute :)
@@maxfrankow1238 whats strange about it? 🤔
This film was from 30 years ago. Man, I feel old!
2:07 I wish the Batmobile in Arkham Knight had some type of security shields that you can activate it would be so badass 🦇👍👍
The music man is just awesome. Maybe the Dark Knight series was a bit greater but this Batman at least had a very nice bat mobile, a nice bat suit, nice music, and an incredible joker, even if Heath is the best, they are both my favorite