KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Richard Chatten Incredible as it may seem, it was fifty years ago today that this movie originally premiered at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on 30 July 1966. It's a substantially different entity from the TV series, to which frankly it doesn't really do justice. The series looks better with each passing year with its clean lines and pristine, saturated colours which more resemble the dynamism and visual clarity of an actual comic strip than the murky recent big screen offerings. Despite the supposedly juvenile demographic of this 'Batman', it has more literate dialogue than any modern superhero movie: could you imagine Christian Bale's Batman possessing the vocabulary to employ a phrase like "human jetsam"?But at 105 minutes the movie feels overstretched and rambling, and I miss the narration by producer William Dozier that was so much part of the TV series. The bigger budget meant the producers could splash out on The Penguin's submarine along with the Batboat, Batcopter, and Batcycle; which came in handy as embellishments to seasons Two & Three, but which for me slow the action down (I find The Penguin's sub very confining during the latter half of the movie, and staging the final punch-up on it's narrow deck feels more cramped than similar showdowns in the TV series; especially as it's obviously shot on the studio tank in front of a painted backdrop of the sky). On the plus side there are none of those endless back stories for each villain that take up so much of more recent Batman movies; although the fact that The Catwoman is already a "known supercriminal" with a long career in larceny already behind her, yet Batman doesn't immediately recognise her at a press conference masquerading as Kitanya Irenya Tatanya Karenska Alisoff of the 'Moscow Bugle' really does strain credibility, even by the standards of an unabashed piece of hokum like this.An incidental advantage the 1966 movie has over both the TV series and the later movies is in the characterisations. In one of the Tim Burton movies Batman casually turns a flamethrower on a few goons; which is really not acceptable conduct for the guy who's supposed to be the Good Guy. This Batman risks his own life to spare a family of ducks; which is as it should be. Adam West spends much more time as Bruce Wayne in the movie than he usually does in the TV series, and as Wayne is permitted a more fiery temperament than Batman ever displays; as when he loses his temper and attempts to head-butt The Riddler. All those narcissistic egos cooped up together on Penguin's submarine also generate friction: I particularly liked The Joker's admonition when it falls to The Riddler to post a ransom demand: "And none of your stupid riddles, do you understand? Make those messages plain!", and the droll nautical exchange between Penguin and two of his goons (probably ad libbed by Meredith), "Yo Ho!" - "Yo Ho What?" - "SIR!".And then there's Lee Meriwether's Catwoman.Julie Newmar being unavailable, Ms Meriwether stepped into Newmar's ankle boots (minus the gold chain and medallion around her neck that Newmar always wore) at the very last minute, and director Leslie Martinson (now 101 years old, by the way) initially had to shoot around her; yet another reason why she actually has so disappointingly little screen time as The Catwoman compared to the interminable Kitka footage. But from this liability a special strength inadvertently derives, and the movie's take on The Catwoman is both unique and closer to the comic strip; never to be repeated.When the movie was made Julie Newmar had so far made only one isolated appearance in Season One; so this represents only The Catwoman's second appearance among the premier league baddies (whereas Gorshin's appearance as The Riddler is almost a swansong; after being nominated for an Emmy he fell out with the producers over money and made only one more appearance in the series in Season Three). Because all the usual lovey-dovey stuff between Batman and The Catwoman that Julie Newmar found so boring is reserved for the scenes with "Miss Kitka", for the first and last time The Catwoman herself is portrayed purely as a ruthless career criminal with her mind firmly on her work and a belligerence far from the flirtatiousness and playful good humour of Newmar and Kitt. (More like a genuine cat in fact.) To this day many people don't get it that the Bruce/Kitka 'romance' is just a ruse by The Catwoman to lure the Caped Crusader into a trap. Furthermore, Newmar deliciously played The Catwoman with the light of madness forever dancing in her eyes, which perfectly complemented that sensational costume she wears; whereas Meriwether by contrast seems superficially more 'normal' - a selfish, humourless cow, but 'normal'. Both Newmar and Kitt seem authentically to have clawed their way from the wrong side of the tracks; but Meriwether has the insolent air of entitlement of a prom queen gone bad, thus cutting a more incongruous figure as a grown woman in the fetish gear Newmar and Kitt seemed born to wear (as worn by them, wet-look black stretch lamé isn't a fabric it's a weapon!), in which Meriwether marches about rather than slinks. Of the three, Meriwether also most resembles those coldly handsome, high-cheekboned harpies that women in comic strips tend to look like.Gorshin's Riddler is obviously headed for an asylum rather than jail when this is all over, with Meriwether's Catwoman the least flamboyantly crazy of the four: just another nasty baddie who belongs in jail. When Bruce Wayne warns the assembled baddies that "I swear by heaven. If you've harmed that girl. I'll kill you all!", unusually for a female adversary The Catwoman is obviously included in this threat. And when finally unmasked and batcuffed, Meriwether's Catwoman reveals herself in her true colours by not showing the slightest flicker of remorse as she is led away pouting to the slammer; unrepentantly heartless & irredeemably evil to the end. Way to Go, Lee!!

