Batman (1989) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

[@shainewhite2781]

Love this movie! My favorite BATMAN movie from my childhood! This was the very first Superhero film I watched on HBO back in the 90's. Every time I hear Michael Keaton say, "I'm Batman," I say to myself, "Damn straight."

[@realLow-Key]

Jack Nicholson is the GOAT as The Joker.

[@MigMar-be4vw]

Heath Ledger was a nice joker too but Nicholson will always be epic.same as Pfeiffer as catwoman 😍😍😍

[@BondFreek]

When I was a kid the term "the goat" ment ultimate loser.

[@realLow-Key]

@@BondFreek Yep. Big difference between GOAT, and goat.

[@stavros693000]

Nicholson is a great actor but as far as jokers go, Ledgers joker is the greatest performance of all times!

[@realLow-Key]

​@@stavros693000 Ledger played a good terrorist character. But it was no Joker. Just like Joaquin Phoenix. Good performance. But it aint Joker.

[@ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx]

Prince and Danny Elfman truly make this movie a legend!

[@leffew2000]

This is the Batman/Joker combo i grew up with. While Ledger's Joker wanted chaos and anarchy, I feel the mind of Nicholson's joker WAS chaos and anarchy.

[@AmbassadorDvinn]

The best batman imo. Keaton ftw! And Nicholson as the Joker playing a masterful psychopath.

[@ImWithTeamTrinity]

This Batman greases everyone.

[@psymcdad8151]

What I like most about the Tim Burton's Batman is that, on one hand, they are incredibly comical and filled to the brim with stereotypes and comic relief... and yet, the villains are never 'just' villains. They have a backstory, and they are... mean. Like, they actually want to gain something at any cost, and they are entirely unapologetic about it, and one can at least understand where they are coming from... That being said; Excellent reaction... and... uh... Now I can't wait for "Batman Returns" from 1992; Michele Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito give that movie a whole different vibe... My Personal favorite Batman Movie Ever :D ...I also think you might want to check out Batman (1966) ... Its horrible, but fun. Like an Ed-Wood-Film :D

[@I-Am-Batman_1988]

I was hoping he'd do Returns but it doesn't look like it. Just checked his patreon page and this movie was reacted to in March and hasn't reacted to Batman Returns yet.

[@paulamoya7956]

The ONLY Batman I ever needed.. once I saw this in Theater. It was a wrap🤩✨⭐️🔥✨⭐️💯

[@KNichelle]

Another great reaction and Jack Nicholson’s performance as the Joker…amazing 👏🏾😁🎬🍿🥤

[@Floridad25]

What do you mean, "performance"? That wasn't acting, that was Jack Nicolson being Jack Nicolson.

[@callmejacob3234]

Highly recommend Batman: Mask of the Phantasm it's the definitive Batman movie. Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill are the best Batman and Joker ever.

[@seasickviking]

All the subsequent Batman cartoons from the 90s were based on this movie. Its why the Gotham of the infamous "Batman the Animated Series" looks exactly like this one and even uses the same music. In fact, Alisha (the Joker's girlfriend) is actually the inspiration for the character "Harley Quinn" in later cartoons and comics.

[@ztomas1]

Actually the original O.G Batman is Adam West from the 1966 Batman TV show

[@Philbert-s2c]

There was a serial in 1943. Not a feature film but several shorts. The 1966 film was the first full feature.

[@Floridad25]

@@Philbert-s2c A serial n the radio I presume? I think I vaguely remember hearing about something like that

[@DavidLender]

The reason Jack (Joker) grabbed his henchman, Bob, and talked the way he did is because he was recreating when his boss, Grishom, did the same thing to him earlier when he said that Jack was his "number one guy". Also, bit of trivia, the song that is playing when Joker goes into the museum is sung by Prince as well as the song during the parade.

[@ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx]

8:05 "Why would you pay to go into a casino?" It's a charity benefit to collect donations which is why they're allowing gambling in Bruce Wayne's estate.

