BATMANNNNNN! Finally I watch the Michael Keaton Batman and wow did I miss out on a great movie! Jack Nicholson is no joke as the Joker and creates such a menacing but humorous villain. Keaton himself as Batman was great and it was super funny to see how stiff the costume was so he could barely look up. The whole atmosphere of the movie as well felt grimy and dark and the theme song was the bow on top. Thanks for watching! Have a great day! :)

"That wouldn't stop a bullet." In the scene where Bruce uses a metal serving pan to protect himself from Joker's gun, it's quite possible that the pan would have protected him. The gun that Joker pulls out is VERY small. It looks like a .22 caliber single shot derringer. It would have fired a low mass, low velocity round that would have very little power behind it (especially being fired out of that short of a barrel). It could absolutely be deadly if it hit a vital spot, but I think the movie was 100% accurate in depicting it being stopped by the serving plate he used as a shield.

I still remember going to the theater when this came out. It was a most epic event. it was packed and people were dressed up like Batman. I also remember MTV running that dumb contest called 'Win the Batmobile contest'. It was a scam, sort of. When the guy that won it received the Batmobile, it didn't even have an engine in it. He even thought about putting one in but realized it wasn't going to be street legal. He was then told by Warner Bros. that the reason it didn't have an engine was because it was just a prop, and not the version used for driving around. But later WB started asking to buy it back. Only they were turned down. Why were they asking to buy it back. At the time no one really knew. The guy eventually found out through various numbers found within the Batmobile that it indeed was one of the driven versions and this might be why WB wanted it back. they removed the engine because they probably couldn't give it away as a real legal car so they just made it into a prop. the car was eventually sold to a collector.

Actually Micheal Keaton is credited for being the first to do the batman voice. He goes back to his regular voice at the end with the joker though

I like the Joker that is defined by his twisted sense of humor. Like you said, he'll act like a goofy and then turn that same joke around and make it incredibly grim. Recent cinema made him more like a anarchist/serial killer

You have to watch the second one, Batman Returns. Michelle Pfiefer as Catwoman and Danny DeVito as Penguin and it is just... ugh. So good.

When this film came out, it was the production design that really leapt off the screen. You couldn’t place the era. It had modern twists mixed with 1940s and 1960s fashions, with 1880s architecture. More hero films could take a page from that concept, rather than nailing down the era to whatever is most modern.

Ah yes a classic! And good old Jack Nicholson is the chef's kiss of Joker performances! 😁

Please watch Tim Burton's MARS ATTACKS!

Brilliant editing on your part with you saying the batsuit is stiff...cutting to Knox saying "He's a stiff!" 🤣👍

I'm 17 and this how I got introduced to Batman my grandpa had Batman 89, Returns, Forever, and Batman and Robin on vhs and DVD'S and I watched all these movies when I was 6 years old and that's how I feel in love with the world if the Bat.

In an interview, production designer Anton Furst described his team’s intent to “make Gotham City the ugliest and bleakest metropolis imaginable. We imagined what New York City might have become without a planning commission. A city run by crime, with a riot of architectural styles. An essay in ugliness. As if hell erupted through the pavement and kept on going.” I always loved that idea, and the results speak for themselves onscreen.

Best Batman in my opinion I love so much old school movies 70s 80s 90s are the best.

Thanks for reacting to another classic! I was almost 13 when this came out June of '89. It's hard for younger people to understand just how epic the build up and release was. Awesome memory seeing it on the big screen. All due respect to the Nolan trilogy but Mr. Keaton will always be Batman to me.

Yes we're getting 3 Batman and Michael is one of them. I'm excited for The Batman but I'm more excited to see an older more experienced Bruce Wayne Batman from this universe because I grew up with Michael Keaton. I loved both the Tim Burton Batman films were amazing and in my time it was incredible to see. And I'm excited that we get to see the continuation of his story and his team up with The Flash.

You like Michael Keaton... you should check out the movie Multiplicity. You'll get a LOT of Michael Keaton.

This movie was my first introduction to Prince. Been listening to him ever since. RIP Prince.

What a lot of people forget about this movie, is that THIS was the *original* dark & gritty depiction of Batman. Fun fact: because he took a percentage of the box office, rather than a flat pay cheque (like the other actors) Nicholson netted anywhere from for this one role. Which is nearly $200 million today when adjusted for inflation.

