Batman 1989 has more JOKER scenes than Batman scenes? First time watching, reaction & review

[@MaryCherryOfficial]

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[@patriciashutes2221]

Please Mary watch all of the Batman movies 😢😭

[@2nd3rd1st]

Check your mic mix, your voice cuts out often when you get louder and when your voice pitches higher

[@JedHead77]

Mary, you need to watch the film that spawned the superhero genre, *Superman: The Movie (Director’s Cut)* I’m surprised at the lack of reaction videos to it!

[@kylereese4822]

KIM BASINGER... JERRY HALL....

[@kylereese4822]

Multiplicity, Gung Ho, Beetlejuice, Jack Frost all good movies :):)

[@MrMarsFargo]

The reason it feels old is because they're trying to replicate 1940s sound and makeup FX, since that's the era of the comics they're adapting.

[@CaptainAmercia]

pretty much Gotham to me is still stuck in the 1940s which is why i love this movie and the animated series. The modern movies do away with this idea and just go for a modern Gotham which just doesn't feel like Gotham to me as much as I love the Dark Knight movies i never cared for the designs. Same with metropolis and its retro futurist look in the movies it just looks like another East coast city just with more Skyscrapers. The Arkham Games, Animated Series, Gotham, and Tim's movies has the best Gotham but nonetheless still love the Dark Knight trilogy.

[@benjamintodd6885]

@@Blitz-dm3kv I mean Star Wars ot is older than this movie so

[@profshad3429]

@@benjamintodd6885 your point

[@zarquondam]

_2001: A Space Odyssey_ was made in 1968, before the moon landing even, but it looks as though it was made decades later than other science fiction films of the same era.

[@MrMarsFargo]

@@zarquondam You're missing the point; this film looked old EVEN BACK IN THE 80S, because they were purposely trying to make it look old and dated, like an old-school 40s gangster flick.

[@joelblom1388]

This movie is not meant to feel real... It is meant to feel like a comic book

[@Rocket1377]

The gun sounds and aesthetic of this film are deliberately trying to evoke a comic book style, it's not "dated". Compare the gunshots to Lethal Weapon 2 (which came out the same year), and you'll see that Tim Burton was intentionally going for a larger-than-life feel. Also, this is not the first Batman film, it's actually the fourth. The previous films were released in 1943, 1949, and 1966.

[@urty24]

1966 FTW

[@stevieb635]

Agree. Batman (1989), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Dick Tracy (1990) were not aiming to make comic book characters that look real (like the MCU). They were trying to make a live action comic book. I am still impressed at the architecture of the city in this movie, how it looks and feels like it jumped right out of a comic book page.

[@PigsHalo]

Yep. A deeper dive into the art of tim burton may be needed.

[@flatebo1]

@@PigsHalo Isn't it always?

[@RoodeMenon]

Kids react by what they know. This is great insight. You should be grateful for such input.

[@kunaak]

"Watches a Tim Burton movie - Complains it's not realistic"..... Uhhhhhhhhh............ I dont know how to reply to that.....

[@Zenapprentice]

Watches nightmare before Christmas * “This is bullshit”

[@WreckerR]

I don't think she's watched any Burton movies yet...

[@mr.enjoyable5934]

@@WreckerR how old is she she how was she not seen some of the movies she reacted to. Star Wars I understand not everyone flock to movies for that. But Tim Burton’s movie, and some of the other movies.

[@hellmekun]

@@mr.enjoyable5934 dude, a lot of people have't even watch dark night trilogy yet let alone a 1989 movie

[@mr.enjoyable5934]

@@hellmekun ok comics and sci fi I see but Tim Burton’s in general.

[@juanpabloloayza5921]

Sounds funny hearing "this doesn't look natural". The whole movie is intended to be that way. It is a kind of fantasy movie, kind of fantastic, gothic, neo-noir tale. Even the city has an art deco vibe. Not Nolan at all. Looks like there is a necessity to look very realistic these days. I don't know about any Tim Burton movie pretending to look real.

[@RoodeMenon]

Don't roast a kid's ignorance. Her pov is is something we should learn from.

[@sexycenturion7074]

@@RoodeMenon simp.

[@nooneofimportance2110]

"It's very formulaic" The thing is the formula didn't really exist before this. There were other super hero films before this, but there really wasn't a formula until Superman and Batman came around.

[@paaritoshkarmakar2119]

While shooting Spider-Man Homecoming, Michael Keaton often used to whisper "I am Batman" to Tom Holland.

[@garydodd2837]

Really thats so cool!

[@JKissoon1]

This reminds me of an interview with Kimmel that Keaton had around that time where Kimmel said Spider-Man was his favorite hero. Keaton pretended to get angry and Kimmel apologized saying he forgot he was his nemesis. Keaton responded with: "No! I'm Batman, wtf are you talking about?!"

