All The Batman Movies - Nostalgia Critic

hello I'm the Nostalgia Critic I remember it so you don't have to well guys this is it the big one the [ __ ] stopper the constipation of American Cinema a bowel blockage from which nothing of any value can possibly be removed what is said to be one of the worst films of all time I am of course talking about the Indescribable Terror that is Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin [Music] oh we are talking about a movie that's so bad that lawyers are actually making reasonable arguments that their client's crime may be horrible but at least they didn't make Batman and Robin and in the remotest parts of Southeast Asia it is still considered the number one preferred form of execution so as you can tell reviewing the stinker however before I review it let's take a look at the declining history of these Batman movies the first Batman film was released in 1989 under the direction of then newcomer Tim Burton it was edgy dark and made just as much for adults as it was for children in fact it was made more for adults and continues to be the highest grossing Batman movie to date the second film Batman Returns was also very edgy and dark but maybe a little too dark a lot of people didn't gravitate towards the often disgusting penguin or the exceptionally depressing storyline while the first Batman ended on a triumphant no Batman Returns ending was more Bittersweet and left a lot of people feeling kind of empty while still a big kid Batman Returns wasn't the mega Blockbuster Warner Brothers was hoping for so Burton was booted off the movie sequels and replaced with another director enter Joel Schumacher director of the third Batman film Batman Forever which was definitely more kid-friendly bringing in stars like Jim Carrey some bright flashy colors and some really corny one-liners of the car it wasn't good it but it certainly wasn't horrible it was the Batman film studios always wanted safe and marketable and as you would imagine it was a big hit so logically Schumacher was called in to direct the next one and seeing how this is one of the worst films of all time special precautions have been made today to prevent me from killing myself for example um all sharp objects have been removed from the building they took away my ties but I don't hang myself and oh they also padded the edge of my glasses so that I don't jab them in the sides of my throat but they didn't count on my cyanide pills so let's take a look and see just how bad Batman Robin really is [Music] well this doesn't seem too bad they're just suiting up there's the Batmobile the music's nice maybe this won't be so horrible after all I want a car chicks dig the car this is why Superman works alone so yeah if you're not a fan of one-liners don't worry there's only 167 billion more of them you lie so the story centers around our main Heroes Batman played by George Clooney and Robin played by Chris O'Donnell as they plan to stop the evil Mr Freeze from you guessed it taking over the world of course it opens with freeze played by Arnold Schwarzenegger robbing the Gotham Museum so our heroes suit up for battle for the opening fight scene and yes those costumes come complete with bat nipples and bat asses all right you all know what's coming now that we got that joke out of the way let's continue Mr Freeze is stealing a diamond that apparently Powers his Sub-Zero suit apart from that his only goal seems to be making jokes about a subject matter that unfortunately lends itself to a lot of insufferable puns and I'll give you four guesses as to what that subject matter is a celebrity gossip B political satire C family dilemmas or D ice Iceman Cometh pick some ice can you be called Jill freeze whale cool party stay cool if your answer was D no [ __ ] thanks for playing so Batman comes busting in along with his sidekick Robin on his motorcycle as the fight scene rages we get an onslaught of Lane lines and over-the-top stunts hey sketch you break it you buy it in fact you may notice a similarity to another familiar style can't quite put your finger on it maybe this will help [Music] that's right this Batman movie has stopped moving forward with its dark storyline and complex character development and has instead gone back to the campy bright and colorful style of the original Adam West TV show foreign so as the fight scene continues we see Batman and Robin literally skate across the icy floor playing hockey with a valuable hunk of diamond do I even have to make fun of this meanwhile freeze manages to hook up a rocket that'll launch him into space what killed the dinosaurs gee is it something having to do with Ice Age Ant-Man works his way up the rocket where the villain freezes him to the wall freeze you're mad yes listen to the sane man in the bad suit I think not Robin comes to rescue him as they surf their way down to the ground off the doors of the rocket the only thing that would make this scene lameer is a robin actually shouted cowabunga foreign as if the scene couldn't possibly be any longer Batman Robin Chase freeze into another building where Robin gets frozen by the ray gun stay cool boy how much longer is this movie 10 minutes we're only 10 minutes in oh this film is gonna be the end of me show some mercy all right so after freeze gets the Diamond Back Batman stays behind to throw out bird the boy your emotions make you weak that's why this day is mine I'll kill you next time why not kill him now I wish I knew as you can tell Schwarzenegger is easily by far the worst actor in this movie I've got some Wild Oats to sow until this person came along and you are poison ivy ah yes Poison Ivy the woman who started off as a nerdy environmental scientist who works in the most cliched of evil Laboratories seriously this place is so cliche all you need is a strike of lightning on the building foreign she's shocked to find out that her boss is turning people into Mexican wrestlers to auction off to power hungry dictators finding out that his diabolical plans revealed her boss takes it well I'm afraid you'll have to die from all the toxins and chemicals arises a flowery Femme Fatale known as poison ivy who kills people by giving them venom-filled smooches talk about the kiss of death why are all the gorgeous ones homicidal Maniacs by using her love of deadly plants Poison Ivy's diabolical goal is to you guessed it take over the world of course meanwhile back at Wayne Manor Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson get a visit from an unlikely visitor Alfred's niece Barbara come all the way from Britain uh the new Computer Sciences division I'm sorry I just can't understand you under that incredibly thick British accent I don't know all this luxury really is in my style definitely Liverpool London is kind of rough meanwhile we discovered that the villain is Mr Freeze actually has a wife who has an incurable disease so he keeps her Frozen in the comfort and hidden safety of a neon lit ice cream puff how can nobody figure out