Jack did an awesome job as the Joker. Somehow managed to fit in that space between the goofy 60's Joker and the serious one really well.

"This makes me want to sin something - so I will, for virtually no reason at all." CinemaSins summed up with one sentence.

First time Keaton says, "I'm Batman" deserves a remission of 50 sins--at least.

That scene where they were ruining the museum is honestly one of the best scenes. It shows jokers criminality without any violence

Jack Nicholson's Joker. (Sin counter back to 0)

riddle me this: how in the hell does this have more sins than batman and robin?

Dude. Nobody who saw this movie and then The Dark Knight forgot Jack Nicholson's performance, he was that good.

The sin towards the end where Vikki picks something out of her mouth after kissing the Joker's arm was actually a blooper. The director liked it so much he kept it in the final cut.

1:35 The task for the designers of Gotham was to make the most unattractive city they could think of. I am serious. It remains one of the largest sets ever. Still, it's better than the one from Batman Forever.

Opening credits do nothing for anyone ? Danny Elfman's score should deserve some sins removed.

I will allways love that gotham is designed like an architects nightmare.

You missed one: Vicki Vale just moves to town but is in the phone book.

"Why does he have two bottles of mouthwash down here?" Because he was experimenting with the various cosmetics to uncover Joker's plan... you already covered this plot point so its not a sin.

C'mon, remove at least 1 sin for Jack's line: "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

"Did Joker build this contraption for the express purpose of punching a TV when he doesn`t like something?" Laughed way too hard :D

After watching this video, Batman 1989 is still one of my favorite Batman movies thanks to Micheal Keaton and Jack Nicholson’s perfected performances! As well as Danny Elfman’s masterpiece of a Batman theme! These 3 main things make Batman 1989 still a great and enjoyable movie to watch!

Just realized that Jack Nicholson's clear emphasis on the "T" in the word "NOT" at 11:22 was later inherited by Heath Ledger in Dark Knight.

I feel like Keaton's performance deserved a sin off. There were so many skeptics when he was cast, but he really delivered.

In this flick, BEST BATMOBILE OF THEM ALL! 10 Sins off! 😁

I remember how awesome this version of batman was. Cold AC theater, movie theme rolling, batman logo snacks... awesome cinema times.

The cinemasins video for this movie and the honest trailer came out on the same day. This makes me want to leave a comment. So I will... for virtually no reason at all.

You should have done a bonus sin count for every Vicki Vale scream.

*One Important thing: DID EVERYONE RUN OUT OF MAKEUP THE MORNING JOKER POISED THE NEW SUPPLY? Everyone could have still used their personal supply!!*

6:36 - I'd take away a sin(or add one depending on my mood) for Jack Nicholson apparently learning how to twirl a baton for this film.

You didn't sin "You wanna get nuts!?" ?

..Prince's "batdance" is stil a great hit!

“I’d like to know why climbing through the roof and smashing through the window was a better option than just walking through the museum doors...” This is Batman. You should add a sin every time he walks through a door like an ordinary local as if he isn’t the most dramatically extra night-time roof stalker on the planet

0:12 Prince TOTALLY rocked that soundtrack dude. Scandalous is one of my favorite songs of all time.

13:29 If the gas in the balloon is lighter than helium, how does it effect the people on the ground? It would disperse into the atmosphere.

As a superhero in training, I can confirm that Alfred was the only person in the movie with superpowers.

The real sin: saying something is wrong with having a soundtrack by Prince. Never a sin, never.

5:49 it's called "broadcast signal intrusion" and is something that was incredibly easy to do in the time of analog TV. A little less so with digital broadcasting, but still 100% feasible en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_signal_intrusion 12:19 Jack is about to shoot little Bruce, but his accomplice shouts that they have to flee because the cops are coming and so he leaves: he would've shot the kid too, just wanted to have fun with him first since the boy was defenseless and shocked. It just shows what a ruthless, vile bastard Jack was in his youth. Also, no sin removed for the perfect casting? The actor playing young Napier looks a lot like Nicholson.

Michael Keaton is sitting somewhere thanking God that he doesn't look like Johnny Depp after his string of Tim Burton movies.

Wait...a 'Prince' music video with Joker in it? A.k.a. the 'Clown PRINCE of Crime'? IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!

"Never rub another mans rhubarb." Words to live by.

"Also hand rise out of water cliche" "ding"

0:20 Yes, except Prince is an actual music genius unlike Kanye.

Harvey Dent. Can we trust him?

For the reason why there were no cops in the crowd, in the novel expansion, there is a reason for it - Joker delivered a lot of tainted donuts to the police station, using a regular bakery's truck, or whatever. Most got sick afterwards.

