Batman: The Movie

My kids started watching the old Batman shows on television and really liked them. We decided to watch this movie and they think its great. Adults really see how hokey it is, but it is funny because the writers intend for you to realize it. Batman and Robin make off-handed comments that make fun of themselves and some of the comments are really funny. Children seem to like it for the action. And the best part is that the language is appropriate for them and the storylines and characters are not as dark as the newer movies so they dont get scared. This is a great family movie.....

A bit much, right? Sorry about that, but this Batman incarnation is silly and fun and serves as a nice occasional break from the dark knight of todays movies. Actually, I didnt watch this Batman too much when it was on TV way back then. My 10 year-old daughter saw a PBS special about super heros on TV in the old days and wanted the pic and, being an old coot, now, I indulged her and ordered it. Surprisingly, I find it much more fun, these days. The video was used, very inexpensive, but in fine condition. The vendor got it to us in a timely manner. I am happy with this order, as I tend to be will all of my amazon purchases.

4 stars for the fun! If you are a Batman fan and you grew watching the show starred by Adam West and Burt Ward, this special edition is definitely a keeper. The series were a hit on its days and have become a cult classic for fans. In the old days in which Batman wore tights and was accompanied by Robin everywhere, the humor was not voluntarily at all. The movie opens with a hilarious sequence in which Batman fights a suicidal shark filled with bombs, how does he escape the trap? With his anti-shark bat spray of course! What makes this movie a fun thing to watch is all the camp humor in it, the detective labor of Batman and Robin is reduced to nothing but funny, wait until you see how they resolve the riddle on who was behind the attack at the beginning of the film. The united underworld puts together our favorite villains form the series: the Joker, the Riddler, the Penguin and Catwoman. There are memorable sequences in this film such as the described opening sequence or Batman trying to get rid of a bomb. This movie may not be a great film compared to recent Batman flicks, but it is definitely fun to watch and to see how naive was the humor in the decade they made it and the concept of Batman that this series created; no wonder why Joel Schumacher tried to pay a tribute with his two attempts on Batman (`Batman Forever and `Batman & Robin) Adam West also made a career thanks to this show and the film, he had presentations everywhere as the caped crusader; unfortunately people never stopped seeing him as the Batman. Besides of a very decent digital transfer of both image and sound (Sound is presented in both Stereo and Mono), the bat features are a good complement to this special edition, there is a comprehensive audio commentary by Adam West and Burt Ward that opposite to what you may expect, gives you a lot of details, production notes and facts about the making of the movie. There is also a Batman featurette, 2 still galleries, the trailer and a documentary on the creation of the famous Batmobile from the show. The menus are colorful and very well designed according to the movie. The only flaw this special edition has are the subtitles, they do not match at all what is being said on screen, sentences were shortened by an unknown reason, and some of the jokes and funny dialogues will pass unnoticed if you are reading the subtitles. If you were a fan of the show as a kid, youll love this special edition; if you have never seen this film or the show, be prepared for the best camp humor ever seen. Not a great movie maybe but lots of fun and good memories.

Between season one and season two of the campy Batman TV show(1965-1968), there was a Batman movie that played in movie theaters. There was an X Files movie released in movie theaters in 1997. The Joker, Catwoman, The Penguin, and The Riddler are planning something big and Batman and Robin are our only hope! Adam West and Burt Ward do their usual hammy acting job as Batman and Robin. Wests deadpan humor makes me smile! This Batman movie is just as campy as the TV show. Batman almost throws a giant bomb into a marching band and some children! Batman yells, On some days, you just cant get rid of a bomb! Fox Home Video did a great job releasing this film on DVD. It was one of the first DVDs that I bought and it delivers in quality and quantity. I only paid $5 for it. Theres interviews with Adam West and Burt Ward as extras and movie trailers. Jerry Warren tried to emulate this film and the Batman TV show in The Wild World of Batwoman(1966). The film was so derivative that DC Comics sued him! Some prints of the movie are known as She Was a Hippy Vampire(1966). Batman The Movie(1966) is retro, campy fun.

A classic that does not take itself too seriously, is it campy? Trust me this puts camp into the word campy. However it is what it is and it is a lot of fun to watch with the family. Your kids will love it like we did back in the day and that is what this was geared for, the kids, not us aging adults that want everything to line up perfectly and couldnt make a movie even like this one if we tried, LOL. Leave your preconceptions at the door and just have fun watching these actors play these characters, it is priceless fun. Happy movie watching Folks.

