Batman (1989) is an EPIC movie
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Fun fact: Joker is not traditionally the killer of Bruce's parents in most Batman stories, but Tim Burton really liked the idea of Bruce and Joker "creating" each other's personas so much he put it in the movie.
"I made you, you made me... it's all so childish." - Joker
In other stories a mugger named Joe Chill killed Bruce’s parents
It's such a better idea!
5:23 "And that's Harley." This is actually pre-Harley Quinn. She didn't debut until the animated series in 1992. Gotta say it though. Jack Nicholson is still my favorite Joker in terms of live action performance.
Yeah
Rumor has it the Joker was upsetting some of the mothers in the focus groups they showed the cartoon too because it seemed he was a little too gay sounding and acting, so they wrote in a girlfriend to diffuse the mom-bomb.
@@From-North-Jersey not actually, originally, he was supposed to disguise himself as a woman in several episodes but the writers and producers thought that something Joker will never do, so that's when Harley was created, she was only meant to be in one episode but she was so popular with teenagers and adults that they start showing her more in the show and then she became part of the main continuity
@@FanaticMitchell1 The interview I saw where mark hammil and Kevin Conroy explained what I described as the reason Harley was added must not have happened.(conroy's "if the mothers only knew the real truth about the voice of batman" joke was priceless)
The cover story that you site is a misquote, it wasn't something the joker would never do, it was classified as something the joker should never do because of the thin ice he was in with the angry moms already.
This took place in the same era angry moms were basking in afterglow from their victory putting "Parental Advisory explicit lyrics stickers" on albums. And M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers)were fighting to stay in business after their usefulness had expired by lowering the common sense .10% BAC laws they had fought to establish to draconian Teetotaling goodie two shoes .08 limits that accomplished nothing but keeping M.A.D.D. in business.
I saw the interview, I also saw a Saturday Night Live sketch called "Of Mice and Men with Two Lenny's" where John Malkovitch and Chris Farley accidentally "expire" 50 puppies in the barn while playing unsupervised. Neither clip is still available on the internet, they get pulled down as fast as they get posted. That doesn't mean they didn't happen.
@@From-North-Jersey Ok
Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman live action always has been. Tim Burton’s “Batman Returns” is also worth watching
I remember seeing Batman Returns when it came out. They handed out pins and no one could figure out why some of the pins were yellow ducks.
I was pretty young, so if people should have known about the duck in advance, the adults with me failed to know about it.
It’s good to see Micheal Keaton is playing Batman in upcoming movie the flash⚡️
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Blew my mind when I heard he was coming back. I sat in stunned silence for a few seconds, then cheered loud enough to wake the dead.
I didn’t care for Batman Returns… it wasn’t even a Batman movie, it was a Tim Burton movie. It was literally a repeat of Edward Scissorhands with the Penguin, it wasn’t even about Batman
@@nsasupporter7557 to me it's the one movie closest to a comic. Love the actors involved as well playing great characters.
This film, and it’s predecessor, Superman: The Movie (1978) really kicked off the big-budget superhero movie genre, and showed that they weren’t “just for kids”.
Check out Superman (Director’s Cut) as well!
Superman 78 has aged very well
What Batman did that Superman did not was prove that superhero films could be dark. As much as I love Superman, it still assumed that superheroes were “fun.”
Your reaction when The Joker reveals himself to Jack Palance shows just how perfect Nicholson was for that part. You can see the definition of The Joker in the look in his eyes, on his face, and in his style, something all of the later ones lacked primarily due to writing.
Jack Palance had always done a good job of portraying villains himself in westerns. Also, a similarly maniacal character "wannabe ruler of the world" in (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) `60`s Tv series.
What makes Nicholson's Joker so great is that he drew a lot of inspiration from Tim Sale's take on the character. Almost all of the Batman movies draw inspiration from Tim Sale's work, down to the lighting and atmosphere. Probably one of the best Batman artists of all time. So good that people forget that he also did runs of Superman and Daredevil.
I loved the fact that this took place in a non-specified time, just like the excellent 90s animated series which it inspired.
Tim Burton actually regretted using prince for the soundtrack for this as you say it could be any time but the soundtrack puts a kinda time stamp on it,personally I love the soundtrack
That could be about to change seeing how Michael Keaton is reprising his role (it's supposed to be the same character he portrayed in 1989 not a parallel universe version of the character) in the upcoming Flash movie.
