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Summary: The Dark Legend
Review: BATMAN.......this movie was a classic, the original Batman, we've got Michael Keaton as the alleged Masked hero, and outstanding performance by Jack Nicholson playing the one and only Joker, of corse we've got outstanding makers of this film, Tim Burton's first time directing which was extrordinary, he really put the right image of the Dark comic book version of Batman in Gotham City, and let us not forget the beautifle masterpiece of Batman's theme and the score by Danny Elfman in which he won an oscar for. Batman Returns,a very most darker tone, the same people,includinge new stars; Michelle Pheiffer and Danny Devito as the sick and twisted Penguin, this movie had some insite with its story of Batman, Catwoman and, Penguin. Batman Forever.......this movie was a completly different point of view of the Dark Batman Knight, with Zanny Jim Carrey as the Insane Riddler [aside from the possible oneliners to be said, it was a great role] and of corse the great Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face, but this wasn't Batman, Keatonless, Burtonless, Elfmanless, the greats that made the first 2 landmarks, yet the director did capture the cartoonish Batman comic style introducing Robin. As for Batman & Robin, whew! nice cast and all but, these guys are flying through the air,swinging from strings, Mr.Freeze is frozen not Mr.super human strength, Poisun Ivy.....just think Uma Thurman, it was a nice role, too many pointless oneliners, interfacing with God only to put a dramatic realization to the un real, un dark, un batman story and not only that they dragged it on for 2 hours or so, the only thing worth the price of admission is the cast and the "action". Aside from the 4th, the first 2 are absolutly incredible movies the 3rd is entertaining and watchable and.......worth the price.
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Summary: Legacy of The Batman.
Review: 1.BATMAN(*****)- First of all, I would like to point out that this movie is kinda like any superhero movie-A hero, A villain and A damsel in distress. So, what makes the movie so good? Well, the plot and acting for one thing; also, director Tim Burton gives it such dark touch that really goes great with the plot, acting and characters. A simple plot really-Batman defeats the Joker and thus, Vickie Vale is rescued! two thumbs wayyyyyyyyyyyy up!
2.BATMAN RETURNS(*****)-Ah, another Tim Burton Batman film with an even darker touch and villains. This time, Batman goes against the sharp-clawed Catwoman and the umbrella-weilding Penguin. That's all I'm gonna say here about this breath taking work of art. Another mission acomplished, Batman!
3.BATMAN FOREVER(****1/2)-Alright, so Burton is NOT the director of this one, Gotham City is now neon-lit and Batman's suit has nipples! The villains are actually pretty good in my opinion though. Now, Batman (along with the newly intorduced Robin) takes the puzzeling Riddler and the simply Psychotic Two-Face.
4.BATMAN AND ROBIN(****)-Hey! this movie isn't really that bad, despite what others might say. Try it, you MIGHT like it... The thing I think is bad about this movie is George Clooney (not exactly what I would expect from Batman). But all the rest are wonderful (Uma Thurman is a hot Poison Ivy and Arnold Schwarzenneger is the ultimate villian! "Let's kick some ice!")
Rating: 
Summary: Its all about personal taste!
