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"Harvey Dent? Is he a good guy or a bad guy?" Me: Yes.

I love "Batman: The Animated Series" from the 90's! It even got the same "Batman"- theme from Danny Elfman.

Batman's plane is called the Batwing. _Batman_ 1966 is an intentional comedy, but all the actors play their roles seriously, which is what makes it so funny. It's such a fun watch.

I laughed when you said you were excited to see his “slow descent Into madness”. I was thinking, welllll this movie it’s more like a backflip double twist into madness (the chemical vat) 😂

“This town needs an enema!” So many quotable lines. Phenomenal movie.

I love the museum scene: Jack Nicholson in a Tim Burton movie dancing to Prince music. Michael Keaton is also awesome as Batman. Thank you Jen for another great pick and great reaction.

I was OB-SESSED with this movie back in '89! I got a job at a local theater just so I could see it for free as many times as I wanted. It's a little rough around the edges compared to modern Batman movies but to me it's one of the best!

I remember I was seeing Last Crusade in a huge theater when it came out, and they showed the trailer for this movie. The audience went insane. It sounded as if, given a choice, everybody in the theater would have forgotten about Indy and watched Batman instead.

BATMAN RETURNS (1992) is even better!

I think Nicholson plays The Joker the best of all of them. There's no tragic circumstances that create the monster... He just ends up dipped and surgically altered and the violence and madness that he always had inside comes out the rest of the way. He is by far the most dangerous and grotesque of the Jokers.

People talk about Hans Zimmer and the Nolan trilogy, but Danny Freaking Elfman has THE quintessential Batman theme.

I think this is my favorite Batman movie. Keaton absolutely brilliant, the best costume (my opinion), Jack Nicholson as Joker is phenomenal. The score by Danny Elfman (who has worked with Tim Burton many times) one of the best in the franchise and Prince handling the songs. Its near perfect. Edit: the scene where the Joker fries the guy when he shakes his hand and then starts to talk to the corpse is one of a kind. Oh and the plane is called Batwing.

Oh, my gosh, I hadn't watched this in years! So much '80s cheese, but what a *brilliant* performance by Jack Nicholson! That man is the master of creepiness! 😱

I'm so old I saw this movie in theaters. People loved this movie so much that they stayed in theaters just to see the trailers before this movie came out. It was so insane that people cheered when this movie came into the screens in my hometown. This movie is the best of all the Batman movies in my opinion.

Jack Nicholson captured The Joker's manic glee better than other portrayals of the character

This will always be one of my all time favorite movies. Even after all the newer comic book movies, this one still holds up as the best. While Superman laid the groundwork for what comic book movies could be but Batman brought it up to another level. Avengers Endgame is the closest thing today to how I could describe how popular and successful it was in 1989. I spent many weekends watching this on VHS throughout the 90s. I'm glad you liked it Jen! I recommend you see Batman Returns as well!

There is a 1966 Batman movie based on the TV show with Adam West. Also. Mark Hamill (aka Luke Skywalker) was the voice of the Joker in Batman the Animated Series. In this movie, Billy Dee Williams(aka Lando Calrissian) plays Harvey Dent.

Fun Fact: There are two actors who played pilots who attacked the Death Star in the first Star Wars film: Eckhardt played Porkins, the first pilot to die, and the father of the tourists at the beginning was Biggs, Luke’s best friend who gets killed by Darth Vader. And of course, there was Harvey Dent, who was Lando Calrissian.

I saw this in the theater several times. I own a collector edition of the Prince soundtrack in a circular black metal can with the Batman emblem embossed on the cover. I just could not get enough of this version of Batman, and even though it seems campy by today's standards, it's still rates at least second in the top Batman movies on my list. Michael Keaton was the best Bruce Wayne/Batman of all the actors to play the role.

I think this is the movie that provided the standards for Batman for years to come. From the "I'm Batman" line to Bruce Wayne giving Batman a different voice to make the disguise more complete.

19:25 There was a real contest to win a "Batmobile" used in this movie! "ABC" had "The Drew Carey Show" sitcom. In that show he won it and so they had fun with it! 😊

I couldn't agree more. The musical score to this movie is spectacular!

I suggest the underrated Tim Burton movie "Mars Attacks!". It's packed with stars (Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Michael J. Fox, Glenn Close, Natalie Portman.....).

