Batman - The Movie

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Summary: It was great! The action and the POW BAP PLOP were all fun
Review: I think .... I know this is the best Batman ever made. I just wisht they put the episodes onto video with the movie! The acting was excellent. Frank Gorshinn's Riddler laugh sends chills up your spine.

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Summary: Batman The 60's movie!
Review: Great movie, lots of fun to watch it. It's basicly the tv show expanded. Showing more of the sets, new gadgets, new vehicles, and of course 4 villians. The Joker, Penguin, Catwoman and the Riddler all plan on taking over the world. It all ends in one big action packed fighting scene! A must see if your a fan of the old series!

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Summary: Holy Nightmare, Batman!
Review: This movie is the best. I love it. That's all I really have to say, except that the original TV episodes should also be put on video. I'd buy them all. For a good summary, read the others.

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Summary: boink! pow!
Review: This batman movie reflects the batman of the 50's and 60's as a wholesome, and often humorous, crimefighter.This takes place before the character was taken back to his "dark night" roots.The movie, like the t.v. series, tries to appeal to both a youthful and adult audience. While the action is exciting for children, it also works for adults as a satire of the comic media. I thought this film was great and definately worth a look.It is a great representation of the character for the time it was created (1966). However, if you are expecting the darker version of the Batman in his current form, you may be disappointed.

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Summary: HOLY VIDEO, BATMAN!
Review: This film is simply delightful. If you haven't seen a rerun of the old 1960s series in a long time, or if you have never seen it, take a look. You'll be glad you did. Same bat time, same bat channel.

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Summary: This is the best Batman Video Ever!
Review: If you enjoy action, this is the video for you. Adam West and Burt Ward did very well in this movie. Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, and Penguin do very well in this too. This movie has everything. Romance and action.

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Summary: Bad memories from the past.
Review: The Batman TV series are actually awful. It simply does not fit to Batman such campiness. If it was Spider-Man, I would say OK. Spidey is already campy in the comics. But Batman is, you know, dark, gothic. The Tim Burton films depicted him perfectly. But this... the performances of the actors make Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura look serious. The bat-gadgets have an awful design. The suits would deserve Anti-Oscars... Anyway, if you are a 'serious' Batman fan avoid this film. It is NOT Batman. It is a bitter parody of the Bat. END

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Summary: A must see for all Bat Fans!
Review: It's great to see this film being re-released on video. I hadn't seen it in years and it's just as funny as I remember. Having all four villians (Joker, Riddler, Penguin, and Catwoman) plotting against the Dynamic Duo was a great idea. Lee Meriwether is O.K. as Catwoman, but Julie Newmar is missed. Watch for all the new Bat Gadgets and vehicles created for the film. And the gags don't get any better..."Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb". END

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Summary: Funny movie!
Review: Okay this movie is very different form the Batman movies that younger audiences may be familiar with but it's still a very good movie altogether. Batman along with his sidekick Robin team up to fight an alliance of criminals The Joker, Catwoman, Two-Face, and Penguin and they must stop them from terrorizing Gotham City. This moive is so incredibly funny! Nothing like the darkness of 1989's "Batman" 1992's "Batman Returns" or even Forever but while it's certianly cheesy, the cheese factor on here is far better than on 1997's horrible "Batman and Robin"! This movie is a must-have but mostly for bat-o-philes.

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Summary: Missing the Point?
Review: I think a few of the above reviews are really missing the point regarding Batman - The Movie. Is it campy? Of course it is! Is it cheap? Yes! Why were these particular people cast? If you don't know, read on and learn.
Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, was a TV series which ran for like 3 years, twice a week, from 1966 to 1968. After the 1st pretty successful season on American TV, a movie was produced, using the same actors, screenwriters, sets, music, etc. The reason the movie was made was to pre-sell the TV series to the European market. They wanted to make a feature length movie using the same talent and if the movie did well in Europe, they'd be able to sell the series. That's the whole reason this movie was made. Obviously, the producers couldn't make the movie using other actors, cars, etc. It had to fit into the existing very campy, very funny TV series.
The movie is slow at times, the acting IS over the top (most all TV acting was over the top in the 60s and 70s), the plot silly. None of this stuff really matters, because of (and one reviewer has already pointed this out) the sincerity of Adam West and Burt Ward in their roles as the Caped Crusaders. This isn't something they do to keep from spending time with Aunt Harriet. This was deadly serious to them and they showed it. To me the funniest sequence in the movie is the scene where Batman is trying to get a cartoon-type bomb away from various groups of wandering people before the bomb blows up. He runs all around the docks where the scene is set, holding what is obviously a prop bomb with a sparkler attached to it for a burning fuse. He runs to this side of the dock, there's a small group of Salvation Army people, to that side, young lovers, or a family of ducks in the water, etc. All of course, olivious to the bomb or the sight of this crazed man in grey spandex running around WITH a bomb. "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!"
Anyway, the whole idea of this movie was to cash in on what was considered a flash in the pan TV series. As ratings sagged, they brought in Batgirl, and as sexy as Yvonne Craig was in skintight purple leather, she wasn't enough to hold the US TV audience's attention, and the series folded.
Over the years, I've caught this movie on TV and usually tuned in, as I remembered enjoying the TV series. When the movie came out on DVD, I bought it immediately, and was very pleasently surprised to hear Messers West and Ward giving background commentary during the movie. Also, the DVD menus and features are fascinating, but you HAVE to remember, ALL of this was based on the original TV series (which had the second-coolest Batmobile ever, but the absolute coolest theme music).
I hope this helped some of you who may feel ripped off or were expecting a more "Dark Knight" flavor to your Batman experience. This was the original, and it kept extremely true to its (very budget conscious) television roots. This is what we had back in the 60s to watch on TV, this or Lawrence Welk.