You saying 2 and a half minutes of credits that do nothing for anyone is wrong, I watch it just to listen to the song every time it comes on. This movie is the best.

Sin 86: Batman has two bottles of mouthwash in the Batcave because he is investigating the poison in beauty care products. You wouldn’t just test makeup, not the worlds greatest detective.

the Batman opening theme should remove 5 sins because it's awesome and it gets you pumped up for action

Nicholson was actually smart on how he handled his contract with this movie in addition to being among the top live action versions. The fact he got paid in royalties even after the movie came out years after was genius.

Prince claimed the first song he ever learned to lay was the 60s Batman theme. Soundtrack wasn’t bad and as a Batman and Prince fan, I was excited.

Bat-foul! You sinned the 108 pounds line, fine, but then you should have removed a sin for the great follow-up gag of the grapple gun not being able to fully work and Batman's line; "You weigh more than 108."

Although the movie doesn't explain it, the bat in the cage is meant to be wounded and Batman is nursing it back to health. This is in the novelization. He has the mouthwash because he was testing all the Joker's tainted products. There's other products visible on his desk as well. I call no sin here. The Joker's long gun was loaded with a powerful bullet... this is explained in the comic book version via dialogue ("Alfred, an explosive shell... I'm hit") but unfortunately not in the film.

421 sins removed for Prince doing the soundtrack.

I got to see this in the theatre when it was brand new. Then I had the good fortune of being able to watch it in the theatre, again, just last summer when our local theatre did a weeknight series of retro movie nights. This movie was filmed for the big screen, by which I mean, something magical happens when you get to see it in that form. Seeing it on a TV from video is a pale comparison. There is a reason it was a blockbuster, why it ran almost 4 months in the theatre, why it sold merchandise, why it inspired a rollercoaster with an actual live action show at Six Flags, etc. Young people complain it is too campy, but they fail to put it into perspective of the timeline compared to early Batman, like the comics and TV show. This Batman was actually gritty compared to the earlier versions, and subsequent movies, and the animated series, pushed the character further down that path. It's fine to like, or not like a movie by personal taste but it is important to look at things with historic perspective especially when looking at things older than you are. This movie as an example, to those that grew up with ULTRA CAMPY Batman TV shows, this movie was a brilliant modern take, an evolution of the character. Context is very important.

This was my favorite Batman as a child. He took people out. Keaton was straight ruthless as Batman.

R.I.P Prince.

3:38 This man living in year 3099. You never do see a bathroom in a panic room. And if you NEED a panic room, it is the one place where you possibly would be shitting yourself. *Ding*

Batman didn't drop back down in to the alley to fight Joker's crew for 'no reason'. He did it because the gadget that lifted them out of there got stuck half way because Vicky Vale lied about her weight (as he says later). Dropping back down in to the alley was the only way Vale was gonna make it all the way up to the walkover thing.

I love this movie, I love Batman, I love prince, I love Tim Burton, I love Jack Nicholson and I love Michel Keaton.

Man, those missing leaves on the left side of the Wayne manor gate were really bugging me too, so I decided to get to the bottom of it. The Wayne manor set is actually the Knebworth house in Hertfordshire, England. Those gates arent props, they're actual gates to the Knebworth house. Problem is, in every single picture I could find (a dozen or so) of the gates, *those leaf clusters are not missing*. Now I *really* want to know why they aren't there.

3:34 I always took this clinic to be in actuality an old-time barber - barbers used to perform blood-letting and even facial & dental surgeries back in the day. In fact, if i remember right this is what the spirals of the barbershop actually originally represent - that the barber on staff does do this and other procedures, The clinic isn't 'illegal' - but rather (much like tim burton's gotham) out of place in time & very ghetto location. Also, when you say the camera is a machine at 7:59 - the film-makers where making a visual homage to the original 1950s batman (POW! Bam! Woooosh! would originally be on the screen with a flash, in this case the excuse for a flash is vickys camera flash and the sounds are real sounds of batman fighting, something unseen back in the time of this films release). At 9:08 the mouthwash is there because batman was testing product for Smylex. If you look carefully there is other products there too. Check out how similiar to catwoman's outfit the girl shown at 11:27 is, it isn't catwoman but pretty similar.

Still my favorite Batman movie.

comparing Kanye West to Prince, a MILLION sins for YOU.

I'm guilty of the "grown woman with a teddy bear on her bed" cliché. The teddy bear wears little Batman jammies though.

My favorite version of Alfred in comics and media is the version who is ex-SAS, and is Batman's comms guy back at the batcave, as well as his medic, and assistant IT and R&D alongside Barbara and Lucius respectively.

overall the best Batman movie ever.