[@antoinerideaux-porche6036]

Michael King's real name is Michael Douglas but since there was already an actor name Michael Douglas he chose his mom's maiden name

[@killernyancat8193]

@@antoinerideaux-porche6036 *Keaton

[@aryantabibzada5183]

@@garydodd2837 j

[@Twulfbynight]

“Where are the police? Why don’t they do anything?” Me: Welcome to Gotham honey

[@calvinwilliamsjr.6612]

Is this her first time being introduced to the world of gotham? Has she not watched any of the animated movies or played the video games to know the cops are all kinds of crooked and in the pockets of the mob bosses of gotham. A little research would have sufficed on her part before being overly critical.

[@chadfalardeau5396]

I wondered the same thing when I first saw this movie too. Although I was 20 and it was my first intro to Batman.

[@dr.bobcat5896]

@@calvinwilliamsjr.6612 Why would she need to do research, it's a reaction for a reason lmao

[@benlee8436]

I've wondered the same thing in real life more than once. Though in fairness to the local police force, two of them did save me from a maniac with a big knife once, so there's that. Unarmed too. Thanks, you two cops!

[@godammichael]

In Gotham the police are basically cardboard with nerf guns they are a minor annoyance till batman shows up and he is basically as affective as john wick with aim bot he's pretty good

[@Rikitikisiki]

"The very first Batman!" Oh ..you're so young it's hilarious.

[@SB992REBORN]

The very first Batman .. she is right!!!!!!

[@js0988]

@Amped up No, Adam West played a comedy version of Batman! This is the FIRST real Batman movie.

[@TheNerdyMusician]

Lewis Wilson was the first to play Batman in the 40s

[@highstimulation2497]

curious definition of "real"

[@ShaunRF]

"The very first Batman" Adam West has entered chat Lewis WIlson has entered chat

[@SupremoJVT]

Lllooooollll

[@johnbarry1712]

Lewis Wilson? When was he?

[@SupremoJVT]

@@johnbarry1712 before Adam West, back in 1943

[@LeighMet]

@@johnbarry1712 1940 and 47

[@SharpDesign]

@@johnbarry1712 movie serial Batman 1943

[@rickquick8977]

Mary this movie isn't formulaic because it literally invented the formula.

[@quietdemon8138]

Not really it was Superman the movie that invented it 11 years before in 1978

[@mightycawl2745]

But by today’s standards it is . The best movies stand the test of time

[@judevenalian5008]

Watch the next film skip the Schumacher films and go straight to the Nolan trilogy.

[@mightycawl2745]

@@neonblade4659 Considering they’ve already been around for over a decade and all of them are still awesome I highly doubt that...

[@bobw1811]

@@mightycawl2745 "Still awesome" That's highly subjective. Personally, I think the movie division of the MCU peaked in 2012. Since then, they've just been relying on the crutch of a shared universe (a novelty that peaked in 2012 with "The Avengers") to bring people back without taking any real risks or imaginative leaps in terms of tone or storytelling structure. With the single exception of Thor Ragnarok, you could easily make the mistake of thinking that the same person wrote and directed every single MCU movie. Because they all look, sound, and feel exactly the same. Hell, they feel like they come off of an assembly line rather than from an artist's imagination. It's about as formulaic as formulaic gets. Hey, if you love that formula, that's great...all the power to you. That's the beauty of subjectivity. But don't for one second pretend that it isn't formulaic.

[@moondog3056]

The only person who has ever called Alfred a creep.

[@Theomite]

Mary can keep that particular cherry to herself thankyouverymuch.

[@SB992REBORN]

he IS a gentleman and not does condone such esteem verocities and obsinities as the word 'creep' are concerned.. yes sir, NO sir . I do not sir.... what is it sire? Yes i do not know, but yes I know that and I do... sir!?!?!!

[@wakebacon8301]

"What is his agenda here" You said it, CHAOS is always the Jokers agenda.

[@DaDunge]

It may look like chaos to the outsider but the Joker is driven by his own sense of fun.

[@sopa71479]

"I'm an agent of chaos"

[@erinmurray2367]

saying that the makeup doesn’t look natural while watching a tim burton is such a huge oxymoron

[@ericjanssen394]

It's par for the course: Mary is the Millennial voice of "I'm so totally superior to my parents' movies because they didn't have CGI so I can tell how they were MADE..."

[@namelessjedi2242]

I don't think she understood how much was a stylistic/artistic choice, and assumed it was meant to be as realistic as possible.

[@Jan-jc4rx]

she is not the sharpest tool in the shed.

[@Whocares158]

@@Jan-jc4rx . Agreed.

[@stevengentry9396]

"Formulaic"? It may feel that way looking back from a 2021, MCU and DCEU saturated context, but it was made in 1989. Other than Superman, there wasn't a formula for superhero movies yet.

[@DaDunge]

The "Joker killed Bruce Wayne's parents" plotline was kind of cliche

[@Flantomas]

@@DaDunge Wasnt this the first time that scene was put on cinema?

[@DaDunge]

@@Flantomas The main villain killing the heroes parents? No not even close.

