BATMAN (1989) Revisited: Superhero Movie Review
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- If you were around in 1989, no movie was more anticipated than Tim Burton's Batman. The first superhero movie to take the gritty and grounded approach, Burton's Batman, was the comic book event of the decade and the film that made the Caped Crusader cool again after the camp approach of the old Adam West TV series. Yet, the road to the big screen was not a smooth one for this blockbuster, with fans up in arms about the casting of Michael Keaton in the lead (with him best known for comedy at the time), while Jack Nicholson's Joker received top billing and initially seemed like the actual lead. Add to that the eleventh hour casting of Kim Basinger as Vicky Vale, a writer's strike and you're got a troubled production that, nonetheless, reinvented a genre and is a beloved classic to this day.
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It's amazing how literal stand- up- comedian, Michael Keaton knocked this one out of the park. He will always be synonymous with Batman for me.
As Burton said, Keaton had the eyes which were important to him. Because they look intimidating in the suit.
Before this film Keaton killed it in Clean & Sober so no one was surprised at his acting prowess when this dropped.
It was an awesome time to be a kid in 1989, and seeing this in theaters is something I will never forget.
It sure was. I remember all of the massive billboard with just the gold and black Batman symbol on them; trying to record all of Prince's Batman concept album videos from the TV [Thankfully BET was playing all of them seemingly nonstop at the time]. This set up going to the movies as an event for me to this day. This was back when magic seemed to happen when it came to movies like this, Indiana Jones [which I also saw this same summer in The Last Crusade], and of course the OG Star Wars movies.
I was 8 and the climax at the cathedral is an experience I’ll never forget.
To be honest, I just missed the first batman as a kid. I did see it on VHS. So I made sure to see Batman Returns in theatres. I am 38 now. So I was like 5 when Batman came out.
I wasn't even 2 yet, but my parents got it on VHS as soon as it was available. Between it and TMNT '90, I don't think I watched any tape more. In fact, thanks to Michael Gough's commercial at the start, Diet Coke remains to this day my #1 soft drink
What is even more crazy now that I look back. After I saw Batman on VHS. I started watching all the Adam West shows on Nick at Night. I was a instant batman fan. He is my favorite super hero til this day. My mother after she passed, I collected my toys from the basement and she still had all my batman mobiles and toys lol crazy.
This movie singlehandedly turned me into a huge Batman fanatic. This was my first super hero movie.
Summer of 89 belonged to Batman. I remember sitting in the theater during the opening credits so excited. It didn't disappoint.
The WB store ad with Daffy Duck on the VHS has been chiseled in my memory for 33 years.
In many ways this was a brave movie and approach. It was dark without being too dark (in other words bloody or very graphic) and I just imagine the convincing it took to go this route. I love this movie, the actors, the script, the sets are amazing, and easily my favourite batmobile with the gatling guns! It does age in places a little (mainly special FX, makeup, etc.) But otherwise still a very enjoyable movie and sometimes that's what we want.
I always describe this as Gloomy or Gothic rather than dark to avoid the comparison.
It is my second favourite Batmobile behind the one from the animated series... 3rd is the West era Batmobile.
I just want Michael Keaton return in a potential "Batman Beyond" move, along with the Danny Elfman score.
At this point I’d be surprised if Keaton would ever go near Warner Bros. again, let alone DC.
I adore Batman 89. It was never really made with the intention of being a blockbuster spectacle, it feels much more like a dark pulp noir which I love. It has aged the best artistically out of all the Batman films.
Remember buying it on CD, great souring melodies a lovely piece of music.
I’m gonna disagree. This film was block buster from day one. However, you are right, it certainly has aged the best.
@@jbishop2454 yeah. The studio really pushed this movie, hard.
I have no idea what you are talking about. This movie was always made by the studio to be a huge blockbuster. The pushed this movie big time. Batman was used to advertise tons of products. The trailer was constantly on television and Batman merchandise was everywhere. This was all before the movie came out.
it absolutely was made with the intention of being a blockbuster, and it's still the best damn blockbuster there ever was. it's not "pulpy" either.