Review: Whats there to say about these four movies? Plenty!The first Batman stars "Michael Keaton" as Bruce Wayne A.K.A"Batman" and Jack Nicolson as "The Joker" the plot evolves from the major crime boss of Gothem played by Jack Palance gets a little upset to find out one of his men is having an affair with his girl! So he sets him up to be captured by the police, only to have that man be accidently tossed over a rail into a batch of toxis waste and thought to be dead! But he's not, after he recovers and has some surgery he has become a new man, and calls himself "The Joker" and he takes over as the new crime boss of Gothem, and beeing ruthless he has sent out a mysterious virus that is killing people off slowly and Batman comes along to save the day, along the way there action, explosions , new gadgets and some cool effects! Kim Bassinger plays the leading lady and this movie is worth watching, its the best of what came out of these four movie....the first may not be the original, but its the original to this series of the Batman saga, and its the best of these four! Batman returns has had alot of mixxed reviews. some like it, some dont! Me personally I dont think its a great movie! Batmans back and this time he has a new villian to deal with, a man who was abandend by his parents almost after birth and has been living in the seweres since .... and when he emerges he has become the golden boy of gothem, suckering people into making him beleive hes a good guy. That man is the Penguin played by Danny Devito! Batman knows he's dirty and sets out to proove it! Also Michelle Pheifer plays the Catwoman, many i think liked the film because of seeing her in a tight costume, seeing as how sex doesnt sell in my book, it may be why i dont see this film as beeing any good! Also stars "Christpher Walkin" he plays a wealthy buisness man who is not a nice man, and with such scum running around gothem, Batman is there to try and save the day once again from the crime around gothem! Batman Forever I would bet money on is in any ones top 10 worst movies of all time list! This movie starred a new leading man for Batman "Val Kilmer" as Batman and also bringing in the new villians of The Riddler (Jim Carey) and Two Face (Tommy Lee Jones) and the new leading lady is played by barf girl (Nicole Kidman) even with a cast like that this movie failed! Its plot is bad, the whole serisness and almost beleiable first two movies have just completly taken a 180 turn and gone into a stupid comic book looking city with some of THE worst acting of all time! The only actor who played a decent role was the other new comer to the series Robin (Chris O'donnel) Batman & Robin introduces "George Clooney" as Batman, Chris O'donnel returns as Robin, and introduces Alicia Silverstone to play Bat Girl.... two new villians have emerged in Gothem , Mr.Freeze (Arnold Shwartzenegger) and Posion Ivy (Uma Thermon) this movie was a bit better then the last one, but Arnolds acting is by far some of his worst! And Uma's parading around in tights trying to sell a sexy image does not do it for me! George Clooney IMO did not play that bad a role as Batman, he is certinlly better then Val Kilmer, but no where near as good as Keaton! Final Advice on these movies
1 - Good, well worth watching ***** five stars!
2 - Eh, wasnt as good as the first **** four stars
3 - ONE OF THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME! / Zero Stars
4 - An improvment on the last, but not good enough *** 3 stars! My advice is to buy only the first one and maybe the second one if you liked it! But if you buy Batman Forever, you will make one of the worst purchases of all time! You will regret it! And the 4th isnt really worth having...if you get a great deal on all four, then go for it, but IMO part one and two is the only ones worth getting!
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Summary: BATMAN REVIEW
Review: Okay, for all those people who are wanting to know which of the four batman movies are the best. Well here is my two cents.
Batman#1- staring Michale Keaton as the dark night himself batman, Jack Nicolson as the dark comical feind joker,and Kim Basinger as the sexy Vicki Vale. This was a dark beginning for the series and it explained the troubles of Bruce Waynes two lives Billion Dollar buissness man, and the dark night. Michale Keaton played an awsome batman, his two attitudes as both characters Bruce Wayne and Batman never reveal that they are the same person. Jack Nicolson as the joker was pure brilliance. His facical expressions through out the movie and his remarks make him the number one batman movie villian. This movie was directed by the brilliant mind of Tim Burton.
Batman#2- Batman returns- staring- Michale Keaton returns as the role of Batman , Michelle Phieffer as the sly sexy Cat Woman, Danny DeVito as the sewer ridden Penguin, and Christopher Walken as the notorious Max Shreck. This movie was again directed by the brilliant mind of Tim Burton. This was the darkest of all four movies. It shows the trials and errors of masterminds against the dark knight. Danny DeVito played a spectacular role as penguin. He was definitly the man for the part. Michelle Phiffer as cat women was a great selection. Props on the skin tight body suite. This was another good movie from a good cast, and a great director. Until #3
Batman#3-Batman Forever- staring- Val Kilmer as Batman, Nichole Kidman as Dr. Chase Meridian, Chris O'Donnelle as the boy wonder Robin, Tommy Lee Jones as the physcotic Two Face, and Jim Carrey as the clever Riddler. This was the worst of the 4. Jim Carrey played an awsome Riddler, Tommy Lee Jones played a fantastic two face. Nicole Kidman played a beautiful role as the sexy physco-therapist. But the other two was the downer. Starting with the least of the worst, Chris O'Donnell as robin. He was good in the beginning but as the movie progressed, his image slowly died out. Drew Barrymore played a quick role as one of two faces girls. But the number 1 reason for the faliure of this movie is the man himself Batman, played by a no personality Val Kilmer. Dont get me wrong Val is an awsome actor, but not for Batman. He had no personality, except when he tried to rival with Edward E. Nigma (The riddler for the non true batman fans) other than that he had no personatlity split between the two Bruce Wayne and Batman. Batman#4-Batman and Robin- staring George Clooney as the role of Batman, Chris O'Donnell as the return role as Robin, Uma Thurman as the sensual Dr. Pamela Isley, also known as Poison Ivy, amd the governator himself Arnold Schwarzenegger as the bone chilling Mr. Freeze. This was an alright movie but not the best. Again the role of batman was trivialized by another actor. George Clooney as batman was good, on paper, but his performance was too wity for some. Again not seperating the lines between batman and Mr. Wayne.