Batman, the movie is essentially a longer (just over an hour and a half) version of one of the very campy 1960s TV series episodes. It was actually filmed between seasons one and two of the show. It is basically a team-up between the series villains, Joker (Cesar Romero), Penguin (Burgess Meridith), Catwoman (Lee Merriweather, who took over for an unavailable Julie Newmar), and Riddler (Frank Gorshin). Of course, they try to lure Batman into a trap, part of which includes kidnapping Bruce Wayne. Like the TV show, the movie is very campy and tongue-in-cheek. The two most memorable scenes are probably Batman running around trying to dispose of a huge bomb without endangering anything from puppies to nuns (my Torts professor in law school could have easily made an exam question out of that), and the shark repellant scene. Of course, the 60s series is totally different from any recent versions of Batman which make the character very dark and violent. But, given the time in which the show aired, that is what they could get away with and they were not going to change the tone of the movie to be inconsistent with the show. For those who get the special edition Blu-Ray, the extras include two commentary tracks on the movie. One by the screenwriter, and a great one with Adam West and Burt Ward, who are pretty hilarious. Then there are a series of featurettes, the main one titled Batman: A Dynamic Legacy, which is a 30-minute retrospective on the impact of the series. Then there are separate features on the heroes and the villains of the show, and a feature on the Batmobile. It also includes the featurette from the original 2001 DVD release that contained interviews with the surviving cast members. So, if you like watching the extras, there is a lot there for you. Overall, you have to go into this knowing what it is and what it is not. If you are not a fan of the 60s TV show, then watching this is going to be a waste of time. It has the same cheesy, campy tone, and the plot makes as much sense (or does not) of any of the plots in the TV episodes. It is funny in parts, eye-roll inducing in other parts, and you have to know you are not getting anything close to The Dark Knight version of the character. While the movie does look and sound pretty good in HD, I would not say it got an over-the-top restoration like some older movies have, so really the main reason to get the Blu-Ray over streaming it is for the extras, because you have the tv series on disc, and/or just a preference for physical media. If you are in one of those categories, it is a good pickup.

My young teen boys get a kick out of these. One of the best values around if you’re into the classic Batman tv series. Lots of episodes! Good quality picture. Fun blast from the past.

Movie in great condition brought back memories. Was first movie my dad took me and my sister to

Let’s be honest: This is a deliberately and thoroughly silly movie, in direct continuity with a deliberately and thoroughly silly 1960s TV series—both aimed squarely at kids. “The Dark Knight,” this is not. Nor is it even the campy, but dark Tim Burton movie which this blu-ray’s cover art emulates. This is Adam West at his most Adam West-y. If you go into this knowing and accepting that simple reality, then you’ll have helluva good time and lot of delightful laughs (as was intended). Furthermore, while Julie Newmar remains popular as TV’s original Catwoman, I’m rather partial to Lee Meriwether’s turn in the slinky catsuit in this tie-in movie. She sizzles. The rest of this review regards the blu-ray—and before we go further (because Amazon tends to link a lot of customer reviews to the incorrect items), this review specifically regards the 2008 blu-ray release from 20th Century Fox. It’s got a lot of great behind-the-scenes documentaries and interviews which are very interesting and informative. There’s also a very cool 3D interactive guide to the classic Batmobile which is very well done and educational. However, the disc’s general navigation is very wonky and not very user friendly. It doesn’t hold your place if you leave and return to resume; and you are forced to sit through all the ads every time you restart it. It does not allow you to go directly to the main menu. Also, on my disc, one of the two classic Batman trailers didn’t work. Additionally, while some of the special features are in HD, I’m not convinced that the movie itself is in HD (1080p). It does not stipulate that it is, therefore I suspect that it is not. Don’t misunderstand, the picture quality is very good. It doesn’t look bad at all. But I do notice that it looks ironically grainier and not quite as sharp as the standard definition DVD box set of the TV series, released by Warner Bros. home video—which is so good, you could be tricked into thinking you were watching it in HD. The blu-ray quirks are the only reason I knocked off a star. Still, at around six bucks at the time I purchased it, it was certainly worth the price and worth having to complete my Batman’66 collection.

FORGOT THEY WERE POLARIS!!!