that he's in there it's the equivalent of Walt Disney trying to hide out in Disneyland I mean don't you think somebody would take a look it's really ridiculous while trying to figure out a cure for his beloved wife free spends most of his time conducting an orchestra of killer Eskimos to sing I'm Mr White Christmas I'm Mr snow that's just stupid meanwhile the Batman who used to hide from the Limelight and steal any hidden photographs taken of him is now making public appearances at a sexist auction where men bid on good-looking women to take out on a date while there they come across the seductive poison ivy who blows a hypnotizing perfume that makes men bow to her every will and as you sadly might have guessed Batman and Robin actually start bidding on her one million dollars two million three million four million seven million never leave the cave without him a bat credit card they gave him a bat credit card they had the balls to give one of the greatest superheroes of all time a bat credit card no no does not compute does not come here I apologize for that outrage it was childish and immature I just get a little peeved when I see one of my childhood icons carrying oh rape my childhood will you you'll all die you and I'm dying okay I'm fine I'm cool I'm fine I'm fine so after Batman uses the you know what Mr Freeze bust in and ruins the party but through an exciting Chase Batman catches Mr Freeze doing God knows what to him under that cape and places him in Arkham Asylum but Robin is angry because he wanted to get missed to freeze could have made that jump sometimes counting on someone else is the only way you win in fact most dialogue is just bitching and moaning moaning she loves me and not you this is no partnership I want a robin signal in the sky Batman and Robin not rob Batman you could pretty much just replace his dialogue with it look I made a mistake I'm sorry meanwhile in Story number 12 we see that Barbara gets out all her rage and emotions by partaking in pointless motorcycle chases After Dick Grayson saves her from the world's worst blue screen effect Barbara reveals a stunning secret about Alfred how exciting the pain all the time [Music] sick oh Alfred is sick Alfred is sick I mean do we really have to concern ourselves with the butler in this movie I mean come on how sick could he possibly be awkward so Bruce and Dick decide to give him a leave of absence due to reasons of dying here Bruce and Alfred have a very heartfelt talk he also Reveals His personal appreciation for Alfred but maybe a little too much [Music] there's some real issues with women you know that meanwhile poison ivy breaks freeze out of prison and steals his Sub-Zero soon by the way the Riddler suit here is kind of clever but freeze needs his diamonds from his headquarters to keep his suit active I'll help you grab your rocks Ivy agrees to pick them up while also pulling the plug on frieza's wife leaving her to die I wish I was in that jar you can say that again the king Crusaders tried to stop her but are turned against one another because of their lust for Ivy she wants to kill you dick you watch your language Ivy escapes and leaves Batman Robin to fight over her what happened how'd they get away how dare you didn't stop them it's not like this is a job for the police how dare you didn't stop them as Ivy returned she tells freeze that Batman killed his wife so freeze vows to take Vengeance on society all that's missing is for freeze to shout out first Gotham then the world first Gotham and the world okay I hate this look at that that's so lame this is idiotic I really hate this this is so stupid I wish I wish I could kill myself so while freeze tries freezing the world Ivy tries to seduce the dynamic duo and here's something you never thought you'd see in this movie a man kissing a woman no Robin no you're just confused but rubber lip sync ships as Batman and Robin put their few behind them in a ray to kick some green thumbs meanwhile Barbara finds out what anyone with a brain cell could that Bruce and Dick are Batman and Robin and you gotta love her expression when she finds it out [Music] she finds the Batcave where our virtual reality Alfred I know Just Go With It tells her that he knew she would find out who they were discovered the bat cave and has even prepared a bat suit for her to go out and fight crime oh well of course so Barbara helps her colleagues by becoming the Fearsome Batgirl the only character in this movie who should have bad nipples but doesn't seem to have them I never thought I can't fight between Uma Thurman and Alicia Silverstone could be so boring so she defeats Poison Ivy by knocking her into her own man-eating plant I think the only thing missing here is for poison ivy to shout out curses go ahead say it I dare you I double dare you [ __ ] you know you want to you know you want to do every cliche in the book go ahead say it say say it say it curses God damn this movie and finally and final Batman has driven me bad [ __ ] crazy oh tranquilizers always come prepare when Joe Schumacher is involved so Batgirl saves the dynamic duel and reveals her secret identity Bruce it's me Barbara Barbara who would have guessed that mask just hide your face so well I find that unlikely so the three of them set out to stop freeze after having a change of wardrobe apparently and plan to unfreeze the city it's unlike could reverse a freezing process then Rising for five hours here but it's morning in the Congo we could relay the sunlight from the other side of the Equator we'll take the satellites about a minute to realign satellites could be positioned to thaw the city directly but they'll take a computer genius I'm on it all right I'll set the telescope youth all the mirrors oh thank God I don't care so through a series of lame lines ridiculous stunts and over-the-top effects Our Heroes defeat Mr Freeze and blow up his giant ray gun wow just think about how many Starving Children we could have stayed with the money used for these effects talk about your Code shoulder after that they melt all that nasty snow covering Gotham down to your simple basic rubber icicles but wait a minute what about Alfred isn't he still at death's door well luckily freezer's wife has the exact same disease as Alfred and having a change of heart gives Batman The Cure that he kept in his suit and he didn't use this on his wife because so as you can imagine they put freeze in jail get the cure to Alfred and they all live happily ever after but wait what to do about Barbara you are going back to school but you're never gonna win this argument partners partners so you see kids the moral of the story is drop your studies forget all about school dress up in tight leather and live your life as a superhero why because Batman said it's okay I'd say this is a horrible lesson for the kids but I don't think it really matters no kid ever saw this movie Batman was a gigantic bat bomb bat bomb bat bomb why because this film is so terrible so horrific and so got awfully bad