*BATMAN* (1989) with a wicked villain! MOVIE REACTION FIRST TIME WATCHING!

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[@jenmurrayxo]

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[@Joker_JAK]

"Harvey Dent? Is he a good guy or a bad guy?" Me: Yes.

[@MovieVigilante]

Batman's plane is called the Batwing. _Batman_ 1966 is an intentional comedy, but all the actors play their roles seriously, which is what makes it so funny. It's such a fun watch.

[@SchulzEricT]

Yeah, I like to recommend Batman '66. I think it's every bit as good as, say, Airplane! or the Naked Gun movies. (I'd say better, even than Top Secret!, another underrated camp/satire classic.) It's what Batman & Robin wanted to be.

[@MalcomMcLeod]

I don't know about intentional comedy, but definitely campy and family friendly. It was such a long time ago and a different time in history.

[@MovieVigilante]

@@MalcomMcLeod The creators wrote it as a parody of the 1949 Batman movie serial. The comedic tones are completely intentional.

[@Cheepchipsable]

@@MalcomMcLeod What, do you think they accidentally edited those "BIFF!"s and "POW!"s on the the screen? It was deliberately very colourful and very silly for it's target audience which would have been kids, like a comic book come to life. Very much like pantomime. Superheroes weren't in the public eye they way they are today.

[@lord_haven1114]

I laughed when you said you were excited to see his “slow descent Into madness”. I was thinking, welllll this movie it’s more like a backflip double twist into madness (the chemical vat) 😂

[@peterschmidt4348]

I love "Batman: The Animated Series" from the 90's! It even got the same "Batman"- theme from Danny Elfman.

[@luxurybuzz3681]

The Animated Series was a continuation. Batman Beyond continued that.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

No it wasn’t. For one thing, the Joker is alive in The Animated Series.

[@Joker_JAK]

I just bought the entire series on blu-ray. Also, I met Matt Brundage, an artist from the show. He hand drew me a pic of The Joker and signed it.

[@ronin504]

It wasn't a direct continuation but it did take a lot of inspiration from the movie especially the tone and feel of Gotham.

[@RustinChole]

“This town needs an enema!” So many quotable lines. Phenomenal movie.

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

"He got a little hot under the collar, hahahaha"

[@trainfire2008]

@@orarinnsnorrason4614 “Haven’t you heard of the healing power of laughter ⁉️”😂😂😂😂😂

[@scottknode898]

“Never rub a man’s rhubarb” or his impersonation of Jack Palance is good to when tells Bob “Your my number one guy’

[@NoKoolAidForMe]

I love the museum scene: Jack Nicholson in a Tim Burton movie dancing to Prince music. Michael Keaton is also awesome as Batman. Thank you Jen for another great pick and great reaction.

[@noneya3635]

@@chrisleebowers Might want to check your sources on that one cheif. Mark Canton, WB producer reached out to Princes manager Al Magnoli to do the score, because Prince was so prolific at that time after Purple Rain's soundtrack won him so many awards; and he thought he would be perfect to capture the energy of the script they were working on. And when presented with the idea Prince jumped at it because he, a black male, loved Batman and the idea of what the comic Batman stood for; he even use to play the 60's Batman theme on the piano when he was first learning to play the plethora of instruments he now wields. Then there was Tim Burton who during filming would use 1999 and Baby I'm a Star as temporary place holders for certain scenes, so when they mentioned Prince Burton also jumped at the chance to have one of his idols do a separate soundtrack. As for the doing three tracks in one night, maybe, but neither Prince nor Burton have claimed this in any of their interviews that I've seen and I've seen/read a lot of them, I'd dare say all of them. Also, no research in the comic world has ever "shown" that batman is not popular with minority males. Please cite your work on that one I'd be curious to see what state they did this "study" in and why. Sounds like a bad thesis topic for a business majors senior paper. They originally wanted him to colab with Michael Jackson but the two artists were in the middle of their silly 80's clash. Simply put, they choose Prince because the dude is stupidly talented and he could do no wrong in the 80's.

[@RevengeCreatureDelux]

I was OB-SESSED with this movie back in '89! I got a job at a local theater just so I could see it for free as many times as I wanted. It's a little rough around the edges compared to modern Batman movies but to me it's one of the best!

[@jenmurrayxo]

So much fun! 👍

[@lethaldose2000]

@@jenmurrayxo WE were all obsessed. I was blown away by the soundtrack.

[@luyenhuynh3747]

@@mikesilva3868 are you referring to Batman v Superman?

[@XG2]

@@shen-long9082 Bruh, take a chill-pill or, you know...the whole bottle.

[@michaelccozens]

@@shen-long9082 Why in the holy fuck would you think this is an appropriate thing to say to a stranger, ever? Super possessive, misogynistic, sexually-aggressive, and just straight aggressive. You need to go have a long, hard think about your truly fucked-up values. Reading some literature on basic feminism and the oppression of the "gilded cage" probably wouldn't go amiss, either. Takes about 30 minutes at the outside.