If you pause to look at the newspaper articles, the movie takes place in 1947. But more of an alternate universe 1947 according to Burton
Still the best depiction of Gotham City. The art direction for the city was created by Anton Furst who drew amazing art work for Gotham City giving it that iconic Gothic Revival meets Art Deco look that even made it's way into the comics. Gotham is a city stuck between the 1930s and 1980s with a mix of old and new tech along with timeless fashion and art deco meets gothic revival architecture. This film is also very much inspired by german expressionism look at films like Fritz Lang's Metropolis and you'll see many parallels. Blimps are really the only thing missing from this film but I'm pretty sure it wasn't until The Batman Animated Series in 1992 that blimps became a staple of Gotham City but everything else looks amazing.
Batman Returns improves upon Gotham alot while Batman Forever gives us a more Art Deco Neon look at Gotham which looks amazing but to me it always felt like it could've made for a better Metropolis. Gotham looks great in Batman Begins as well but Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises were massive downgrades losing alot of the architecture and aesthetic that made Gotham you know Gotham City. The Batman was pretty good much better than the Nolan Gotham. And finally we have the Flash film which was shot in Glasgow and is the perfect city for Gotham. Looks good pretty good with the limited time we've seen it in the trailers.
So it seems like you read a "Court of Owls" story. The Court of Owls were introduced in Batman (vol. 2) #6 (February 2012) around the start of the New 52 where DC rebooted their mainline continuity after Flashpoint (2011) which brought together three universes the mainline DC universe of New Earth, Vertigo (Earth-13), and WildStorm (Earth-50) bringing these all together into a new universe. This also pushed everyone back by 10 years to give writers room to create new stories with a slightly younger cast of hero's. No one in universe knew about these changes besides a few people so the point of view of 99% of people this new universe is all they knew. I guess it's like the Mandela Effect but on a larger scale. This is pretty much what James Gunn is doing now with DC creating a new universes from the leftovers of the old one. But yeah the Court of Owl's are great and one of the best things to come out of the New 52, pretty new as well only around a decade old.
I think the aesthetic was also influence by Terry Gilliam's "Brazil"
The show Gotham did it pretty well too.
Marvel, DC, this superhero, that's superhero... All the same story lines over and over
@@GeorgeTropicana You disappoint me, George. If superheroes aren't your thing any more, then why come and watch this video?
There is a Batman (1966) movie that came out along with the TV series that starred Adam West as Batman and Caesar Romero as the Joker.
"You can't duel the Joker, Alfred! He's an Arch-Criminal!" "Yes, but a very poor fencer."-Alfred Pennyworth with a sword.
Yes, that one's so much fun
And the two batman movies from the 1930's.
Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb. Stupid marching bands on a pier.
@@robertphillips213 I love that the one consistent thing with every form of Batman in media is that Alfred is always a badass. Alan Napier might be one of my top favorites.
Back when this came out it was groundbreaking. There was still this idea that comic books were only for children. The most popular version of Batman at the time was the Adam West TV show. Superhero movies weren't allowed to be dark before this movie.
Funny how up until fairly recently, superhero films changed due to the CGI. I mean all the up to Blade it was martial artists on wires, even though the CGI could create a Godzilla crashing through a city. Then came The Matrix and BOOM, CGI everything from flying through walls to cities getting leveled by explosions. X-Men and Spiderman were hits and that's all she wrote. Epics were dead and now it's superhero-EVERYTHING until they milk it dry.
It's funny how the Burton films preceded the silly Schumacher Batman films. You'd think the dark stuff would have come later. Now those were some films made for kids. Marketed them very well.
Be fair, have you actually listened to the villains how they explained their traps? It was live the Saw franchise. Thank God Batman and Robin always escaped otherwise the children would need major therapy.
Probably my favorite movie as a teenager. The sequel with Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito is also a classic 👍
Disagree, I didn’t care for Batman Returns.
It wasn’t even a Batman movie, it was a Tim Burton movie. It was literally a repeat of Edward Scissorhands with the Penguin. It wasn’t about Batman
Don't forget Michelle Pfeiffer, who was also great in that!
@@nsasupporter7557 Whoa you're being a real butthole about Batman Returns. It is a Tim Burton Batman movie. It was literally not at all a repeat of Edward Scissorhands with the Penguin. Johnny Depp isn't the Penguin. The Penguin was not an AI robot created by a reclusive elderly inventor. Peg Boggs didn't take the Penguin in to live in her home with her family. The Penguin didn't fall in love with Winona Ryder's Kim Boggs, etc. It was about Batman kicking the asses of the Penguin and Catwoman. Have you even seen the movie?
@@jdnaz1288 I blame Michelle Pfeiffer for my terrible taste in women. I always attract the crazy, dangerous ones.
A couple of things from the novelization of the film. First, in the scene in Vicki's apartment, after Joker shot Bruce, he did abduct Vicki in the novel. Bruce had to get up and go after them without his Batsuit, so he got something to cover his face and swung after them to rescue her.
