Batman 89 or Batman Begins

Started by D_A_R_E4 pages

I do love the 89 Bats, but I like Batman Begins better. It breaks Bats down a lot better than the 89 film.

Originally posted by bakerboy
Jack nicholson was just playing himself. What was the difference between jack torrance, macmurphy and the joker? just the same, jack playing the jack persona.

Jack Torrance was nothing like the Joker. 😆

Originally posted by D_A_R_E
I do love the 89 Bats, but I like Batman Begins better. It breaks Bats down a lot better than the 89 film.
Originally posted by D_A_R_E
I do love the 89 Bats, but I like Batman Begins better. It breaks Bats down a lot better than the 89 film.

Thats one of the reasons I prefer Batman Forever over the first Batman film is Batman Forever FINALLY was all about Batman for a change instead of being all about the villians with Batman being just a supporting character.Batman Forever explained his origin story and why he dressed up like a bat which SHOULD have been explained in the first film.Its the origin story for god sakes.Forever is the only Batman movie of the Burton/Schumacher travesty that I can tolerate.Thank god for Nolan,he erased that horrible Burton/Schumacher nightmare franchise from my memory for me. 💃

Batman Forever was absolute garbage LMAO. The acting was so bad and the colors! Gah!

Begins. No contest. Burton basically took a shit on Batman with his movies.

Originally posted by RocasAtoll
Begins. No contest. Burton basically took a shit on Batman with his movies.

🙄
How soon people forget that if it wasn't for Tim Burton Batman would still be a pseudo homo sexual dancing around with Robin with a bunch of nonsensical words flashing at the screen with every punch he made and doing the Batusi after surfing contests with the Joker to mainstream non comic book readers. Some fans may not have liked the inaccuracies in Batman 1989 but it still brought Batman back from the brink of being forever remembered as a campy joke.

Originally posted by RocasAtoll
Begins. No contest. Burton basically took a shit on Batman with his movies.

Yeah you aint kidding.well said.You can say that again. 👆 👆

I find it funny that people who hate it NEVER bring up the fact that it spawned BTAS, a whole generation's "dark Batman", and, to a lesser extent, made Batman Begins possible...

Batman 1989 was revolutionary for Batman's image with mainstream viewers... They didn't read comics, so they didn't know about Batman's return to his roots... They still thought of Adam West "bow, biff, and zam" every time they heard "Batman"... Whether you hate it or love it, it made the mainstream notice Batman as a dark, brooding, creature of the night...

Just because it wasn't "OMGZ MODURN BATMANZ!!!" and because it wasn't as good a movie doesn't mean it doesn't deserve credit...

Exactly Batdude the lack of respect for Batman 1989 is rather baffling considering it saved Batman from being remembered as a homoerotic dancing buffoon. But I guess because the Joker killed Batman's parents in 1989 and he had machine guns on his car and Michael Keaton was not a fan boy's Adonis then the merits of that action alone are non existant to some.

You can here a few cuts from the score at the official site:

http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/thedarkknight/

Check out Why So Serious, which has a bit of the Jokers theme, methinks.

Originally posted by sithsaber408
You can here a few cuts from the score at the official site:

http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/thedarkknight/

Check out Why So Serious, which has a bit of the Jokers theme, methinks.

Shouldn't this go in the Current Status thread?

yeah, I misposted. 😮

i ad mitt fully that without Burton's movie there would be no batman the animated series and helped bring batman back to what he should be but that does not cover up the fact that it also had a ton of flows almost to the point were it almost wasn't even batman

Originally posted by batmanfan136
i ad mitt fully that without Burton's movie there would be no batman the animated series and helped bring batman back to what he should be but that does not cover up the fact that it also had a ton of flows almost to the point were it almost wasn't even batman

I don't think Begins got Batman perfectly either. It just did a better job with the comic book source material but it certainly had flaws as well. But when Batman 1989 came out the super hero comic book movie industry was very different back then and the way the movie was made reflects that. I definitely don't think Batman 1989 was perfect but it certainly is not the worst thing that happened to Batman. If anything it saved his image even if it didn't capture his essence perfectly it returned him back to a realm where he could be taken seriously and was not a comedic buffoon and the fanboy nose thumbing of it is hilarious when you consider that.

First, Jack did the same playing jack torrance than the joker, the only difference was the makeup. When Jack is playing a crazy dude, he always behaves like he is with the same gesture. Only post to his joker some sunglasses and you will have jack being jack. He did the same that he usually does when he is in a Lakers game.

Originally posted by RocasAtoll
Begins. No contest. Burton basically took a shit on Batman with his movies.

I agree. Also its my opinion, but I believe Batman Begins got Batman perfect. In 15 days then The Joker will be perfect.

I remember we used to have these discussions in 2005/2006... 3 years later, we're STILL talking about it...

Let's bury the hatchet...

Begins was a leap in the right direction, but B89 dragged Batman tv shows/movies back into serious territory...

The Begins fans can watch Begins, the B89 fans can watch B89, and the ones who like and accept both (me), can watch both...

Now close this thread...

I suppose we can if you all would like.

Like I said, I enjoyed Batman '89 as a kid and still like it today, but feel that Begins is leaps and bounds better in every area.

The results of the poll (currently) are as follows:

Begins is better: 72.41%

Batman '89 is better: 17.24%

They are the same: 10.34%

So results are the same here as with audiences, critics, and most geeks: Batman Begins is better than Batman '89.

But I would rather watch Batman 1989 anyday out the week, lol. I like and own both, but I do have my preference.
And Jack Napier and Jack Torrance are nothing alike.