[@anthonyleecollins9319]

I remember I was seeing Last Crusade in a huge theater when it came out, and they showed the trailer for this movie. The audience went insane. It sounded as if, given a choice, everybody in the theater would have forgotten about Indy and watched Batman instead.

[@ericjanssen394]

I remember those Indy screenings - We knew they HAD to show the Bat-trailer first, and we probably wouldn’t have paid attention to Indy if they didn’t get it out of our system. 😁

[@PixelatedH2O]

Batman made about 54 million dollars more at the box office, so it would seem many more people did see it

[@logann7942]

89 was a great year for movies.

[@PixelatedH2O]

@@logann7942 it definitely was

[@DonnySpielberg]

A double feature of this and Last Crusade, with fans cosplaying everybody from these 2 movies, themed snacks, trivia before the movie and a star or two doing a Q & A and meet-and-greet........ that would be ONE HELL of a night!

[@paulwagner688]

People talk about Hans Zimmer and the Nolan trilogy, but Danny Freaking Elfman has THE quintessential Batman theme.

[@Beltzer0072]

This will always be one of my all time favorite movies. Even after all the newer comic book movies, this one still holds up as the best. While Superman laid the groundwork for what comic book movies could be but Batman brought it up to another level. Avengers Endgame is the closest thing today to how I could describe how popular and successful it was in 1989. I spent many weekends watching this on VHS throughout the 90s. I'm glad you liked it Jen! I recommend you see Batman Returns as well!

[@noneya3635]

The only amendment I'd make to this is that Batman Returns is the best ever Batman movie. Michelle Pieffer is a great Catwoman, and Danny's Penguin is creepily memorable. And who could forget Pee Wee Herman as Penguin's dad. That movie had it all, and the best ever Bruce Batman actor in living memory.

[@Deepthoughtsabound]

We traveled to watch this. It was on the other side of town, at one of two theaters that had THX and 70mm projection. Hearing the Joker walk off screen and talk behind the audience was such a new thing at the time.We traveled to watch this. It was on the other side of town, at one of two theaters that had THX and 70mm projection. Hearing the Joker walk off screen and talk behind the audience was such a new thing at the time.

[@chrismaverick9828]

I think Nicholson plays The Joker the best of all of them. There's no tragic circumstances that create the monster... He just ends up dipped and surgically altered and the violence and madness that he always had inside comes out the rest of the way. He is by far the most dangerous and grotesque of the Jokers.

[@potterj09]

And as you can see, he's a lot happier 😁

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

I think this is my favorite Batman movie. Keaton absolutely brilliant, the best costume (my opinion), Jack Nicholson as Joker is phenomenal. The score by Danny Elfman (who has worked with Tim Burton many times) one of the best in the franchise and Prince handling the songs. Its near perfect. Edit: the scene where the Joker fries the guy when he shakes his hand and then starts to talk to the corpse is one of a kind. Oh and the plane is called Batwing.

[@Deedric_Kee]

👍

[@3DJapan]

Best costume, the only problem is they made the cowl too thick and he couldn't turn his head. They fixed that for the sequel.

[@3DJapan]

Batwing, also Batplane and Batjet.

[@Trip_Fontaine]

When he says "I'm glad you're dead." and starts laughing maniacally it scared me so much as a kid. I loved it though.

[@Jsspres]

There is a 1966 Batman movie based on the TV show with Adam West. Also. Mark Hamill (aka Luke Skywalker) was the voice of the Joker in Batman the Animated Series. In this movie, Billy Dee Williams(aka Lando Calrissian) plays Harvey Dent.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

I'm so old I saw this movie in theaters. People loved this movie so much that they stayed in theaters just to see the trailers before this movie came out. It was so insane that people cheered when this movie came into the screens in my hometown. This movie is the best of all the Batman movies in my opinion.

[@JedHead77]

Fun Fact: There are two actors who played pilots who attacked the Death Star in the first Star Wars film: Eckhardt played Porkins, the first pilot to die, and the father of the tourists at the beginning was Biggs, Luke’s best friend who gets killed by Darth Vader. And of course, there was Harvey Dent, who was Lando Calrissian.

[@StCerberusEngel]

Porkins slipped on a banana peel.

[@philstubblefield]

Oh, my gosh, I hadn't watched this in years! So much '80s cheese, but what a *brilliant* performance by Jack Nicholson! That man is the master of creepiness! 😱

[@martinbraun1211]

BATMAN RETURNS (1992) is even better!

[@rodentnolastname6612]

Jack Nicholson captured The Joker's manic glee better than other portrayals of the character

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

I saw this in the theater several times. I own a collector edition of the Prince soundtrack in a circular black metal can with the Batman emblem embossed on the cover. I just could not get enough of this version of Batman, and even though it seems campy by today's standards, it's still rates at least second in the top Batman movies on my list. Michael Keaton was the best Bruce Wayne/Batman of all the actors to play the role.

[@onisahman]

I think this is the movie that provided the standards for Batman for years to come. From the "I'm Batman" line to Bruce Wayne giving Batman a different voice to make the disguise more complete.