Secondly, regarding the money giveaway Joker held near the end, the book confirms that the money was fake. The bills all had his picture on them (calling back to the conversation in the museum where he said he wanted his face on the one dollar bill).
Glad you decided to watch this classic. These movies usually get overlooked. Don’t care what anyone says, best live action Joker right here.
For Superman you should start with the 1978 movie.
Uh… not sure what you’re talking about. This is considered the best Batman movie ever! You must be living under a rock.
I think you’re getting it confused with the 3rd and 4th movies of this franchise… those were considered trash. Everybody loves this movie, it’s not overlooked at all
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@@nsasupporter7557 He's not wrong. A lot of younger viewers overlook this one in favor of the Nolan Trilogy.
@@Ambaryerno Oh yeah, I can understand that.
What I thought he meant was they get overlooked in general which is not true
I remember when Batman Returns came out, a lot of parents took their kids to see it and then complained that it was too dark and too sexual to be a family movie.
I saw it as a kid, and even to this day, it's one of my favorite Christmas movies I watch every year.
Fun fact: Harley Quinn was created 3 years after this movie was released. She was created for the animated series before she got in the comics. If it wasn't for the voice of Arleen Sorkin, Harley would've be easily forgotten.
She was also a side character meant to be a one-off with her first appearance being in S1E7: Joker's Favor. She was so popular that fans wanted her to appear in the show more and DC eventually made her canon in the comics.
Tara Strong voiced the character after Arleen retired from voice acting.
"I'm a Pisces"! "I'm a Pisces" 😁 As a fellow piscean I totally felt that with you Blu 😄
Blue, when Michael Keaton was first announced as playing Batman, fans were outraged as he was only seen as a comedic actor. They also thought the movie would be comedic as well, since most of the public had only known the character from the 60s TV show, which was more comedic.
But that all changed when this teaser trailer came out:
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Well that’s what they were expecting at first, They couldn’t see Batman being dark and serious… They could only see the goofy Adam West Batman surfing and what not. What convinced them was the success of Beetlejuice. So they gave Tim Burton the job of directing even though they were hesitant at first
This same outrage happened when they announced Heath Ledger as the joker, as was he was only seen as a teen heart-throb actor. But that all changed when the Dark Knight came out.
@@slchance8839 This is why there’s a title called *Casting Director* not “Fanboy Wisher” who’s job it is to see things in an actor besides looks.
@@slchance8839 right, when I first learned that he was gonna be Joker before the movie came out… I thought it was a joke
I was on board with Keaton from day 1, and it's because Johnny Dangerously is one of my favorite movies.
The second one 'Batman Returns' is definitely worth watching, it has even more of the Tim Burton feel if that is what you like.
"This town needs an enema!" Still my favorite line 😄
When Tim is attached, you know you are in for a wild ride...good and bad 😅 because that's life 😅🤔
Blue is absolutely right about this movie and its storytelling qualities and methods. Modern day CGI can sometimes actually stand in the way of more creative approaches. Making a lot out of little is the actual definition of creativity because you actually create in the sense of inventing something.
The scaffolding of limitations really seems to be kind of important for creating cool stuff. You can do basically anything with CG and look at how limited the ways it is used are. The same is true of music. You could do anything, any sounds, with computers, but the sounds and the way they are used are limited and predictable. I suppose the artists sort of drown in the sea of endless possibilities.
How do you have a strong vision when you can basically do anything? And it's not just that, the experimentation to find just the right sounds, to realize just the right visuals, existing half-imagined on the very edge of one's imagination, is extremely time-consuming and producing other interesting, but more conservative distractions. Imagine having an idea of an orignal sound and in trying to chase it with a synthesizer, implementing thousands of other cool sounds on the way as well as having a basically limitless number of ways of getting it almost right. That is enough to make anyone's vision waver. How close to perfection will you chase your idea, knowing that as you get nearer and nearer the more the original idea gets mixed up with what you set out to achieve?
I saw this in theaters opening weekend. It was the first movie I ever saw where at the end everyone was standing and clapping just applauding how good this movie was and didn't disappoint. Something that didn't really start to be common until the early 00s. I don't personally recall people doing that again until the first Spiderman movie came out.