The film that helped dark comic book movies become a thing. Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson are incredible. Danny Elfman's score is absolutely perfect. It will always be one of my favourite comic book films.
I always find interesting how Nicholson only did this movie for the money, and yet his performance is terrific
a true professional
Well I'm not sure he did it ONLY for the money. To this day he's said it's his most favourite character he's ever played.
@@gilbertgodfrey1818 Instead of a fixed salary, Nicholson took a percentage deal. Well played, Jack…
Still my favourite joker, he's genuinely unhinged and you never knew if he would do a gag or kill you. The comically dangerous practical jokes is something that hadn't been seen since either.
Yeah I miss when The Joker was fun.
@@LinkMarioSamus it's all too serious now. When was the last time the joker actually told a joke?
yup everybody loves heath ledgers joker but jack nicholson was more closer to the comic book version of the joker from the joy buzzer to the acid flower and the clothes and make up and the origin how he became the joker. i had issue with him as Bruce waynes parents killer but excepted it
that also fits Keatons Batman. Genuinely unhinged.
“I make art, until somebody dies”
Phenomenal look, phenomenal score. The film that made and defined the modern comic book film and the modern blockbuster
It’s rare when such an insanely hyped movie actually delivers on that hype. This movie was one of them, arguably the first.
Batman 89 was the comic book equivalent of Woodstock!
I remember my mom taking me to the cinema and I chose this over Ghostbusters II. I everything about Batman. From the sets, the action, to portrayals of Batman and Joker. I even had the breakfast cereal and make a homemade Batman costume that following Halloween.
You made the best choices that summer.
I didn't see this film in theater but begged my parents to buy the VHS copy for me and I've watched that tape several times. This film made me a fan of Batman and to this day, he's still my favorite comic book superhero. The 4K disc is definitely a must own, the picture and sound quality are top notch. Especially, the remix Dolby Atmos, if you have nice home theater set up, you'll be blown away by the new surround sound.
Honestly I hate the new sound
@@arizonaFIREent Why is that? The remix improved over the dated sound of the original. In fact, Tim Burton supervised the new remix sound since he didn't have time to properly mix the film back in 1989.
@@Bluboy30 , what is your source? Warner Bros. is notorious for doing remixes of films without the director’s approval and there’s been no indication that Tim Burton or anyone involved with the film supervised this new sound mix.
1989 Batman film is my favorite movie
Love this movie The 1st dark superhero movie The look of Gotham city was fantastic and had a 1920's look Jack Nicholson was fantastic Michael Keaton put all the haters to rest 9.2/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
1982's Swamp Thing was pretty terrifying as a kid
I saw this film at a Pittsburgh premiere hosted by Michael Keaton that benefited the local food bank. Good times 🤗
Christian Bale is my favorite Bruce Wayne but Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman. Mom took me to see this in the theater. I was 8. Still love this movie.
You remember the lines for the movie bro lol I was a year older. Took over the summer, the entire summer
@@smosmo4617 Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight? 😁
@@MikeFrench101 what? I say that to all my prey.
One of the best Superhero Themes. Batman Returns was even better.
00:08, the most famous like in film history, forever immortalized!
Hands down my favorite superhero film of all time. I remember the Summer of ‘89, you couldn’t escape the Batman fever! That iconic logo was literally everywhere and on everything possible! The film, in my opinion, is perfect. The actors, the soundtrack, the set designs, everything is just so Batman in that film. Especially after the run of Batman comics that were coming out in the mid to late 80s, it was the perfect on screen adaptation of everything that the Batman comics were doing at that time. Also, the film was the template for the animated series, which is also perfection. I’m really looking forward to Keaton’s return as Batman in the DC Film Universe. I really hope they do him justice in these upcoming projects! 🦇
Are you still looking forward to it? I’m not.