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

19:25 There was a real contest to win a "Batmobile" used in this movie! "ABC" had "The Drew Carey Show" sitcom. In that show he won it and so they had fun with it! 😊

[@michellepeters7066]

I suggest the underrated Tim Burton movie "Mars Attacks!". It's packed with stars (Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Michael J. Fox, Glenn Close, Natalie Portman.....).

[@davidbeck7615]

I just discovered that the movie Mars Attacks is based off of baseball like cards from the early 60’s.

[@Iron-Bridge]

Yes! Great movie suggestion.

[@davelewis8270]

Please. This movie gets a lot of hate and i don't know why. I think it's also Natalie Portmans first movie.

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

That movie is hilarious.

[@jeffthompson9622]

Good suggestion.

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

Jen, hi! 😊 Kim was also making "My Stepmother is an Alien" as the titular character. (Co-starring Dan Akroyd, Alyson Hannogan & Seth Green!) It is said that she had to force herself to remember which character she was meant to be playing and where and when!) It's too bad that you didn't get to see that movie, too, right after this one!

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Another rewatch done for you, Jen. I shall do some more later on today.

[@-Gurza-]

I liked that they allude to Jack already being mental long before his acid bath (and then later when looking at his psyche files), and that his transformation basically gave him an excuse to totally indulge. Also love that his literal Joker smile was done surgically to repair his face and hold his nerves together (pretty dark).

[@chrisg1472]

I couldn't agree more. The musical score to this movie is spectacular!

[@CaptainAmercia]

By far one of my favourite renditions of Gotham City. Tim Burton’s Gotham is an amazing mix of Art Deco, Gothic, and Industrial architecture to create a terrifying dystopian city which looks like it’s stuck between the 1930s and late 80s. This was very much inspired by the city depicted in the movie Metropolis. The Nolan films went for a more modern setting with Begins looking pretty good still had hints of Art Deco and Gothic but the two sequels lacked in this department, looked more like Chicago than Gotham City. I love the Nolan movies but not a big fan of it's Gotham compared to Burtons or The new Batman film. The 90s Animated Series would also use this same aesthetic naming it “Dark Deco” but the show dived more into the 1930s feel technically it took place in the 1990s but Gotham had this really cool aesthetic where 1930s fashion was still popular, people drove around in classic looking vehicles, and gangsters used Tommy guns and wore retro looking suits all very much something you’d see in the 1930s. But they’re was a hybrid so we also had computers and high tech equipment which looked both futuristic but retro at the same time alongside these 1930s inspired elements. The city of Metropolis (Superman’s home city) on the other hand is the complete opposite of Gotham. Metropolis goes for a more 1950s retro futuristic artistic while also having a lot of Art Deco. It’s the city of the future in the eyes of the 1950s. In the movies though Metropolis doesn’t look that different to New York or Chicago unfortunately we’re still to see a solid depiction of Metropolis from the Comics. Batman Live Action Movie Universes Burtonverse Batman 89 Batman Returns Batman 89 comic's Schumacher movies - Originally set in the same continuity as the Burton films, New Batman 89 comic's retcon these two movies. Batman Forever Batman & Robin Norlanverse - No connection to the Burton or Schumacher universes Batman Begins Batman The Dark Knight Batman The Dark Knight Rises DCEU - No connection to these other films, DCEU has no Batman film yet he appears in others. Batman Vs Superman The Justice League Reevesverse - No connection to the DCEU or other Batman films The Batman The Batman 2 (Confirmed)

[@NostalgiaBrit]

I was gonna say this, but you already did, so now I don't need to! 😃

[@michaeldixon3440]

Was it just me or was Jen turning into Harley Quinn?? “Drop him the liquid!! Drop him in the liquid!!” Such enthusiasm! Great reaction

[@jenmurrayxo]

Actually haven't seen Suicide Squad, should I?

[@SSaugaCriss]

@@jenmurrayxoonly for Harley as the MVP, otherwise, skip.

[@cleonmagabeefy8500]

You have to understand Jen, no one had ever done a super hero to this magnitude till this. This was promoted heavily months in advance and people were going crazy. I still remember seeing this in the theater. I don't it holds up that great, but its still a great movie and a fantastic reaction!!!

[@0PsychosisMedia0]

Except for the Superman movies. The first 2 films were blockbusters with a high budget.

[@michaelccozens]

@@0PsychosisMedia0 Good point, but Supes was a little easier, and certainly more of a straight translation (not to take anything away from those films, in particular the stellar performances and ground-breaking FX). The Keaton/Burton Batman was basically the first "serious" Batman to hit any screen, ever. Stylistically emphasizing the Gothic nature of the narrative and the early comics was a very cool choice.

[@cleonmagabeefy8500]

@@nsasupporter7557 Touche, misuer pussycat!!!

