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Matches Malone
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| Posted on 16-06-2008 11:54 |
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I recently bought this and have yet to watch all of it. I know a lot of people call it bad and the worst batman movie ever made but i remember coming home from school and watching it every afternoon and thinking it to be good. Mind you this wasnt the original broadcast in the 60's. FX re ran the series in the mid 90's. I bought the movie depsite hearing the horrid reviews from people who arent really into batman who just watched it as casual fans. I just wanted to get everyones opinon on the movie and please no spoilers. |
 
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Chris
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| Posted on 16-06-2008 13:02 |
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It's campy and fun. They way Batman was back in the 60's. If it wasn't for the campy Batman, we wouldn't have The Dark Knight.
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Tartan Jack
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| Posted on 16-06-2008 13:05 |
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If you LIKE the 60s TV-show, you'll like the movie.
If the 60s TV show is like a dagger in the spine, you'll hate it.
It is essentially an episode with a MUCH bigger budget and larger cast.
-I enjoy it.
Sum Nox!
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Matches Malone
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| Posted on 16-06-2008 14:02 |
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Yea, like i have a odd range of batman. I love the campy 1960's stuff but absolutely hate most of the other movies. Only batman movies I love are Batman:Returns & Batman Begins. The dark knight looks to blow both of those out of the water since the clown prince of crime is in them. Yea, I'm really looking forward to seeing them. |
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The Red-Blue Blur
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| Posted on 16-06-2008 18:56 |
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My favs are Batman Forever and Begins, and soon for sure, TDK
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Big Lester
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| Posted on 17-07-2008 00:10 |
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I love it reminds me of my childhood when it came out |
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real-dark-knight
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| Posted on 06-08-2008 19:48 |
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Big Lester wrote:
I love it reminds me of my childhood when it came out
Me too. Batman TV series was SO popular with me and all my schoolfriends. I still love it now - and I love the movie too. |
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Razhwurz
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| Posted on 06-08-2008 20:06 |
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You know, I haven't actually seen the movie. I guess that should be considered a sin.
Now like Holiday I watched the show on a FX around 94-95, when I was a little tyke. I didn't actually catch on to the campiness, I just knew it was a live-action version of Batman where he wore grey just like in the cartoon.
Never start with the head; the victim gets all fuzzy!
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FlaBat
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| Posted on 06-08-2008 21:18 |
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Batman The Movie was in essence an expanded TV episode. Keep in mind that the TV series were cliffhangers and aired twice a week for the first two seasons. Batman The Movie was bigger and better with all four major villains in it. The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin and Catwoman, who was played by Lee Meriwether rather than Julie Newmar.
I’m old enough to have watched the Batman TV series and Batman The Movie when they first ran. I’ve had Batman The Movie on VHS and DVD for quite some time and have watched it a few times. For me it brings me back to a simpler time. Comic Books of the period were much lighter than they are today and that reflects in the TV series and the film. It’s camp and cheesy and downright silly, but it’s a lot of fun too. If you don’t like that style of humor you won’t like the film. Batman purists will scoff at it, but true Batman fans will embrace it for what it was, fun.
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Buckeye Bat
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| Posted on 18-09-2009 17:45 |
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Big Lester wrote:
I love it reminds me of my childhood when it came out
I feel the same way, I was born in 66 so I never watched it first run, but when I was in elementary school a local TV station was showing it everyday at 4:30 pm and I watched it and of course I had a P.I.T.A. sister that is a few yrs older than me and made fun of me.
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Erin Cobblepot
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| Posted on 20-09-2009 21:39 |
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I own the Batman 1966 movie on DVD and watch it endlessly. I'm not from that era. I was born in 1988 and I was born into the Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin era. So I grew up with those. But I love the 1966 movie.
Burgess Meredith as the Penguin is what turned me onto liking the character so much. He was so wonderful at being the Penguin. And I loved everything about him. Especially the laugh.
Trivia note:the Penguin smokes those fancy cigarettes. Burgess Meredith had quit smoking but he needed to smoke the cigarettes to be the character. He kept coughing. So, instead of asking them to stop filming every time he coughed, he developed the laugh for the Penguin.
Just a tidbit for you fans out there!!
Hello Gotham. I'm Erin. Ozzy Cobblepot's Biggest Fan. Love you Pengy!
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Betcha never, never ever, betcha never thought you'd touch my heart.
Betcha never, betcha never, betcha never thought I'd surrender.
Betcha never thought you'd ever get with me.
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DiscowingCanon84
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| Posted on 03-06-2010 19:46 |
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I have six words for you "Hand Me the shark repellent Batspray." Greatest Batman Line EVER Just kidding But the movie is okay. |
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