[@namelessjedi2242]

The formula, or what people expected and knew, was the comical Adam West style Batman. This movie blew everyone’s minds with how different it was!

[@ashkanserat]

I like how she said 80s horrors are not scary but gets scared throughout this movie. Lol.

[@donjuan4067]

She should check out "The Thing) 1982 version.. That will make her skin crawl

[@TheKrensada]

She's a faker. It's expected.

[@gerstelb]

I remember before this movie was released, everyone was shocked at the idea of Michael Keaton being cast. He had pretty much done comedic roles - Mr. Mom, Johnny Dangerously, Gung Ho...and Beetlejuice the year before this came out - and no one knew he had the intensity to be Batman. Changed the entire course of his career.

[@mjburrage5263]

They actually filmed the rooftop "I'm Batman" scene early-so it could be shown to critics to get them to stop saying that Keaton was miscast.

[@kendric2000-q3d]

In 1989 when this came out the only Batman people my age had been exposed to was the campy Adam West. To get a serious, dark Batman was a mind-blower. Michael Keaton IS Batman in my book. :) Well...the best out of the movie Batmen.

[@aiden_macleod]

Keaton was the best Batman. Fight me.

[@Harkness78]

did not really change his career.... he did like 4 or 5 other films after the two Batman films, and then retired for 15 years. And came back to yeah primarily dramas, but not too many 60 year olds doing wall to wall comedies.

[@turyb.goodiii7356]

Well, there was Carter Hayes.

[@robertchurch5646]

The Joker is chaos incarnate. There are no rhyme or reason with him, pure anarchy.

[@Strider91]

The Joker has had many forms in film but the one thing in common with them all is that he is an agent of pure chaos. He exists purely to cause havoc

[@actingkeith]

All of your commentary on make up, costumes, sets, and visual & sound effects are just Tim Burton's comic-book aesthetic

[@CyGea]

It’s not formulatic, when it created the formula.

[@JedHead77]

Before this film, the public’s only big exposure to a live-action Batman was the campy colorful TV series from the 1960s, and cartoons after that. This film finally (and permanently) brought him back to his dark vigilante roots from 1939, and in the comics of 1989.

[@michaelccozens]

@@williamshelton4318 Sure, but comic-book-buyers were and are a pretty select bunch. Compare the number of Marvel movie-goers to the number of Marvel comic-collectors, and you're looking at a difference measured in orders of magnitude. I'd suggest that Batman '89's huge success helped convince studios that the larger public could be enticed to see comic-book movies, thus making them potentially profitable, even when they started to cross into big-budget territory. You have to remember that, prior to this, the idea of an "adult" comic-book film was a contradiction in terms to nearly everybody.

[@monsterhanna6691]

Until Batman & Robin and Batman Forever. 😂

[@Dom_510]

Batman was brought back to his dark roots in the comics way before this movie thanks to Denny O’Neill in the early 80s

[@rustincohle2135]

23:25 "Can he climb up those stairs? That requires a lot of upper body strength which I don't think he has." Trivia time: Jack Nicholson is a military veteran and also worked as a firefighter so he had a lot of upper body strength. In fact, when he filmed the "here's Johnny" scene in "The Shining", Jack chopped down that bathroom door with the axe so quickly on camera due to his experience as a firefighter. So, the production team were then forced to construct a thicker door so that he wouldn't cut through it so easily in the scene.

[@sherrysink3177]

That's fascinating! I didn't know any of those things about Jack. Very cool.

[@darrenobayashi6528]

It shows how perceptive you are about the how “dated” and how over the top the background, the colors and the make up is. The thing is... it was done on purpose. I think you need to watch more Tim Burton. His stuff is over the top, very “comics” like, very deliberately done. People have noted Beetlejuice... that is a good entry to Tim Burton, shows his wacky style. Very different. If you like him, you like him. If you don’t, you really don’t . I think this was one of the better Batman movies.

[@clairekane4157]

Plus, Michael Keaton stars in it 💜

[@darrenobayashi6528]

@@clairekane4157 Keaton does pull off the "I'm Batman" the best...

[@clairekane4157]

@@darrenobayashi6528 True dat ✌️

[@derekjanson2328]

“Bruce Wayne is Batman?” Is probably the most shocking moment in this video. My brain...it can’t process how that’s possible. Are we THAT far into the future now?!💔

[@heyzooz]

"This movie is 30 something years old". I'm 38 and watched this 100 times as a child on VHS. Love this movie. When Ceaton says "Let's get nuts!" He goes to his Beetlejuice voice and every time I see it I picture Beetlejuice standing there.

[@myname-pe2pe]

2021-1989= 32

[@natedoggg2002]

Same here. I'm 37 watched it 100 times on VHS. Batman 89 is a classic!

[@StreetHierarchy]

Lol Beetlejuice voice while quoting Prince

[@michaelmoran2421]

Me too. I always hear beetlejuice on that part. Only that part too.