The release of this was INSANE...the marketing of this has never been equaled. It was on every bus, every train, every building...it was EVERYWHERE. The expectation was beyoind...and then when you saw it, it blew your mind, it totally delivered. Good times. Btw the movie year of 1989 was insane. Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, Back to the Future II, Ghostbusters II, Indian Jones and the Last Crusade, Licence to Kill, Honey i shrunk the kids....etc.

it's fun to see modern viewers get unintentionally faked out by the opening after 33 years of batman movies and tv, in 1989 only comics readers really knew about batman's origin (dead parents etc) so to most people the mugging was just a mugging, nice react to the movie that absolutely defined my tween years

This is my first time watching one of your videos. I can't tell you how refreshing it was to watch someone actually, genuinely excited to watch this movie. I love your enthusiasm. Don't ever lose that. I'm subscribed.

Very funny when you first saw Michael Keaton for the first time. 🤣 Glad you enjoyed it. I love this movie too. Burton just might have my favorite interpretation of Gotham and its dark defender.

When I was young I couldn't get into the 80s superman movies but when I was 9 this came out it blew my mind! Still love Keaton the best.

I love you are watching older movies. Not many reaction youtubers are doing that!

your post-movie wrap-up was awesome...i couldnt look away. 1.Keaton pioneered the gritty batman voice and the "I'm Batman!" quote. Every grittiness you find in other movies is standing on the shoulders of his interpretation. 2.loved your thoughts on the dirtiness of Gotham 3.Also never noticed the foreground/background stuff you brought up. thanks! 4.jack nicholson has one oscar for every decade of his career... An A-lister among A-list talents....so i'm not surprised you liked his charisma. he's been at it for almost 50 years now. And you're not alone...NONE of us could get enough of the joker back in 1989. In fact, when Heath Ledger was announced, most of us old guys were like.....Heath....from Jack.....the Oscar winner? THis....should be...interesting. But to his credit, did as great of a job proving us wrong as Michael Keaton did for Batman 5.my favorite comment of your was about how Bruce was not fitting in with other people. To me, that's the crux of the character. Tim Burton said of his creation: anyone who's a billionaire, yet dresses up as a bat, goes out at night and hurts people badly with his bare hands....is a deeply disturbed indiviidual. One of my favorite parts of casting Keaton is that his eyes make you believe that he could do batman stuff at night and that he truly doesnt fit in with people. Like the Joker and his makeup (good catch, by the way), Bruce Wayne's true identity is **not** his public face.

I love to call this movie : MURDER MAN: THE MOVIE'89, because oh my gawd! The number of horrible murders Batsy committed from palming a dude's nose up his face to hurricana a dude some 700 feet down the Gotham Church's Bellfry, to "accidentally" murdering THE JOKER. MURDER MAN indeed.

Can't begin to tell you how exciting this was to an 11 year old me at the time, we'd never seen anything like it with the character, the majority of us only knew the campy (but great nonetheless) Adam West 60s TV show. And that damn score is one of, if not THE finest that Elfman has given us.

🦇Jack is the only Joker in my book

My favorite Batman movie for sure. The soundtrack, Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton...just the best.

Great reaction! This movie might seem a little odd to modern audiences but it's a total blast. Very much looking forward to seeing what you think of Batman Returns :)

The stiff suit was a problem for Keaton. They made it more flexible in the sequel.

Ollie: "Okay Batman you don't have to be so epic." Me: "Yes he does it's his job to be epic, because he's Batman!!!!"

"Why does he drive on the right hand side?" Because he's correct.

Always chuckle at the scene where the artist hands Knox the 'sketch' of The Batman. That was Bob Kane, the original artist for _Batman_ back in 1939.

I love the old 60s Batman film and TV show. It's so much fun. The 90s animated tv series was amazing. The Joel Schumacher films were a step backwards in my opinion. My favourite live action Batman films were this one and Batman Returns.

I love how he missed that the Batan sketch the guy shows Knox is signed "Bob Kane" (Kane created Batman in 1939 along with story writer Bill Finger). No, that wasn't Bob in the movie. I love how he doesn't know Vicki Vale was Bruce Wayne's original girlfriend back in 1939. And I love how he barrels right past the fact that the actor who plays Harvey Dent in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is Aaren ECKHART (who clearly didn't think about the future, or the Two-Face personality would never have been born). I love how EXTREMELY clueless this generation is about everything other than Harry Potter.

For anyone who does no know. In 1989 there was no black suit batman. just the 1960's Campman. So its just impossible to understand how cool and dark this was.