Red-Barracuda We've got so used to the idea of the character of Batman being portrayed as a troubled dark character, it can now be easily forgotten that it wasn't always so. The more serious interpretation of the character was first introduced in the 80's when Frank Miller's influential 'The Dark Knight Returns' was released and the rest, as the saying goes, was history. Well, if we go back to the 60's we can see a diametrically opposite version of the character who appeared on our screens, which reflected the more simplistic and child- friendly comics of the time. This movie was an off-shoot of a popular TV series and seems to have been made in the same vein. And that approach is to tackle the material in an unashamed comic manner. The film is full to the brim with funny dialogue, campy humour and hilarious performances. It is, in my humble opinion, one of the funniest films ever made.It is typified by a superb cast who all perfectly understand how to approach the material. Batman and Robin are portrayed by Adam West and Burt Ward, respectively. Both actors put in hilariously straight-faced performances, where they deliver ridiculous lines in a totally deadpan manner. Their adversaries are four super-criminals - the Joker (Cesar Romero), the Catwoman (Lee Meriwether), the Riddler (Frank Gorshin) and the Penguin (Burgess Meredith). All of them chew up the scenery at every given opportunity and are highly amusing in these absurd over-the-top roles, with the added additional advantage of Meriwether being very sexy as the feline villainess.There's really no point whatsoever detailing the plot here but suffice to say that the ultra-camp baddies implement various elaborate schemes along with their half-witted underlings and the Dynamic Duo thwart them at every turn. In amongst all this there are numerous entertaining moments, most famously the truly hilarious shark attack and disposing-of-a-bomb scene; while the big finale has the characters fighting on top of a submarine replete with big on screen sound effects like 'Pow!'. But really, there are dozens of laugh-out-loud moments in this one. It's really a kid's movie that remains immensely entertaining for adults, on account of the intentionally funny dialogue and performances, knowingly absurd sequences and its colourful 60's look and feel. On top of all that it even has a great iconic theme tune. From start to finish this is unadulterated entertainment pure and simple. Where the later films tended to be either dark or oh-so-serious, this one categorically is not. Instead it is a comedy classic and for me, quite easily the most entertaining Batman movie ever made.

adonis98-743-186503 Batman (1966) The Movie is based upon the popular TV show that came around the 60's and it was a huge success. Listen i don't have any problem with people who actually loved this but my god was this movie unfunny, stupid and bad? Batman The Movie is a disappointing first try in order to make a Batman film i see now why Joel Schumacher's Batman Films were mediocre. Riddler was actually Joker in this movie, Joker had a mustache, The Penguin trained Rocky Balboa and Catwoman was annoying. But the worst thing about it is the Dynamic Duo i mean Clooney and O'Donnell did a much better job than this guys. Adam West's portrayal of Bruce Wayne A.k.a Batman was way wrong this is a guy who saw his parents get murdered in front of him and he gets dressed like a bat in order to scare his enemies and not saving cats or running with a bomb in his hands. The acting was bad, the villains were bad and the movie is pretty mediocre you know that your film is meh when you make Batman & Robin look like a masterpiece. Also the dumbest scene in the movie is when The Penguin tried to force Batman and Robin to take him in their cave so they could test him i mean why would they even need to test him that's clearly Penguin the Umbrella, the walk, his voice everything gave him a way but i guess the director tried to put some more humor. Also another annoying thing with this film was every time when they said something with the name 'Bat' in it like Bat-Ladder, Bat-Phone, Bat Gadget, Bat this, Bat that seriously? And Batman also says in his enemies what he is going to do with them that's new. Anyways if the Critics really want to see Ben Affleck's Batman doing crappy things like that then sure they could always watch this movie but for the rest of us the Dark Knight is not a joke and if he has to kill people in order to prove that then do it already. Thank God that Adam West didn't reprise his role in Batman 1989.

Terryfan Batman: The Movie is based on the 1966 Batman series I did watch some of the episodes of Batman starting Adam West and Burt Ward.The plot of Batman: The Movie centers around Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) learning that The Joker (Cesar Romero), The Cawtwoman (Lee Meriwether), The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) and The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) have join forces. Which leads to the Dynamic duo on a wild chase and we learn more behind their team up laterThis film according to some was going to be the pilot for the TV series to follow however it just turn out to be otherwise differentWhile the TV series when you look back on it "That's the 60s for you" many love it for nostalgia which is in our nature to have a love for the classics This movie is actually pretty fun to watch I am a Batman fan and it is really good to enjoy and one of my favorite films of BatmanThe plot for the film is very good and it keeps your interest there is some creative acting and you can't help but enjoy the cast's work what I think makes the movie a winner is the one liners and this movie is full of them some of the best ones to ever come from any movieWhile it is cheesy at some points I still consider this a fun movieI give Batman:The Movie an 7 out of 10