So all in all the batman series is a definite DVD collection to have my ratings on the movies are.
BATMAN#1-*****
BATMAN#2-****
BATMAN#3-**
BATMAN#4-***
TAKE FROM A TRUE BATMAN FAN. ITS A GOOD BUY.
Rating:
Summary: A terrific video collection
Review: Each of these four great Batman films each has something special about them to make them good. Batman is the best of the series, with Michael Keaton debuting as Batman co-starring an overboard Jack Nicholson as The Joker and a resourceful Kim Basigner as reporter Vicki Vale. Anton Furst's art direction won an Oscar, and the score is marvelous by Danny Elfman. The cinmatography has a sense of majesty and darkness to it, and the screenplay is well-done. Burton's direction is clever, and if that's not enough, the story is good, there are some great action sequences, and the performances are rich. Almost perfect. Batman Returns is the second best of the series, following the same style as the first film with Burton back in the director's chair and Keaton as Batman. Danny DeVito is excellent as the Penguin, he's so good you won't know it's DeVito. The production design is far more amazing and dark, and Danny Elfman's score is even better than his first one. Michelle Pfeiffer is great as the emotionally complex Selina Kyle/Catwoman and Christopher Walken is equally good as corrupt tycoon Max Schreck. The action is a bit ridiculous, but the cinematography is even more majestic and dark , the feel is much improved, and the makeup is unbelieveable. Oscar nominations for makeup and visual effects. As with Batman and Batman Forever, DeVito boasts a classic villain line ("You don't really think you'll win, do you?") The sound and film editing are slightly improved, yet the screenplay is bad. But overall, terrific. Batman Forever is such a change from Batman Returns that you could have named this film Batman Colorful. Not that it is bad, in fact it is very good. Val Kilmer takes over the role of the Dark Knight and does a very worthy job, yet Chris O' Donnell is okay but annoying as Robin The Boy Wonder. Nicole Kidman plays Dr.Chase Meridian fairly well, but the best thing of the film is the villain combination. Tommy Lee Jones is an almost perfect Two-Face, and Jim Carrey is entertaining but obnoxious as The Riddler. He needs class and intelligence. Joel Schumacher's direction is very well done, and there is a great sense of epic in this film, but it is different from the first two films' epic senses. That is perhaps because the film is so big and loud. The new Batmobile is incredible, as are the new Batwing, the Batboat, and the Batsub. The new hardware and suits are great two. This film lacks the tremendous (and better) cinematography style of the first two films, and instead is more modern and still good but somehow walked off with an Oscar nomination. Other Oscar nominations for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing, both deservedly. Great action, a good screenplay, and a perfect formula of balancing the scenes thanks to editor Dennis Virkler. John Dykstra's special effects are incredible. Marred only by the absence of Tim Burton, Danny Elfman, the sense of darkness, and a poor climax. But overall, very good. Batman & Robin is the worst of the bunch, but isn't that bad. Clooney takes over the role of the Caped Crusader and does a fair job, O' Donnell is very annoying as Robin, and Mr.Freeze ( a funny Arnold Scharwzenegger) and Poison Ivy (a nasty Uma Thurman) are the villains this time around. Schumacher's direction is badly done this time, and the screenplay is terrible. There is a major overdose of eye candy, but that isn't so bad at all, it's great! The cinematography is sharp, the sets are lavish, and the costumes are really good (especially Batman's, Robin's, Mr.Freeze's, and Poison Ivy's). The other parts of the Batman Forver production group are brought back, including Dennis Virkler's great editing, the loud, incredible sound and sound effects editing, John Dykstra's super special effects, and Elliot Godenthal's average score. The sense of epic that the first few films possedssed are sadly lost, and replaced with extreme cheesiness and senseless action. Overall, okay.