[@monsterhanna6691]

*Keaton

[@Dasharr]

"The very first Batman" - Adam West played Batman in the 60s, in a TV series with a movie spin-off too. It was very campy, so this version was important in bringing a darker vision to a big-screen Batman that's set the tone since.

[@urty24]

Campy!?!? I think the word you are looking for is “fantastic.” Haha I love Batman (1966). It is delightfully campy. Funniest super hero movie of all time.

[@Batman88878]

@@urty24, what kind of people are always in a hurry? Russians! Love it! Hope she checks that movie out.

[@cheeseburger12]

Some days you really can't get rid of a bomb!

[@cruelangel8689]

And dont forget the 40s movie serials as well...

[@mobber420]

There were also Batman serials back in the 40s, so even Adam West wasn’t the first Batman

[@clarktom03]

"They must not have anticipated the film would be made into HD" You do realise this film was shot on 33mm, don't you?

[@Nathanlee7676]

Batman Returns is my favourite Christmas movie.

[@garydodd2837]

Yeah weird, i just said that it my comment, often watch both movies around Christmas with my brother, well i used to u know🤗

[@cheeseburger12]

Fair. I'm not a big fan of Returns. Great cast though. And that leather....

[@ThisIsMyFullName]

Same here. It's also far better than the first one, and it has the original Batman score, plus Michelle Pfeiffer who is the best Catwoman by far.

[@cheeseburger12]

@Akbar Shabazz-Jenkins its because Die Hard is better.

[@cheeseburger12]

@@ThisIsMyFullName i will admit its nice to look at Michelle Pfifer. But Joker rules. Especially Jack as the Joker.

[@gawainethefirst]

The actor in the grey suit is Jack Palance, an award winning actor best known for playing villains. His best role was in the movie Shane.

[@garethmitchell7723]

Also gotta love city slickers

[@andrewbrzezinski915]

and Ripley's Believe it or Not! great narrator and presenter

[@juanpabloloayza5921]

Legend!

[@susanmaggiora4800]

gawainethefirst He made a good Dracula too!

[@skadoink1736]

Nah, Hawk the Slayer ftw! lol

[@zuhayrroha4392]

Bruce Wayne is played by Micheal Keaton. He also played the villain in Spider-man: Homecoming. Christain Bale who played Bruce Wayne in the Dark Knight Trilogy (hope you see it) is going to be the villain in Thor 4: Love & Thunder You either die playing Batman or live long enough to see yourself become a Marvel Villain.

[@nagasainarasimha1645]

Wow nice one

[@JKissoon1]

RIP Adam West, he passed still playing Batman

[@5trider29]

Matt Damon, played an actor playing Loki in "Thor Ragnarok", who also played somewhat the hero in "The Martian, in turn played the villain in Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" We're sharing trivia, right? lol!

[@nagasainarasimha1645]

@@5trider29 sure but we are talking about superhero movies

[@zarquondam]

"Bruce Wayne is played by Micheal Keaton. He also played the villain in Spider-man: Homecoming." She says precisely that in the video.

[@harryclarkhulk]

The Joker is crazy. That’s the whole point of the character.

[@DaDunge]

He's really not, that's just a facade. The joker pursues what he wants and doesn't care about anyone else, he is utterly selfish he considers a laugh for him infinitely more valuable than the lives of hundreds or thousands of people.

[@InfamousTerry4]

@@DaDunge so.........crazy

[@DaDunge]

@@InfamousTerry4 No crazy is irrational, the joker however is completely rational. He just uses different bushels from most people.

[@barrywade3774]

Is it a fair criticism to call a film formulaic when it was one of the films that established the formula? Also you should watch the first Batman film from the 60s next.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

She wouldn't get it.

[@shanefourtwenty]

" Never rub another man's rhubarb! "

[@vincentmartinez8241]

That sounds so sexual and hilarious! Lol

[@monsterhanna6691]

"You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

[@moquips]

12:40 Bruce never asked Vicki on this date, Joker did pretending to be Bruce. When she called to tell Bruce she would be late for a date they didn't have, he realized something was wrong.

[@TheZeroAssassin]

"He has no other purpose but fucking with peoples' heads" You're catching on. Also the fact that he's insane should be a hint mate. :)

[@Hairballs_58]

Did you just call Alfred creepy?!?!?!? also FYI, HD is lower resolution than film.

[@andrewlustfield6079]

This wasn't formulaic when it came out in 89--I recall seeing in the theater that year, because this one created the formula for a dark origins story for superhero movies. The only other major blockbuster superhero origins move before this one was Superman the Movie from 1978, which set the formula for a hopeful origins story for superhero movies.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I had to bail out after about a minute because in that short time you'd already found three or four reasons to denigrate the film. People don't click on reaction videos for films that they like just to hear negative things about it, especially if the reactor clearly doesn't get it.

[@sexycenturion7074]

Ditto.

[@stevejoshua9536]

I had enough at the 2:50 mark. I'm gone !! If this little brat wants to pick apart an otherwise groundbreaking film, she should do it while sitting alone in the dark, and NOT post her arrogance on KZbin.