20:10 Their official homage to "Raiders of the Lost Ark"! 😊

This movie was huge, HUGE, back in 89. It was the first movie that took comic books seriously and us comic geeks loved it. Jack as the Joker, the sets, the costumes, the batmobile, Elfman's score, Prince's soundtrack, and let's be honest here .. Kim Basinger, everything was amazing. People got bent out of shape about Keaton ("Mr Mom is Batman?? What a joke!") until they actually saw him. I didn't hear many complaints afterward. I saw this one twice on opening day and nine times that summer and constantly listened to the Prince soundtrack and the Elfman score on cassette LOL Glad ya liked it, Jen!

Jack Nicholson is THE Joker. With Mark Hamill a very very close second.

"Dunk him in the liquid!" 🤣🤣🤣😂😂💀💀

I liked that they allude to Jack already being mental long before his acid bath (and then later when looking at his psyche files), and that his transformation basically gave him an excuse to totally indulge. Also love that his literal Joker smile was done surgically to repair his face and hold his nerves together (pretty dark).

Danny Elfman's film score is AWESOME. Great orchestrations by Steve Bartek. Performed with perfection by the Sinfonia of London conducted by the late and great Shirley Walker.

Was it just me or was Jen turning into Harley Quinn?? “Drop him the liquid!! Drop him in the liquid!!” Such enthusiasm! Great reaction

"Harvey Dent , is this a good guy or a bad guy?" Yes.

This is one of my favorite movies of all-time. I'm kinda not sure why; I'm not a huge Batman fan. But something about it resonates with me in a way I can't articulate, in part because I don't really understand what it is. There are just so many lines and scenes in here that I enjoy. It also inspired the feel and look of "Batman: The Animated Series" which is perhaps the greatest cartoon of all-time. Definitely worth checking out (it technically lasted 4 seasons, but really 3; the 4th was done by an entirely different team so it's just not the same). It's a lot to react to, so if you're not interested enough to want to invest that much time in it, that's cool, but I'd still recommend you react to a few episodes; maybe have a poll with the 20 highest rated eps, and watch the top 5? Something like that. I really didn't like the 2nd movie, Batman Returns, at all. Near as I can figure, it just isn't really a Batman movie. Some people like it though; there's a surprising amount of people who like it better than the first, as far as I can tell. (Most of the time, it seems like there's a consensus in a situation like this, but with these two, while I think most people prefer the first, there's a fairly large contingent of people who prefer the 2nd.) So... I don't think it's a good Batman movie, because it's not really a Batman movie, but it seems to not be a bad movie. It's just not what I was looking for. I bring that up in part because I want to make a point about the 3rd movie, Batman Forever. First of all, real quick: fantastic soundtrack. It's not, like, Star Wars, it's doesn't have some iconic score, but there are few soundtracks - maybe none? - that is actually music from and inspired by a movie that are as good as Batman Forever's. But also... many people will tell you Batman Forever is bad. I respectfully disagree. While I agree that it isn't good, I'm not sure it's bad either; really, it's just fucking *weird*. But, to me at least, it's weird in an interesting way. If you're not interesting in watching it (maybe you don't intend to watch even the 2nd, or maybe you'll watch the 2nd and decide you're done after those 2, because those are the only 2 Burton/Keaton Batmen), fair enough. But I would say don't skip it just because you hear it's bad. (Skip "Batman & Robin" for that reason though. Honestly, it wanted to be campy but it wasn't, it was *terrible*. Instead, watch Batman '66; that found the perfect tone to be campy and funny and silly. Batman & Robin wanted to be Batman '66 but didn't come remotely close.) I honestly think Val Kilmer is really really good as Batman (although the material is... he deserved better). It's got such a weird tone, but it's weird/interesting not weird/bad (IMO, of course), and the cast... Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, and Nicole Kidman, like Val Kilmer, do as much as they possibly could've with what they're given, I think. The only bad casting was Chris O'Donnell, whom I like enough but he's supposed to be, like, a 14-16 year old Dick Grayson but he's a 35 year old man. Just... an odd choice.

If you were a kid in 1989.....no other movie existed but this and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. One of the biggest blockbusters of the summer! Saw it at the tender age of 9 in a packed local theater with lines that stretched around the block, but damn did we have so much FUN!!!!!!

