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List Price: $52.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 47152
Released: September 5, 2000 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
This 4-title boxed-set contains all of the titles in the Batman series, including: Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin.
Description of The Batman Legacy - All 4 Feature-Length Films:
For fans and newcomers, this boxed set holds a great collection, including all four great movies. The first in the series, Batman (1989), and arguably the best of the four movies, exudes the moodiness of the Dark Knight's character. Tim Burton's direction and Michael Keaton's rendition of Batman are an electrifying combo. Together they capture the sinister atmosphere of Gotham City and Batman's darkness. Jack Nicholson as the fiendish Joker and Kim Basinger as the resourceful and gorgeous Vicki Vale lend their charm. Three years later, in 1992, Burton and Keaton reunited for Batman Returns. This time our pointy-eared hero has to combat two villains: Danny DeVito as the disturbed and freaky Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman. In Batman Forever (1995), Joel Schumacher gave his direction to the story with Val Kilmer under the cape. Kilmer keeps the moodiness but adds a little panache to his rendition. His archenemies this time are the Riddler (Jim Carrey) and Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones). Luckily, he enlists the help of the Boy Wonder, Robin (Chris O'Donnell). The final movie in the series, Batman & Robin, is great eye candy, and this time Schumacher returns with George Clooney as the leading man and Chris O'Donnell again as Robin. Together Batman and Robin battle the icy Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger), with a little help from Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone). Delve into the Gotham City world with the Dark Knight to protect you, and don't forget to make lots of popcorn for this Batman marathon. --Samantha Allen Storey
The Batman Legacy - All 4 Feature-Length Films Reviews:
great movie 
2009-09-22 - Batman and Batman Returns are two of the best Dark Knight films ever, right up there with the new Dark Knight movie.
A smart buy for loyal fans 
2009-08-21 - For anyone who is a fan of the old Batman series this a good collection. It contains bonus materials of all four movies that you cannot get when you purchase each movie individually.
Anthology was a horrible idea
2009-07-25 - I do not understand why Warner would combine two of the best Batman films (Batman, Batman Returns) with two of the worst (Batman Forever and Batman & Robin). They are completely different. What they should have done was package together a Tim Burton Double Feature Deluxe Edition and left the other two in the vaults locked away where no one can get to them. Joel Schumacher ruined the Batman franchise, but it was also started by the idiotic Warner executives at the time as well as all the angry mothers with nothing better to do than complain that Batman Returns was too dark for their kids. Buy Batman and Batman Returns seperately. Burton got it right the first time with Batman. It was the perfect mix of darkness and comic book/fantasy world. Batman Begins and The Dark Knight don't make me think of Gotham City. They are too realistic and Batman sounds like he is a chain smoker with his overly raspy voice. Burton & Keaton Forever! Jack Nicholson, Danny Devito and Michelle Pfeiffer were all perfect as the villians!
The original is the only good one. See the new movies instead! 
2009-07-14 - Please do not waste your time buying the Batman Anthology, especially not on Blu-Ray. I'm sure it will only be more horrible in high definition.
The first movie, with Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as The Joker, will always have a place in my heart as the first real Batman movie. It was a pretty good one, as well, even though it appears to be a low-budget film.
The other three movies aren't worth watching, whether you've seen them or not. You will be better off spending your time waiting for another Christopher Nolan Batman movie (Director of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight").
Those two movies have been awesome to watch. I saw the first one at a Drive-In (as an afterthought, no less! They always showed two movies at the Drive-In), and the second at home on my HD TV. Either way blows the older movies out of the water, and these are actually interesting.
The first two are good.
2009-07-14 - I would buy this if I could get it without Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. I just can't support giving Joel Schumaker any money for those endeavors.
