After another viewing of Tim Burton's "Batman", I've come to the conclusion that it's a movie locked within the confines of its late 1980's culture. It was truly a big deal upon release and there was an overwhelming amount of hype surrounding it. Looking at it today under the light of the Nolan "Dark Knight" trilogy and some of the fine "Batman" animated films, it reveals itself as being horribly dated. It's absolutely a product of its time.
The rendering of Gotham is appealingly Burton-esque. Michael Keaton, while an odd choice for the title role, is fun to watch. Jack Nicholson's "Joker" is good and he's entertaining, but there's too much of Nicholson in it. The actor is so recognizable that you know you're watching Jack playing the Joker. Of course, that's pretty much how he is in every movie. I even thought that Kim Basinger was fine as Vicki Vale. Robert Wuhl as newspaper man Knox was annoying and unlikable.
Burton's "Batman" leans more toward "Batman 1966" than "The Dark Knight". That's not a bad thing. It's just that this movie doesn't hold up or live up to the pre-release hype that I remember.
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After another viewing of Tim Burton's "Batman", I've come to the conclusion that it's a movie locked within the confines of its late 1980's culture. It was truly a big deal upon release and there was an overwhelming amount of hype surrounding it. Looking at it today under the light of the Nolan "Dark Knight" trilogy and some of the fine "Batman" animated films, it reveals itself as being horribly dated. It's absolutely a product of its time.
The rendering of Gotham is appealingly Burton-esque. Michael Keaton, while an odd choice for the title role, is fun to watch. Jack Nicholson's "Joker" is good and he's entertaining, but there's too much of Nicholson in it. The actor is so recognizable that you know you're watching Jack playing the Joker. Of course, that's pretty much how he is in every movie. I even thought that Kim Basinger was fine as Vicki Vale. Robert Wuhl as newspaper man Knox was annoying and unlikable.
Burton's "Batman" leans more toward "Batman 1966" than "The Dark Knight". That's not a bad thing. It's just that this movie doesn't hold up or live up to the pre-release hype that I remember.