This movie was, is, and always will be my favourite Batman film of all time. Hell, it's one of my favourite all-time movies. The soundtrack by Danny Elfman is the best movie soundtrack in my opinion, Jack Nicholson's Joker is phenomenal, Keaton's Batsuit is one of the most iconic film variations, and that Batmobile. Don't even get me started on that Batmobile.. Really hope you'll be reacting to Batman Returns as well at some point.
mine too. It was the first Batman related media I ever experienced
Yes, this movie was so popular when it came out (and still is) that it shaped comic book movies for the next 30 years… however the Dark Knight trilogy gave it a run for it’s money, but it’s still considered the best Batman movie ever
This was the first movie I went to theaters and saw as a kid. Saw it 7 times that summer and even got a rare VHS tape that came with a graphic novel adaptation to the movie, illustrated by the legendary Joe Quinones.
"Ever dance with the Devil in the pale Moon light?" Michael Keaton will always be Batman and Jack Nicholson as the Joker to me. Childhood memories. This is the first time anyone turned Batman into the darkness in a way only Tim Burton ever could. This film is legendary 🦇
"Mask Of The Phantasm" (1993) is a good Batman animation to start with.
"The Batman Superman Movie" is also a great start at seeing them together as they meet for the first time.
as an 80s dork, i was last to take on the trends, like air jordans, bugel boys, jams. but i got to catch the midnight premiere of this movie in 89. it was perfect.
Batman (1989) is one of my favourite movies of all time and the way you react to it was absolutely brilliant I love it. Thank you Trixy Blue.
This film’s opening credits are one of my all time favorite sequences. The music is banging, too.
Harley Quinn had not yet been created when this movie was made she was created for the animated series in the 90s and is now one of the most beloved characters to come from the batman franchise
Loved that you're reacting to this movie before The Flash's realease in theaters. Definitely made an impression in my childhood.
My absolute favourite batman movie, Michael Keaton and jack Nicholson are phenomenal. Incredible video and reaction trixy. Stay amazing
Batman and Batman Returns have the best villains of all time.
Yes, Batman and Superman are both DC Comics characters. However, they wouldn't cross over and meet on film until 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. And by that point, there had been several different actors who had played different versions of Batman and Superman.
Though there had been one or two attempts to make a crossover movie before Batman v Superman, nothing ever came of it. It was only after Marvel became massively successful with doing crossover movies like The Avengers that DC really got on board with the idea of having their own superhero characters meet in a movie (because when something is successful, everyone in Hollywood wants to copy it and cash in.)
I think we're kinda spoiled by how well Marvel has done it and we just assume that it would be easy for every other company to do it too. But it's a big undertaking to put these characters together with the right kind of story and the right creative people behind it. Just making one movie centered around one character is difficult enough. Putting a bunch of them together into a single movie is even more complex.
DC probably thought it would be more lucrative to just keep their characters separate and contained to their own individual franchises, and felt that putting them together in a crossover movie would be too much of a gamble. Often, it can take just one bad movie to wreck a profitable franchise, so perhaps they worried that if the crossover failed at the box office, it would end up ruining the solo franchises too.
I hope you will watch the entire DC trinity movies and their sequels:
Richard Donner's: Superman (1978) + Superman II (1980)
Tim Burton's: Batman (1989) + Batman Returns (1992)
Patty Jenkins': Wonder Woman (2017) + Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman movies are actually love letters to the classic era of superhero movies pioneered by Richard Donner's & Tim Burton's so if you've seen those films then you'll be able to pick up on elements that are brought back. WW2017 is cut from the same cloth as Donner's Superman and WW84 places actually itself right between the Donner's Superman and Burton's Batman, incorporating elements and oddities from both.
p.s. Wonder Woman (2017) is one of Magy's favorite movies and Magy has good taste.
During this Series of Movies, The faces of Batman may have changed, but there was always the same "Alfred"!
When Joel Schumacher took over, The "Cheese and Camp" meters went off the charts. the Movies started looking like Broadway Productions than Movies. The Only things missing was Batman and the Villains doing Dance/Musical Numbers.
"The sounds of those punches are so juicy" 😂 bahahahaha. That killed me . Yes they were juicy sounding.
This is one of those movies I could watch literally 100 times in a row, and never get bored of it, it’s just so entertaining
Court Of Owls is a great first Batman graphic novel to read. If you want to continue on with more Batman stories I recommend you check out The Last Halloween, The Killing Joke, Batman: Hush and Batman: Year One.
Do you mean The Long Halloween?
The simplest answer is that before Batman v Superman DC movies didn’t crossover. So you can watch the first 4 Superman movies (and Superman Returns). It’s it own thing. Same goes for Supergirl and the first 4 Batman movies. Man of Steel laid the ground work for a crossover which happened in BvS and then continued on through the flash movie that’s coming out.
Being in the theater on opening night was epic. We had never seen a superhero movie like this before. Tim Burton was also on a hot streak of really amazing movies at the time.