[@krissy3mc2]

🖤 yes bro, here for this! Classic Batman, looking forward to your reaction!! Be back for the edit 😁 Edit: back, absolutely love your reaction! Agreed that's this Batman was more ruthless, and this joker was definitely more gangster/business man vs the joker from dark knight. 🖤 Absolute 🔥 reaction bro!!

[@donovandelaney3171]

Gotham City also looks like that city from the Crow.

[@MrLacSeul]

On my Rez the Principal showed this film publically free at our local community centre. On the Rez we didn't get too much info on what Movies or Films were Hot in those days. Man, I loved this film. It was first Super Hero Film. "I'm Batman."

[@DramaNinja0]

Out of ALL Jokers, u don't want Joker 89' knocking on ur door at midnight!

[@Floridad25]

god that gave me nightmares for a year and a half

[@dabreal82]

Prince killed it with the soundtrack in this!!!

[@supermodeldiva1977]

Best Batman ever! Jack's joker is everything!

[@mindcrome]

13.27 The suit was really restrictive. He near turns his head if you notice. But for the the time (And kinda still) this was badass.

[@KellerSmith-ig4dp]

The guy that betrayed the joker was the host on the tv show Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

[@vapors4villains]

19:26 glad you called her out on being a stalker! I love this movie, but Vicky is not at all normal here. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@mrtim5363]

She's an 'Investigative Journalist', following up information is what she does for a living. She's not stalking him, she's checking facts. She asks her fellow reporter "Find out what happened at the corner of"... Stalkers generally don't involve co-worker newspaper reporters to help them stalk. In addition to checking out why he lied about leaving, she's still looking for Batman.

[@mitchellbanks34]

Did you notice all the funky pop songs? That’s Prince.

[@rottieshepcalibre9156]

“I wouldn’t open up nothing on that dude” 😂 me neither. Best joker I reckon. Great reaction 👍

[@kevinjones6829]

Could you imagine a an 89 Keaton Batman versus an 08 Ledger Joker? So much carnage!

[@ericlewis217]

Fun watching someone see the film for the first time. Been a Bat-fan since 1989.

[@matt_canon]

18:27 In this part, the Joker is mocking Grissom's line delivery, as seen in this part: 7:30 "You are my number one guy."

[@stephenmiller2544]

what do you mean you never understood why batman fights crime???? his parents got blown away by joe chill right in front him and it made him crazy enough to break arms abd legs dressed as a bat everynight....thats like saying why does spiderman know that with great power comes great responsibility, or why superman became who he was....the Kents!!! you cant say I seen every batman movie but then say "why do he do what he do?"

[@safespaceforstupidtakes933]

8:21 i called out .. "Eminem's mom "lmao

[@americanmutt9089]

I liked this whole series of movie. But, my favorite is Batman Forever (1995). It has a great cast. A few of my favorite Michael Keaton movies are Multiplicity, Gung Ho, Nightshift and Mr. Mom. He was also Beetlejuice and was the Captain in The Other Guys.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@Devin G Fun fact Jack Nicholson refused to take the part unless they hired Prince to do the soundtrack. Thus a great film and great soundtrack were born. For us this is the og and favorite live action Batman. An Yes I like the Nolan films

[@quintonwilliams718]

Great reaction video, just subscribed to your channel.

[@michaelestrada3463]

Most of that scene where he told his lead goon "you are my#1 guy" he was imitating Jack Palance who played his boss that he killed

[@ocrap10]

I totally agree with the fact that D.C. declared Michael Keaton as the best Batman

[@RustyX2010]

Love your reaction to an awesome movie!

[@ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx]

8:06 Alfred actor Michael Gough didn't age over 30 years. He looks basically the same in the early 90s as he did in the early 60s.

