Batman: The Movie (Special Edition)
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Actor: Adam West, Cesar RomeroBrand: Fox Home Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-01
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Batman: The Movie (Special Edition)
DVD Review: The Best of Batman
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best of any Batman movie, even The Dark Knight. Why? Because its just plain fun. None of that dark, heavy stuff. I don't know who decided that all superheroes need to be dark and brooding (it happened in the eighties) but it does get old after awhile. This version of Batman is just as legit as the current image. And just so eveyone knows, this didn't start the camp craze in the comics. They were already doing that in the late-forties into the early sixties (Batman was fighting aliens for gosh sakes!) and when the show came on, they just ran with it until the cancellation. Now, do I think you can use this image of Batman today? No because we live in a dark, depressing world where no one can be happy. Anyway to the movie! This boasts not one or two villains like the current movies but four of the most popular Batman villains ever to grace the comics/TV show. The only one who is underused here is the Joker, who doesn't get to do much unfortunately. Penguin is the mastermind, Riddler came up with schemes and Catwoman got to seduce Bruce Wayne. Joker's just there while the rest are doing the work (thank goodness he got more to do in the '89 film, animated series and The Dark Knight). I find it interesting though that Commissioner Gordon was featured in this and every episode of the series (though pretty much doing the same thing), but when the '89 film and its sequels were produced, he's barely in it! Adam West and Burt Ward play the parts with tongue firmly in cheek, especially the infamous "Bomb" sequence. The villains actually have an evil goal besides just causing mayhem and destruction like in current movies. Alfred gets put to better use (but I do like how they use him in the newer movies) and I absolutely love the over-the-top fight scenes, especially the climatic battle aboard Penguin's submarine! So yeah this is a good fun movie that delivers and won't make you feel so depressed (Dark Knight was good but I couldn't help but feel so depressed that Batman can hardly save anybody).
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?MPAA Rating: PG
?Format: DVD
?Runtime: 105 minutes
Holy camp site, Batman! After a fabulously successful season on TV, the campy comic book adventure hit the big screen, complete with painful puns, outrageous supervillains, and fights punctuated with word balloons sporting such onomatopoeic syllables as "Pow!," "Thud!," and "Blammo!" Adam West's wooden Batman is the cowled vigilante alter ego of straight-arrow millionaire Bruce Wayne and Bruce Ward's Robin (a.k.a. Dick Grayson, Bruce's young collegiate protégé) his overeager sidekick in hot pants. Together they battle an unholy alliance of Gotham City's greatest criminals: the Joker (Cesar Romero, whooping up a storm), the Riddler (giggling Frank Gorshin), the Penguin (cackling Burgess Meredith), and the purr-fectly sexy Catwoman (Lee Meriwether slinking in a skin-tight black bodysuit). The criminals are, naturally, out to conquer the world, but with a little help from their unending supply of utility belt devices (bat shark repellent, anyone?), our dynamic duo thwarts their nefarious plans at every turn. Since the TV show ran under 30 minutes an episode (with commercials), the 105-minute film runs a little thin--a little camp goes a long way--but fans of the small-screen show will enjoy the spoofing tone throughout. Leslie H. Martinson directs Lorenzo Semple's screenplay like a big-budget TV episode minus the cliffhanger endings. --Sean Axmaker
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