The bat in the cage was injured and Bruce was caring for it.

nothing is wrong with this movie.the first batman movie is the very best batman movie.

Dang it CinemaSins. You just ruined one of my favorite movies with almost pointless sins. Batman 1989 is not a bad movie and is what revolutionized the franchise.

I'm gonna give you a sin, for not taking a sin off for the joker's death scene. The way the recorder continued to laugh as everyone started at his unblinking dead eyes gave me chills as a child and remains one of my favorite Batman scenes of any and all iterations.

Still better than The Dark Knight

"Even before Spiderman 3, this was iconic imagery, right?" Hitchcock. Vertigo.

I love that giant parade scene towards the end

"Two and a Half minutes of opening credits that does nothing for anybody" Uhm, except the badass Batman theme by Danny Elfman.

If CinemaSins taught me one thing, it's no movie is without sin. And that's okay! A movie full of sins can still be entertaining. Logic isn't everything. It's art! I doesn't have to make sense. It's all about how you feel about it.

This here is the best Batman movie

5:40 This depiction of the Joker is based less on the modern character & more on the first appearance version. He's not exactly obsessed with Batman, more he loves committing crimes and being glorified in the public eye, with Batman always getting in his way. Also, Vicki Vale is a potential play-thing, not an actual love interest

8:01 You can add a sin here if you like. They say, "Shoot her !" when it's quite obvious the Joker wants her alive and well. Hell he just had candlelight with her !

Batman does not kill people: gravity does.

Comparing Prince to Kanye? That deserves a sin on it's own.

15:38 I always come back to this video because of this line. “How does it work? Fuck you, that’s how.” 🤣😂

This movie is perfect no arguing with that

I've been complaining about that "I always ask that of all my prey" line for 27 years, now! He doesn't say it to all of his prey. He only asks Bruce Wayne!Thank you, CinemaSins. You have set me free.

Jack Nicholson was so damn good as the Joker in this movie. =)

When Batman was first made he did kill people then they changed him and made him into a non killer.

"Never rub another man's rhubarb" -5 sins. I've just always enjoyed that line

Does anybody actually miss the style of the Tim Burton Batman movies as well as the animated series. I mean I like the movies today but I miss it in the 40's style with the men wearing trench coats and the hats I mean to be honest I always thought it made the Joker look way more intimidating and the way the background looks it really feels like Gotham city. I grew up with this movie and the animated series and it always felt like a real Batman movie to me other then the Joker dieing of course, I think Tim Burton should come back and do more Batman films.

"... Does that sound like ANY version of the Joker you've heard of?" Yeah... Jared Leto's

To me Michael Keaton's movies are the best, from orchestral music to iconic character design, they all look like in the animated series or the comics. Everyone thinks Heath Ledger was the best joker, I agree he had the better script but Jack Nicholson looks like the actual joker. The batmobile looks stunning and bullet proof. Batman is just OP here compared to our new Batman.

Vicky Vale didn't leave all of her cosmetics behind when she moved to Gotham, she would only have had to fear any new products that were distributed after her arrival. So we need a slightly lower sin count for the movie, and each sin removed goes to CinemaSins for not knowing how moving to a new home is actually like.

Jack Nicholson was gold as Joker.

i got a sandwich, I got soda, I got CinemaSins on. It's gonna be a good day

The reason Vicky wasn't affected by the makeup mixes is because she used a supply she already had. She didn't buy anything new. Also, how did you miss the camera flashes during the fight were an homage to the BAM and POW screens from the TV show?

Joker is one of my favorite Batman villains. (I also like Egghead from the 1966 show a lot. Vincent Price played that character beautifully!)

The Joker poison was not just make up. It was soap, toothpaste, and shampoo.

Jack Nicholson is an excellent Joker 🃏

One of two greatest batmans, you really had to reach with most your comments

I love how more than half of these “sins” aren’t even about the movie’s story itself!

I remember watching this movie when I was a kid so many memories. Michael Keaton is my Favorite Batman.

Sin #52: Its Joker. dont question whatever weird thing Joker has.

"This town needs an enema!"

The issue with Vicki Vale wearing make-up can easily be answered with one thought - She already had her make-up products before the Joker messed with them

I have to call shenanigans on Sin 126 at the 13:43 mark. It's a well known fact that Batman has insane gadgets that only have one possible & conceivable use. Need I remind you of the 'Shark Mace' from the Batman TV show with Adam West? Lol

Well it took you 26 years but thanks anyway.

That moment when you realize both Biggs and Porkins from Star Wars are together in this movie.

I loved this movie I watch it on repeat any chance I get