that there's only one word that could possibly sum it up you wanna know what that word is I'll tell you it's super crappy [ __ ] horrific HBO [ __ ] I feel so bad that sensors really ought to go and pull it sadly there's not many words that only run with [ __ ] super crap a [ __ ] a rhythmics [Music] here's a film that's so awful I'd rather have a guy come circumcise me with an ax and poke me in the eye I'd rather drink a giant bowl of aphid monkey's glued and there's another million things that I would rather do super crap apocorific expiala [ __ ] I feel so bad the sensors really ought to go and pull it sadly there's not many words that only run with bullshits super crap I'll talk foreign it's awful [Music] you ready yeah let's do this [Music] oh hey guys what's up [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so what do you think of our prequel the DC's Avengers part 1 we accomplished what Marvel did in several boobies with just one movie with the exact same results all right rather we saw a good Batman Superman movie what I thought you liked it no kinda well I bet you did like it no kinda well what's the problem people have been waiting years to see this team up yeah and the choices you made were just so so DC this is arguably the most anticipated comic book movie of all time in that people have been waiting to see it even before it was announced there have been several comics where Batman and Superman are together as well as cartoons but despite there being tons of Batman and Superman movies there had never been one with them together however with the Marvel crossovers proving to be exceptionally successful DC felt it was time to throw their head into the ring and use this as a means to start their own DC Cinematic Universe despite a very strong opening its box office dropped a shocking 68 the following weekend how bad is that Batman and Robin's second weekend had a 63 drop wow that means more people went back to see that film rather than Batman vs Superman what the hell have you done Zack all right well why don't you just start from the beginning of the film all right wait wait you're just playing a few minutes for Batman Begins exactly after showing a flashback we've seen done so much I'm surprised there's not action figures of it we cut to yet another flashback of Bruce driving through Metropolis when it was being destroyed by itself big business associate you have to get out of metropolis why oh wow good thing you called me I never would have looked out the window to notice that I will avenge you man the audience barely knows as well as all the lives we're only now acknowledging might be might be Superman's fault flash forward a year later as thank God Lois figures out Clark Kent is Superman and they discuss their future together Clark I'm concerned people were shot to death in the desert and they're blaming you for some reason hey Zach what's that about yeah what's that about well if you can't see how they would mistake Superman shooting people to death yeah well they think he is Batman I don't think I should have to explain the obvious besides this leads to a very deep conversation I just don't know if the world is ready to accept you or if what you're doing is right or if it is right if it's just gonna make things worse you're standing in the bathtub I'm standing in the bathtub I feel like we were discussing some very important issues here but I'm standing in the bathtub good point but it looks like one of the people intimidated by soups is Lex Luthor play remarkably without an apology by Jesse Eisenberg hey Mr standard man look what I got a shiny green rock that can weaken kryptonians I'll let you have it if you give me access to zodship you seem completely unbalanced why would I give you access to any of that because I've got Jolly Ranchers sold Cherry Cherry by the way Wonder Woman's in this movie hello hello okay so what's the problem come on first Jesse Eisenberg second if Superman took down military satellites trying to track him why the hell didn't he take zod's ship a weapon from Krypton away from them third Jesse Eisenberg fourth there's no reason for Luther to hate Superman here in the comics and movies Superman foils his evil plans constantly so it makes sense to try to kill him but in this movie if anything Lex Luthor benefits from Superman as he said he has contracts to rebuild everything that was destroyed his motivations are completely backward well like everyone else he's afraid of Superman's massive power and ability to destroy he makes me later that's like five Superman's with a fist for a brave and what was that other thing oh yeah oh Jesse Eisenberg what do you want to call him Lex Luthor Jr or whatever this is a Beyond awkward performance even at his corneous Lex is a powerful Charming diabolical Mastermind he always had a cool attitude a business type mindset and a Suave calculating demeanor this guy is more like Roger Rabbit if he was a super villain but at least he introduces quack head to Bruce Wayne that'll really get them hating each other yeah but why we have a vague understanding of why Batman hates Superman but there's really no reason Superman should hate Batman so nice to meet you Bruce Wayne a pleasure's all mine Clark Kent I hear Batman is trampling on civil liberties making people live in fear thinking he's above the law [Music] I hear Superman is powerfully dangerous to putting tons of people In Harm's Way and there's even a one percent chance that he's unstable he must be destroyed [Music] by the way Wonder Woman's in this movie hello howdy boys God I love bringing people together this reminds me of the time that I ended up that's like Luther no right so does he ever shut up I don't know let's ask him huh well I guess I had that coming see you later boys smoking it's like a bad dream man no no that's my department what yeah I want most people to look at me and say he was such a good Batman he could do most of in his sleep so I do most of it in my sleep in fact this is a dream sequence right now no kidding yeah [Music] [Applause] Master Wayne what is it I just don't know commissioner Alfred I just feel like the motivations of the next film are being figured out before the motivations of this film let's do another get me grandchildren anytime soon ah not this again yes this again it gets even weirder when Batman is chasing down some guys who have the Kryptonite and Superman stops him right in his tracks for pretty much no reason well buy only weakness that can kill you I hate you why because you're a vigilante you're a vigilante I hate you because you're responsible for a ton of death you're responsible for a ton of death that's ridiculous I value human life much more than you ever will just stop hypocriting where I'm hypocriting go back to Gotham it's literally across the street tell me something [Music] do you bleed we're cool yeah that's what I thought listen detective if I'm so bloodthirsty as you say I am why haven't I killed you already because I intimidate you boo never