This movie was heavily marketed on TV, cable tv, and on newspapers. Just like The Karate Kid II, the Batman's opening week had the theaters selling Batman's merchandise on spot. Almost everybody back then had Batman's logo tshirts 😂.
Loved your reaction to the classic that set the stage for all Batman movies to follow. Elfman's score, Anton Furst's set designs, and Burton's dedication to keeping the film from being just another mediocre attempt at a superhero. If anyone doubts the impact of this film just notice how all the following films and animated shows borrow from its style. You're going to enjoy the DC adventure. Check out the animated movies and shows, that's where they really shine.
I saw this film at a drive-in theater as a kid. This is the film that made me fall in love with movies. Great reaction! 👍🏿
Imo noone has given us a closer comic accurate Joker than Jack did with his performance. He was so good.
I think many still consider Keaton as the best Batman although Ben Affleck changed alot of minds.
I remember watching this movie in theaters, i was 7 and the image where Batman stands triumphant as the film fades to black will forever be in my mind.
This is a childhood favorite for sure. It hasn't aged as well as some of my other old faves, but there's still a lot of good stuff. Danny Elfman's score is one of the top 10 all time best!
I wonder what constitutes aging well. I mean, I don't feel anything but love for this particular film. (I tend not to observe many things that everyone else seems to, alas:)
1989 was the first batman i seen as a kid and its the best batman ever.
Batman Returns is my favorite. And Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman
LOVED this movie as a kid. Jack Nicholson's Joker was so maniacal
What I got from the intro:
When she was little, Trixie read a Batman comic with "owls" in them. I'm guessing this was the Court of Owls storyline. The first time the Court of Owls showed up was in 2012. So, Trixie was little in 2012.
Now I just feel old.
The DC movie universe really begins with the 1978 Superman movie. I hope you'll watch that too. If you do, be sure to watch the expanded edition.
9:34 "THANKS, ALFRED! JUST TELL HER I'M BATMAN WHILE YOU'RE AT IT!"
Of all the reaction videos I've watched of this movie, you're the first one to have my three favorite lines (enema, toys, and nuts) lol
This is a good stylized one, but do make sure to watch the Adam West 1966 Batman movie; this version of Batman really only exists as a reaction to that era of comics. (Also, it's just hilarious campy good fun.)
The Adam West Batman was both a movie and tv show
Weren't both movie and show were on the same time?
Younger generations praise Bale and Affleck. While really good, Keaton will always be my favorite Batman on-screen. So this movie and its sequel are my two favorite Batman-films.
MICHAEL KEATON WILL ALWAYS BE BATMAN, NO MATTER WHAT!
If you want to dig even deeper, check out the Batman: The Movie (1966) starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero and more. It is based on the television series that ran from 1966-1968, and has a very campy, brightly colored, almost cartoonish style. (Think of it as a silly, comedy-action movie.) Adam West is the batman that I grew up with until this movie came out in 1989. I really like Tim Burton's vision for Gotham and the whole visual style of the film. Batman Returns, also done by Tim Burton, exceeded the first film in my opinion. Nichole Kidman, Danny DeVito and Christopher Walken each had stellar performances in their respective roles.
Saw this the day it came out with my friends: wrote an exam, ran to the bus to go to the downtown mall, waited in line for my friends to show up, went in, got a free comic book, and had my mind blown!
Thanks for the reminder of that incredible film!
Your chair reminds me of the Batmobile from the 1966 Adam West TV series.
Michael Keaton makes a great Batman, which a lot of people were surprised by. The Batmobile and Gotham City from this movie and from Batman Returns have always been always my favorites (and Batman Returns is overall my favorite of the movies).
"That's a really big gun." -- That's what she said :P
This one is a classic, but Batman Returns is my fav. Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny Devito are awesome. Michelle does all her own whip stunts, too.
I laughed a little when you guessed that lady was Harley. Harley Quinn hadn't been created yet. She was created for the animated series, following the success of this movie, and took off from there.
This was such a fun reaction video. I'm glad you enjoyed it. This movie, and Michael Keaton's performance really changed how Batman was seen. And while in some ways, more recent Batman movies may have had better stories, every portrayal of Batman has its roots in how Michael Keaton played him. There have been some good variances (I like how Christian Bale played Bruce Wayne a lot), but Keaton created soul of the cinematic Batman, and it would almost seem wrong to stray too far from what he created. So in that sense I would say Michael Keaton was the best Batman, since all others have started with his as the root of their own. And while I do think better Batman stories have been told in other movies, this one is so nostalgic for me (saw it in the theater when I was 7), and it will always be my favorite. Jack Nicholson is still my favorite Joker too, even though I love Heath Ledger's performance too.
