Who’s the Batman with the Narrowest Vision? ‘Batman’ (1989) Review

February 21, 2023506 wordsContains spoilers

Timothy Knight

After a long wait of uncertainty, The Flash movie will finally meet audiences in June 2023. In the first official trailer, fans are delighted that Batman, Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, will return to the big screen! This not only reminds me of Tim Burton's two classic Batman movies.

Batman (1989)

Batman Returns (1992)

Although Batman in 1989 was filmed earlier, it is very enjoyable to watch and is very popular. Even if you watch it now, you will still fall in love with it. Movie reviews are not at all suitable for children as I imagined, to some extent the opposite. Especially the scary clown will scare the children. The success of Tim Burton's version directly made Batman, a DC superhero, one of the most popular superheroes in the world, so that after Batman Returns, Batman Forever (1995), Batmen & Robin (1997) although Word of mouth is not good, but watching it today will still bring a lot of fun to the audience.

Batman Forever (1995)

Batmen & Robin (1997)

Let me share a few interesting fun facts about the first Batman movie:

1. The heroine went to Bruce Wayne/ Batman's mansion for the first time. The hero and heroine sit at both ends of a long table and eat. The table was very long, and the two had to yell loudly when they were talking.

2. Bad guys poison cosmetics, perfumes, lipsticks, etc. can no longer be used. There is a scene where the newscasters on TV also show up without makeup, with wrinkled and freckled faces, which is quite funny.

3. Batman hugged the heroine and was about to escape with a rope, and asked the heroine's weight. Afterwards, the outspoken Batman said: You are not only 108 pounds.

4. Seeing Batman escape with props, the villains shouted strangely: Why does he have such powerful toys?

5. Batman drives a cool sports car with well-equipped weapons, beats the clown, but misses a single shot. The Joker took out a ridiculously long gun from his crotch, and shot Batman's luxury car at once. I just remembered that Batman Wayne is "short-sighted"(see next one).

6. It was very inconvenient to wear the Batman suit back then. Michael Keaton could not move his neck freely, so the Keaton version of Batman could only shift the perspective by moving other parts of the body.

It's really a joyous movie.

The Batman sign，I can easily notice the bright colors at first sight, the bright part looks like a clown face with big eyes and a big mouth. After taking a closer look, I found a black bat. From different angles, what you see is completely different!

The clown in the movie smiled with a hideous face. I have never liked clown faces since I was a child, and I finally know the reason.