answered me do you bleed you will what did you say nothing nothing [Applause] [Music] okay so you guys don't think Batman is Superman have enough reasons to hate each other but hey you gotta give me credit Lex Luthor his plan is pretty amazing how by inviting Superman to the Capitol Building and then blowing it up causing people to hate them all but even in the movie they know he didn't do it and why would Superman use a bomb he doesn't need one but it's okay because he scares super better to Exile what was that Lex's plan I don't know I mean yes yes that's exactly what he wants why does he make another Kryptonian then he tricks the incredibly Advanced Kryptonian technology using fake fingerprints and forces it to genetically combine his DNA with that of Zod you know genetic mutation is forbidden by kryptonians but they're all dead so it really doesn't matter even though your fingerprints convince me otherwise I'll roll with it boy don't you wish this is how all advanced technology worked this phone is password protected yeah but the guy who owned it died oh okay here's all his info jackpot oh hey whose phone is that that's yours what oh hey give me that oh look at all the Spartan porn I don't need this I'm friends with Christopher Nolan so well in Exile clerk comes across his dead father building a snow fort a he's hosed B Clark's hallucinating C more consistent Kryptonian technology or D if this is really your biggest question through all this you're on Quaaludes not up okay meanwhile Luther's men sneak up on Lois and kidnap her oh oh don't worry this happens all the time I brought my own chloroform ah and she wakes up on top of Lex's building hello my dear I'm through my journalistic skills I figured out it was you thus completing my incredibly essential role to this film oh you figured out that Lex Luthor was the bad guy huh real brain scratcher there nobody else would have figured that one out you really solidified yourself as a necessity there you know what I was doing while you were figuring out that incredible info figured out who Superman was figured out who Batman was and I planned two kidnappings to take place on the night that he was planning to finish him off see see there you go and you know what the best part is I did all of that off screen so even I don't know how I did all this impossible [ __ ] um phew is it chilly up here or is that just the cold uselessness of your character hey I'm really important oh yeah sure let's get to the one thing that we know you're good at it's over Luther your mama says black says Blair no but she will when I slit her throat now go kill Batman because I think it'd be cool okay I'll kill you for that pretty high drama huh or isn't this it isn't this what you've always wanted to see yeah it's what we've always wanted to see but not why we wanted to see it we want to see Batman and Superman fight because they have different ideologies that we enjoy one is dark and aggressive the other is kind and hopeful seeing two points of view that are different but we identify with go head and head is deep and conflicting drama but Superman is fighting to save his mom and Batman is fighting because he pretty much does what he does it's not an epic fight if the motivations are weak it is the literal definition of forced yeah but isn't it so cool the way Batman swings them around like a yo-yo yeah and is it a cool the way Superman punches up across the building yeah yeah and wasn't it cool when Batman sprayed it with Kryptonite gas or just minutes later he could stand up with a Kryptonite spear wait a minute let me just dabbing with the spear first huh yeah this is a battle of brains as well as Braun why didn't Batman just stab him as his first move I uh well look Aquaman's in the movie hello answer the question okay we did it so people could see more of them fighting I'm cool and there's your problem they see them fighting but they don't experience them fighting anyone can just watch two people fight hell you can just take two strangers put them in Batman and Superman costumes and have them do cool stuff but if you're constantly questioning why throughout the whole thing you're not experiencing it you're constantly being distracted by elements that don't add up but perhaps you didn't hear me hello cyborg no Zach Batman has the upper hand until an amazing Discovery is made what would you say I need to save oh my God my mother's still alive no you idiot your mother's have the same name this instantly erases all hatred from now on you and I will be best friends I'll throw this over here then I've created the ultimate Kryptonian devil [Applause] I'll just go and grab that then the water what is this like the fourth time I'll save you Lois and I'll grab this spear which is the only thing that weakens me yeah you used to be and I'm Batman Haha I've done it I've created the ultimate Kryptonian devil candy oh oh my face find your spirit all over my face what's going on here Lex I thought you hated kryptonians now you've made another one your plan makes no sense go get it my plan is chaos God versus God Anarchy the Bell has been run ding ding ding ding let's put a smile on that face Lex Luthor you're portraying likes Luther right now that's nothing wait till you see how well we understand doomsday doomsday yes we wrote him so he's a combo of Lex and zod's DNA creating roar I am your doomsday I will find him but that's not what doomsday looks like oh what did you expect a monster evolved from cloning thousands of alien babies dying and being reborn until it created the ultimate killing machine like in the comic yeah why would that look anything modern Luther's goddamn DNA a combination of Zod and Luther should look exactly like that Zod and Luther where did this double-sized double muscle brain dead dick missing creature come from in fact wait a minute Lex Luthor combining his DNA with Kryptonian DNA to create an uncontrollable monster nuclear man oh my God Zack Snyder is getting inspiration from Superman 4 the worst Superman movie ever but stay in the movie dude this isn't a contest for how much [ __ ] you can jam in this movie We Loved These characters because they were given time to develop just because you give them the same name doesn't automatically make them the same character but what if we had the flash shut the hell up okay so after Wonder Woman finally joins the team hello oh I can stay this time awesome Batman has a great idea we need to lure him into the mid to the city towards the creek where all the innocent people are wouldn't it be easier to bring the easily transportable Kryptonite here movies we don't save people from destruction we bring to them then Superman has a great idea I'm gonna sacrifice myself to save us all are you sure yes even though there's probably a thousand other ways we can be doing this right now but no I'm gonna sacrifice myself no I meant I meant are you sure you're gonna kill him because wasn't killing zot a big deal in the first one but I got over it I will farts