[@SchulzEricT]

This is one of my favorite movies of all-time. I'm kinda not sure why; I'm not a huge Batman fan. But something about it resonates with me in a way I can't articulate, in part because I don't really understand what it is. There are just so many lines and scenes in here that I enjoy. It also inspired the feel and look of "Batman: The Animated Series" which is perhaps the greatest cartoon of all-time. Definitely worth checking out (it technically lasted 4 seasons, but really 3; the 4th was done by an entirely different team so it's just not the same). It's a lot to react to, so if you're not interested enough to want to invest that much time in it, that's cool, but I'd still recommend you react to a few episodes; maybe have a poll with the 20 highest rated eps, and watch the top 5? Something like that. I really didn't like the 2nd movie, Batman Returns, at all. Near as I can figure, it just isn't really a Batman movie. Some people like it though; there's a surprising amount of people who like it better than the first, as far as I can tell. (Most of the time, it seems like there's a consensus in a situation like this, but with these two, while I think most people prefer the first, there's a fairly large contingent of people who prefer the 2nd.) So... I don't think it's a good Batman movie, because it's not really a Batman movie, but it seems to not be a bad movie. It's just not what I was looking for. I bring that up in part because I want to make a point about the 3rd movie, Batman Forever. First of all, real quick: fantastic soundtrack. It's not, like, Star Wars, it's doesn't have some iconic score, but there are few soundtracks - maybe none? - that is actually music from and inspired by a movie that are as good as Batman Forever's. But also... many people will tell you Batman Forever is bad. I respectfully disagree. While I agree that it isn't good, I'm not sure it's bad either; really, it's just fucking *weird*. But, to me at least, it's weird in an interesting way. If you're not interesting in watching it (maybe you don't intend to watch even the 2nd, or maybe you'll watch the 2nd and decide you're done after those 2, because those are the only 2 Burton/Keaton Batmen), fair enough. But I would say don't skip it just because you hear it's bad. (Skip "Batman & Robin" for that reason though. Honestly, it wanted to be campy but it wasn't, it was *terrible*. Instead, watch Batman '66; that found the perfect tone to be campy and funny and silly. Batman & Robin wanted to be Batman '66 but didn't come remotely close.) I honestly think Val Kilmer is really really good as Batman (although the material is... he deserved better). It's got such a weird tone, but it's weird/interesting not weird/bad (IMO, of course), and the cast... Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, and Nicole Kidman, like Val Kilmer, do as much as they possibly could've with what they're given, I think. The only bad casting was Chris O'Donnell, whom I like enough but he's supposed to be, like, a 14-16 year old Dick Grayson but he's a 35 year old man. Just... an odd choice.

[@TANKTREAD]

Danny Elfman's film score is AWESOME. Great orchestrations by Steve Bartek. Performed with perfection by the Sinfonia of London conducted by the late and great Shirley Walker.

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

13:59 Jen's "quill pen kill quip quip"! 😂

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

20:10 Their official homage to "Raiders of the Lost Ark"! 😊

[@blueroninstudios]

If you were a kid in 1989.....no other movie existed but this and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. One of the biggest blockbusters of the summer! Saw it at the tender age of 9 in a packed local theater with lines that stretched around the block, but damn did we have so much FUN!!!!!!

[@shanefourtwenty]

My favorite quote is " As though we were made for each other... Beauty and the beast. Course anyone else calls you beast, I'll rip their lungs out." I used to say that to my ex, hilarious 😂😂😂

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

9:57 In the comics written and drawn by their respective creators, "Superman" had the "LL" alliteration while "Batman" had a "VV" alliteration for their respective supporting characters. 😀 However, for Batman, "Vickie Vale" seems to be the only one people remember now. Compare that to Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Lex Luthor, Lionel Luthor, Lori Lemaris, et cetera. 😮

[@21stcenturyhiphop]

"Dunk him in the liquid!" 🤣🤣🤣😂😂💀💀

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

2.9K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! ☺️ Notes: That's the "Batwing"! I miss the "BATMAN" breakfast cereal that was out back then. It was like "Cap'n Crunch" but shaped like Batman's logo. I've never seen anyone with a matching mole on each arm before I began viewing this video! They balance you when they're asymmetrical, usually. I tried to wipe them off of my smartphone screen until your arms moved, and I saw them for what they are! 😅😂

[@AdrienMercier]

I was 8 when this came out and it was filmed round the corner from me. I collected the stickers and it was the first album I owned, Prince on vinyl

[@entertainmentforall6609]

"GET THE FUNK UP!!!"

[@VonnHennigar]

"Harvey Dent , is this a good guy or a bad guy?" Yes.

[@stretch4872]

To me Nicholson is synonymous with creepy. In my youth the first movies I saw him in were Cuckoo`s Nesting and The Shining. When I heard he was replacing Cesar Romero as the joker it made perfect sense.

[@Cheepchipsable]

LOL, how old would Cesar have been when this movie came out?

[@shanefourtwenty]

Batwing was the name of his plane. His vehicles names usually begin with bat Infront of it. Batmobile, batwing, batboat, batcycle, batcopter. Stuff like that.

[@08191906]

Saw this when it came out with the whole family (wife, FIL, MIL, SIL) while on vacation. It was everything Batman fans wanted that grew up with the cheesy TV series. It was dark humor and macabre; a true return to the heavy edginess of the original comics.