This was so much fun! Thanks for reacting to this classic!
The movie took a lot from Frank Miller's work, including the graphic novel series Dark Knight Returns, and Batman: Year One.
Also, Denny O'Neil laid a lot of the groundwork in the early 1970s. He revived the revenge-driven, obsessed Batman from the campy 1960s interpretation.
Something I didn't notice about this movie until 30 years later: In the scene in Vicki's apartment, after Joker comes in... while Joker and Bruce are having their dialog, Vicki suddenly has a big tub of popcorn and is eating it as the verbal fight goes on.
I heard that Jack Nicholson's performance in the Shining made him the perfect candidate for the Joker, and Tim Burton picked him, I'm sure that's right.
Batman 1989 what started the crazed again for comic book movies and shown everyone that a serious comic book movie can be good.
Fun fact: they couldn’t see Batman this way because all they could see was the Adam West Batman surfing and being goofy. They couldn’t see him all dark and serious… so they turned down Tim Burton being director at first but when Beetlejuice came out and was successful they reconsidered Tim Burton as director
I wish we could get an extensive documentary of the original Batman anthology. The behind the scenes stories are almost better than the actual movies and there's a lot to unpack, just from the first movie:
-First off, Jack Nicholson wasn't the original choice for The Joker. Back in 86' they considered Willem Dafoe, but couldn't get in contact with him and went with Nicholson. When they signed Keaton for Batman, there was a dispute over contracts and they couldn't afford both actors. Nicholson knew Batman was going to be a huge success and against his agents' advice, took a massive paycut but backloaded his contract with larger syndication and royalty deals, making him significantly more money than his initial contract post release. This is why there's massive gaps in Nicholson's career because Batman was essentially his retirement package and he could literally just pick and choose what movies he wanted to be in.
-Michael Keaton hated the bat suit because he couldn't move his head. They had a chance to change the suit while it was still being screen tested, but Burton liked that Keaton had to move differently from everyone else, making Batman look otherworldly and mysterious. The later bat suits were the initial designs of the ones for the 1989 movie but Burton opted for the one they did use because he wanted the suit to be "dirty."
-Both Adam West and Julie Nemarr were meant to play Thomas and Martha Wayne, but had conflicting schedules since the actual production was a mess.
-The "Batman" tabloid art at the Gotham Gazette was actually drawn by Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman. He was also a consultant for the movie and had Keaton, Nicholson and the other actors read famous Batman comics to get an understanding of the characters. One of the movie's major influences when it came to lighting and atmosphere was Tim Sale's run of Batman. Actually almost all the movies and the animated series draw major influences from Tim Sale's depictions.
-In the alley fight scene where Batman first meets Vicki Vale, she takes pictures during the fight and it's timed with Batman punching the mooks he was fighting. Burton liked the effect so much, he used it in the opening fight scene. In an interview Bruce Timm and Paul Dini said they used that for inspiration for the fight scenes in the animated series to give Batman's punches a dramatic sense of impact. It later became a staple for the entire DCAU and other Batman/DC animations.
-Vicki's portfolio The Joker was looking through in the museum had pictures taken from Corto Maltese, a country in the DC universe that has a gruesome history as a combination of Cuba, Venezuela and Iraq. The specific articles Vicki took photos for referenced an accident at Lexcorp lab, creating some early world building.
-Theres a concept storyboard of the car chase where Joker drives through a circus and clips a pillar causing two acrobats above to fall to their death. Batman stops to try to save them but the only survivor is their son, Dick Grayson. One of the reasons the scene was removed is because there were a lot of script revisions dating back to 1982. They originally intended the movie to be a one-off where Bruce retires and lives a quiet life, choosing Vicki Vale. But the studio already called for a sequel from the explosive opening weekend numbers. No joke, it was the first movie I ever saw in theaters as a kid and I saw it 7 times that summer.
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FINALLY. One of my #1 movie ever. Tim Burton wanted to prove that this Batman movie will not be exactly like the campy tv series in the 60s. The cast of Michael Keaton as Batman came up-war with people cause they see him as a comedy guy. But Tim prove them wrong when they saw Keaton in the costume. Tim took the inspiration of what Batman is like from Frank Miller's the dark knight comic and how to approach that goal. Danny Elfman score is consider the best Batman score he has ever done. Tim Burton at that time was still a fresh new director and only did 2 movies before Batman. I could go on but There is a documentary on how this movie got made and who worked on it too.
Harley had not been created yet. She was an original character from 'Batman - The Animated Series' which came out a few years later.
True, although Harley Quinn was partially based on the character Queenie from the comic books, who also appeared in the 1960s Batman episode The Joker is Wild.