[@F13fan]

One of the best Batman movies. I used to watch it all the time as a kid. One of my favorite Jokers. Hard to choose between Jacks & Heaths. They both are different but great. Watch Batman Returns!

[@danielallen3454]

Nicholson took a significant pay cut to be in this movie. In exchange he got top billing and a cut of the box office and merchandise. Instead of his usual, I *think*, 2 million, he would up clearing about 9 million.

[@bidwell13]

14:25 Wayne Manor isn’t actually in Gotham. It’s on the outskirts. 37:05 the money though isn’t real. There was a scene that was cut that showed the money had his face on it.

[@stephengill745]

Still my favourite I been on the set at pinewood studios it still looks amazing and Keaton and Nicholson nailed it.

[@shaharadegan9993]

Great reaction ❤😊Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman of all time. You have got to watch Batman Return featuring the Bat, the Bird and the Cat.😊

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Classic ❤❤

[@galvawave8403]

The sequel to this "Batman Returns" is also fun to watch

[@TeenTyrant]

The brilliance of Jack Nicholson’s performance as the Joker is that he’s barely performing. Unlike Heath Ledger, Mark Hamill and all the others, who might have been scarier or crazier as Joker, Jack’s is the funniest, and the most genuine. Mark Hamill might have the best Joker laugh, but even his sounds forced, like the Joker is laughing deliberately in that moment to play up the clown image. But every one of Jack’s laughs as the Joker sounds like Jack himself is actually laughing on-set because he thinks it’s actually funny. The best example of this is when he fries the mobster, and he’s the only one left in the room with the smoking corpse. He’s genuinely talking to the corpse, he is genuinely laughing at his own joke, even with no one around to observe that he’s a crazy clown, so he’s not just playing up an image. And the way he does it, and the joke genuinely IS funny, I have no problem believing that Jack Nicholson was really laughing at the joke in that moment, and would have even if he wasn’t being filmed. Thats why Jack’s Joker seems the most genuine out of all of them, because the laughs don’t seem like acting; Jack is just being Jack.

[@jpotter2086]

Welllll ... got to go back to the 1940s serials for the 'original' Batman as far as film goes. But this Batman was HUGE. We don't have movie events like this any more. Movies that turn up in media and on products EVERYWHERE, for months, and months. It was the Year of the Bat!

[@DWrathborne]

In the comic book adaptation if the film, it's revealed that all the money Joker dumped on the crowd were $1 bills, with the Joker's face on them of course.

[@Lostboy-007]

Batman returns and Batman forever are the next 2 movies if you wanted to watch them in order

[@toodlescae]

There were Batman movies in the 40's but they were more like private detective movies of the time. Then there was the Batman tv show and tv movie in the 60's that ran for a few years. This was the first major theatrical movie Batman though.

[@mrtim5363]

Adam West's 1960's Batman & Robin TV show did a theatrical Barman & Robin movie.

[@toodlescae]

@mrtim5363 I don't remember it being a theatrical release but I was only about 7 at the time. 🤣

[@matthewmartin4394]

Batman doesn't kill. Until he did. Over & over lol...

[@KellerSmith-ig4dp]

Michael Keaton plays Batman in the original and part two he comes back as Batman in the new Flash movie.

[@skinheadjon901]

Original Batman movie is from 1966 (not forgetting the 2 x 1940's movie serialisations) 🤔🦇😎🙌👍

[@michaeljames6817]

Batman killed people in the early comic books. I think he had a body count of like 100 before he stopped.

[@raytheuglymusician2453]

Actually, Batman’s ‘no kill’ rule was established in Batman#4; prior to that point, the only murders I’m aware of are 1. Alfred Stryker, 2. Hugo Strange, 3. Dr. Death (which technically doesn’t count because he came back in the next issue), 4. some dude he hangs from the batplane (not cool), and 5. Dracula. People have this perception of early Batman as this unhinged maniac, but in reality it was only a handful of times and as the story called for it.

