Batman - Watching Spider-Man got me in the mood to watch another superhero movie with Michael Keaton. I haven’t seen this one in at least 10 years now, and man, I didn’t realize how much it’s aged. I rewatched Superman last year, and while that came out 10 years earlier, it feels timeless. This, on the other hand, feels very much a product of the 80s, the attitudes, the structure, Knox, so on. It’s very flawed, but on the other hand it really feels like the product of someone’s imagination, a movie. The production design is excellent, and I can’t go a day without quoting Jack Nicholson’s Joker at least once. This is one I can go back to again and again.
It was 1989, so I don’t know that I’d say it’s very much a product of the 80s, which makes it sound very different than a product of the late 80s. I think it’s very much a product of Tim Burton more than the time period.
That’s easily the best scene in the entire film.