well then...
fill me in on the old-batman films..
cause I'm kind've a little too "young" and haven't been able to see them..
are they good?
and if so, then like...which ones would you recommend and stuff?
cause like...
since , kind've caught up in all tha-batman hype, then I may aswell go and see all the other batman movies and stuff..
but I don't wanna watch any that sucked and stuff..
so which ones are "GOOD" and stuff?
OK, there was a movie made about the old TV show, you know, the "we're laughing at you, not with you" show starring Adam West, called "Batman: The Movie." Avoid that at all costs.
Tim Burton did the movie "Batman" starring Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as the Joker. This ones decent, but the characters are no where near as deep and serious as The Dark Knight.
"Batman Returns" was also done by Tim Burton and that REALLY stands out in this. A lot of gothic looking sets and circus stuff. It again stars Michael Keaton as Batman, Michelle Pfieffer as Catwoman, and Danny Devito as The Penguin. This one is decent too.
"Batman Forever" is done by Joel Schumacher and it stars Val Kilmer as Batman, Jim Carrey as The Riddler, Chris O'Donnell as Robin, and Tommy Lee Jones as "Two Face" Harvey Dent. This movie is utter shit. Stay away from it.
"Batman and Robin" may fall into the same category as above, but I like this one for a few reasons. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Mr. Freeze) is awesome, Uma Thurman (Poison Ivy) is actually hot for once (Well, she's kinda hot in Pulp Fiction), and Alicia Silverstone (Batgirl) spends a good chunk of the movie in tight leather. But overall it's just as bad as Batman Forever...if not worse.
"Batman Begins" starred most of the current cast from The Dark Knight except it had Katie Holmes instead of Maggie Gyllenhaal (fuck Tom Cruise for not letting her come back). It had Callian Murphey as The Scarecrow and Liam Niesen as the guy that actually trained Batman. This movie is pretty awesome. The characters are again deep and serious. It really did clean the slate for The Dark Knight.