[@MrDarkwing78]

29:05 The jet is called The Batwing. Batman Returns is pretty good, but after that, once Joel Schumacher took over, they were much more camp with the brooding shadows of Gotham replaced with Neon lit sets. Still, they are a fun ride, if not very good.

[@futuramayeah]

Jen, they weren't sure of Tim Burton for this movie, but then Beetlejuice came out and it was a smash hit, giving Tim the respect that they gave him Batman

[@Mike-wr7om]

This is one of the great movie scores in cinematic history, Probably, top ten at least. And it adds so much to the movie in terms of mood and atmosphere.

[@noneya3635]

Real life fan boi squee when I saw this thumb nail. This is gonna be great. This movie actually made me a fan of the Batman comics. And despite the Mr. Mom comments Michael Keaton is THE Batman. Not to mention he is the ONLY Batman that protected his lower face when Joker shot at him in Axis chemicals. "LOL here's your check Batman" Jen you are fantastic. It's great seeing someone meet the Batman for the first time. Remember where Vicki was taking pictures if you decide to watch The Suicide Squad, there is a nod to the Keaton Batman movies in there. "they just love to dance." another prescient Jen comment. This Jokers hencemen truly choose to dance with the devil by the pale moonlight. 🤣Jen's additoin to Joker's exit line about join me for a weep with 'get outta here you creep' was fabulous. Oh man that made my monday morning JM. Tactical Jen falls in love with Jokers "literal" hand canon. As it should be. Okay now that was a truly satisfying watch over breakfast this morning. From Jen's intro to the Bat lore, to her enthusiasm over the Batmobile and Batcave, to that look of joy when Batman dropped a bomb on Axis Chemicals, this was just how one needed to start a new work week. Jen "you... are our number one... ahhh Gal!"

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

The Adam West "Batman" series also has a theatrical movie. In it actress Lee Meriwether substituted for actress Julie Newmar who did the series. Both played the Caucasian "Selina Kyle/Catwoman"! Julie's version dies and is succeeded by Eartha Kitt's version. I mention that because the movie chain that began with this one used to end with Halle Berry movie "Catwoman". Her version replacing actress Michelle Pfeiffer's version. (See, precedent established!) But now the new chain link is the movie "The Flash"! 😎

[@nebularain3338]

This movie can seem a little cheesy these days, but it was revolutionary back in 1989. It also had the most insane marketing campaign I've ever seen.

[@Daveyboy100880]

It would be really cool to see you reacting to the Batman movies in release order! Everyone usually skips the third and fourth movies (Batman Forever and Batman & Robin), so you’d be breaking new ground as a YT reacter! Every instalment offers something a little different in terms of style (and quite often, in terms of who’s playing Batman), though the quality varies quite drastically. As for this first one, it’s still my favourite Bat movie. It’s so stylish, theatrical and dark, but also tongue-in-cheek. I think it’s also the best-designed Batman movie… and I was so happy to hear you call out the music, Jen, as it’s one of my all-time favourite movie scores! It turns the whole piece into a grand opera, and to be honest, we rarely experience such a pure and bombastic melding of sight and sound in modern movies. It all feels a little too intellectual these days… but that’s a whole different subject. Fun fact: it’s never made clear in the movie itself, but the money Joker hands out at the end is bogus. Remember how he said he wanted his face on the one dollar bill? Well, he did it! Every note has his face on, so the festival is his biggest gag - he tricked everyone to their deaths by playing on their greed. I’m not sure why this was left out of the final cut of the film, but it was probably for pacing. To be honest, the whole climax is a little messy, but the movie carries it off anyway.

[@SpidermanandhisAmazingFriends]

"His slow decent into madness" 😂

[@CaesiusX]

15:08 _"Dancing around like a maniac."_ 17:20 _"I get he went nuts but like the other guys are just dancing around. . .they're just what? Like they just love to dance."_ Hey now, I dance around my home all the time.¹ 🕺🏼 _All the time._ 11:18 That face and sound *Joker* makes after saying, _"Wait till they get a load of me,"_ that sort of _"Ooop. . .Ooop"_ sound is probably my favorite moment in the film. Great reaction. So glad you enjoyed the film. 😊 ··•●✺●•·· ¹ ─ Virtually anywhere, tbh. 😎

[@paulwagner688]

Jack Nicholson is THE Joker. With Mark Hamill a very very close second.

[@dorkandproudofit]

What makes Keaton's version of Bruce Wayne such an amazing disguise is that, whereas Christian Bale went all-out with the drunken rowdiness, Keaton's Bruce is so unremarkable that you'd meet him once... then forget everything about him the moment he was out of sight. He's barely worth noticing in spite of all his money. Which is PRECISELY why no one in their right mind would suspect him.