[@chrissiegle1065]

Ya... these batman movies were meant to look fake.. They were filmed to look like a comic book... Great for their time.

[@Capmarvel87]

I love how Mary is learning all about Batman for the first time.

[@roywilson4514]

Its pathetic

[@dylpickle0927]

​@@roywilson4514 gatekeeper

[@horrorking6409]

@@roywilson4514how

[@matthewdunham1689]

Jack Nicholson was the greatest actor of his era. Even his "bad" movies were good because of him. "Witches of Eastwick", "One Flew Over the CooCoo's Nest", "As Good as it Gets", "Chinatown", "Easy Rider". "A Few Good Men", "The Departed" "City Slickers''

[@cyclone8974]

"I can't take him seriously" also "he's making me uncomfortable"

[@unlimited971]

a well balanced impression of joker. and pretty unique on its own

[@aiden_macleod]

Nicholson was the best Joker. Fight me.

[@tomyoung9049]

@@aiden_macleod Ceasar Romero, couldn't be as extreme because was network TV(and 1960s) , but just as over the top.

[@beatmet2355]

@@aiden_macleod and Mark Hamill. Everyone goes on about Heath Ledger, but Jack and Mark are IT, IMO.

[@SolidSnake8295]

With all the superhero movies she watches it’s amazing she didn’t know Batman’s real name was Bruce Wayne.

[@cdogg46]

It's sad I know

[@darthken815]

Batman-"Get in the car" Vicki Vale-"Which one?" Batmobile-"VROOOOM" Epic!

[@1nelsondj]

Jerry Hall played Joker's girlfriend, she used to be married to Mick Jagger. Kim Basinger played Vicki Vale, she was in a lot of films in the '80s and '90s: "Blind Date" with Bruce Willis, "The Natural", "9 1/2 Weeks", "My Stepmother Is an Alien", "L.A. Confidential".

[@RichardX1]

"My Stepmother Is an Alien" also featured a young Alyson Hannigan as the alien's human stepdaughter.

[@adammcgee3205]

You know someone doesn’t know Batman when they tell him to kill someone

[@moonakieater2308]

The first Batman in the comics actually did a lot of killing and didn't to save bad people from dying 🤣

[@godmagnus]

She didn't know he's Bruce Wayne ffs 😂

[@tmandler1978]

I know this is over 30 years old but this is my childhood and Mary is kind of making fun of this movie and it hurts me sorry Mary.

[@brianvalencia7717]

She doern't seem to be so much as "making fun of it" as much as she's being over-critical of it.

[@clairekane4157]

@@brianvalencia7717 it comes from misunderstanding the intent. This film is nuanced. Love the MCU movies as well, but I feel they are different genres & serve a different purpose.

[@stevejoshua9536]

Gee Wimpy !! Could you be anymore touchy-feely, and then on top of that, apologetic for being hurt ?

[@michaelbastraw1493]

"The very first Batman." Especially if you don't count Lewis Wilson or Adam West. Best. Leo.

[@garydodd2837]

I have never seen an episode of original batman show with Adam West, ive seen bits on youtube..i personally dont like him in the role or the show but thats just my taste, probably a generational thing. Although i luv The Joker and watchd a youtube video recently on Caesar Romero talking about his take on the role back then, for me he seemed great in it, only part i really like though...

[@CaptainNice]

Adam West (1966) convinced the mainstream public that comic books are only for very young boys. It took 20+ years to change that. I can't disagree with people who don't count that movie & TV series. :) --- otoh - Cesar Romero as the Joker informed all the later portrayals. Joker is one of the all-time best villains. Cesar Romero and Mark Hamill both nailed the role. Jack was pretty close to being The Joker in several of his other award winning movies. Being evil just for the lols. Lewis Wilson (1943) and Robert Lowery (1949)... As a film scholar; those are Historically Important. As someone in 2021 looking for big budget, big action superhero content - the pacing is slow and choppy, the fight scenes are pretty much dudes who've need been inside a gym fake punching each other. If you think they're ok, you'll love most/all the Buster Crabbe movies. And film scholars should watch "The Man Who Laughs" (1928), that's the main Joker prototype.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@garydodd2837 It isn't a generational thing at all. The show is just as popular with new viewers as it was in the 60s.

[@bentrevino7887]

That all those plain designs won an Oscar for best art direction

[@maxis5650]

Well, this was before CGI took over...

[@JedHead77]

The reason for the effects and sound seem “dated” is because CGI was still a new technology and didn’t really reach its potential until 1991’s Terminator 2. Before that, it was simple graphics. And its supposed to be set in an undetermined time, but was clearly influenced by the 1930s - 40s, and used techniques that would’ve been used then.

[@lolowfi]

It's purely a stylistic choice. The first "modern" CGI was used in The Abyss which came out the same year as this movie.