'Batman', I feel, takes a fair amount of inspiration from '80's action films, that being the closest thing to superhero films it had to draw on at the time. All the explosions, the one-liners, the grit, the more human hero going up against a powerful criminal - a lot of it would not feel out of place in, say, 'Die Hard', or one of Schwarzenegger's flicks. It's not all that, of course; Burton added a lot, and of course they had the comics and such to draw on - but still, the inspiration was there. I think a lot of modern superhero flicks would benefit to going back to that well; they've been getting a little too slick and sanitized lately, in my opinion. I look forward to seeing what you think about 'Batman Returns'. A lot of what you liked about this one is in its sequel, too, albeit turned up to eleven - Gotham still looks amazing (albeit in a slightly different way), Elfman's score for it is mind-blowing, and it's way, WAY more Burton-y. Not everyone likes it, but it's one of my personal favorites.

Best Batmobile EVER!

It is an opening youd never see coming. I always loved that twist

One of THE great movie scores.

Directed by Tim Burton starring Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman with Jack Nicholson as Joker. When Burton first saw Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrence in the movie The Shining he knew that he had found his Joker. This was at the time unusual casting for Michael Keaton because he was known for his comedic chops before he became an action star. Tim Burton wanted his Batman to be a bit more dark. This was composed by Danny Elfman

I remember when this movie came out I was 12, and my parents weren't sure if they would allow me to see it. My older sister saw it with her husband and they were talking about it and she said the Joker was really disturbing. My mom then said, 'Oh, so he wasn't funny." My sister said, "Oh, no. He was really funny. And disturbing. At the same time." She said she thought I could handle it, so I got the green light. LOVED it. I was hyped for it for months. And it didn't disappoint. I was so fascinated with the costuming and the Joker makeup/prosthetics. I bought a Joker shirt that was just his face from the "Wait'll they get a load of me" line. My father, a baptist preacher, did not approve. He made me throw it away. Said it was demonic. Sigh. I should try and see if there's one out there I can still get to replace it finally.

The first film I went to see on my own without my parents. I was 12 years old... seeing this for the first time way back in 1989 in the theatre was amazing!

You should watch Nighthawks from 1981 it also stars Billy Dee Williams, but also Sylvester Stallone and Rutger Hauer.

Alexander Knox and Vicki Vale were based on the characters Scoop Scanlon and Silver St Cloud, but were altered enough from their comic versions that they changed the names and just made them original characters.

I like the “goofy” ones. They have the same type of camp that the 60’s TV show had. Like so bad it’s good, lmao 😂

I love these first four Batman movies from back then. They’re comic book fantasy style, the characters and costumes...*the dialogue. They’re so so good. The newer movies are ok but they’re too serious and ‘realistic’, which takes away from the fantasy of it all💜

Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) are incredibly unique as both Batman and superhero films. You're right, they could have only existed at the time they were made, and they're a wonderful combination of goofy and strange and disturbing and absurd and delightful. There are purely cartoonish elements that could have come straight out of the old 1966 Adam West movie (which you should see if you haven't already), which then segue almost effortlessly into the truly macabre and even horrific. I loved both of them when I first saw them in the theater upon the first release. One fun thing is that both the Danny Elfman score and the Prince songs were released as separate records and they both sold amazing numbers. I used to listen to the Elfman score on repeat in my car to get me hyped up for mundane things, like going to work, lol.

The reporter Knox is Robert Wuhl. He was in a lot of big movies back in the day including a few you should see; Good Morning Vietnam with Robin Williams or Bull Durham with Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins. He also wrote for the Zucker Abraham Zucker team that did Airplane. Then he created his own show that was very successful. I’ve always liked his style. Give him any joke to tell and he’ll tell it better than most.

It actually astonishes me the amount of younger Batman fans that don't know Joker is bleached white with green hair and Ruby red lips. He never wore make up to get the clowning affect. That was only implemented in the Nolan film for 'realism'.

@14:22 “jack is dead my friend” That’s Jack Nicholson saying that to old hollywood legend Jack Palance, the only person in this movie that was a bigger star than Nicholson and you should most definitely watch him with Billy Crystal in City Slickers and in Young Guns with Kieffer Sutherland, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen and more. He won an Oscar for City Slickers at 73 yrs old and to prove he wasn’t too old when he was on stage accepting the oscar, he did some one-armed pushups.

Vicky Vale was an early love interest of Bruce Wayne in the comics. She also appeared in the 1949 Batman and Robin movie serial.

To me it looked like the Joker was firing a small calibre revolver, possible a .22 Depending on thickness of the tray and the material it would stop the bullet.

I remember when those "laughing bags" were a pretty standard novelty item.