[@bghammock]

This movie was huge, HUGE, back in 89. It was the first movie that took comic books seriously and us comic geeks loved it. Jack as the Joker, the sets, the costumes, the batmobile, Elfman's score, Prince's soundtrack, and let's be honest here .. Kim Basinger, everything was amazing. People got bent out of shape about Keaton ("Mr Mom is Batman?? What a joke!") until they actually saw him. I didn't hear many complaints afterward. I saw this one twice on opening day and nine times that summer and constantly listened to the Prince soundtrack and the Elfman score on cassette LOL Glad ya liked it, Jen!

[@flatebo1]

The Batman movie serials were a serious, pulp/noir take on Batman in the 1940s. Superman was a serious comic book film. But Batman was, at the time, largely associated with the 1960s TV show in the popular consciousness. And that was campy goofiness. So it was nice to get a more serious version of the character on film.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

That’s not true at all. Richard Donner’s Superman was the first movie that took comic books seriously.

[@bghammock]

@@DeltaAssaultGaming we can disagree, that's fine.

[@weirdwest1702]

@@bghammock he's right though. It's not a matter of opinion. It's a fact that Superman did it first.

[@williambanks2223]

I believe that this Batman laid the ground work for Batman: The Animated Series. The design of the Batmobile, the Bat wing, the look of the 30's in a modern setting. Also, the man who drew the cartoon for Knox was Bob Kane, the man who is credited with creating Batman.

[@Trip_Fontaine]

My favorite superhero movie of all time. I love how it fuses the campy Batman of the 60's with the new darker Batman which emerged in the comics in the 80's, especially in how it portrays the Joker.

[@Deepthoughtsabound]

We traveled to watch this. It was on the other side of town, at one of two theaters that had THX and 70mm projection. Hearing the Joker walk off screen and talk behind the audience was such a new thing at the time.

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

4:00 Cute editor's comment! "Jen the Joker"! 😊

[@cutekittens228]

Jen, this movie is HILARIOUS, jack nicholson was a comic genius in this, LAUGH for Pete's sake 🤣

[@NostalgiaBrit]

It's an _amazing_ coincidence that you're watching this, when just two days ago I introduced my son to this _'Batman'_ movie, and then the following three (though modern thinking is now that only this and the sequel are from _this_ universe, whilst _'Batman Forever'_ and _'Batman & Robin'_ are in a separate universe altogether; you'll see why, if you’re watching the rest)… My son now loves *Batman* but says that this movie, _'Batman'_ (1989), is actually last on his list, with the two aforementioned Schumacher films being his favourite (but then, they are definitely aimed more at younger kids, and my son is 8, nearly 9)! Anyway, I thought it's an amazing coinkidink that we watched _'Batman'_ two days ago, _'Batman Returns'_ and _'Batman Forever'_ yesterday, then _'Batman & Robin'_ earlier today, then you watch it this evening! Sending love from Nottingham, UK, from both my son and I. 🥰❤️🥰❤️ *P.S. -* It's _never_ mentioned, and it's really subtle, but the corruption of Gotham City is shown in the opening scene _before_ the family go down the alley & get mugged; a pr0$t¡tute literally ignored the parents & approached/propositioned _the little boy,_ a frickin _child_ who couldn't have been older than 11! _That's_ how far Gotham has fallen!

[@3DJapan]

"You are my number 1 guy" is like a job I had many years ago where the guy in charge told me "you're our best worker". Then later we realized that he told everybody that same thing that night.

[@kevinburton3948]

I was 19 years old in 1989 and lined up for the 11am premiere the day after my graduation Prom night. You had to be there the entire year of 1989- this was one of the most hyped up of films of the 80s! From marketing to the most teaser of snippets of previews (just enough to make us go wild- not enough to spoil a thing)... To MASSIVE Bat-Posters (literally just the Bat Symbol and the release date) that were hung from three story high buildings in downtown Toronto. You couldn't walk ten feet without seeing something Bat related! It was truly "Bat-Mania!" And at the same time- those of us like myself who grew up on the comics of no-nonsense Batman were terrified at what might come of the performance of Micheal Keaton (traditionally a comedic actor) who just played Beetlejuice the previous year... Was this going to be campy like the 1966 tv series??? We were wrong! Micheal Keaton knocked it out of the park! He *IS* Batman! That said... We did come away feeling the movie should have been named "Joker" as he had what seemed like twice as much screen time as Batman. And Tim Burton tweaked the story a bit- Batman's parents were not killed by The Joker (Jack Napier) in the comics- a thug named Joe Chill did that (and never became the Joker). However the Joker falling into the vat of chemicals bleaching his skin and turning his hair green is true to the comics... And the shot of Batman's parents being shot and the pearls of the necklace falling are ripped right from the pages of the comic books- brilliantly done! So the Joker killing Batman's parents gets a pass. And in the comics Batman has a "no killing" rule- so him killing Joker's cronies and the Joker himself strays WAY away from the comics. But again- this film set the bar for Batman films to come!

[@entertainmentforall6609]

I was 10 at the time it came out. I too remember people really being upset about "The funny guy from Mr. Mom" playing Batman. They were worried about nothing. Keaton is still, in my book, the best Batman. The best Bruce Wayne was probably Bale. Worst Batman: Clooney, Worst Wayne: Kilmer (sadly). Again, only opinion.

