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Batman [DVD] [1989]
enlarge	Director: Tim Burton Actors: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£13.99~~ Buy New: £2.95 as of 24/11/2009 02:46 GMT details You Save: £11.04 (79%) New (20) Used (24) from £2.49 Seller: phillrobbo Rating: 31 reviews Sales Rank: 6421 Format: Full Screen, PAL Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 DVD Layers: 1 DVD Sides: 1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 121 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5024165765579 ASIN: B00004CX83 Theatrical Release Date: June 23, 1989 Release Date: September 25, 1998 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Thanks to the ambitious vision of director Tim Burton, the blockbuster hit of 1989 delivers the goods despite an occasionally spotty script, giving the caped crusader a thorough overhaul in keeping with the crime fighter's evolution in DC Comics. Michael Keaton strikes just the right mood as the brooding "Dark Knight" of Gotham City; Kim Basingerplays Gotham's intrepid reporter Vicki Vale; and Jack Nicholson goes wild as the maniacal and scene-stealing Joker, who plots a take over of the city with his lethal Smilex gas. Triumphant Oscar-winning production design by the late Anton Furst turns iBatman/i into a visual feast, and Burton brilliantly establishes a darkly mythic approach to Batman's legacy. Danny Elfman's now-classic score propels the action with bold, muscular verve. i--Jeff Shannon/i

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next » The best Batman movie of the series... October 23, 2000 8 out of 10 found this review helpful This has to be the best Batman movie of them all. Tim Burton's vision is displayed amazingly on screen and the DVD release elevates that. This movie and Batman Returns share a dark gothic mood which is true to the original Batman lore. Batman/Bruce Wayne is played by Michael Keaton who is by far the best Batman, but the real star is Jack Nicholson who steals the show as the over the top Joker. The print to DVD is overall good quality, its actually Anamorphic widescreen which it doesn't state on the packaging and the sound quialty is good with Dolby Digital 5.1 which really makes the score by Danny Elfman rock. Overall, before Joel Shumacher came and destroyed the Batman mythos, this and Batman Returns share such a great visual treat, I give it top marks. A truly amazing film December 3, 2000 4 out of 5 found this review helpful This is by a long,long way,the best Batman film out of all four.To me,Michael Keaton is the best Batman out of all three actors who have played him in the movie series so far.The other thing I like about this movie is that Gotham City is showed just as it should be - dark and gothic looking.Tim Burton did a fantastic job directing and every actor in the film deserves credit.But the one who deserves the most is Jack Nicholson for his performace as the Joker.He steels every scene he is in.Even if you're not really a Batman fan do yourself a favour and see this great film. You won't be disappointed. Excellent Caped Crusader June 5, 2006 Mr. M. Randall (Sale, Cheshire United Kingdom) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful This is a brilliant action film the best of the Batman movies. Michael Keaton makes you acually believe he is Bruce Wayne/ Batman the effect action in the film are excellent. If you want extras get the special edition DVD if you just want the film then the normal dvd will do fine. A brilliant film one I could watch time time again. br /If you like the new batman fillm you will love this... it's even better. Batman February 23, 2008 Reviewer 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Batman shows a mature, dark side of the Caped Crusader, and is portrayed by the dark and mysterious Michael Keaton and directed by Tim Burton. br / br /Michael Keaton is absolutely amazing in this movie. With all the doubt going on at the time about the Batman movie, casting Michael Keaton was a mistake etc. But it wasn't. As Tim Burton himself says, Michael Keaton seems like the kind of person that would have to dress up as a bat. Val Kilmer and George Clooney do not seem like that kind of person. Jack Nicholson is amazing as the Joker and he made it darker than the Joker was in THAT TV show. Kim Basinger is a very good leading lady in this movie (and she wasn't originally the actress wanted by Tim Burton!) And yes, Tim Burton faced a hell of a lot of slack for focusing too heavily on the Joker, but both Batman and the Joker are done credit here. br / br /Batman-the best superhero movie, about the best superhero (my personal opinion, as