Batman (the 80s Tim Burton one)
Yeah, this is my kind of Batman movie, and just my kind of movie in general.
I thought Micheal Keaton was certainly an interesting Bruce, you can never really quite tell exactly what he’s thinking. They definitely dropped the playboy part of his character, he seems more a billionaire hermit - more of a low profile Blackrock board member than a bombastic billionaire, but I dig it, it’s new to me.
However, clearly the Joker stole the show. Jack Nicholson really brought a comedic but still threatening energy to the movie. For context, being a “youngun”, I’ve only really ever known the Heath Ledger Joker - of course, I appreciate his unique angle of making the Joker less silly and more with a terrorist-chaos-based manifesto, but Jack is just better to me. His jokes, quips and killer pranks were a joy to watch, when he shakes that mafia boss’s hand and then electrocutes him so much he turns to a charred up skeleton, I was like; “wow, this is very cool”.
The practical effects were very cool as well, I really liked the tiny models and especially the makeup on Jack; however I do wonder how much of that was prosthetics and how much it was just Jack smiling the whole time. I especially liked the plastic surgeons tools - they made me laugh quite a bit. Gothams whole look is great, of course a slightly less obvious than usual Tim Burton touch makes the city look smoky, soggy and like an absolutely horrific place to live, although made for quite the visual spectacle.
Overall - really enjoyed it in a personal level. If I made a movie, it would be like this. Made me laugh, disturbed me a bit and made me jump a few times. Great fun after a very stressful day.