terrible Superman rushes towards doomsday with the Kryptonite Spear and he dies Superman dies in the second movie well don't forget there's even more than that we use even more Jesus symbolism don't worry we'll get through all the Stations of the Cross Luther is sent to jail see I have a bald head now I'm totally Lex Luthor why so serious and just when you think he's really gone for good a few specks of dirt rise from his coffin hinting that maybe just maybe he'll come back Thus We've combined the most famous Batman and Superman stories into one emotional package giving you but you've always wanted to see come on you know what I want to see no I want to see the Justice League at his funeral but now I can't I want to see a hero slowly stripped of his life in the ultimate battle instead of just being stabbed in one swoop but now I can't I want to build a connection with this Superman the same way he built a connection with me in hundreds of stories but now I can't I want to fear that this might be the time that Superman doesn't make it back but now I can't how many Comics were there before Superman died I don't know hundreds thousands and how many movies did you make with him two two you killed him in two movies and you barely even focused on him you know what I want to see I want to see you earn Superman's death this this isn't [ __ ] Jimmy Olsen this is goddamn Superman he deserves your time and respect ditto this movie is trying to be Marvel The Dark Knight Wonder Woman Justice League The Death of Superman and Batman vs Superman when Batman vs Superman would have been more than enough the reason we love so many of the stories that you were trying to fit into this is because each one was its own individual story The Death of Superman wasn't also a prequel to Suicide Squad or the retelling of Dark Knight Returns it focused on one story and allowed us to get invested sure you have to compromise a story when it comes to making a movie but when you lose the heart and soul of what made that story so special is it worth just squeezing in instead of devoting the time it deserves [Music] so uh that's what you really think huh well I'm sorry that my movie didn't please you in the least a lot of it was pretty awesome what as much as so many of those scenes suck there's a lot of scenes that are friggin amazing the action the visuals Affleck as Batman irons as Alfred when it did certain parts of the comic ride it was a pretty Kick-Ass film so wait did you like it or not [Music] um it's not good I am glad that I saw it if you're just looking for Batman and Superman to fight each other you'll get it it's just not in a story that makes any sense it's got a lot of cool scenes that are hard to say not to go check it out so in a strange way I'm still recommending it I suppose that's all over the map but then again your movie's all over the map so I guess it comes full circle if those are your thoughts then why'd you come all the way out here then well uh we were thinking that uh maybe we could write the next one very violent man [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] guy remember it so you don't have to what the hell is this where are the nipples on the outside of me oh hot entrance critic have I ever let you know that my interest in you isn't purely professional or do I need skin tight vinyl and a whip Tamara you're a freaking professional why you suddenly acting so weirdly horny I'm just representing how an out of touch gay man thinks that straight women act [Laughter] okay why are you suddenly a white guy and a very annoying one at that I'll tell you right after I finish mugging for the camera stop and stop at all of you who's responsible for all this he is hello critic it's your old friend Joe the mocker Nostalgia critics has gotten too dark viewers hun I'm more kid-friendly colorful and nibblicious you won't get away with this mocker I know you don't like it but I was just doing what the studio demanded yeah but I apologize I'm just trying to do something more colorful for the kids you don't need to apologize I understand you're frustrated but why don't we sit down and talk about it over some herbal tea okay that does sound really nice no I won't let the fact that you're a decent human being get in front of the fact that you make horrible crap it's Earl Gray oh I love Earl Gray that's like my favorite no I need someone who won't fall for your kindness I need a geek an angry geek a last angry geek last really yeah I feel like there's a lot of angry Geeks Millions okay I don't know why he calls himself that either but I'm calling it foreign [Music] closet the whole time don't judge me I very much am all right mocker it's time it's time to put it into your Insanity now don't be that way why don't I order us some lattes and we can sit down and discuss Artistic Styles and interpretations he is very nice isn't he he's just the nicest guy he doesn't want to eat them but it won't work we did an entire riff tracks on how your style ruined Batman Forever you did yes and it's still available for anyone to purchase cameos by Mike Nelson Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett good times are just a back click away well that was recorded years ago you couldn't possibly find any fault in Batman Forever now why yeah I don't know I just needed to segue into the review yeah there's like a million jokes about this movie yeah we should probably just get to it Batman Forever [Music] after the 1989 Smash Hit Batman producers were excited to see if the follow-up Batman Returns would deliver as big a financial punch the film didn't quite deliver what the studio wanted with many parents complaining it was too dark for children this resulted in child-friendly merchandise being pulled most notably McDonald's Happy Meal toys not wanting to go through that again the studio pushed director Tim Burton into a producing role and handed control over to Joel Schumacher he agreed to make the third installment Batman Forever More lighthearted and marketable and it seemed to pay off as it made more money than the previous installment Schumacher is best known for his following Epic Ice puns and ass but a lot of people ignore what a cluster of goofiness Batman Forever is seemingly giving it a pass we're here to see if that pass is warranted or if it deserves to be tossed in the Snyder pile pile of what you know what let's take a look at this batshit Insanity with Batman Forever after being assaulted by the big names in this movie interpret that as you will we see Batman played This Time by Val Kilmer getting ready to ride a Batmobile so fat like that even H.R Geiger's original design looked less penisy and if you think they're not going to over correct the Happy Meal tie-in from the last film take a look at this actual opening line can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you sir I'll get drive through well Kane act like they didn't set the bar low from the very start such a weird line clearly done just for a McDonald's ad