"Batman" (1989) Directed by Tim Burton

“You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?”.

With Danny Elfman’s iconic theme in the background and the Batman motif slowly being unveiled, we cut to a wide shot of Gotham City and it’s cartoon like feel, the hustle and bustle of a busy city below and we’re immediately in a Tim Burton film and Burton’s very individual take on Batman. 23 years on the effects may look a little dated compared to today’s standards, even the repertoire of “toys” so synonymous with Batman are a little dated too, but it remains a benchmark for others to follow and a triumph for the Director. On it’s release 23 years ago I loved this film for it’s closeness and homage in many ways to the TV series, for Michael Keaton as a superb and underrated Batman, for Tim Burton bringing Gotham City to life so brilliantly, and for Jack Nicholson! His portrayal of The Joker still resonates all these years later. It’s sublime, pitch perfect and as the character unravels, Nicholson balances the fine line between psychopathy and madness excellently.

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The above opening paragraph is taken from my original spoiler free review of "Batman" penned and published over a decade ago, transferred to my Medium blog site on 15th January 2023 and which can now be read in full and for free via my Substack blog site and updated and original article linked immediately below. I have also linked my original career opus blog article on the first 18 films in the cinematic career of Tim Burton below too:

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/batman-1989-7e8a173eecf8

https://medium.com/@stephenblackford561/the-magic-of-tim-burton-680403373369

This spoiler free appreciation is also integral to volume 1 of my 7 volumes of "essential film reviews collection". Currently only available as individual e-books from Amazon and priced at £4.99 however (1) these volumes are exhaustive with numerous spoiler free film reviews contained and (2) should you have an Amazon Kindle "Unlimited" package you can read each and every volume for free.

Volume 1

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All 7 Volume Series

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