Batman 89 will always be a favorite and that summer of its release was just electric. But I'm glad Tim Burton got a chance to make Batman Returns which he had much more control over. Batman 89 is a film made by committee. Batman Returns is a Tim Burton film.
Returns was terrible. Can't stand that movie.
Returns is my favorite from Burton.
A true staple of my childhood keaton to me is batman and always will be
When I see Bale or Affleck in the batsuit, I see actors in the batsuit. When Keaton is in the batsuit, I just see Batman.
In 1989, Michael Keaton was a 5'9, 160 lb, slightly balding comedic actor in black Nikes - and he's _still_ the greatest Batman on film.
Shout out to Tim Burton for making a short, cocaine-snorting "comedian" a good Batman. Keaton had NOTHING to do with it. He refused to workout because the suit does all the work....because who needs craftsmanship. So what exactly does Keaton bring to the character (which Keaton shares ZERO attributes with). The movie is/was fire because of the batmobile, the production, the score, and the real star Jack was absolutely bonkers. So please, remind me what exactly does Keaton bring to the role....I mean except making a duckface. 🙄
@@brucegomezmilano1724 Wrong.
@@jmaguire2232 Wow how insightful and thank you for telling me what Keaton brings to the character.
@@brucegomezmilano1724 where did Michael Keaton bad touch you as a kid?
@@j.a.1785 Another "Keaton is the best", but can't explain why other than nostalgia. 🙄🙄
But please, explain why you think that scrawny man is anything like Batman.🙄
This movie came out when I was in high school and it goes without saying the Jack Nicholson performance is legendary. But Michael Keaton turned out to be a very good Batman.
one of my favorite exchanges of all time - "you look fine jack." "I didn't ask."
I'm an 80 baby , and I remember this movie having more mania around it than any other...lines around the block for days , and everyone and there mother had that black t-shirt w the new logo on it.it was insanity
Rise, fall, and the potential rise again in critical and public estimation of this 1989 film can be compared to a rollercoaster ride !!!
I was a little kid when this was released, the hype for this was ridiculous. I remember a story on the news where bus stops (they frequently advertised movies back then) were being vandalized because so many people were stealing the posters that would be put in them. The toys for this were everywhere as well. Plus with the movie actually being very good, this was the most talked about movie that year.
I worked at a movie theatre at the time this movie opened. For opening weekend it was in our biggest theatre and I'll never forget how many people came to see it. Huge crowds!
One of my favorite movies ever made.
In hindsight I can see Glover doing a great job as Joker too, specially since he has the comic book elongated chin of the character and has played maniacal characters over the years.
9:17 - Wuhl's character was so popular, that a few years back he reprised the role for the CW's crossover event 'Crisis on Infinite Earths', giving us a tease of the Burton universe and maybe even setting up the return of Michael Keaton in the upcoming Flash movie?
We saw it at the Drive In when it came out. My buddies and I got an old beater car and painted it like a Joker goon car. That’s what we took to the drive in. It was a blast.
Hello friends. I must respectfully disagree about the 4k blu-ray being the best way to watch this film. The color grading was changed to include a blueish greenish tint to the picture and all new sounds and effects replaced the old ones. I feel it is very jarring if you are only used to the original version of this film. Awesome video, as always. Take care!
Agreed
"You wanna get nuts?! Lets get nuts!!!!"
i remember reading somewhere nicholson earned $40 million in 1989 alone. the $90 million is what he has earned to date and STILL EARNING!!!!
I have been obsessing over this film so much recently. It’s a classic!
I had no idea it had a Comic continuation.
That looks really sweet! And Keaton returning? NICE! Batman Beyond Keaton Edition!
This film was so huge, theaters were charging to watch the trailer for 30 minutes straight.
My mother took me to see this movie in theaters when it came out. I was barely a year and a half old.