can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you sir I'll get drive through Tomatoes crisp lettuce two cheeses and a superhero bun it doesn't fit in the movie at all the only way it could work is if it was literally followed by this can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you sir I'll get drive through two cheeseburgers a large fries and uh I got a movie out so just give me whatever plastic shellac with my face on it you got bingo Batman drives to the Second Bank of Gotham in Chinatown as a Crime Boss named Two-Face played by Tommy Lee Jones instead of Billy D Williams only the finest of art forms remedy this you know I love the Italian mobster in that he's robbing a bank and juggling his split personality of a district attorney and a burping monkey you know Tommy Lee Jones told Jim Carrey he hated him because he couldn't sanction his buffoonery the blood drained from his face and hugged me and said I hate you I cannot sanction your buffoonery makes sense to me I'm just wondering how acid can turn one half of your face into plastic purple latex as you probably guess you often flips a coin to decide who lives and who dies Fortune Smiles another day of Wine and Roses [Music] I mean I'll kill you later but I'm laying you live for a few minutes I'm a district attorney I can always find a loophole Batman arrives on the scene to meet up with psychiatrist Dr Chase Meridian played by Nicole Kidman hot entrance a dedicated professional as you can see Gordon is trying to figure out how to save the hostages inside but Batman has more important issues to confront like convincing a stranger that bats aren't rodents I could ride a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent oh no you didn't bats aren't rodents Dr Meridian you are interesting your ability to Wiki search intrigues me by the way do you have a first name or do I just call you bats oh what is there a bank robbery or something oh yeah there totally is let's start this party with a bag well we know Dr Murdy and sure did Batman breaks in and fights off a gang of Mexican wrestlers while also trying to get the cameraman a tripod does that device turn people into Roger Rabbit oh apparently it's spread to the music too well the composer run out of money so we just started going to try to trap Hoser two-faced lifts The Vault into the air filling it with acid to rain down on the people of Gotham and their multi-colored Windows medieval times it's more subtle with their color use he uses his grappling hook to break through the incredibly weak concrete which also supports a giant metal safe because it's suddenly the strongest Concrete in the world I knew they shouldn't have used this stuff to face flies this helicopter towards the statue of gothamy it was a gift from French Metropolis while both Two-Face and Batman jump out in time leading to [Music] can we just start a pointless Schumacher slo-mo count well if I could start a Val Kilmer mouth hanging open count but that with my Christian Bale mouthinging open count well let's look at the menu if you share the slo-mo count with a Jim Carrey making an excited he farted face count then you can share the Val Kilmer mouth hanging open count with Christian Bale's mouth hanging open count and who gets the bad news we all do Harvey Too Faced is still at large and extremely dangerous wow Batman the Animated Series did not age well that's supposed to look realistic it's not I know it's not speaking of which we're introduced to Jim Carrey as Edward nigma a name so ridiculous even the Animated Series refused to believe he didn't just make it up what did you mean a joke on his name his name is Miss Edward Enigma I get it Enigma Edward Edward Enigma look at us Two of a Kind huh at first I thought Kerry's portrayal of enigma was a little too over the top but after internet culture and Fanboys blew up leave her alone yeah it might be too subtle Enigma is obsessed with Bruce Wayne and wants him to okay his device that beams TV signals directly into the human brain I'm sorry Ed then the answer is no tampering with people's brain waves mind manipulation it just sounds like cable news it just raises too many questions watch this lace you can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half and now Bruce sees the bat signal and uses the um fat pipe to transport himself to the bat cave that must have been a lot of fun for the builders to put in Alfred threw his back out a lot after setting that up chair does he really see no problem arising with that setup boy Bruce this is a really comfortable chair it turns out the call came from Dr Meridian Commissioner Gordon he's at home I send the signal no trust me you're sending all the signals and thus we partake in one liner theater he's trying to get under my Cape doctor a girl can't live by psychosis alone it's the car right chicks love the car oh oh I know the opening line for the next film black rubber try firemen less to take off this is sexual harassment and I don't have to take it my life's an open book you read I'll bring the wine you bring your scarred psyche or do I need skin tie final and Whip please lady what's your PhD in bad pickup lines come to think of it what was she shaking earlier Commissioner Gordon bat blocks them showing up in his pajamas I saw the signal what's going on false alarm are you sure I so wish there was an emergency just so I could see him fight crime in his pajamas oh you saw my director's cut Nick about meanwhile kidnaps his boss and uses his device on him yay you made Spy Kids 3D and because this film isn't subtle enough no no no no no no no no no no no clearly dignity has been returned to the Dark Knight after stealing his brain waves nigma kills his boss and we're showing the most cinematic Court show ever was horribly scarred by awesome Moroni although bad man tried to save him dance left brain damage transformed him into a violent criminal blamed Batman well there you go one third of the Dark Knight movie condensed into two sentences shouldn't he want revenge on the Crime Boss also is Batman testifying in court is he a valid witness if no one knows who he is it just raises too many questions no [ __ ] Bruce has given a riddle in his office after it's revealed that nigma's boss seems to have jumped to his death yep definitely suicide best commissioner ever meanwhile we see Wayne Enterprises apparently hands out really shitty paychecks as enigma's home slash someone else's closet is being used to send more threatening riddles Bruce takes one of them to a hmm professional Dr Meridian please oh that wish you can figure out the rest Bruce here's threatening sounds from her office but it looks like she was just doing her usual in-office boxing before a session are you sure he's supposed to be the crazy looking one here and of course he gets her in-depth expert advice this letter writer is a total whack-off at this point I'd actually trust wacko more than you he's obsessed with you his only Escape may be to purge the fixation so not only is he a wacko