Batman (1989)
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance, Jerry Hall
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Supposedly a superhero movie for grown-ups, this is actually a pretentious farrago.
It was, however, easily the biggest box-office hit of 1989, and one of the highest grossing films in history, a testament more to its massive marketing campaign than to its quality.
Director Tim Burton effectively echoes the visual style of the original Bob Kane comics while conjuring up a nightmarish world of his own.
The conceptual side of the movie--two rather sick two-sided antagonists having it out in a black and sordid context -- lingers.
Wow. I can't believe how little I enjoyed about this movie after all of these years of NOT having seen it.
Burton brings back film noir elements to the new Batman, elevating it to a dark, demented opera.
In the end, one's reaction to Burton's blockbuster is little more than that of the Joker to Batman: 'Where did he get those wonderful toys?'
The movie that gave birth to the summer blockbuster remains impressive.
The story is a mess… Scenes and lines of dialogue make no sense… Keaton makes hardly any impression in the role, in or out of the mask.
...the yardstick by which all subsequent Batman movies are measured.
As a movie spectacle, it delivered. As Batman, well...it got a lot of things wrong.
Uneven in tone, but Keaton's great and the movie just looks like a million bucks.
Despite its failings...a hugely influential movie with literally towering design, mordant wit, and a hall-of-fame performance by Jack Nicholson.
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