I am so so so glad you liked this version. My 3 "on repeat" movies as a toddler were the first two Batman movies and Beetlejuice. I love Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as Joker.

the pan that stopped the bullet might not be as farfetched as it might seem because the joker was using a very weak caliber in that compared to most guns you see on screen, it was a small pocket/sleeve pistol, so that thin metal may have been able to actually catch it combined with the material of his clothing, it might work, but idk, just saying

Great reaction. I’ve watched this since I was a kid, but the older I get I realize how dark the movie really is when I take it out of a ‘comic book feel’. It still feels very grounded with the Gotham setting. Sure there is comedy and goofiness, but it works with the Joker character. But for me , all of the background characters really helped add to the seediness of Gotham, and solidified the feel of a city that needs a hero.

Hello! Sorry I'm a month late in spotting this, it popped on my recs tonight. You had a few questions watching the movie that I haven't seen answered in the comments so I'm going to take a shake at answering them as someone who watched this movie back when it came out (yes I'm old) 1. Vicki Vale was originally from the comics, she's been coming and going since the late 40s. Alexander Knox was created for the movie. 2. How did Joker hijack the TV broadcasts? Back in the Stone Age of 1989 TV wasn't digital, and even cable TV wasn't very widespread. Most broadcast was done via radio transmissions, which could be hijacked in many ways (using a stronger transmission on a stronger frequency or even just hacking the tower).

The Schumacher Batman films are basically a distillation of what it felt like to grow up in the 90s. Loud, needlessly bizarre, and neon painted. So you definitely have to watch them, is what I'm saying. 😆

Vicki Vske was part of the comics and in the black and white Batman films from the '40s Vicki Vale was part of the cast

I agree with your comments at the end. Burton's Batman films maintained those great components of both darkness and vibrancy that I don't get in the more recent Batman films, including this most recent one. I really wish Burton continued with the other two films that Schumacher did!!

best part falling in from the ceiling.

I was 13 when Tim Burton's Batman came out in theaters. There is no way to convey what this film (and the original Superman films) did for superhero movies in opening the door for all the DC and Marvel films that came after it. Its safe to say if not for Burton's gothic version of Batman, there would have never been the original X-Men film, no Spiderman films, and no MCU and DC franchises -- or at least not in the form they are now.

Why is this movie so good? Because it is a superhero comic book movie. It's not a comic that was made into a movie. It'*s also not a superhero movie. It's a superhero comic that is also a superhero movie at the same time.

@4:51 Michael Keaton is about 5’8/5’9 (unofficially he’s about up to my chin when I met him around 22 years ago….and he had a small diamond earring) But little movie tricks like this make him seem big.

The Joker's REAL NAME is Jack Oswald White,the Joker didn't kill his parents, it was JOE CHILL who killed Bruce's parents, if you watched the Joker movie, you see him standing on the car with the crowd, JOE CHILL ,murdered Thomas and Martha Wayne ,The Waynes saw the movie The Mark of Zorro in 1940 and Zorro INSPIRED Bruce Wayne to be BATMAN, THE Mark of Zorro was at the Monarch Theater, Thomas and Martha Wayne, were murdered in 1940 when the movie came out, Blessings and HUGS! 👑💜

That's funny when Batman tells Bob to come over and get some of this work too and Bob was like "No 🏃‍♂️ "

debuted in #49 (October 1948). Alfried , James Gordon, Harvey Dent also main staples from comics other characters likely from this movie

23:28 "Ohhh Wow! That's a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be" That's what she said.

Tracy Walter played second banana in a lot of films in this era.

35:11 -- Rare to see here in the states, but many overseas cars do have right hand drive.. Classic imported Rolls Royce. :)

Another great movie directed by Tim Burton and with Dany Elfman's music is Sleepy Hollow.

Those grins happened to the victims affected by the Venom in the comics and the cartoons.

Saw this in the cinema when it came out, I loved Burtons take on it, it felt dark, gothic but also the comic book side. Still my fave.

Best Batman film!!!!

I'm happy to see someone who loves this movie as much as me.

"Doesn`t this happen in The Comics at some point?" At many points actually to three different Jokers at different times.