The earliest memories i have are of joker's hand buzzer and Batman beating up thugs on a rooftop
The bald henchman with the sunglasses has a name too! Lawrence the boom box guy!
This film mesmerized us in 1989. I was 11 at the time and remember being in the theater on opening night. The audience even cheered during the opening credits.
I bought this for $5 at Walmart. it was pretty good. I liked the set design a lot. I do like the darker Nolan films though, I think Batman works best as a really grim world. Gotham is not some zany, spunky place with a cast of goofy villains running around and stealing candy from babies. it's a seriously fucked up place.
Really grim is boring and unimaginative. Batman works best when it strikes the right balance of colour and substance.
People that weren’t around then truly can’t understand or appreciate the impact this had on comic book films.
I remember that outcry at SDCC in 1988, the year before Batman was released, some were furious that they didn't have Caesar Romero as the Joker either.
Absolutely loved this movie. Tim Burtons masterpiece.
Steven Spielberg, Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Sam Raimi, Terry Gilliam, John Landis, David Cronenberg, Richard Donner, Joe Dante, William Friedkin, Robert Wise, Irvin Kershner, Joseph Ruben, Howard Franklin, Rocky Morton and Annabelle Jenkell, Ivan Reitman, Walter Hill, George Miller, Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone, Tony Scott, Tobe Hooper, Ridley Scott, and Robert Zemeckis were considered for the job of directing
Walter Hill would have been great. Tim Burton's Gotham owes Hill's Streets of Fire money for stealing. Plus we might have gotten Willem Defoe as Joker. Granted it probably wouldn't have done as well.
It's so crazy that Batman had to he shopped around to different studios when Warner Brothers owned DC and had their own damn movie studio. They've never really known what they're doing 🙄
i just watched this again with my wife and kids and i loved it, jack as the joker is awesome and its my favorite suit and bat mobile, i thought Keaton was great but he turns into Beetlejuice for a moment and it takes you out of the character for the rest of the movie, its success can still be seen as we are about to get another reboot, every scene jack is in was top notch, he was funny and scary at the same time, hahaha BOB...gun, the scene when he smashed the tv with boxing glove scared the crap out of my wife, oh great times
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kurt Russell, Patrick Swayze, Nicolas Cage, Adrian Pasdar, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Hanks, John Travolta, Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Michael Douglas, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Matthew Broderick, Sean Penn, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr, and Jean Claude van Damme were considered for Batman.
9 Years old in 1989 Southern California, amazing time to be a kid. The summer was defined by Batman ‘89. We also had many other classics (Last Crusade, GB 2, Shrunk etc.) No internet (at least to the General public) - Waterparks, and the NES .. Super Mario 3 was the talk of the playground. Music stores and Video / Game rental spots.. Malls were the place to be , arcades , Toys r Us, and amazing innovative and creative cartoons and TV shows , sleepover with the cousins, parents were young, Grandparents alive, playground friends. Such a wonderful time, glad I experienced those moments.
THE BEST batman! Hands down. One of my favorite movies of all time.
I recall, very well, seeing the trailer for this movie advertised late at night on television. I was very drunk at the time, and found it hard to process that this gritty, dark, trailer was for...Batman. Because at the time I associated Batman with the 1960s television show of my childhood. The idea that this character could form the basis of a serious movie in which Jack Nicholson starred as Joker seemed completely and absolutely surreal. I can recall the sensation of my brain expanding to this day.
Nicholson was iconic as The Joker. In my opinion, I don't think he really had to act all that much to play the part.
The one that started it all.
Nostalgia for me. I was about 4 or 5 and my dad took me to the theater to see it.
When my guy pulled out the 2 foot six shooter, and shot down the batwing.... Jack became the best joker ever...
To me Batman Returns will always be the best Batman movie but this is definitely 2# on my list
I love how messed up that film gets
@@LucyLioness100 exactly 😎
What were the other changes made to the story in the re-writes during the strike ?