@@Rocket1377she was based off a Jester character Arleen played in Days of Our Lives
11:38 Hahaha! 15:58 Lol :) 17:09
18:40-18:55 Which one did you mean... :D
20:07 That is a great part when Joker says he has taken his mask off, when actually he has make-up on.
20:38 That guys smile is great. 23:51 He never learned to mind his surroundings. ;)
While it's not shown in the movie, the comic adaptation of the film makes it clear that the money Joker dumps on the crowd is fake. With Joker's face on the one dollar bill. , just as hinted at earlier in the script.
Thanks again for taking me back to my childhood this Batman movie is a 💎 that’s the court of owls you are talking about at 0:57. I am also a massive Batman fan you had cool friends growing up.
A little context is in order for the younger folks. Compared to what you see now, this movie might not seem all that 'dark,' but you have to understand that at the time the Batman that people were familiar with was the 1960's Adam West TV show - which was pure, unadulterated camp. [There is a Batman movie with West in the same style that is hysterical and well worth checking out.] This movie was a complete change in tone. Also, at the time, Michael Keaton was mostly known as a comic actor, so when it was announced that he was cast as Batman there was a lot of skepticism. Personally I think he knocked it out of the park. I might entertain arguments that there have been better actors as Batman since, but I still think Keaton was the best Bruce Wayne (and good as Batman as well). As others have said, this movie really did a lot to redefine what a superhero movie could be, and it still holds up well today.
The 1989 Batmobile is by far my favorite..
The Joker isn't the killer of Bruce's parents in the comics. This was a change made by Tim Burton for the film & I think it works in the context of this version
Pretty much all the DC live action shows and movies prior to 2016 were standalone stories with just one hero. It was only in the cartoon versions that we got the full DC universe. Fans were demanding a Batman/Superman movie forever, but the studio didn't think it would sell. Then when Marvel's Avengers came out, it was like the folks at Warner Brothers (who have exclusively owned DC comics since the 70s) suddenly realized "oh shit, people actually WANT a movie with more than one superhero? why didn't somebody tell us???" and banged out a Batman/Superman movie.
Great reaction to the movie that really brought Batman back to being a major entertainment icon instead of just a comics icon.
For those of us who were teens in the 80 (that'd be me, though I was 21 when this came out) all we really had for non-comics Batman was the campy 1960s TV show that was ludicrous but still fun and funny for kids. I have fond memories of watching it, but I don't go looking for episodes to rewatch because I know it won't hold up.
This blew our minds in many ways. This was the Batman we saw in a lot of the comics. Not campy hippie era silliness (Bat Shark Repellent is one completely ridiculous thing I remember 60s Batman being equipped with), but grim, dark, Gothic, and dangerous. Nicholson played The Joker for horror and laughs, but that was the character. What amazed us was Michael Keaton, who was regarded as a good comedic actor and nothing more, playing a dark and brooding role so well. So many people became fans of Batman after this came out. The soundtrack by Prince was good too and brought even more attention to the movie. Also, the depiction of Gotham as a dark industrial wasteland in many ways was the best movie depiction of the city I've seen.
I watched other Batman movies after this, but they weren't as good. The scripts, costumes, and effects began to degenerate into hokey nonsense, and Clooney's turn as Batman really killed any appreciation I had for him as an actor, which wasn't really all his fault. I never watched another Batman film after that one and though I had friends who raved about Bale as Batman in the reboot I didn't think he was a good enough actor to watch the movies. I will admit that the late Heath Ledger as Joker was an inspired performance from all I've heard, and I can respect that because he was a great actor. This one is still the best of the bunch to me, and I doubt we'll ever see one that is as earthshaking to the public as this one was. It started the superhero movie as a box office draw, and I think that the MCU in many ways can thank this movie for paving the way for them and the successes they had in their first decade of movies.
Extra shout out to one of my favorite background actors, the late William Hootkins as Eckhardt. You may remember him in Star Wars: A New Hope as the ill-fated Red 6/Jek Porkins who dies in the attack on the Death Star as well as in Raiders of the Lost Ark as Major Eaton ("We have top men working on it right now.") where his character actually survives through the movie. 😀
You won't see Harley in these older movies. Harley was actually created for The Animated Series, but became so popular, they added her to the comics and movies.
This movie came out in the summer of 1989 on the heels of a huge hype: t-shirts, Prince’s song Batdance, etc. Aside from the comic books, there was the Saturday morning happy Batman and the 1960s tv series in people’s minds. This was vastly different.
Perfect timing with the Flash movie coming out. You will love Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman
Damn, your introduction to Batman comics was The Court of Owls? Talk about starting on a high note.