[@JedHead77]

@@lolowfi Actually, 1985’s Young Sherlock Holmes used the first CGI character.

[@DaDunge]

Look, the special effects aren't bad they're stylistic.

[@PatrickBoyda]

20:30 "Why aren't the police doing anything?" Welcome to Gotham, my dude. Strap in.

[@brendans2931]

Mary: Prince? Wow, I can't believe Prince did the music! Batdance: Wait until they get a load of me! Edit: Also, I don't think thats a tape recorder at the end. I think it's a children's toy that plays a laughing noise (It's a 'bag of laughs', do you get it?). It was a popular toy at the time, but now it kind of isn't, I think

[@mr.e5595]

I'm old enough to remember watching this movie as a kid when it first came out. 30 years later and only now do I finally get the joke.

[@rickardroach9075]

I had one! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3q4mGhsYtmpl9k

[@grayscribe1342]

I'm still confused. She knows so little about Batman, but she knows Prince? Many people from that time don't remember Prince.

[@richjackson2986]

It was also a nod to Batman's comic book roots. Bag o' Laughs was one of the things always offered in the ad pages of comic books in the 1970s. Bag o' Laughs X-Ray Glasses The book that would teach you how to get muscles, so bullies at the beach wouldn't kick sand in you face and steal your girlfriend. Mainstays of 70s comic book ads.

[@Sol3UK]

"She's too young for him", That is Jerry Hall, she likes them older, Mick Jagger, Rupert Murdoch😁

[@stevejoshua9536]

She's closed-minded and a bit of an age-bigot. The failings of a very young woman.

[@hjermsted22]

Prince performed the songs. Danny Elfman wrote the score.

[@carm3d]

And it was Jack Nicholson's insistence that Prince was hired to write songs for the film.

[@spqr0102]

Just remember - in 30 years everything you grew up with will be crappy and dated too, and people who have no idea what they're talking about will be gleefully dumping on it. Enjoy the moment while it lasts.

[@markmallecoccio4521]

Watching your reaction to this reminded me of another great movie with a character in white makeup, a dark depressing city, and a climax in an old church. Check out The Crow with Brandon Lee and Ernie Hudson!

[@TheMatthewShea]

THE TWO BURTON BATMAN FILMS ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST BATMAN FILMS EVER MADE! can’t change my mind. They changed the character forever! Also influenced the animated series which changed cartoons forever. We wouldn’t be anywhere close to what we think is “normal” Batman without Tim Burton’s artistic genius. He put the ‘dark’ in dark knight. This made my day Mary thanks for posting it!

[@bbsj86]

I like em but theyre not better than the Dark Knight Trilogy

[@gawainethefirst]

They didn’t change the character. Along with Frink Miller’s work, they brought the character back to the original concept. A hero who uses fear to fight crime.

[@urty24]

The Dark Knight is the best Batman film. However, my favorite is Batman (1966). It’s hysterical. Plus tons of nostalgia. The Burton ones are quite good though.

[@TheMatthewShea]

@@gawainethefirst definitely changed the way the character had been portrayed in any live action up to the point this film was made. Holy not just my opinion, Batman!

[@CaptainAmercia]

@@urty24 just wish the Dark Knight trilogy had that unique Urban Dystopia 1940s mixed with 1980s tech Gotham which we all know and love rather than Chicago with more Skyscrapers. Love the Trilogy but the city of Gotham from the outside never caught my eye as being Gotham.

[@eddiejravannen]

"I didn't see that coming." Neither did the guy who got hit in the face.

[@celsonicoliniTV]

Tim Burton's Batman atmosphere is purposeful. The sets, costumes and sound effects were spotted in the adventure series of the 1950s. Jack Nicholson, Gotham City really gothic and Danny Elfman's orchestral soundtrack were the big hits of the film. Despite the "big head", Batman's armor was also another great idea, perfected with each new film. In my opinion, Michael Keaton's choice for the role was the big mistake. Despite being a great actor, a child who trains his whole life to become Batman would never have Keaton's physical build. But the first big superhero movie in cinema was the fantastic Superman the Movie (1978).

[@celsonicoliniTV]

@@williamshelton4318 I agree that Batman does not have to be super strong, but, I say again, in my opinion, Michael Keaton, in this film, is not very athletic. Bruce Wayne has prepared himself physically and mentally throughout his life to become a crime fighter. And despite all his fortune, equipment and cars, he prepared himself primarily to depend on himself.

[@mikeg2306]

The opening is a fakeout meant to make the audience think it’s a Batman origin story.

[@blueroninstudios]

ON an artistic level there is a lot to appreciate about this film. From the set design to the costumes and production design and Gotham's whole aesthetic. A lot of influence was paid to art deco and German architecture of the 1940's and some of the interiors were these huge colorful murals in the background (which was pretty popular in the 80's and early 90s). Costumes of Joker's Goons started out as guys in double-breasted suits when they were jsut gangsters working for Napier, and after he became Joker, its purple satin bomber jackets and military pants and boots. A lot of weird but extremely stylized things going on in Gotham alone. Fun fact: Gotham City is known int he comics with the nickname "the most dangerous city in the world." Certainly looks the part. But its also kind of timeless, too in a way, because in a weird way it represents every era up to modern times.