13:59 Jen's "quill pen kill quip quip"! 😂

By far one of my favourite renditions of Gotham City. Tim Burton’s Gotham is an amazing mix of Art Deco, Gothic, and Industrial architecture to create a terrifying dystopian city which looks like it’s stuck between the 1930s and late 80s. This was very much inspired by the city depicted in the movie Metropolis. The Nolan films went for a more modern setting with Begins looking pretty good still had hints of Art Deco and Gothic but the two sequels lacked in this department, looked more like Chicago than Gotham City. I love the Nolan movies but not a big fan of it's Gotham compared to Burtons or The new Batman film. The 90s Animated Series would also use this same aesthetic naming it “Dark Deco” but the show dived more into the 1930s feel technically it took place in the 1990s but Gotham had this really cool aesthetic where 1930s fashion was still popular, people drove around in classic looking vehicles, and gangsters used Tommy guns and wore retro looking suits all very much something you’d see in the 1930s. But they’re was a hybrid so we also had computers and high tech equipment which looked both futuristic but retro at the same time alongside these 1930s inspired elements. The city of Metropolis (Superman’s home city) on the other hand is the complete opposite of Gotham. Metropolis goes for a more 1950s retro futuristic artistic while also having a lot of Art Deco. It’s the city of the future in the eyes of the 1950s. In the movies though Metropolis doesn’t look that different to New York or Chicago unfortunately we’re still to see a solid depiction of Metropolis from the Comics. Batman Live Action Movie Universes Burtonverse Batman 89 Batman Returns Batman 89 comic's Schumacher movies - Originally set in the same continuity as the Burton films, New Batman 89 comic's retcon these two movies. Batman Forever Batman & Robin Norlanverse - No connection to the Burton or Schumacher universes Batman Begins Batman The Dark Knight Batman The Dark Knight Rises DCEU - No connection to these other films, DCEU has no Batman film yet he appears in others. Batman Vs Superman The Justice League Reevesverse - No connection to the DCEU or other Batman films The Batman The Batman 2 (Confirmed)

What makes Keaton's version of Bruce Wayne such an amazing disguise is that, whereas Christian Bale went all-out with the drunken rowdiness, Keaton's Bruce is so unremarkable that you'd meet him once... then forget everything about him the moment he was out of sight. He's barely worth noticing in spite of all his money. Which is PRECISELY why no one in their right mind would suspect him.

You ever dance with the devil by the pale moon light?

Jen, hi! 😊 Kim was also making "My Stepmother is an Alien" as the titular character. (Co-starring Dan Akroyd, Alyson Hannogan & Seth Green!) It is said that she had to force herself to remember which character she was meant to be playing and where and when!) It's too bad that you didn't get to see that movie, too, right after this one!

My favorite quote is " As though we were made for each other... Beauty and the beast. Course anyone else calls you beast, I'll rip their lungs out." I used to say that to my ex, hilarious 😂😂😂

9:57 In the comics written and drawn by their respective creators, "Superman" had the "LL" alliteration while "Batman" had a "VV" alliteration for their respective supporting characters. 😀 However, for Batman, "Vickie Vale" seems to be the only one people remember now. Compare that to Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Lex Luthor, Lionel Luthor, Lori Lemaris, et cetera. 😮

This movie can seem a little cheesy these days, but it was revolutionary back in 1989. It also had the most insane marketing campaign I've ever seen.

You have to understand Jen, no one had ever done a super hero to this magnitude till this. This was promoted heavily months in advance and people were going crazy. I still remember seeing this in the theater. I don't it holds up that great, but its still a great movie and a fantastic reaction!!!

Superman came out in '78, & then it took 11 years for this movie to get made imagine that now

To me Nicholson is synonymous with creepy. In my youth the first movies I saw him in were Cuckoo`s Nesting and The Shining. When I heard he was replacing Cesar Romero as the joker it made perfect sense.

I was 8 when this came out and it was filmed round the corner from me. I collected the stickers and it was the first album I owned, Prince on vinyl

Jen, they weren't sure of Tim Burton for this movie, but then Beetlejuice came out and it was a smash hit, giving Tim the respect that they gave him Batman

RIP Bob, the best henchman ever.

Michael Keaton was the best Batman because no thought he could pull it off; while Jack was the best Joker because he totally projected the Joker as presented in the comics.

Saw this when it came out with the whole family (wife, FIL, MIL, SIL) while on vacation. It was everything Batman fans wanted that grew up with the cheesy TV series. It was dark humor and macabre; a true return to the heavy edginess of the original comics.

This is one of the great movie scores in cinematic history, Probably, top ten at least. And it adds so much to the movie in terms of mood and atmosphere.

Batwing was the name of his plane. His vehicles names usually begin with bat Infront of it. Batmobile, batwing, batboat, batcycle, batcopter. Stuff like that.