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Summary: the best superhero films of all time
Review: BATMAN (1989)***** The best of the four.Batman must save Gotham from the evil Joker.This movie delivers action,comedy, and romance. What else could you ask for?! This movie was the movie of the 80's and won an Academy Award. You will love it I guarantee. BATMAN RETURNS (1992)***** Tim Burton and Michael Keaton has done it again. This time Batman must save Gotham City from the evil Penguin and the mysterious Catwoman. This movie was awesome! You will love I guarantee. BATMAN FOREVER (1995)***** This one is my favorite of the four. This time it is directed by Joel Shcumacher,Batman is played by Val Kilmer, and Robin makes his first appearance. This time Batman nad Robin must save Gotham City from Two-Face and The Riddler. This movie was awesome! You will love it I guarantee. BATMAN AND ROBIN (1997)****. This movie was not good like the other three, but it is still entertaining. Joel Shcumacher did it again. This time Batman is played by George Clooney, and Batgirl makes her first appearance. Now the villans are Mr. Freeze, and Poisen Ivy. The reason I gave this movie 4 stars instead of 5, is because it did not have good villains. But the good thing about this film is that it has the best special effects, and action sequences of the four. You might like it. I recommend the first three and the fourth only if you absolutly love the first three.
Rating:
Summary: Great Box Set
Review: This is a great movie and I recomened it too anyone who has ever liked Tim Burton, Batman, or action movies. So you should think about getting this set. Some of these films can be dark sometimes but they will always remain entertaining. Michael Keaton is the best actor for Batman. George Clooney is a great actor but he wasn't too good as Batman and Val Kilmer was almost as good Michael. If they ever did make a 5th Batman movie, they should use Michael Keaton, even thou he is getting quite old. But who the hell cares. These are great films that you could watch with your kids, just don't let kids under 5 watch the second one. It is a bit too dark for younger viewers. But I'm sure you can let your kids under 5 watch the other ones. Batman-This is the best one of the series of coarse and has the best bad guy, The Joker played by, who else but Jack Nicholson. He's the only one who could have done the Joker. This film isn't as dark as the others and is a great action film. 10/10
Rated PG-13 for violence, mild graphic violence, stylized action and some language. Batman Returns-This is a great film and was one dark dark movie. Danny DeVito was great as the Penguin and made it an enjoyable bad guy, not like alot of bad guys out there today.
Michael Keaton is Batman for the last time in this one.
8/10
Rated PG-13 for violence, dark humor, language, and stylized action. Batman Forever-Val Kilmer should have been Batman is Batman and Robin. He is almost as good as Keaton is. This time the bad guys are The Riddler played by the one and only Jim Carrey, and Two Face as the great Tommy Lee Jones. The thrid time around is great for most third sequels never really work out.
9/10
Rated PG-13 for violence, dark humor, and stylized action. Batman and Robin-This is an ok entry in the Batman series but could have been much better. I think Joel rushed through it to get it out as quick as possible. George Clooney puts up an ok job as Batman and Arnold is awsome as Mr. Freeze. And that's my opinian.
7/10
Rated PG-13 for violence and stylized action. So all in all I would have to give this set a 9/10 and is well worth your money.
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Summary: The Batman movies are great but...
Review: ...When I say "great" I only mean the first two. That's right, all of the bad criticism for Batman Forever and Batman and Robin is true. But, Batman and Batman Returns are perhaps the best superhero films, up there in the ranks with Superman, Spider-man, the X-Men movies, etc. Batman is a genuine classic with superb performances by Keaton, Nicholson, etc. and flawless direction by Tim Burton and beautiful music by Danny Elfman. This is just a great movie. Batman Returns, which is arguably better than the original, is darker, creepier, more atmospheric and more haunting and insightful into Bruce Wayne and Batman's character. More great performances by Keaton, DeVito, Pfeiffer, Walken, etc. Burton's directing is flawless once again and Elfman's modified (yet still the same thing) music is beautiful, one of my favorite film scores. Burton perfectly mixes humor and creepy, dark situations while still retaining the superhero comic book roots.
