Like, it's really bad.
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HarveyManfredSinJohn — 9 years ago(May 29, 2016 02:04 AM)
I actually avoided this film when it first came out because of all the hype (I was also a young kid at the time). It was only years later when I got to see it, that I saw how awesome it was. My love for this film therefore has nothing whatsoever to do with nostalgia.
RIP:
David Bowie (1947-2016)
Alan Rickman (1946-2016)
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FMT — 9 years ago(May 31, 2016 01:40 AM)
There's nothing special about it. It's an average movie at best, praised out of pure nostalgia.
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justanicknamed — 9 years ago(May 31, 2016 08:53 AM)
It was a huge movie which got both commercial and critical praise. It redefined how comic book movies could be made. It was one of the first times (if not the first) where the main villain was listed ahead of the hero.
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mh-newressistance — 9 years ago(August 17, 2016 04:50 PM)
It was a huge movie which got both commercial and critical praise. It redefined how comic book movies could be made. It was one of the first times (if not the first) where the main villain was listed ahead of the hero.
Great So you've listed all the strengths of The Dark Knight The movie which you heavily despise for the exact same reasons for which you compliment Batman 1989 -
HellboundHero — 9 years ago(July 05, 2016 04:35 PM)
What is it in a person's head that makes them have to discredit other people's tastes in movies? Can't you just accept that some people like a movie that you don't and let it go? No, you have to imply that their opinion is inferior to yours because it's allegedly only based on nostalgia while I guess yours is just pure intellect. beep you, sir, you don't get to decide why I like and dislike things.
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Star_blazer_9000 — 9 years ago(May 13, 2016 05:59 AM)
Hell No. It's really good actually.
It gave Batman a darker tone and at the wake of The Dark Knight Return it was completely necessary. It was an important time for the Batman franchise as it reeled in a new generation of audiences who only knew Batman as a campy caped crusader from the 60s.
From the gothic set designs to the rememberable Danny Elfman score this film was movie magic. The cinematography was excellent also. I don't think you realise that at the time getting an A-list actor like Jack Nicholson to play the main antagonist in a comic book movie was like a dream come true for some. Yes, Nicholson plays himself but we all knew what we were in for and he didn't disappoint.
You have the greatest Batman of them all. Michael Keaton. Say what you will about his Bruce Wayne but I like it better than the other interpretations because he played him like he was just an average guy when he was in the public eye and not a Patrick Bateman type like in TDK. The Nolan films are better made films for sure but they lack any sense of enjoyment and fun due to the extreme serious nature. None of the scenes play off the other and brings too much of the real world into the movies. It's stupid because he is a man dressed like a bat beating up criminals. At least BvS has a sense of disbelief that molds well with the comic books.
The only real draw back for me are the Prince songs. They age the film a bit. Anyway, Batman 89 defined me as a child. It introduced me to the character. Batman was practically my hero and still kinda is to this day. It is a highly entertaining film that you can watch over and over unlike Nolan's bulls%&* trilogy.
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Times_Up — 9 years ago(May 20, 2016 06:45 AM)
It's an important film. The story is a little boring. This and 2000's X-Men are in similar boats for me. No denying the style and what they did for the characters, but falls apart during the 3rd act while still managing to entertain. Overall stories a bit slight, meandering a lacking but have a nice slow burn rather than slam bang pace.
Were trying to pretend as if these comic books dont exist. - David Goyer on the DCEU -
HellboundHero — 9 years ago(July 05, 2016 04:40 PM)
A lot of the people who grew up watching this movie are millennials(myself included). Millennials are defined as having been born roughly between 1977 and 1998, and I know a lot of the audience of this movie back in 1989 were kids.