2.9K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! ☺️ Notes: That's the "Batwing"! I miss the "BATMAN" breakfast cereal that was out back then. It was like "Cap'n Crunch" but shaped like Batman's logo. I've never seen anyone with a matching mole on each arm before I began viewing this video! They balance you when they're asymmetrical, usually. I tried to wipe them off of my smartphone screen until your arms moved, and I saw them for what they are! 😅😂

29:05 The jet is called The Batwing. Batman Returns is pretty good, but after that, once Joel Schumacher took over, they were much more camp with the brooding shadows of Gotham replaced with Neon lit sets. Still, they are a fun ride, if not very good.

"Is he a good guy or a bad guy?" Yes. 😅

The Adam West "Batman" series also has a theatrical movie. In it actress Lee Meriwether substituted for actress Julie Newmar who did the series. Both played the Caucasian "Selina Kyle/Catwoman"! Julie's version dies and is succeeded by Eartha Kitt's version. I mention that because the movie chain that began with this one used to end with Halle Berry movie "Catwoman". Her version replacing actress Michelle Pfeiffer's version. (See, precedent established!) But now the new chain link is the movie "The Flash"! 😎

"His slow decent into madness" 😂

So if you haven’t figured it out yet. They gave Jack Prosthetic Makeup to give him those very defined cheeks. The smile is permanently grafted to his face. Even when he’s angry he still smiles. Fun fact: he wears the layers of makeup for the flesh colored scenes. A base layer, the white, and an oil based flesh color. The rag he uses to wipe off the flesh color was soaked in alcohol. As well as the pitcher of water. It was alcohol. That way only the flesh color would wipe off leaving the white untouched.

Real life fan boi squee when I saw this thumb nail. This is gonna be great. This movie actually made me a fan of the Batman comics. And despite the Mr. Mom comments Michael Keaton is THE Batman. Not to mention he is the ONLY Batman that protected his lower face when Joker shot at him in Axis chemicals. "LOL here's your check Batman" Jen you are fantastic. It's great seeing someone meet the Batman for the first time. Remember where Vicki was taking pictures if you decide to watch The Suicide Squad, there is a nod to the Keaton Batman movies in there. "they just love to dance." another prescient Jen comment. This Jokers hencemen truly choose to dance with the devil by the pale moonlight. 🤣Jen's additoin to Joker's exit line about join me for a weep with 'get outta here you creep' was fabulous. Oh man that made my monday morning JM. Tactical Jen falls in love with Jokers "literal" hand canon. As it should be. Okay now that was a truly satisfying watch over breakfast this morning. From Jen's intro to the Bat lore, to her enthusiasm over the Batmobile and Batcave, to that look of joy when Batman dropped a bomb on Axis Chemicals, this was just how one needed to start a new work week. Jen "you... are our number one... ahhh Gal!"

To think that critics didn’t want Keaton because he did comedy movies rather than seeing his take on Beetlejuice

batman 1989 and returns are amazing.

My favorite superhero movie of all time. I love how it fuses the campy Batman of the 60's with the new darker Batman which emerged in the comics in the 80's, especially in how it portrays the Joker.

4:00 Cute editor's comment! "Jen the Joker"! 😊

Superman 78 and Batman 89 are my old school favorites.

"I'm Batman." Yeah, I think Michael Keaton was the first one to utter those words in that way. Then they overused it in the animated cartoon series, which was still cool, but it got old. But that term had become part of our pop culture.

this Batman-Movie and the second one with Catwoman and Penguin are so good, like a Show, not just a Movie... far better then the new Movies.

When I was a kid, whenever Grissom said, "Say this son of a bitch..." me and a few other kids would say SON OF A BITCH. I still do it these days whenever I watch this movie.

"You are my number 1 guy" is like a job I had many years ago where the guy in charge told me "you're our best worker". Then later we realized that he told everybody that same thing that night.

Hi Jen hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

Batman Returns is a must for you, now.

I saw this movie like 50 times when I was a kid.

Gotta watch the sequel now, Batman Returns.

This movie influenced a lot of things about Batman and superhero movies in general. However I think the biggest lasting thing from it is that Batman's musical theme is still being used occasionally in other things.

23:35 Am I the only one that noticed Jenny finished the Joker's poem? ... 🤔

Beetlejuice came out about a year before this film. In the theater when this came out when he's in Vale's apartment and says, "You wanna get nuts" someone in the audience yelled 'Beetlejuice' and the whole place laughed because it does sound just like him.

