This movie is campy as hell
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OLD_ACCOUNT_skribb_Mk2 — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 10:12 AM)
Well, I'm sure you are aware of other Batman movies that are much less campy. Nolanverse in other words. So a Batman flick need not be as campy as Batman 89.
Perhaps your definition of camp is broader than mine. When someone says camp I think of John Waters movies and Batman 66. Now of course, this movie is from 89 which was a very campy time to live in I guess, altho I'd prefer to use the term cheese when referring to the 80s and 90s.
In any case, it is not necessarily bad if you convince me to see your point of view. I can be convinced of anything if the arguments are good enough.
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FMT — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 09:23 PM)
Well, I'm sure you are aware of other Batman movies that are much less campy. Nolanverse in other words. So a Batman flick need not be as campy as Batman 89.
The Nolanverse? The Nolanverse is hammy as hell, I had a harder time taking TDK and TDRK seriously than I had with B&R. B&R features absurd characters in an absurd world, the Nolanverse on the other hand somehow thinks it's a good idea to place these absurd characters in a supposedly real world. A guy dressed like a bat, a clown, a Sega Genesis boss character, all doing cartoony voices, all being taken seriously by the police, the DA, etc. I'm sorry, I just can't buy it. Maybe they were all too busy delivering the most pretentiously unnatural monologues to notice. Still, I'll take camp over ham any day.
Perhaps your definition of camp is broader than mine. When someone says camp I think of John Waters movies and Batman 66.
I agree.
Now of course, this movie is from 89 which was a very campy time to live in I guess, altho I'd prefer to use the term cheese when referring to the 80s and 90s.
The 80s were definitely more about cheese than camp, although keep in mind that, when dealing with a character like the Joker, who is, literally, a clown, the camp is supposed to be there. Sure, it was toned down in TDK but, makeup aside, he didn't act like a clown in that movie, which just went against the core of the character, in my opinion. -
HellboundHero — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 01:46 PM)
It's as campy as your average comic book, and comic books are taken WAY too seriously. I'm not saying they should be comedy but dang, the Joker dances to a Prince song and you over-obsessive fanboys absolutely lose your s*** over it.
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stranglewood — 9 years ago(November 22, 2016 10:04 PM)
I thought it was me when it came out, and I've grown to despise it. Tim Burton was so wrong for Batman, and I can't understand those who regard it as a classic. The only thing revolutionary about it was the ad campaign; the marketing was so great that it added to the movie's reception.
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GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 07:32 PM)
At least it doesn't have a scene where Batman gets a shark attached to his leg for 5 minutes and needing shark repellent to get it off.
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