Batman

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Summary: Jack Nicholson is marvelous as the Joker
Review: This movie deserves ten stars if possible. Out of every villian that Batman has there is no villian that compares to the sinister Joker. Jack Nicholson was the perfect man to be casted as the Joker. This movie starts off the Batman series with a bang. In this film Michael Keaton also does a good job as portrating Batman, a dark charocter who fights for justice. This movie showed the Batman dark no nonsense attititude. This movie is a MUST for any fan of Batman!

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Summary: Edward Bat-ears?
Review: First of all, Michael Keaton makes a creditable Batman. Sure, they had to sculpt a rubber muscle-suit (would the Dark Knight really wear something that so restricts his head movement and peripheral vision?), but as soon as he starts talking in Batman's harsh whisper, you believe.

Unfortunately, much of this beautifully designed film is given over to Jack Nicholson's role as the Joker. He looks like he's having fun, and obviously director Tim Burton is enjoying it, but many of his scenes run way too long and a lot of his ad-libbing falls flat. Nicholson doesn't quite make his Joker frightening enough, and we're left with a performance that's half Jack's devil from "Witches of Eastwick" and half Cesar Romero's campy, mustachioed Joker from the 60's tv show.

Burton manages to avoid overt camp (why do directors always have to make fun of this sort of material as if they're so much above it, when obviously they're NOT), but the pace drags as he indulges his more precious tendencies a bit too much. The scene where the Joker holds a one-way conversation with a dead crony doesn't really play, and there are too many scenes that exist only because Burton thinks the imagery is hauntingly beautiful- although this is correct in the scene where a rushing Batmobile sends fall leaves blowing in its wake. Despite its langorous pace, flat attempts at humor and Batman's over-reliance on gadgets and sfx, Burton and company manage to produce a visually striking film that rivals Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" for inventiveness. The more street-level action sequences work surprisingly well, and Kim Basinger really brightens up the film's darker elements.

All in all, it's well-worth seeing for comic book fans, but falls short of the precedent set by "Superman: The Movie" and the brilliant, virtually perfect "Batman: The Animated Series," which is one offspring of this movie which more than justifies any of the parent's flaws.

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Summary: The Dark Knight
Review: This is the best Batman movie in the entire series. It is dark, gothic, and the actors were superb. Michael Keaton plays Bruce Wayne, millionare playboy by day, and Batman, a dark and mysterious crime fighter by night. Michael Keaton is excellent as the Dark Knight and should of played him for the rest of the series. Jack Nicholson as the Joker was also an excellent pick. He plays an evil, demented crime boss well. Tim Burton directed this movie and he made the mood gloomy and gothic, the way Batman and Gotham City is represented in the comic books. The following two Batman movies after "Batman Returns" should of been directed by this gothic wizard. "Batman" is a super hero classic and will be for a long time. I remember first seeing this in a movie theater in the summer of 1989, I was just a kid, and I was highly impressed. That was the summer of Batman, with all the hype surrounding this awesome movie. The sequel "Batman Returns" was also good, but not as good as this one. If you can only see one Batman movie and can't decide which one to watch, watch the first, the original, "Batman" the movie. It's pure magic.

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Summary: Batman Takes It Upstage
Review: After a young boy witnesses his parents' murder on the streets of Gotham City, he grows up to become Batman, a mysterious figure in the eyes of Gotham's citizens, who takes crime-fighting into his own hands. He first emerges out of the shadows when the Joker appears - a horribly disfigured individual who is out for revenge on his former employer and generally likes to have a good time, but the identity of the "bat" is unknown. Perhaps millionaire Bruce Wayne and photographer Vicki Vale have a good chance of finding out?

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Summary: Best of the Best for Comic's Turned Movies
Review: Jack Nicholson delivers a great performance (as always), Michael Keaton (sorry Adam West) plays his best role since Mr. Mom (although too monotone), and we can all agree that Alec Baldwin may be one of the luckiest men alive with Kim Bassinger as his wife. By far the best of the Batman series, Tim Burton does a terrific job of keeping the movie dark and the violence to a minimum for the PG-13 rating. Sometimes slow, and never able to live up to its hype, the comic is more than justified by a movie that is just under two hours long. There are two flaws, no Robin and the Joker dies in the end. How much better could later films have been if Batman had a partner that could have easily brought humor to the film and added some more plot twists to help the movie move. As far as the Joker dying, when did that ever happen in the comics? For the movie it works, but Warner Brothers never looked past the hype of this movie and took it in the wallet with the rest of the subpar series. Overall the movie is entertaining and the sharpness of the picture of the DVD make it even more of a can't pass up movie.

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Summary: The best Batman.
Review: Jack nicholsons performance is great as The villianous Joker. Michael Keaton(The Paper,Gung Ho,and Beetlejuice) teams up again with Tim Burton playing DCComics Hero Batman.

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Summary: Great Movie...Horrid DVD
Review: Sorry. Just watched the, so called, widescreen version on DVD...and neither side of the DVD had the widescreen version. Both sides were anamorphic. Buyer BE-WARE! I was very disappointed!

I know it's older, but the picture quality was grainy and the sound was NOT 5.1 Dolby. Pls note that we are blessed with a top-rated home theater system and we watch and enjoy movies ALOT.We also watched Ghostbusters yesterday on an HBO HDTV broadcast and it was absolutely beautiful and it is 5 years older than Batman.

I agree. This was the best Batman movie ever made. I love Keaton and Nicholson in it. I'm just so sad tht it is such a lousy transfer. Just be ready.

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Summary: The best film adaptation of a comic
Review: Who would of thought that this would be great. A film directed by Tim Burton starring Michael Keaton as Batman? But it IS great! Great art direction, action scenes and plot. And Nicholson is perfect as the Joker.

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Summary: Keaton is the best BATMAN!
Review: BATMAN is my favourite movie since I was a child, and Michael Keaton becomes my favourite actor since BATMAN come out. Jack Nicholson's Joker is the most dangerous and the best villian in the movie history, his over-all-top performence make this movie shining brightly. However, this is a classic that everybody shouldn't miss it!

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Summary: The Joker
Review: This is a great movie. The plot and sets are very good, Tim Burton is an awsome director, and the cast is nice as well. Kim Basinger is okay, and Michael Keaton is fair. Jack Nicholson is supreme as Joker. Joker is a great role, and Jack doubles the value. This movie is tied as one of my favorite Batmans because of Joker. Joker is awsome! Joker! Joker! Joker! Joker! Joker! Joker! Joker! Joker!