Also, it's fun that you mentioned Joker was probably dropping fake money on the crowd. In the official novelization of the movie, it's fake money with Joker's face on it, and it's so fresh that the ink smears.
Trixy, you didn't show it, but when Joker is reading the newspaper, that is a famous scene, when he says, wait'll they get a load of me, and they he starts making weird sounds with his mouth and makes himself laugh
Yeah I know alot of people who were taken aback by the look and feel of this film after watching the Nolan films. Those films are very grounded compared to the comics with Dark Knight pretty much being set in Chicago so besides Batman Begins the other films didn't really feel like Batman films beyond having Batman in them if that makes sense. So if you're only experience with Batman was the Nolan movies you would get massive whiplash going into stuff like The Burton films or Arkham Video games.
The funny thing is a lot of fans of the Nolan films look at this one the same way fans of this one looked at the Adam West series. They find it kind of cheesy and comical. Which is ironic considering people were SHOCKED at how dark this film was compared to Adam West when it first came out, because West was who most people associated Batman with.
Those fans are morons. They're way too easily impressed by modern movies.
the thing i remember the most about this batman is that he is unable to move his neck 🤣
Thanks for this reaction, Trixy! It's fun to see someone enjoying a movie from my childhood, and one that I remember fondly.
The early movies that featured DC Comics characters were never connected, not the way that MCU movies are now. For example, the Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve were completely separate from Tim Burton's Batman films. It wasn't until much more recently that DC characters started appearing in movies with a shared universe. So you shouldn't expect any connections until you're farther along in your journey.
Keep up the great work!
Interesting to hear your insights on how cinematography has evolved.
I remember watching Batman in Cinema back then. As a 7 year old boy. First time ever in cinema. I was mind blown.
You´ll surely love Batman Returns. The first one already was a Burtonesque movie. But the second is even more.
Movie debuted the day I was born. That reason alone makes this my favorite Batman movie
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Favorite moment
Watch Batman opening day 1989. My friend and I got the last 2 seat. It was in the front. Our necks were stiff at the of the movie but we had the biggest smiles.
Comedians often turn in stunning dramatic roles.
Awesome video as always! Love Batman
This Batman movie is by far one of The darkest n saddest ones in The DC
When I was younger we had a really old Superman tv show, then Batman tv show, then Wonder Woman tv show. I loved all of them for different reasons but I truly fell in love when Superman: The Movie came out in '78. I was 16 and Christopher Reeve as Superman was spectacular...and hot. He is still the only real Superman to me. Then this movie came out and Michael Keaton has been Batman to me ever since.
I love how Nicholson's Joker is somehow both campy and dark-as-hell at the same time. Paying tribute to both the Joker of the 60's TV show and the new darker Joker being shown in recent Batman comics when this movie was made.
This movie was HUGE when it came out in the Theaters. Waiting in a long line to get tickets kind of huge. It was super hyped up in the media andlived up to it IMO. Jack Nicholson, combines the clown and the psychotic aspect of the Joker character perfectly. Michael Keiton is my favorite batman because of his quirky nature. hope you watch the next one too, it is a cool fun adventure with some great characters.
Talking about the court of owls makes me feel old, I was 10 when this movie came out
yes! one of my favorite movies!
my favorite reactor!
and the coolest, most stylish, outfit ever! love u blue! 💙
When this movie was released (1989) the character Harley Quinn didn't exist yet. Harley was created for the cartoon "Batman: the animated series" (1992) and later added to the comics.
Hey Blue the best incarnations of Batman and Superman happen when the director can take the set design, story visuals, direction and acting to new heights. -------- So Tim Burton is Tim Burton you love him, I love him. ------- Chris Nolan from "Interstellar" Fame reinaminged BAtman in a way no one ever thought was possible. ------- Zack Snyder (300 fame) and writer Sam Goyer (a deciple of Chris Nolan) Also reimagined Superman and took it to the next level from Richard Donner in 1978. With the culmination of Matt Reeves for the latest installment -------- So those are the best directors who have evolved the saga. So if you follow those breadcrumbs you can't go wrong.
I still know just about every line in this movie! I watched it all the time back in the day
I’m so glad u have a new intro 🎉😊
This movie is fun. It will always be memorable to me because I went on my very first date to see this when I was 14.
My lovely dates name was Holly and we met in school.
I remember being very nervous and apparently so was she. In our nervousness one of us spilled the popcorn and about a minute later the other spilled the drinks. Fortunately the theater replaced our drinks and popcorn.
Blue Prince wrote a unique theme song for this movie which uses dialog samples from the film. Prince was originally asked for 2 songs but recorded a 9 track album dedicated to Batman and the Joker