FUN FACT JERRY HALL was originally cast as VICKI VALE

5:18 "I'm not really a gambler. I've not had much luck, any time I've ever gone." Yeah. Gambling is not the sort of activity in which one engages in the legitimate hopes of suddenly striking it rich. The odds _always_ favor the house. I mean, why do you think casinos can afford to look so nice? Because they're always giving away jackpots?

9:12 there was some music producer guy (I think he worked with Dolly Parton) & he said he had legit never been in every room in his house

Me , my father and brothers loved this movie so much that we always reference it. my favorite line is " I want my face on the 1 dollar bill" and I always answer it as a joke

You've never banged on a desk demanding pictures of Spiderman?? 😅😅

The actual killer of Batman's parents in the comic book was a small time hood named Joe Chill. Tim Burton changed it to Jack Napier for dramatic effect.

07:59 AM - CDST! I'm back for now! 😊

I once met the actor who played Bob (Tracey Walter) at a wrap party. He is a nice guy that played a lot of weird roles in the 80s and 90s.

I believe that this Batman laid the ground work for Batman: The Animated Series. The design of the Batmobile, the Bat wing, the look of the 30's in a modern setting. Also, the man who drew the cartoon for Knox was Bob Kane, the man who is credited with creating Batman.

02:35 "Is this a good guy or a bad guy?" "Yes"

This town needs an enema!

The real-world problem with vigilantes is that the average person isn't a detective, so they will often go after people with little to no evidence. And even if they were, any evidence collected would be inadmissible, because the prosecutor would t be able to prove it wasn't tampered with, meaning vigilantes often damage legit investigations.

It would be really cool to see you reacting to the Batman movies in release order! Everyone usually skips the third and fourth movies (Batman Forever and Batman & Robin), so you’d be breaking new ground as a YT reacter! Every instalment offers something a little different in terms of style (and quite often, in terms of who’s playing Batman), though the quality varies quite drastically. As for this first one, it’s still my favourite Bat movie. It’s so stylish, theatrical and dark, but also tongue-in-cheek. I think it’s also the best-designed Batman movie… and I was so happy to hear you call out the music, Jen, as it’s one of my all-time favourite movie scores! It turns the whole piece into a grand opera, and to be honest, we rarely experience such a pure and bombastic melding of sight and sound in modern movies. It all feels a little too intellectual these days… but that’s a whole different subject. Fun fact: it’s never made clear in the movie itself, but the money Joker hands out at the end is bogus. Remember how he said he wanted his face on the one dollar bill? Well, he did it! Every note has his face on, so the festival is his biggest gag - he tricked everyone to their deaths by playing on their greed. I’m not sure why this was left out of the final cut of the film, but it was probably for pacing. To be honest, the whole climax is a little messy, but the movie carries it off anyway.

Batman never kills anyone.. Except for the black guy in the bell tower.... hmm.

my second favorite comic book movie after batman returns, the sequel

We traveled to watch this. It was on the other side of town, at one of two theaters that had THX and 70mm projection. Hearing the Joker walk off screen and talk behind the audience was such a new thing at the time.

30 years watching this movie, and i just realized that "bruce wayne" card in front of that empty seat while dent was speaking.

Jen was my favorite babysitter. She let me eat candy for dinner, she let me watch R-rated movies on cable and she never made me go to sleep.

24:40 To answer your question, while not in the movie itself, the novelization and comic adaptation reveals that the $20 million in cash is counterfeit, tying in with his statement Joker made earlier about wanting his face on the dollar bill.

Keaton gives another classic performance in Mr. Mom.

In a deleted scene, all the money the Joker dumped on the crowd, had his face on it...referring to a previous scene where he said he wanted his face on the one dollar bill.

Danny Elfman in his own element.

I loved this movie when it first came out, but I loved 'Batman Returns' even more. It was wonderfully cast with Danny DeVito as the Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer was so lovable as Catwoman. She was a villain, but had a heart and it was exposed. She had a hard time trying to be who she was and her emotions showed that. As much as she wanted to be with Bruce, she just couldn't live with herself either way. In my mind, I always changed the story so that they knew they were both 'broken'. Also, Danny Elfman's score is a bloody marvel in both movies!

Funny thing is, when the Joker makes his entrance, you have Jack Nicholson talking to Jack Palance about Jack Napier... Thats a lot of Jacks!

3:07 "Jack playing Jack!" I don't think he gets slapped, and he's over 21! He gets whiter! So he's not "Jack Black", "Blackjack", or "Slap Jack"! 😂😅