[@bmriverrat11]

Michael Keaton is definitely my Batman between the two jokers i generally say not one is better just different for sure.

[@jamestate5059]

Batman 1966 is where its at

[@Thetravelmerchant]

Thank you for sharing 😊😊

[@steves2241]

Devin, have you seen this: Batman & Robin (1997) That is the one with George Clooney, and it was so bad he thought he ruined the Batman movies forever, he has even said he was sorry for doing it.

[@SirGriefALot]

80's Batman was a little flexible on the 'don't kill people' thing.

[@BondFreek]

This is not the original theatrical Batman Movie. The first full-length theatrical Batman movie was an extension of the live-action television series. Starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. They had to battle... The Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler and Catwoman (all play by stars during the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s)

[@sandroednardo7857]

we brazilians were waitin your reaction to Elite Squad 2 bro...

[@aceartron]

I'm of a mind to make some mookie...eheheheheh. Phone book!

[@jlhanlon1980]

This is the best portrayal of COMIC BOOK Joker thus far on screen. Heath played a great psychopath wearing makeup, but he didn't play the Joker as accurate as Nicholson.

[@KellerSmith-ig4dp]

To me Jack Nicholson was the best of all the jokers.

[@finex666]

Batman is an Avenger, in his mind and heart Bruce Wayne died with his parents that night, and he became the vengeful spirit.

[@corymccarty8603]

To be fair.... Alfred revealed Bruce's secret. Bruce kept deciding not to tell her. I think Nicholson's AND Ledger's Joker were awesome. Nicholson was more of a gangster Joker and Ledger was just a complete psycho. I enjoyed your reaction Devin. Keep up the great work. See you again when you do BATMAN RETURNS.

[@tommattie1240]

Second Batman. The first run were the goofy "Made for TV" Adam West Batman shows, and movies.

[@seasickviking]

Third. You're forgetting the 1943 series where Lewis WIlson as Bruce Wayne faced off against the evil Dr Tito Daka.

[@tommattie1240]

@@seasickviking I had no idea about that one.

[@Philbert-s2c]

@@tommattie1240 It might be on KZbin by now. I think there were 18 shorts in the series but I'm not sure.

[@sandroednardo7857]

You were the only American who got The thing on Elite Squad 1...

[@dylanbollinger6872]

The Batman/The Penguin

[@ambergallen4144]

I hope you go through all the versions of joker. I would be interested in who you feel is strongest and weakest. I watched this movie i believe i was ten or eleven. I didn’t care about batman at all at the time. My dad was a nickelson fan. And i learned prince did the music. I still love this soundtrack. I have watched all the batman movies. They start to get more cartoonish as the go on till the nolans version. But good campy fun.

[@KellerSmith-ig4dp]

The hot blonde good one was Kim Basinger who played Eminems mom in 8th Mile.

[@Zylthis]

The first Batman movie was '66 with Adam West you should check that out, but you NEED to watch Mask of the Phantasm my guy,. Best Batman movie hands down.

[@anthonygm85]

Since your gonna be on a batman batman binge, I love the orginal 4 movies, yeah batman forever and batman are Robin are straight camp but there fun still so bad there good, also ya gotta watch the penguin on maxx great series

[@stephenmiller2544]

ultimately he didnt tell vikki vale he was batman it was Alfred.

[@KurticeYZreacts]

Prince did the soundtrack for this movie and he dated the female lead too

[@sparkageddon3186]

Awesome movie but due to studio interference and cuttin Robin out alot of plots was changed while they was in production. If you read Sam Hamm first draft you're be amazed what they took out what made sense for etc in the batcave when Batman knocked Vicki out with gas the original scene where his parents was murdered was a dream sequences when she fell and she appeared in his dream watchin a young Gordon that aided Young Bruce and after they saw her in his dream she woke up at her apartment. That's how she originally found out he was Batman. Also Bruce never let Vicki in the batcave but it made sense since Batman already took her to the batcave before that. The script would make you like it more.

