Originally posted by bakerboy
The problem is that i cant believe in michael keaton as batman or bruce wayne. The problem is the origin not told. The problem is the villains being the focus. The problem is the corny scripts. Tim burton batman movies werent not good batman movies and not good tim burton movies. In my opinion and in the opinion of many others, those batman movies sucked because they were bad movies. So plain and simple.
Have you read the critical reviews of these movies on websites like RottenTomatoes.com? Those movies are both pretty high rated movies I think Batman I scores in the 70%s and Batman Returns in the 80%. They were bad movies in many people's opinions? They got good critical reviews, strong box office performances, good DVD sales and high marks from critics. It sounds like overall most people did like the movies enough to buy them, pay to see them and enough for them to get mostly good marks from critics.
And like I said maybe you did not accept Keaton as Batman but the majority of people who saw the films did accept him because after Batman I the hatemail stopped coming in. And he was asked back by the studio to do Batman II and III even AFTER they got rid of Tim Burton. So clearly the studio was not getting pressure to get rid of him.
So again like I said that is the opinion of you and a group of Bat fans who have decided that the movies were shit but the general consensus of the public and critics seems to say otherwise and there are plenty of Batman fans who may have qualms with Batman I and Batman II but still love them and cherish them whether you like it or not.
And as far as the corny scripts I actually like the dialogue a bit more in Batman 1989 because it has so many memorable lines as compared to Batman Begins which was mostly Katie Holmes annoying character preaching. But that's just me I guess maybe I am the only one who loves to quote Batman 1989