[@brucechmiel7964]

So if you haven’t figured it out yet. They gave Jack Prosthetic Makeup to give him those very defined cheeks. The smile is permanently grafted to his face. Even when he’s angry he still smiles. Fun fact: he wears the layers of makeup for the flesh colored scenes. A base layer, the white, and an oil based flesh color. The rag he uses to wipe off the flesh color was soaked in alcohol. As well as the pitcher of water. It was alcohol. That way only the flesh color would wipe off leaving the white untouched.

[@Gravydog316]

Superman came out in '78, & then it took 11 years for this movie to get made imagine that now

[@tonka301180]

this Batman-Movie and the second one with Catwoman and Penguin are so good, like a Show, not just a Movie... far better then the new Movies.

[@PixelatedH2O]

This movie influenced a lot of things about Batman and superhero movies in general. However I think the biggest lasting thing from it is that Batman's musical theme is still being used occasionally in other things.

[@filmcrew3531]

LOL "Shoot his thingy and swing..." Years late on the reference Jen. I know the 70's were far away! 😂😂😋😋😆😆

[@Pinstripe105]

Me , my father and brothers loved this movie so much that we always reference it. my favorite line is " I want my face on the 1 dollar bill" and I always answer it as a joke

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hi Jen hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@Scottie_S]

I loved this movie when it first came out, but I loved 'Batman Returns' even more. It was wonderfully cast with Danny DeVito as the Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer was so lovable as Catwoman. She was a villain, but had a heart and it was exposed. She had a hard time trying to be who she was and her emotions showed that. As much as she wanted to be with Bruce, she just couldn't live with herself either way. In my mind, I always changed the story so that they knew they were both 'broken'. Also, Danny Elfman's score is a bloody marvel in both movies!

[@xzonia1]

Lots of actors have played him, but Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman. Love this movie. Always enjoy your reactions, Jen! Yes, I had fun. :)

[@gregharker1600]

I once met the actor who played Bob (Tracey Walter) at a wrap party. He is a nice guy that played a lot of weird roles in the 80s and 90s.

[@TimKCSportsFan]

Great reaction. Many people, myself included, thought that Michael Keaton wouldn't do a good job as Batman since he was a comedy actor, but myself and many others were proven wrong. Keaton went with this role and hit a homerun with it. If you want to see his prior work you have to check out "Night Shift" and "Mr. Mom".

[@crazyman7671]

I was born in 1983, so when I was 6, guess what came out in the Theater?! This Diamond of a film. Keaton WAS(and even still is) Batman to me. I didn't even know about Adam West yet or Ceaser Romero. I was excited when they revealed they had a Batman Beyond type of movie planned with Keaton in the elder Bruce Wayne role. Then James Gunn shattered those hopes when he axed that movie.

[@user-jp7ms1zt7r]

Love your fireplace. My father built one like it in our home when I was a young boy.

[@kingcaesar3693]

Small tidbits: The money Joker was dumping was actually fake. They all had his face on it and was part of a scene they cut. When the helicopter pilot was giving his time to arrival it was actually correct down to the second if you time it from that point. The Danny Elfman theme was so popular they used it for the Batman: the animated series a few years later.

[@peterbooth793]

One of the best and most underrated lines of the movie. Where does he get all those wonderful toys?

[@DT-hp8de]

"Is he a good guy or a bad guy?" Yes. 😅

[@DonnySpielberg]

Jen I was scratching my brain on your Jaws review video trying to figure out why I couldn't remember the "Jaws trivia" that i *HAD* to tell you, when I realized, that trivia was for BATMAN! Jen, this is not just one of my all time favorite 10 movies, this is a benchmark in my life. 1989, what a year to be 5 years old! Between this and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (have you reacted to that yet, btw?), plus The 'Burbs, Back to the Future Part 2, and everything else that came out that year. So here goes: The makers of Indiana Jones' fedora, Herbert Johnson Hatters in London, are also the makers of the Joker's hat (and every other hat in this movie)! They also did the hats for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? This was made at Pinewood Studios in London, and one of the biggest stages, the 007 stage, was used for the Batcave. Also done on the 007 stage was the medal ceremony at the end of the original Star Wars. AXIS Chemicals was shot at an abandoned power station in London, and Alien had just filmed there, and some of their set dressing was still there :) Some of the most iconic shots of Batman - basically his first shot when he raises his cape and intimidates the street thugs, many shots of him at AXIS Chemicals, shots of him in the cathedral and the final shot of the movie -- were not even Michael Keaton. They wanted Batman to have a graceful look, so they hired a British dancer to give him that graceful, elegant look. He's on instagram and is very fan friendly. What else can I say, but this movie owned 1989, and without this, we wouldn't have our modern era of superhero movies.

[@JediPiIot]

batman 1989 and returns are amazing.

[@Ghoulstille]

The actual killer of Batman's parents in the comic book was a small time hood named Joe Chill. Tim Burton changed it to Jack Napier for dramatic effect.

[@urborg74]

You ever dance with the devil by the pale moon light?