[@TeamHarrisonMachine]

I think this is the better Batman

[@HunterAndre_21]

I recommend Batman: Under The Red Hood, its Animated but still brutal

[@liannemorgan5797]

Omg please watch Batman Returns and Batman Forever it may show u a little more comic book origins for the questions you had for Batman and 2 face etc. I would love to see you react to the DC more to the Marcel just because everyone's doing it and would love to see your honest option for us DC fans out there ❤🎉

[@Louii314]

Please Watch them All. Up to Batman and Robin.

[@davidhasselblad3825]

Tim burtons Batman catches bodies.

[@cherylsims5636]

Devin when I suggested Batman, Lost in Space TV Series, I was talking about the mid 1960's series. There are like 1 hour or 30 min episodes for like 4 years running....These movies are ok but still not like the original TV series episodes.Please reconsider

[@JSSTyger]

Heres the comparison to TDK. 1) Joker....both are great. This one is more suave while Ledger's is more realistic 2) Batman...Keatons is better. Bale sounded lik McGruff the crime dog 3) Music...Elfman's gothic theme beats Zimmer's. Nolan likes to make sure Hans Zimmer doesnt get too creative and adventurous.

[@matthewmartin4394]

Wasn't Bruce, Alfred let Vicky into the cave

[@Lostboy-007]

There’s a new ish Batman called the Batman it’s good but slow and long about 3 hour but I love it!

[@MARS0l]

Please react to Batman Returns!!!

[@kelel47]

Great reaction man.

[@jethrobodine8563]

It's funny how everyone just glosses over the fact that batman killed like 10 ppl in this movie

[@ChristinaPhillips-cy9lo]

Please do Scream 1996

[@ambergallen4144]

Keaton is the best of both playing batman and bruce wayne. I felt it was great balance both ways. I like clooneys bruce wayne not his batman. And i love kilmer. But his batman was better then his wayne. The movies themselves are a whole other order of favs. But the newer ones i feel the same. Either a strong batman or wayne. Bale was the most balanced in the “newer ones”

[@matthewmartin4394]

I think you might've watched first...If I'm wrong, I apologize. The armor plate was one thing, then 'he's gonna gas him'...

[@nealabbott6520]

keaton is the best batman

[@PenikeseKidd]

👍

[@andrewe2057]

You've gotta go back to the Adam West Batman

[@Raven5150]

The comic the dark knight returns came out not far before this thata when batman got his balls back and started dropping bodys again only reason the trope of batman not killing is to market to kids and teens with the 66 batman and kevin Conroy in the animated series cant have an after school cartoon doing real batman stuff

[@SenoEricKrueger]

Jack Nicholson Joker remained to be my favorite, it's the classic Joker like how the original intended too. A clown

[@pkdude5334]

This is my favorite Batman. I might be biased because it's the first one I saw. Christian Bale makes a good Bruce Wayne, but not a good Batman. And the 1989 Keaton batmobile is the best. Not that stupid monster truck thing.

[@JangTheKim]

This movie isn’t necessarily based in reality. But what a great movie with great performances. I remember when this came out, and everyone questioned Michael Keaton playing Batman. But it was such an amazing movie. Great video sir! Thumbs up everyone!!

[@danielallen3454]

The suit in this one *was* stiff. Very stiff. To the point they made a joke out of it in 'The Dark Knight' with Bruce telling Lucius to redesign the suit so he could turn his head.

[@matthewmartin4394]

You don't know who Michael Keaton is?? You need to go back & discover him in all his work. The Batman is Bruce's REAL identity, & Bruce Wayne is the COSTUME. He fights crime because his parents were murdered in front of him as a child (though this is the 1st time that the Joker was written as the killer)...

[@LuisOrtiz-xo5kc]

I would have liked to see Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face, instead of Tommy Lee Jones's cartoonish and over-the-top performance.