Which Batman film is your favorite?

Batman is my favorite superhero and has been for some time.  Which Batman film is your favorite and why?  I like Batman Begins best, yes, even over the usual favorite, The Dark Knight.  The main reasons for this are probably a) the greater clarity of the story, wheras TDK has more loose ends, gimmicks, and overly hectic pace; and b) Batman Begins explores the psychology of Batman/Bruce Wayne far more, tells a fantastic origin story as well as a primary conflict in two acts, both sufficiently long and detailed to not feel rushed, yet tied well enough together to make a cohesive film.

Your thoughts, please?

1. Returns

2. '89

And the order can flop depending on my mood.

Everything else - meh.

Or a film.

Internet is funky where I am and has resulted in multiple postings of the same topic.  If anyone can merge them, it'd be appreciated.

I think that any thread can exist in the off-topic forum.  I wanted to create this one and see nothing wrong with it.

darth_ender said:

I think that any thread can exist in the off-topic forum.  I wanted to create this one and see nothing wrong with it.

xhonzi wasn't picking on you, he was referring to a previous discussion about adding a movie subforum to off-topic.

I know this won't be a popular opinion, but...

Is it possible that Ledger's performance is overrated due to the timing of this death?  I say yes.

Yeah, but you think that Louie show is better than Curb, Seinfeld, and Arrested Development, so what could you know?

ZING

I just went back in time to a thread I was viewing two minutes ago!

The Dark Knight, it would be a good thriller even without the bat ears and the smiles.

I think I am with Xhonzi on the cartoon thing.

As far as live action goes, Batman Begins is by far my favorite. I really wish they would have ditched the dumb Bat armor though. The bat armor and the voice are the two things that consistently bug me about Begins.

If they could capture the feel of the cartoons in a live action Batman movie... my life might just be complete.

I really need to play Arkham Asylum. PS3 or 360?

ferris209 said:

Plus, by the time this one came out, I was in the full swing of puberty, so Michelle Pfeiffer hold a nice leathery place in my heart as a result of this film.

What, no more fire in the oven? :p

xhonzi said:

Probably either.  Arkham Asylum is probably the closest you'll get to a thing that sort of looks like a movie and feels like the Animated Series.

Does the 360's game of the year edition have the levels where you play as the Joker, or is that still PS3 exclusive? Maybe I should get it for the PS3 just so I have something to play on it.

TV's Frink said:

I know this won't be a popular opinion, but...

Is it possible that Ledger's performance is overrated due to the timing of this death?  I say yes.

 While I too felt it was good, I agree that it was overrated.

I'd have to go with Batman '89 as my favourite live-action Batman film. It has that gothic quasi-vampire eeriness I love about Batman without the over-the-top Burtonness of Burton, the neon homoerotic camp of Schmacher, and the stifling realism of Nolan.

If I could go beyond live-action films, though, I'd go with the animated Mask of the Phantasm. It - along with the animated series, of course - captured Batman far better than any live-action film has thus far IMO.

I have to agree with everyone on this, that the animated series to me is canon Batman for the most part, even more than the comics.

This has been a day for humility, by the way.  I've been called out twice for misspellings, plus I accidently cloned a thread twice due to stupide McDonald's wireless and my impatience (btw, don't keep clicking refresh when you are having connection difficulties).

As Yoda says, "How embarassing!"

darth_ender said:

This has been a day for humility, by the way.  I've been called out twice for misspellings...

..stupide

LOL! I'm not even bothering to correct my errors.  I just keep typing too fast!  Glad you're here to keep me on my toes.