Batman has no super powers and is just an 'ordinary' guy. (OK he's a billionaire playboy but you've got to love him.) br / br /The film never gets dull! The definative portrayal of the dark knight so far August 5, 2002 8 out of 12 found this review helpful Batman. Prior to 1989, 'Batman' undoubtedly seemed (to the general public anyway)to b one of th sillier superheros around, thanks largely to the colour and campness of the '60s T.V show. Not that the T.V show wasn't classic in its own right, it's simply a different angle on how batman is presented. However, for many fans of the genre of the comic books (and of the darker and more violent batman Frank Miller showed us in his graphic novels)was the true and only way in which Batman should be told. Since only being 5 years old in 1989, and still enjoying the '60s series with Adam West, I cannot honestly say that I was one of the over-joyed fans when the announcement was made that a major film of Batman was on its way which would be dark, gothic, and, perhaps best of all, would be directed by Tim Burton. Perhaps in 1989 the name 'Tim Burton' being attached to the film was not the seal of quality its has come to be, but in my mind, noone else could have directed the way he did, as he truely was the best man to reimagin the Batman genre, which he did, creating a nightmarishly dark, gothic and violent universe (in the form of Gotham City). Batman/Bruce Wayne is perfectly underplayed by Michael Keaton, who portrays a man who is constantly in a state of remorse, bitterness and revenge(brought about by the death of his parents). Keaton, as Batman and Bruce Wayne truely enbodies a way so mentally disturbed to the point of madness that he has vowed to take revenge and wage a one-man war on crime by terrorising and, for lack of a better word, 'beating up' as many criminals as he can find. The opening of the film is classic- the of Gotham from afar, the views of the sprawling innercity, the back-streets, and the crime with lives within them. We then witness a mugging, all under the watchful eye of a mysterious figure perched high up on the roof of a building. We then see the two thugs responsible for the mugging counting their money and discussing 'the bat', a legend almost, which is terrifying Gotham's thugs. Before they can resolve their discussion, Batman shoops down, hospitalises one of the crooks, and tells the other to "tell all your friends about me, I'm Batman". In fact, Batman is full of so many classic lines, and characters e.g. boss Grissom, and th corrupt police captain 'Ecart'. However, if there is one critisism I have with Batman, it's the fact that Batman is perhaps too mysterious a character. This is great at the start of the film, as he is almost a legend in the eyes of the police and criminals, who aren't sure wether he is a vigilante, or a dangerous killer, however, all we really do find out about Batman is an idea that maybe he does this because his parents were murdered. At times it seems that the Joker is the main character and that Batman just 'pops' up now and again to stop him. This leads me on to the Joker. It is the Joker that perhaps makes this the best Batman film, for the simple reason that he is the best villan. Once again, Tim Burton does his own 'reimagining' and creates his own origions for the Joker. Although his is a superhero film, it is at its core a very adult and disturbing film. People never seem to fully realise the horror of how the Joker becomes the Joker, a very horrific transformation indeed. At it's heart Batman is a very disturbing, adult, and perhaps perverted story of two men who have both been driven to the point of maddness by each other, and neither will rest untill he had killed the other. It is this timeless story that makes this perhaps the greatest superhero film ever. The only problem is that the story is never really fully explored, instead, the audience is forced to realise the story though certain lines e.g. the Joker tells Batman "I made you, you gotta say you made me". There is also not alot of action, instad, we are treated to lots of beautifully dark and gothic shots of gotham, which is great, however, it would have been nice to have seen Batman leaping from a few more skyscrapers, and fighting thugs a bit more, however, it is the psychological aspects of the film that excite, and that only more mature audiences can really appreciate, rather than the mindlss action of Batman Forever and Batman and Robin that truely mak this film the best Batman, and perhaps superhero film ever. Showing reviews 1-5 of 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next »

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