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		List Price: $34.99		Label: Warner Home Video Salesrank: 4862 Released: May 19, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/12/2009 Run time: 126 minutes Rating: Pg13

Description of Batman (20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Book) [Blu-ray]:
Thanks to the ambitious vision of director Tim Burton, the blockbuster hit of 1989 delivers the goods despite an occasionally spotty script, giving the caped crusader a thorough overhaul in keeping with the crime fighter's evolution in DC Comics. Michael Keaton strikes just the right mood as the brooding "Dark Knight" of Gotham City; Kim Basinger plays Gotham's intrepid reporter Vicki Vale; and Jack Nicholson goes wild as the maniacal and scene-stealing Joker, who plots a takeover of the city with his lethal Smilex gas. Triumphant Oscar-winning production design by the late Anton Furst turns Batman into a visual feast, and Burton brilliantly establishes a darkly mythic approach to Batman's legacy. Danny Elfman's now-classic score propels the action with bold, muscular verve. --Jeff Shannon

Batman (20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Book) [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Overrated
2009-12-18 - There are many movies that have been made which are considered to be the worst movies ever made. You simply do not speak well of these movies. Similarly, there are movies which are considered to be classics, and you just don't talk bad about them. When it comes to some movies, many people just go along with popular opinion and refuse to consider the possibility that the movie might not really be as good as many people think. As far as I'm concerned, this is one of those movies.

I going to start off by saying that I don't hate this movie. I don't think this is anywhere near the worst thing to carry the name Batman. I just don't see why it's so popular. Let me first list the one thing I loved about the film. The look of Gotham. It was amazing. It was like they took a picture of the Gotham skyline from the comic books and stuck it on the screen. Gotham is portrayed just as it is supposed to be, a dark any run-down city. A place you don't want to go. This is really the only Batman movie where they get this right. So I have to give the movie props for that. But so what? The setting is great, but I couldn't care less about anything that goes on there. I didn't really feel anything for any of the characters. In fact, the only character who is developed enough for me to like or dislike is the Joker, played by Jack Nicholson. And I didn't like him. The Joker is supposed to be an evil, criminal mastermind who likes to screw things up. You know, like Heath Ledger's interpretation. Not just some clown dancing aroud to Prince music. In this movie, the Joker is simply a character without any center or purpose. His reason for hating batman is that Batman TAKES THE MEDIA'S ATTENTION AWAY FROM HIM. This has to be the worst conflict ever to be put to film.

Now let's talk about the other characters in the film. Or rather, the lack of characters. Michael Keaton is considered by some people to be the best actor to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne. I have no idea why. I'm not saying his portrayal was horrible. I just don't think Batman was on screen long enough for anyone to say he was good or bad. I'm serious. I don't know Keaton's Batman well enough to tell you whether I like him or not. However, I do know that Keaton is not an action hero and should not have been cast in this role. The fighting scenes in this movie are just horrible. I know there is more to the character of Batman than just his fighting abilities, but still. Batman is supposed to be one of the most advanced martial artists in the world. And the action scenes are so slow and clunky that I honestly think I could beat this Batman in a fight. The action scenes were bad for a number of reasons. Michael Keaton is not an action hero. He's just so small and fragile. And the actions scenes really suffered because of this. Secondly, Tim Burton cannot direct actions scenes. I don't know if they have good fight choreographers on set or not, but Tim Burton should have had someone else direct these action scenes. They are just so slow and clunky and obviously fake. Thirdly, Batman's suit is too cumbersome. He can't even turn his head to the side. He can't move very fast, which is something he needs to do if he's gonna go out fighting people every night.

Keaton's Bruce Wayne is horrible. Bruce Wayne is supposed to be this rich playboy/ladies man kind of guy. It's a persona he fakes to keep people from suspecting that he is Batman. So in a sense, Bruce Wayne is his mask and Batman is his real identity. I don't know what Keaton was trying to do with Bruce Wayne. Keaton's Bruce Wayne is just this timid, insecure, awkward man. He starts up a romance with Kim Basinger for some reason, and he is so awkward around her.

The only other mentionable character is Vicki Vale, played by Kim Basinger. She is awful. I mean, she is just terrible. Throughout the whole movie, she never changes the expression on her face. Her face is a blank mask throughout the entire film. The other characters, like Alfred and Commisioner Gordon, are not even touched upon. They have a few lines here and there, but they exist purely to be there because they have important roles in the comics.

In conclusion, Batman is an overrated film due to it's overrated performances, particularly by Keaton and Nicholson. Most of the characters are way too underdeveloped, and the ones who are developed enough are not likeable at all. Also, the director, Tim Burton, has gone on record as saying that he hates comic books. I'm sorry, but if you want to make a comic book movie, then you need to get familiar with the source material. Not just make a darker version of a campy 60s show.

I thought this came with a Digital Copy?
2009-11-15 - The Blu-Ray is great.. but isn't this suppose to come with a Digital Copy? If so.. I don't have it with the copy I bought from Amazon.

Great Blu ray!
2009-10-21 - Very pleased with this blu-ray. The cover art is great and the features are many. The quality is also superb on my 32 inch lcd. This is a must have for any Batman fan. Now onto Batman Returns on Blu ray!

Very Good Batman Movie
2009-10-01 - This is and was the best Batman movie until the new ones hit the screens. A must see and own for Batman fans. Enjoy!!!

A Classic
2009-09-23 - Now that the hype of The Dark Knight has died down, it's time to remember the original Tim Burton film. Now I know I previously praised that film but the original is undoubtedly the best. Michael Keaton is my favorite of all the movie incarnations. Kilmer was OK and Clooney was just a joke. Bale does a good job and I commend him on actually using two different voices for Bruce and Batman but not in this manner. Sounds like he has lung cancer or something. Now Keaton does use a different voice; he subtly lowers his voice. And when Bale is in his Bruce Wayne persona, he acts to hard to through people off. When Keaton was cast as Batman, there was a public outcry as people couldn't picture him as Batman. Isn't that how it's supposed to be? You shouldn't suspect him at all. The suit in this film is way better than in the films to follow (except Returns as that was pretty much the same suit with minor alterations). It's classic Batman. Keaton handles the action well and the quiet moments are standout (there aren't really any quiet moments [except in Returns] in any of the sequels). Kim Basinger is good as Vicki, noting that she's essentially a knockoff of Lois Lane back in the 50s. And she's a much better actress than Holmes/Gyllenhal (or however you spell her name) in the newer films. They look like clueless teens who somehow ended up in a big superhero film. And Nicholson is my favorite modern live-action Joker. Not to knock Heath Ledger, he was good too, but the way Nicholson played him is actually the way the Joker should be played; a psychopathic clown who commits his crimes with a flair for the theatrical. If he's gonna kill ya, he's gonna do it in style. Billy Dee Williams should've had more screen time as Harvey Dent and he was contracted to play Two-Face but he was paid out and we got...over-the-top Tommy Lee Jones. Michael Gough's Alfred is good but I prefer the Michael Caine version as he's more involved with things. Pat Hingle's Commissioner Gordon is hardly in the film to really critique so Gary Oldman's version is better. Danny Elfman delivers with the music, providing a theme for Batman that rivals John Williams' Superman, but the actual person conducting the orchestra is none other than Shirley Walker, the woman who would provide the music for Batman: The Animated Series and most of its subsequent spin-offs.