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The sets seem a bit too fake now.Comment
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^Oh I agree that the design is great, but I think the lighting and cinematography sometimes makes the fantastic sets read more "fake" than they should. Nearly all of Burton's films have a fabricated, other-worldly feel to them. I think it's his love for cheesy horror films showing through.
I think most didn't like the idea of Keaton playing Batman is because of Beetlejuice. My guess is at the time most figure both Keaton and Burton were involved and we'd be getting something similar.
ChrisLast edited by Earth 2 Chris; Jun 25, '14, 6:56 AM.Comment
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The best description of the film I heard was a CBC reviewer who said "It presents itself as if it were a dream and therefore you accept it's reality". I like that a lot.
What I didn't always like was it's heavy influence on the genre afterwards, it was like Danny Elfman became mandatory.Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions
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The Matrix has had a similar effect on sci-Fi and fantasy films.
But, I can't blame the original movies, though I really dislike the Matrix series. It's imitators that lack imagination and vision.Last edited by madmarva; Jun 25, '14, 3:29 PM.Comment
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I went completely nuts for Batman when the movie hit...even before it hit. I remember seeing the trailer on TV over and over and was totally obsessed with seeing it. I too bought the magazines, the Kenner Dark Knight figures (which are what got me back into toy collecting, so I owe them a HUGE debt) posters, anything I could get my hands on. That summer I joined that mail order science fiction book club and bought every Batman graphic novel they had. Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One, Arkham Asylum...my Bat obsession waned though somewhere between Batman Returns and Batman Forever. I had always been a die-hard Marvel guy and the ton of Marvel cartoons and subsequent Toy Biz figures that began pouring in around 1994 and when the new Spider-Man cartoon hit, I forgot all about Batman.
I still love the 89 movie though, and honestly, I think this is one film that could do with some digital tinkering. It would be so easy to clean up the dreaded "purple blotch" and erase some matte lines, do some color correcting, and especially re-do the Joker and Batman falling scenes at the end of the movie which always looked terrible to me, even by 1989 standards.Comment
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^Yeah, the Joker falling at the end is an obvious cartoon, as is Batman's shadow in the opening sequence.
The budget is on display in Nicholson being there, and the elaborate sets, the Batmobile, etc. But there is something...cheap about certain aspects of the film. Of course, this was Burton directing his first mega-blockbuster on a huge budget.
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I too thought of Clean and Sober and that Keaton could be a good Batman.
There were news strories where people were going to a movie just to see the Batman preview trailer then leaving before the show started.
Batman 66 was back on the air for the first time in years and Bat Mania was every where.
Last year they showed it on the local PBS channel.Better late than never.....Comment
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And this Batmania begat the Bruce Timm cartoon.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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To this day I have never seen this movie. I was a huge Batman fan, but the trailers just didn't appeal to me. I skipped the whole pop culture frenzy although thanks to MTV I did know the Bat-Dance.Mortui Vivos Docent
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