Thursday, October 20, 2005

Batman Motion Picture Anthology 1989 - 1997

So I bought this collection online for a great deal... etc etc.
And after watching the first two movies, I couldn't help but think "This really isn't what Batman is supposed to be." Batman isn't supposed to kill, but he clearly says to the Joker: "I'm going to kill you." Eh! And then, if you look over other parts in the first movie, he killed quite a few people. Blew up the chemical plant where the Joker's gang was stationed, leg grabbed the big guy in the church belfry and threw him down the stairway, not to mention while piloting the Batwing, attempting to blow the Joker up with machine gun fire and missiles!. Yikes! Then in Batman Returns, he killed the big fat man using a bomb, set one of the devils on fire, and intentionally crashing the Batboat into the Penguin's duck vehicle thing. How would Batman know that he wouldn't kill the Penguin?

They're just movies, sure.

But shit, I can nitpick. I think Michael Keaton's overall look as Batman was quite cool, but his head was ENORMOUS. And closeups on the face revealed just how ridiculous he really looked. Val Kilmer's look was pretty good, but the nipples and overly-detailed musculature really kinda put me off. George Clooney's Batman... well let's just say that Batman should NEVER be SHORTER than Robin. Also suffered from nipple syndrome.

Whatever. I think the first two Batman movies were very stylish, very goth, very creepy. The first is still the best. But damn, Returns was creepy to me, and really disgusting. Keaton, Pfeiffer, De Vito... they all did great jobs with the acting. Christopher Walken was just weird. His delivery kinda sucked on a lot of his lines. The hair and his nasty eyebrows, not to mention those cold eyes... *shiver* very disturbing. The other two movies, just don't really do so well.

Keaton's Batman was cool because he was quiet, but when he talked, you listened.
Kilmer's Batman looked ok. Damn nipples. He talked too much.
Clooney's Batman was Adam West with rubber armor and a bobblehead.
Robin is gay.
Batgirl is my cousin Lori with her hair dyed blonde.
Two Face needed better makeup; prunes would've looked better plastered to his face.
Riddle me this: When is the Riddler a moronic buffoon? Answer at the bottom.
Poison Ivy should drink her own poison.
Freeze needs to FREEZE his acting career, oh wait, he's the guvnah!




Answer: When he's Jim Carrey.

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