Favorite Batman movie?

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2003-06-29 04:47am

Mine would have to be Batman Returns, I love everything about it, how Batman is so mysterious and silent throughout the whole thing, how Cat Woman is so evil but sexy at the same time.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-06-29 05:35am

No contest, it's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Easily the best Batman movie of all time.

But out of the ones in the poll, it's Batman, though Batman Returns was pretty cool too.

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2003-06-29 06:05am

Batman Returns for me.

Grand Moff Yenchin · Post by **Grand Moff Yenchin** » 2003-06-29 07:04am

I choose Batman, cool score, Kim Basinger, great battle.
Batman Returns is good but spooky for me to choose it as my "favorite"

Batman Forever was fun but Two-Face was written poorly, Batman & Robin....OMG I only watch it for Silverstone's sake

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2003-06-29 12:19pm

I chose Batman and Robin.

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2003-06-29 01:01pm

"Return of the Joker" -- Ok, it's Batman Beyond, but it's just so much fun to watch!

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-06-29 02:22pm

Robert Treder wrote:No contest, it's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Easily the best Batman movie of all time.

But out of the ones in the poll, it's Batman, though Batman Returns was pretty cool too.

Totally agree on both statements. Batm Returns only suffered by trying to have too many villans, Peguin, Catwoman and Shrek.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-06-29 03:39pm

oh dude the original batman rocked. Returns was ok and the other 2 just sucked.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-06-29 03:45pm

Batman.

Minus the Prince songs, of course...

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-06-29 05:36pm

Batman. It has all the cool moments, like the Batwing rising to form the symbol against the moon, very nice...

Batman Returns was ok, but I wasnt too big on the Penguin, it was good, but wasnt as good as the first.

Batman Forever actually had its moments, but it was too intent on sending itself up where as the previous ones had been serious films, witness "Holy Rusted Metal, Batman" "What?" "The ground, it's made of metal, and its full of holes..." Quite liked Twoface and the Riddler, but couldnt quite forgive them the fact that Twoface's accident with the acid seemed to have been preceeded by something which turned him from a suave black guy into an aged white bloke who we only ever see playing one role.

Havent seen Batman and Robin, no particular desire to.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-06-29 05:44pm

Batman was the best with Batman Returns coming in for a close second.

Let's not get into the other two shall we?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-06-29 06:20pm

Batman Returns. It was the first Batman movie I've ever seen, and drives home just how dangerous Antarctic seabirds can be.

How did Harvey Dent become white? Michael Jackson Syndrome?

KK · Post by KK » 2003-06-29 06:28pm

Go, go, Bat-Nipples!

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-06-29 06:49pm

Plain old Batman for me.

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2003-06-29 10:22pm

Robert Treder wrote:No contest, it's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Easily the best Batman movie of all time.

But out of the ones in the poll, it's Batman, though Batman Returns was pretty cool too.

I must agree as well, I really would like to see the Batman Animated Series on DVD in a Season type format

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-06-30 01:18am

Batman was the only one worth the film it was printed on. The other three are differentiated by their degrees of suckiness. After Batman Forever, I swore I'd never watch a movie directed by Joel Schumaker ever again.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-06-30 01:21am

Curse you red...you missed the glory that was B&R

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Okay...no...because that was painful to dredge up let alone truly remember.

For me...the animated MotP was good, and BB: Return of the Joker(unedited) was good as well.

I loved Batman(more because Joker stole it).

The other two I was eh.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-30 01:27am

RedImperator wrote:Batman was the only one worth the film it was printed on. The other three are differentiated by their degrees of suckiness.

I like Batman.

I still think Batman 3 should have been called Batman and Robin and Batman 4 should have been called Batman Forever.

After Batman Forever, I swore I'd never watch a movie directed by Joel Schumaker ever again.

He's redeemed himself.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2003-06-30 02:05am

Batman, the 1967 Adam West version.

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb..."

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2003-06-30 03:29am

Batman was by far the best of the lot.
Batman Forever was OK. While that movie was definitely not brilliant, I don't know why so many people have issues with it.
Batman Returns was good up to the point were the penguin turened up. They absolutely and positively ruined that character.
As for Batman & Robin, I vote this falls under the Highlander clause:there's no such movie

Harvey Dent turning white guy-I underwent radical consmetic surgery between Batman Returns and Batman Forever, both Vicky Vale and Selina Kyle are blondes for no apparent reason-chameleonitis on a rampage, apparently. Maybe aftereffects of some Joker cosmetics I didn't find out about?

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-06-30 04:41am

neoolong wrote:He's redeemed himself.

Explain yourself. HOW has he redeemed himself? 8MM was lame. Flawless was middling, Tigerland was pretty good, Bad Company WAS THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME, and Phone Booth was pretty good, even if it was diminished by having been made a few months earlier as Liberty Stands Still. I don't see redemption here. Two HORRIBLE movies in 6 years (B&R and BC), and no really great ones.

Oh, and Kitsune, they do have the Batman Animated Series on DVD, though they're broken into small groups.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-06-30 05:18am

Drooling Iguana wrote:Batman, the 1967 Adam West version.

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb..."

"Hmmm, a Mr. P N Guin."

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-30 11:27am

Robert Treder wrote:
neoolong wrote:He's redeemed himself.
Explain yourself. HOW has he redeemed himself? 8MM was lame. Flawless was middling, Tigerland was pretty good, Bad Company WAS THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME, and Phone Booth was pretty good, even if it was diminished by having been made a few months earlier as Liberty Stands Still. I don't see redemption here. Two HORRIBLE movies in 6 years (B&R and BC), and no really great ones.

By not making anything truly horrendous for any other franchises. And making one decent movie.

Things have gotten so bad, you have to keep your standards low.

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2003-06-30 11:47am

I am not a fan of any of the Batman movies. But if I had to choose I'd have to go with the first one.

I thought Keaton did alright as Wayne/Batman, but I did not like Nicholson as the Joker. If I had my choice of casting for that role, I would have picked Steve Martin. He would have nailed the charachter, fits the body type, and Martin would not have needed prosthetics for his face.

When I first heard they were making Batman, I hoped they were going to do an adaptation of the Dark Night Returns, but I guess they needed to start from the "beginning" for people with no knowledge of the comic. But if they were to make another Batman, The Dark Night Returns would be perfect. It could even dovetail nicely with the forthcoming Superman movie. Of course, if they fuck up Superman.......Kelso?!!

But who would you cast as the older Batman? Ten years ago I would have chosen Clint Eastwood. Now? All I can come up with is Harrison Ford....mostly for his voice

Steve Martin would still work as an older Joker.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-06-30 12:24pm

The first two were good. The third and forth went from suck to blow.