This is like the fifth or sixth time in recent years I've been reminded of Batman's Nike boots and been like, "Oh. Yeah. I forgot about that. WHY DID YOU REMIND ME."
I was 15f when this movie came out and I saw it in theaters and LOVED IT and drove my family crazy playing the Prince album with the soundtrack on it 😁 I've watched it every time I've seen it on since then....no one else is Batman but MK !! PERIOD.
This film changed my life. I was around 8 when I first watched it and nothing was the same for me. The art, the atmosphere, the characters, set designs… by God does it take you to another world. I know it’s not perfect but I have so much love for this (and returns) that it’s hard to put in words. To me; this is the Batman.
my fav batman
Summer of 89 was lit. Batmania was everywhere
Will there be a retrospective on the sequel, "The Return of Swamp Thing", before "Batman Returns"? The DC movie came out in 1989 as well.
Keaton is Batman
Bale is 👊
As much as I love the Nolan Batman’s, this is still my favorite Batman movie. It just transports you into another world.
Me and my sister were 7 and 10 when '89 came out. We saw it 3 times in the theatre and literally 1000 times on VHS. Lol
And the impression that Nicholson does of Palance "You are my number one..... mmm guy" is just so much fun
Tim Curry as the the Joker would have been perfect.
He was the original choice for Joker in Batman the animated series. Eventually Mark Hamill got that role.
DUDE seriously .....OMG i love this movie and i admit i know a lot about it, but this video blew my mind with some of the stuff in here. Thank you so much AWESOME!!!
When I first heard of this being made by Timothy I laughed. I couldn't see a blue battymans flying around with his tightrope. But it turned out to be a huge hit. One of the best movies ever made😛
The actor who played Bob, Tracy Walter, is Jack Nicholson's best friend
The best Batman movie of them all. Keaton is by far the best Batman and Nicholson for entertainment and laughs no other villain does it quite like him. Nicholson was a mobster gangster version and Ledgers was a psychotic take on the Joker.
A Christopher Reeve-Michael Keaton Supes/Bats movie would have been amazing.
Prince's concept album is truly inspired, and a singularly smart decision by Warner Brothers... All hail The Purple Yoda!
Something also cool is the chemical factory set was the old atmosphere processor set from Aliens.
As much as I love Jack Nicholson as the Joker, I think Brad Dourif(1 of Burton's original choices for Joker) would have been awesome. Tim Curry would have been great as well.
Wilem Dafoe would have been great too. Sam Hamm, batman 89 writer, actually said "He looks like the joker"
Brad Dourif- was that the voice actor for Chucky?
@@nelsonartemio4218 yup, Brad was Charles Lee Ray. He would've nailed it.
@@WinningProduction420 Willem Defoe would have rocked as the Joker too.
@@WinningProduction420 at least Sam Raimi and Jon Watt got to use him for Marvel movies 😄
My father had passed away that April in 89,a few days after I turned six. My mother,god bless her,took me to see this movie at least once a week that summer in order to make me feel better. It helped. A lot. Batman lost his parents and used it as motivation to become a hero,and the idea of that helped me with losing my hero. Terrible year but wonderful at the same time. I still absolutely adore this movie,and I always will.
Good video analysis of Batman 89,still one of favorite movies,and who knew that girl with sweater with the R worked for team rocket before Pokemon came out lol xD
I'm saddened given that the line "Ever Dance with the Devil in the Pale Moon Light" was never carried into the other BATMAN Movies...
1989 was a pretty awesome year at the movies, indiana jones, james bond, batman, lethal weapon 2. All epic stuff!!! great vid Joblo!!
15:13 Get a hold of the complete soundtrack and you’ll hear it. Mainly, the film version’s mix favored the percussion section.
On thing I remember about this movie is how it also changed the home rental market. Typically back then it would take roughly a year for the movie to come out on home video, but Batman, which was released in June, was available by Christmas.