Now for the bad part: Burton and Keaton both left the franchise, and they should have stopped right there, but they made two more films in the series, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin. Batman Forever was only entertaining because it had cool villains and colorful sets. Tommy Lee-Jones and Jim Carrey are great, but Val Kilmer is REALLY flat and Chris O'Donnell just sucks. The most annoying part is how they have a flashback of Wayne's parents dying every 5 minutes of the movie. They even change the classic Batman theme into a VERY inferior new theme. Plus, they make this bullsh*t story of how Bruce stole his Dad's journal and saw a bat in the dark which inspired him to be a hero. Such a pity, since Joel Schumacher used to make great movies (A Time To Kill, Falling Down, The Client, etc.) I won't try to dwell on Batman and Robin, because it is possibly the worst superhero movie ever. George Clooney himself said that he ruined the franchise. Clooney is usually a good actor, but he is just not a superhero (I had the same problem with Ben Affleck in Daredevil), Chris O'Donnel still sucks (EVEN MORE this time), Arnold as Mr. Freeze was not even laughably bad, and the terrible one-liners were just too much after the first few minutes (Freeze well!). The only good thing about this movie was Michael Gough as Alfred, but he's always good in these flicks. Schumacher tried to make his films like a big-budget version of the old, cheesy 60's Batman with Adam West and Burt Ward. But unlike Schumacher's movies, the old show was excusable because it was made in the 60's and it was purposefully funny (like the Bat Shark Repellant that they just happen to have on hand as Batman is attacked by an exploding shark courtesy of the Joker, and the word bubbles that say POW! and BANG!) Schumacher literally killed the franchise with one swoop and put a foul taste in Batman fans mouths forever. The superhero genre was dead until Blade, X-Men and Spider-man came around to revitalize it. Those films had great action, acting, special effects, and scripts. That's what all great superhero films must have.
The only reason this set gets 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the last two. But, since the rating would have been much worse if i would have focused on the last two, I decided to almost disregard them. So, until Special Editions of Batman and Batman Returns comes out, this isprobably the best purchase for the diehard Batman fan. But be warned, the last two are pretty shabby... Just read some of the other reviews and you'll see what I mean. A Catwoman film is coming soon with Halle Berry, but it is not going to involve Batman and quite frankly the whole project looks ridiculous, but it is supposed to come out this summer. Also, a new, promising Batman film is in the works. The info that I know is below:
THe movie is going to center around the beginning, the origin of Batman and will have the following crew:
Director: Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia)
Batman: Christian Bale
Alfred: Michael Caine
Comissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman
Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes are also set to be in the movie but I don't know who they will portray. That's all I know, but what a great cast and director! Hopefully, this will erase the last two Batman films from our memories forever!
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Summary: Why is Kilmer on the cover? Michael Keaton=the real Batman.
Review: And why exactly are the two dreadful abominations by Joel Schumacher and Akiva Goldsomething even present in this set? I might understand it if Schumacher's "Ratman For Never" and "Ratman is Robbin' the Franchise" were thrown in for free - they would be bad "bonus content" that I wouldn't watch. But the price of this set means that the studio actually asks money for Schumacher's flicks! Thanks, but I think I will pass and simply stick to my two simple DVD boxes with the two real Batman movies - "Batman" and "Batman Returns". The set is not worth the price... if they actually want me to sit through Schumacher's entries, they better pay *me* for watching them, instead of expecting me to shell out money for an experience of being punished.
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Summary: batman collection not worth it ,the movies 1-3 are awesome
Review: Batman,***1\2,The first Batman movie,has Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne\Batman trying to save Gotham City and Vicki Vale from The Joker.Lots of special effects and good performances with a good cast Michael Keaton,Kim Basinger,Jack Nicholson.The 2nd best Batman movie ever. Batman Returns,*****,The 1st best Batman movie ever,more darker,clever,scarier,funnier and has better special effects than the first,Batman most save Gotham City from two villians The Penguin and Catwoman.A good cast Michael Keaton,Michelle Pfeiffer,Danny DeVito,Michael Murphy,Christopher Walken,Paul Ruebens,Jan Hooks. Batman Forever,**1\2,So-So Batman movie with new director Joel Shumacher and a new Batman played by Val Kilmer,also introduces two new villians Two-Face and The Riddler and Batman's partner Robin,Batman most save Gotham from Two-Face and The Riddler.Good special effects and cast but Tommy Lee Jones performance as Two-Face is his worst role ever and Jim Carrey as The Riddler really missed up as the villian,also Chris O' Donnell as Robin was so stupid. Batman and Robin,0 stars,the worst Batman movie ever.Joel Shumacher really missed up this franchise,George Clooney as Bruce Wayne\Batman was terrible,while Chris O'Donnell as Robin is stupider than he was in FOREVER,Alicia Slverstone was awful as Batgirl,now villians Mr. Freeze played by Arnold Schwarzenegger was horrible and Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy was horrible.a bad cast only special effects help.Terrible movie from start to finish.
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