[@MegaJetty1]

While not shown in-film, in the scene at the art museum, when Vicki asked What Joker wanted, he says "My face on the 1-dollar bill", during the free money scene, the money was to be Joker 1-Dollar bills, while not shown in the final cut it was shown in the comic adaptation.

[@KenMasters.]

I saw the Joker dollar in the film during the scene where he tried gas everyone at the parade, Vicky Vale sees this.

[@jamiewilson9280]

Formulaic. They kind of invented the formula with this film.

[@MaryCherryOfficial]

Sorry for the muting during 22:59 - 22:59 23:08 - 23:16 23:52 - 24:20 Dany Elfman's music copyrighted that shit so i either had to remove or mute those bits entirely

[@MichaelScheele]

There was a serial killer who preyed on children named John Wayne Gacy. He dressed up as Pogo the Clown to get close to children. The comedy club in the recent Joker movie was named Pogo's. A real life serial killer is far scarier than fictional clowns like Pennywise from It.

[@denise-comicnerd-bray]

As she reacts to this movie, I kept repeating shouting to my iPad screen "READ THE COMICS!"

[@angiegalara]

You have to watch also Batman Returns :3

[@BDTXIII]

Except for Batman and Robin.....

[@angiegalara]

And you must include scenes with Catwoman flips :3

[@thejoker8990]

No i think she should watch batman forever and also batman and robin arnolds mr freeze is hilarious xD

[@Nathan-W]

@@thejoker8990 innit

[@Landon_Ferrell]

@@thejoker8990 Or just watch all of them

[@TOKYOTOYBANZAI]

The animated shadow, colorful make up effects on characters, and sounds design, were all created in a stylized manner to reflect the tone of comic books and early films of the 1940's, along with Tim Burtons personal design style.

[@Ghost8386]

Michael Keaton was 37, Kim Basinger, 35, and Jack Nicholson was 52 years old when Batman (1989) when it was released in the US on June 23 1989.

[@robertrouse4503]

Revolvers make a different sound than automatics.

[@StephenLuke]

I heard them mostly from the James Bond films.

[@MAMoreno]

It is worth noting that the 4K release updated the gun sound effects. Tim Burton was never thrilled about the stock sounds used in the original release, though I'd argue that they fit better with the movie's 1930s-1940s gangster film aesthetic.

[@mikeg2306]

None of the gunshots sounds in movies are real. They would be too loud and harsh on the ears.

[@KMM-kx2yn]

The mugger who said “do the kid a favor, don’t scream” was the alien with the best eyebrows in the business from guardians of the galaxy

[@zarquondam]

"I have given a name to my pain" is from Nietzsche.

[@DanielWatches]

Some of her complaints can be chalked up to just not knowing that this is how it is in Gotham. Fresh set of eyes but I bet in hindsight she's going to love it

[@chrismaverick9828]

The big joke is that the money the Joker is throwing out is actually counterfeit "Joker Bucks" ...his face on the one-dollar bill. He uses Gotham's greed to lure in the masses and gets the last laugh by poisoning them with smilex, which makes them laugh themselves to death. It really is ingenious if you're a homicidal maniac.

[@VeerleTakino]

Just imagine the mental toll of surviving a near fatal accident but then you see yourself and your face has been permanently turned into a smiling clown face 😱

[@KenMasters.]

This may not be the first Batman film, but it is the first modern cinema version of a Batman adaptation while the previous Batmen were made for episodes/serials.

[@shainewhite2781]

Mary, this is the BATMAN I grew up watching. I'm so glad you're watching this. It's fun dark and campy.

[@MediaLoverChris02]

The next movie is WAY better

[@aarongaming2878]

@@MediaLoverChris02 he might agree but also disagree with you opinions so yeah

[@JedHead77]

Besides, Harvey Dent as Lando, the father that was attacked in the beginning played Luke Skywalker’s best friend Biggs in A New Hope that died in the Death Star battle, and Lt. Eckhardt played the first pilot that died.

[@cheeseburger12]

Well, there's some trivia I didn't know. Hats off to you.

[@cheeseburger12]

Wait....Porkins?!?!

[@JedHead77]

@@cheeseburger12 Yup. He was also in Raiders Of The Lost Ark (“Top...men”).

[@cheeseburger12]

@@JedHead77 i wouldn't have guessed Porkins legacy was do enduring.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

He was also the creepy neighbor in "Hardware."

[@RichardX1]

If the Joker makes you uncomfortable, then the storytellers have done their job.