Christopher Fairbank, who played the mugger Nick, played the alien broker that Peter Quill visited on Xandar in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie.
I absolutely love this movie. Perhaps one of my top 5 favs. Though, personally, i feel that this movie has been a bit misunderstood in recent years. Ive heard this movie described as “more of a Joker movie than a Batman movie” which i don’t feel is true. Joker’s origin is more pronounced than Batman’s, but that’s just fitting for the characters. Batman is more Mysterious and Shadowy while The Joker is more Loud and Flashy. Another thing i hear is that Batman uses “Questionable” tactics to bring down some criminals, such as having guns on his vehicles (which is not unheard of in ANY form of media) and that he does kill The Joker in the end, which even as a massive Bat fan, i don’t have a problem with. This would not be the first nor the last time this would happen in any form of media and nobody complains about those times. Plus, it plays in to the subtle arc for Bruce that lasts even into the Schuhmacher films (kind of). As for the the other “Questionable” tactics, it’s really nothing the character doesn’t usually do and in some cases it’s debatable and ambiguous. Bottom line: just because Batman doesn’t kill, doesn’t mean he hasn’t. That doesn’t make this make this movie any more or less true to the character, even if Burton didn’t read many comics. The last thing is of course Joker killing Bruce’s parents, Which i also don’t mind. Different from the comics, sure, but it’s not like it wouldn’t make sense for The Joker. Besides, i like the cyclical nature of it. Evil creating the Good that ultimately destroys it. It’s not totally sophisticated, but it’s no less interesting.
After mr. Sunday movies doing their bait and switch with Batman I was kinda nervous to click on this video lmao
I got to watch this and Indiana Jones and the last crusade at a double feature drive-in. It was a good night to be 6. 😎
Why call it a review if you didn’t review it? This is more of a deep dive. Really well put together though. Thanks for this :)
One of my favorite movies, not just superhero films. Btw, one of the songs in the closing credits was Prince’s Scandalous. Just a beautiful ballad.
As a kid who was 7 when this movie came out, it's indescribable relating how huge this movie was for kids! I still remember just staring at the movie poster (the solid yellow bat symbol) wherever I saw it and begging my parents to let me watch it in the theaters. They never did but they surprised me for Christmas and bought me the vhs. My first vhs ever and I still have it to this day!
In summary, this movie was friggin huge...and it was a great movie and soundtrack! The songs and scene if him taking Vicki vale to the batcave on that back road and the segment of him destroying axis chemicals are amazing!
PS: 550 million USD in 1989-1990=approx 1.2 billion in 2022
i remember being a kid at the time, and EVERYONE was amped about this movie. it was an atom bomb. it just changed EVERYTHING. without it, there is no raimi spider-man, no nolan trilogy, no mcu, no dceu... it solidified batman as the biggest superhero, popularity wise. you couldn't escape batman, he was everywhere, on everything. everyone was talking about it.
John Glover always popping up for comic book films
1989, first grade high school, it was Batman, Indiana Jones and James Bond. Awesome year.
Vicki Vale subverts the 'damsel in distress' trope at EVERY turn. She's a pulitzer prize winning war-zone photojournalist, and anytime she gets 'in trouble', it's to serve her own unique agenda, and almost always with agency. She falls into peril, but no more or less than Batman does. The Joker catches them both off guard repeatedly. When she's put in the 'damsel in distress' situation, it's for intentional subversion
yup i was collecting and reading and collecting DC comics at the time from 1986 till 1992 at first i didn't like or wanted Michael keaton as batman as a DC fan but when i saw batman 1989 the first opening day i was blown away with the movie/live action version. after i saw the movie i still had some issues with the movie but shortly accepted it as what it was. and i grew up on the 70's Linda carter wonder woman and the 70's shazam TV show and the first reruns of the 1966 Adam west TV show as a kid of the 70's
Been on an 89' kick lately. Great timing
Burton's Batman are forever..no pun intended.😎