but you've jumped to the conclusion that he's a guy I think we established he's not a good psychiatrist the two of them hit it off I guess they more play I Spy of obvious symbolism in the room you have a thing for bats she's a Malaysian dream Warden she protects you from bad dreams and he invites her to the Gotham charity circus a Joel Schumacher film you say [Music] looks at men the same way Michael Bay looks at women and Men the more I think about it it's here that we're introduced to the Flying graysons one of them soon to be Robin the 25 year old boy wonder I'm totally 15 you guys I'm like into Pokemon or whatever but Two-Face interrupts the televised circus performance you know those common circus performances you see all the time on TV and tells the crowd that if Batman's identity isn't revealed he'll blow everybody up Batman bruised broken bleeding in a word The Graces try to stop the bomb but two-faced guns them down leaving only dick some days you just can't get rid of a bomb [Music] the day is saved but young Grayson is left without a family to demonstrate Schumacher's understanding of this tremendous loss we cut immediately to a horse humping a rock okay I'm out of here excuse me I could figure telling that cop might stay here for a while save me a truckload of Social Service interviews and Charities so uh no offense but no thanks well you're illegally an adult so do whatever the hell you want fix on two face I don't want to kill him killing Two-Face won't take the pain away it'll make it worse I mean I felt great when I killed the Joker but it probably wouldn't fit you Bruce says forget your parents and fix my bike which dick immediately agrees to but it looks like Batman is being called to an emergency that will never be addressed so Alfred is left to tend to Bruce's dick I know what I said is this a robin my brother's wire bro swung out and grabbed him my father said it was his hero I flew in like a robin hairline turned out to be ah but your father was right the first time anyway two-faced Ambush is Batman on his way to the crime we'll never see as once again we're introduced to the world's strongest freaking grappling hook [Music] tune in next time kids same batshit implausibility same batshit for me meanwhile nigma is trying to figure out what to call his alternate identity but his Geico caveman puppet apparently has an idea [Music] thank you thank you so much I shall be the green light bulb meanwhile two-faced salts in his split layer yeah it's as complex as his character is gonna get folks well apparently the Riddler is waiting there too don't mind me I'll just be waiting for the assisted director to cue me I made your favorite asterno and grain alcohols try it out all right Drew Barrymore calls it a starter we have two minds about what to eat first what the green light bulb the river comes out of literally hiding and says he can help him kill Batman if Two-Face lets him live but Batman what what post homicidal depression did you enjoy my poor compression the combination of Max Headroom in a green Skittle tells Two-Face that if he gets his device on every television in town he'll help him get Batman Two-Face reluctantly agrees reluctant for him or uh pick one they rob every place they can to mass produce his invention [Music] face this new criminal's pattern of marking his crimes with puzzles as gothamites calling him The Riddler wouldn't they be calling him the rip-off artist I mean obviously the Riddler type character exists in this world from all the toys nigma had so why don't people recognize it it'd be like if a killer wore a Spider-Man costume and called himself the Red Lobster I'd sure that would be a better name how many spiders are red [Applause] [Music] [Applause] nigma gets enough money to sell his device and even finally gives it a name the Box in every home in America and one day the world it's a cone Edward nygma's 3D box it's a cone critics have claimed the Box turns Gotham there's hardly a home without the nigma tech box the Box home I don't know why you have such a problem saying you're watching Jim Carrey's box now I get it meanwhile Alfred wants to make sure he can use the entrance to the Batcave while his dick is occupied yeah [Music] you can hop on one foot and catch up to the door in time yeah Batman's got some hardcore security there have everything turned on while a Meek voice goes Intruder Alert here we are is the [ __ ] cave Intruder alerts the voice it means we got to go the Batmobile just rolled in with the music and everything can't we take a spin in it didn't you hear the voice it called us Intruders think about that no you're right that would be pretty rude now let's get out here before it calls us Ruffians oh wait quick selfie yeah yeah okay foreign meanwhile Bruce and Chase get ready for their date Bruce opens with his most romantic phrases my parents were murdered in front of me and I was just a kid you really know all the pickup lines but he literally gets jealous of himself as Chase leaves her bad porn out maybe I'll leave you too alone try not posing with a smile on the cover of time you egomaniac did you get my bad side but Alfred lets him know that his dick has gone traveling as he cruises around town in the Batmobile wait a minute that's not bad man what are you talking about that's batboy oh yeah I'm like totally a little kid I'm watching Ben 10 or whatever that's not bad man oh wait that's the circus get Bruce Wayne adopted Bruce Wayne's totally Batman you have to be a genius to figure that out I'm gonna put it on Snapchat it looks like a girl is in trouble at this laser tag arcade but good hearty dick is on the way to save her dick feeded but the gang language of a whistle signals the other members to attack uh hello and here trying to look threatening now for crying out loud Batman saves him after getting his cape Caught no really that happens getting some harsh reactions from his dick anywhere at the circus they'll be alive Bruce Wayne could have given his life to your family he would have well you tell Bruce Wayne I hate him oh geez you dumbass Bruce goes to wipe the sweat away Lord knows it took a lot out of him to jump and that's it as he makes it clear that Grayson don't know dick so you're willing to take a life it will happen this way you make the kill yeah but your pain doesn't die with Harvey it grows cool so we run out into the night to find another face awesome and another even better and another this is literally my dream you know that Bruce I'm a part of this whether you like it or not what are you gonna do replace me with Joseph Gordon-Levitt so everyone gathers to see the new version of nigma's box cone Let It Go as Enigma seems to be the toast of the Town how does it feel to be the city's newest The Bachelor Gotham must know oh is everyone's acting channeling a constant orgasm oh I think that's bad check out this guy who tries to think of his latest invention you're dashing and a genius the hell is up with that guy it's like a rabid baboon would be