[@jamesoblivion]

"They must not have anticipated this movie would be in HD." It was HD in the theaters. 😆 Home video cushioned it for years. But let's face it, if you were going to a Burton movie back in the day, you had to expect at least SOME characters to have dark circles round their eyes. 😂

[@SG-js2qn]

If you're wondering where the "attack of the tumbling acrobat" meme comes from, I believe it originated in Blade Runner. You saw it a few times in this Batman movie. Blade Runner is also a landmark film, so you might want to cover it.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

But Pris was so much hotter.

[@SG-js2qn]

@@eatsmylifeYT Well ... I don't want to give spoilers. Let her have fun watching it.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@SG-js2qn Saying the name isn't a spoiler.

[@zarquondam]

Yes, Blade Runner! But the Final Cut, not the theatrical cut.

[@noelcrenshaw7969]

If joker made you uncomfortable i can't wait til you meet penguin in the next one

[@brianjones7907]

Noel Crenshaw+ just what i was thinking

[@The_Bermuda_Nonagon]

"And Bob, remember, you are my number one guy . . . " : )

[@Whocares158]

Complains about sound design and lack of CGI calling it dated. I really facepalm because this movie was made before the CGI age.

[@kevinhansen8211]

Definitely, a movie that could be called the first modern Batman. It was the first non-campy Batman after 1966. It is also likely to return now that the Flash movie is rumored to be bringing Earth 1989 ( The Burton Batman verse) into the DC movie universe.

[@Suchega_Uber]

Are you trying to imply this movie wasn't camp af? Guns that go pew pew, a pistol with an absurdly long barrel, jack in the box flowers, a random montage of dancing and painting, "my ballons". It's only missing bam and pow effects.

[@kevinhansen8211]

@@Suchega_Uber true, it was camp, but it was the darker camp that Tim Burton is famous for.

[@DaDunge]

@@Suchega_Uber It had to be to be recognizable as batman to audiences who was used to Adam West's batman. But it was a lot less camp and a lot more sinister.

[@02michellemybell02]

Jack Nicholson said out of all the characters he's played The Joker was his favorite because their was so many layers to him and that he was so complex. Kim Basinger is the one who played Vicki Vale. She's a good actress and uses to be a model. She was married to actor Alec Baldwin they have a daughter named Ireland.

[@technopirate304]

Mary if you truly want to see the first modern superhero film watch Superman: The Movie. This movie shows that in the right hands you can take a quite well known comic property and elevate it in very unexpected ways.

[@MD-1982]

BEST Batman EVER! BEST Joker! BEST Batmobile!! BEST director! BEST sets/atmosphere!!

[@KenMasters.]

Same with Spider-Man (2002).

[@fyrestorme]

"i don't understand where the police.. are when all of this shit is going down" the modern day parallels are actually scary

[@stevejoshua9536]

Gotham is post BLM defunding the police.

[@zarquondam]

The pearls falling when the necklace breaks, from the scene where Bruce's parents get killed, has become a constant, iconic image in pretty much every flashback-to-his-parents-murder scene (and there have been a lot of them) in both movies and comics, ever since Frank Miller introduced it in the comics back in the 1980s. But in real life, pearl necklaces are tied between each pearl, precisely so that breaking the necklace in one place doesn't cause them all to come loose. (My personal headcanon, though, is that the necklace was made as a gift by Bruce himself, who as a kid didn't know about the proper way to string pearls on necklaces. That would also explain why the pearls always figure so prominently in his memory.)

[@moseshorowitz4345]

They changed the killer of the Wayne parents for the movie to Jack/Joker. In the original comic book it was a street thug named Joe Chill. Batman would eventually hunt down Chill and bring him to justice.

[@minnesotajones261]

Sam Hamm, the main screenwriter, had nothing to do with the Joker being Bruce's parents killer. He hated that change. Yup, Joe Chill was literally just some random street thud that killed them.

[@DaDunge]

He killed him right? Which is why he's so worried Dick would kill Tony Zucco.

[@antoinerideaux-porche6036]

Michael Keaton was the best Batman he played his character with more emotion and feeling and he wasn't stiff little Christen bail's Batman

[@aviram7129]

Ben Affleck exist and Bale has so much class as Batman

[@michaelbastraw1493]

"Bruce Wayne is Batman?" Only his butler and random girlfriends know for sure. Best. Leo.

[@Caseytify]

Wanna know my secret identity? HISHE is savage.

[@jefffiore7869]

The guy with the gray suit is Jack Palance. He basically made his career playing bad and scary guys and he played them well.

[@jamesoblivion]

Jack Nicholson is an art lover and collector. He's said he found it very hard to deface all those classic works of art, even if they were just prints.

[@iReiGNxx]

I love how you’re laughing at the movie one second then shocked the next. Great reactions! It’s actually the first live actions superhero movie to take it in a darker direction. This movie has it’s own flavor of the Batman mythos.

[@tmpreardon4200]

I love the way this movie looks and sounds...Prince crushes it, and Danny Elfman's Batman theme is iconic. I wouldn't say it's 'formulaic'...I would suggest that it helped create the formula that is still used today. Love your reaction!! I hope you do Batman Returns.