This is a real classic. I remember watching is as a kid, I was amazed by every scene. I must say the scenes from this movie is really nailed deep into my mind. I know it's something sspecial, 'cuz with lots of movies I've seen over the years, it's like I'm having real difficulties recalling scenes/plot when I rerun them after only a couple of years. This is different. Take [for instance] when Jack is being treated by the quack plastic surgeon. Only here is a little Burton mystery. Where did the quack find the mangled Jack? While he was taking his daily evening walk down dumpster lane? This is the parts I loved, already as a kid. A while ago, I was talking to a friend over the phone about the new Batman movie. I told him I was preparing myself for running a Batman marathon. "Oh, but are you really going to beet through those old films with Michael Keaton?", he asked me, almost sounding surprised. I simply told him the task was not at all unbearable to me. Anyways. So, now I've started this little marathon on my own. Too bad my beloved fiancé doesn't approve the Gotham style. You can't have it all, right? Anyways, she tells me that I'm her little Batman. Sounds bearable! :) Anyways, this isn't really the first Batman movie. Back in the 60's, there was this "The Movie" with Adam West and Burt Ward casting as Batman and Robin. Anyways, these two films are not to be compared. Say what you want about neat nostalgic films, but "The Movie" was way too much inplanted comic-style bubbles with "WHOOOM!" "BOOOM!" sounds, almost making it ridicilus. Anyways, this is not just a sweet script, dealing with topics [not the least of current interest] such as greed and vanity over looks. Everything wrapped in a neat shell with beatiful photography. I mean outstanding(!) photography. The bat-mobile, the bat-aeroglider, the dystopian industrial scenery. It's brilliant, all the way through.
The plot on this one? Well, Gotham City is in a state of chaos. The mobster affiliations has dug a black hole of corruption in the city. Multi-millionaire Bruce Wayne is of course the savior of the city. Since he was just a little kid, watching his parents get mercilessly executed after a robbery, he swore that he will get his revenge. Now, his dark alter ego is the scary crime-fighting bat of the night. Carl Grissom is the crime boss of the city. Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson) is only one of his puppets, even though Napier has always thought about himself as something more. When Napier becomes a casualty of a bust, his(!) dark alter ego will take form - The Joker.
Batman of course has to have a lady. Here this is Kim Bassinger, playing Vicky Vale, a journalist on the hunt for more. Of course, with Bruce Wayne alias Batman, things will develop a bit personal. It's going to be real interesting to watch the sequel.
PS. Click the poster image for the mind-blowing trailer!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096895/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)
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