The movie that started a cinematic franchise!

i thought it was odd that you had criticisms of the tone of the movie going back & forth between the darkness of batman & the levity of joker. thats kind of Tim Burton's signature style. if you've ever seen Edward Scissorhands or Beetlejuice, its a dark movie, but there are many moments of irreverent humor & levity that brighten up what would be an otherwise depressing story.... the new 2022 Batman film is what happens when its all serious & no levity. i feel a lot of new younger audiences want everything to be 100% gritty & realistic & sometimes I think they forget these are supposed to be comic book movies. for example, most younger audiences prefer The Dark Knight Joker over 1989 Joker, but TDK Joker is terrifying & is almost never funny, doesn't tell any jokes & rarely laughs at all... i liked Heath Ledgers portrayal, but Jack Nicholson's Joker was far more true to the source material. he was murderous but somehow found a way to find the humor in his killing, like when he burned up the guy with the handshake device... which when the audience laughs at that, it makes you feel uncomfortable that you (the audience) can also laugh at something that horrifying. which gives the audience a glimpse into the joker's mindset. The Dark Knight Joker totally misses that.

Danny Elfman also composed the TV series as well

You would probably really like the sequel too then "Batman Returns". I always felt it was a little bit better than the first one.

Batman is also called the world's greatest detective

Jokers unoffical origin is the man who laughs, take jaquines joke origin turn him to a life a crime and get dropped into chemicals and that is that story.

At the end, you asked why Alfred drove on the right side of the car. Well, Alfred's British and this car is a British model, most likely made for his comfort in driving it, as that's how the British people drive...steering wheel on the right side of the car, but he has to remember to drive on the right side of the road, since the UK drives on the left side of the road. If you think that's confusing, you should see the roads in London. What a winding, confusing mess. They curl and twist and swing around all over the place!

You can’t imagine how awesome it was back in the day😎

This is the best Batman movie ever, none of the Nolan's trilogy could beat it.

@ 11:56 That's good timing in your video here. You said Batman was stiff, and the next scene Knox was calling Bruce Wayne a stiff. LOL! There's another DC comic book hero movie you'd like, "Superman" (1978) but PLEASE do the original theatrical release first, Ollie! Not the Special Edition any other version, but the original. Watch the others later to compare, but the original is far better IMO as I saw it when it first came out in 1978, and the other much later. Superman was incredible in the theaters! You're going to like how it starts, it has an impressive cast (Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman along with Christopher Reeve as Superman), and it's another fun movie to watch. Even the credits at the beginning were awesome to watch along with the awesome John Williams score that made people in the theater gasp when it started, including me! Another good comic book film to see, one from Marvel Comics, "Spider-man" (2002). 🖖😎

This movie did the near impossible. It bridged the Silver Age Batman and the return of the Dark Night Batman that he was before that and has been ever since. This movie was attacked at the time for being so serious and violent. Prior to this the public knew Batman from the campy Batman (66) series and cartoons like the Super Friends. In those Batman was beyond squeaky clean and violence was hidden behind sound effect visualizations Bam! Boof! Whack! So, this film was a bit of a shock to most. They needed the over-the-top moments and character aspects to have this be a Batman movie to the masses. The backlash to this movie lead to the farce that was Batman & Robin a few years later but people needed to see that to see that the silver age was dead. Without this movie we would not have the tone we have in super-hero movies that we have today. It is a bit hard to think of this movie as equal to the movies we have gotten recently, but those movies did not have to do the heavy lifting of changing the character from the Gosh Golly Gee-Wilikers Batman to the Dark Knight. Buty it is because of what this movie did that I hold this Batman and Joker with the high regard that I do. P.S. The ultimate Batman and joker are Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. ;-)

Joker in the comics actually got his look from a hydrochloric acid bath.

I’m excited for the new 2022 Batman movie and excited to see the 1989 Batman in the new flash movie

The score: Epic Danny Elfman, inspired by composers such as Bernard Herrmann. Versus the later, uh, ?music? by Hans Zimmer. Inspired by his Casio presets and marketing experience.

I'm glad you enjoyed. This is my second favourite Batman, after Batman Returns.

Unknown Trivia! There was a writers strike in Hollywood when this was in production, so "scab" writers were brought in. (Uncredited writers not in the American guild of writers.) Charles McKeown, of Monty Python, finished the script up and hence: the Joker is really damned funny/weird.

My favorite movie of all time. Awesome choice.

Just a fun summer movie. Great job on the review.

You are spot-on about Keaton. I don't really like Tim Burton because everything he does is very stylized, which is fine...different strokes. But Michael Keaton has the gravitas to pull off Batman. I thought he was terrific. Just watching him with the computers in the Bat Cave took me right out of Stylized City and into Real-Life Brilliant GeekMan.

Returns definitely feels like a Tim Burton movie.

For thid to be the first BATMAN MOVIE HE HAS EVERY BATMAN GADGET

Danny Elfman did the Raimi Spider-Man themes to if you haven't seen the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies you should check them out.