[@biguy617]

The animated movie Batman Under The Red Hood is the story of the second Robin, Jason Todd. It is a great movie. Batman is voiced by Bruce Greenwood, Joker is voiced by Bender, John DiMaggo, Nightwing, his first Robin Richard Greyson , is voiced by Neil Patrick Harris. Jensen Ackles voices The Red Hood.

[@shanethornsbery9484]

RIP Bob, the best henchman ever.

[@canadianicedragon2412]

Jack/Joker was excellently played. Some of this movie, and other "superhero" movies, are over the top but we're talking super heroes... they are not normal. Nice reaction as usual!

[@rockaustin5130]

Superman 78 and Batman 89 are my old school favorites.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Loved them both!!

[@Gravydog316]

9:12 there was some music producer guy (I think he worked with Dolly Parton) & he said he had legit never been in every room in his house

[@Codametal]

"I'm Batman." Yeah, I think Michael Keaton was the first one to utter those words in that way. Then they overused it in the animated cartoon series, which was still cool, but it got old. But that term had become part of our pop culture.

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

Good old Sergeant Eckhart. But you know him, Jen. He was also Jek Porkins/ Red 6 in Star Wars and the U.S. Army Major in the suit at the beginning and the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. I didn't mention this role after Raiders when I told you he had been Red 6 because I figured, awesome chicka that you are, you'd get around to Batman someday and I could mention it then. 😛

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

This is my favorite of the Batman movies. My friends and I had been worried since Michael Keaton was known almost exclusively as a comedy actor before this, so we were expecting something campy like the 60s TV show but we were all impressed with what we got from Keaton. Nicholson was great as the Joker, more whimsically homicidally insane. This is the only one of the Batman movies I like enough to rewatch when it's available, though I will watch the Val Kilmer one from time to time too since I have always liked Kilmer's style.

[@retromaven2159]

I remember the uproar when Michael Keaton was announced as getting the role of Batman. Darned if he didn't nail it. He was smart to duck out of the series after the 2nd movie, but this one remains a classic. Nicholson's take on the Joker was priceless. I would skip the rest of these older Batman movies and skip ahead to the Christian Bale movies, Jen. They are considerably darker but extremely well done. Really enjoyed your review!!😃

[@tgif1345]

Great video as always Jen! Batman (1989) is one of my favourite movies. Also Batman's flying machine is called the Batplane in the comics, but in this movie, and in Batman: The Animated Series, it's known as the Batwing. He also has the Batcopter in the 1966 TV show and it's movie that bridged the first and second seasons of that show.

[@Cheepchipsable]

And shark repellent spray. Even dolphins were on Batman's side! 🤣

[@wills.364]

To think that critics didn’t want Keaton because he did comedy movies rather than seeing his take on Beetlejuice

[@paulfeist]

Keaton is a fantastic actor, and, Beetlejuice may be his best role ever...

[@basecode8]

02:35 "Is this a good guy or a bad guy?" "Yes"

[@DylansPen]

Beetlejuice came out about a year before this film. In the theater when this came out when he's in Vale's apartment and says, "You wanna get nuts" someone in the audience yelled 'Beetlejuice' and the whole place laughed because it does sound just like him.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Jen, a quick back story of Bruce Wayne/Batman, his Father was Thomas Wayne a surgeon and socialite, one night after going to the theatre to see Die Fledermaus with his Wife (Martha) and Son (Bruce), he decided to take a short cut through an alley commonly known as 'Crime Alley', there Thomas Wayne was robbed was shot and his wife died from shock, when the child, Bruce looked at the killer 'Joe Chill' he got spooked and ran, it later came out that he was sent there to kill Wayne by a mob boss as Wayne was looking into some corruption which involved the mob boss. The boy Bruce vowed to fight crime from then on but not to kill as this would have made him like the person who killed his parents, one night in Wayne Manor Bruce was looking for a symbol to strike fear into criminals and a large bat smashed through the window so, get became Batman. This story was altered a bit for the purpose of this film.

[@jorgezarco9269]

Batman was created by Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. The early 1940's comic books had a dark, Gothic, film noir feel. The 1965 Batman TV show starring Adam West was "light and campy". Frank Miller returned Batman to his dark, violent roots in the 1986 DC comic book The Dark Knight Returns. The Batman(starring Robert Pattinson) was released in March 2022.

[@AutoPilate]

I watched this movie opening night, people were literally lined around the theater. I also remember when the news came out that Keaton was cast as Wayne/Batman there was a huge uproar, but I knew he’d nail it.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

5:18 "I'm not really a gambler. I've not had much luck, any time I've ever gone." Yeah. Gambling is not the sort of activity in which one engages in the legitimate hopes of suddenly striking it rich. The odds _always_ favor the house. I mean, why do you think casinos can afford to look so nice? Because they're always giving away jackpots?

[@JedHead77]

I’ve actually been to the mansion in England that stood in for Wayne Manor. For the exteriors, the kitchen, and the long table scene were at Knebworth House, while the casino night was at another mansion called Hatfield House.