less awkward yeah shall we dance I was asking you so a wild therapist and the world's greatest detective couldn't figure out this is the Riddler Wayne is duped into a mind-reading machine which is interrupted by Two-Face this gives time for him to break free and once again refuse to enter through a door [Music] extras in this movie and try doing their version of the Raiders of the Lost Ark gun scene it doesn't work don't worry we don't blame you stunt man not in any way resembling Val Kilmer as Two-Face moves on to phase two by the way I can't sanction your buffoonery oh look we have two pointless slow-mos and two Kilmer's mouths hanging open and yet I feel so empty it's a two-faced blast him under a mountain of sand of course Ruffin gets everywhere but his dick saves him making Bruce surprisingly unhappy what the hell did you think you were doing I had it out from this movie they bicker and argue but Bruce has no time for that he's got a horny honey he's secretly stalking and Jessica's being Batman occurs never been in love before Alfred perhaps the lady has just what the doctor ordered she seems lovely and wise [Music] hot entrance in my place midnight what is it about the wrong kind of man oh do I need skin tight final and whip honestly I think she's a creepier fan than nicoba nevertheless Batman visits her and she admits she's more in love with Bruce than him [Music] I hope you can understand it's not even his personality it's just something about his jawline oh come on and this of course gives us the bat nurp however Enigma shows us the results of a Bruce Wayne mind reading riddle me this what kind of a man has bats on the brain Aquaman well that's going on Batman decides to give up his night job from this day on Batman is no more Chase is coming over for dinner I'm going to tell her everything so just remember folks it wasn't a super villain or dangerous stunt that ended Batman's career it was a horny psychologist and his whiny dick actually that makes a little too much sense Bruce invites Chase over to tell her everything while kids go trick-or-treating at his house [Music] release the Hound as Bruce continues to flashbacks his dick flees in disgrace and The Riddler and Two-Face find a way to sneak in Twitter and don't forget to move that tray away from the door there you go they blow up the bat cave kidnap Chase Meridian and Two-Face keeps flipping his coin until he gets the side he wants just like the comic I can't sanction this buffoon now wait too much if you kill him he won't learn nothing laughs as Bruce wakes up he's told what happened and The Riddler gets to continue his annoying Jim Carrey impression that man will come from me Batman Museum [Music] coming for you I'd say this is over the top even for him but seeing how the rest of Gotham actually see he fits right in thank you there Who the hell's doing that Catwoman who do you think meanwhile Bruce and Alfred try to figure out the meaning of the riddles realizing there's a number in each one and perhaps they represent the alphabet 18 is ah m i e Mr E and another name for mystery Enigma Mr Enigma Edward nigma there's also a return address from Edward ningma Industries but your way worked too and if for a split second you forgot Joe Schumacher directed this [Music] but he's not the only one who wants to look ridiculous what's that stand for Ralph I just always wanted to be called Ralph that man is rather easily convinced to let him come along now as they go to stop oh I have no boat trading I'm gonna die in this thing thankfully Batman also lets the police know they don't actually have to do their jobs [Music] amazed well I guess our work is done I mean while at Nickelodeon Studios The Riddler in Two-Face try to foil our dynamic duo [Music] photo my dick hi we've had a lot of fun with people named dick today but they're all good sports so the next time you see your local dick why not go up to him and say I know it's hard dick foreign [Music] you know between the Joker's gun and a green light the Bat Plane is pathetically easy to take down isn't it holy rested metal Batman huh the ground it's all metal it's full of holes you know holy oh we gotcha the movie wouldn't be so silly to put that kind of line in there however lines like this he's trying to get under my Cape doctor and this I'll get drive through and this car right chicks love the car are totally fine the two are separated leaving Robin to fight Two-Face alone [Music] my father [Music] [ __ ] my uncle you never met I hope you have a small family Batman reaches the Riddler who looks like Elton John Liberace and syndrome fused by Satan as he Reveals His evil plan my little box will be on countless TVs around the world feeding me credit card numbers Bank codes sexual fantasies and Little White Lies wow that's actually kind of relevant yeah like legit clever commentary I am I am I am not saying this is ahead of its time he shows that he captured Chase and Robin in fact he weirdly looks less shocked that Robin is captured than Chase seriously day one and you got caught and The Riddler makes him choose which one dies which one will it be Batman Ruth is love or the Dark Knights Junior partner I'll have the lasagna but Batman seems to have a riddle for the Riddler I see without seeing to me there is daylight the writers you're as blind as a bat exactly he puts on his computer specs because he needed help to hit the giant blender in the middle of the room and The Riddler is turned into pizza dough I have no idea The Riddler ends up dropping them but thankfully Batman's ego weighs more than them so he's able to defy the laws of gravity to save them in answer to what I choose snake well I choose the same compound answer that Spider-Man took go me [Music] you're welcome it was a mistake bringing you and I'm never doing this again nor curtains one and two just plain curtains I like curtains aren't you beginning something Harvey your coin you're always of two minds about everything except when it's not which we've established this most of the time Batman makes it clear that it's wrong for Robin to kill but him on the other hand he can totally keep looking for other faces to kill and this one is two for one he kind of explains this to enigma oh I should have gotten vaccinated both Bruce Wayne and then not because I have now because I choose to be did I mention I am not going to be in the next Batman movie he's sent to Arkham Asylum where the doctor is concerned about what he knows Edward Enigma has been screaming for hours that he knows the true identity a bat man and why my name is in the opening credits even though I only have one line Dr Burton tells me you know who Batman is Ben Affleck okay he's clearly nuts Bruce says goodbye to chase so I guess he did choose Batman over Bruce Wayne kind of cheating and our Dynamic Duds run Triumph the dish Into the Night holds up pretty well doesn't it well while we appreciate you standing there in Silence the whole time yeah I like to listen we still can't say it's a good Batman movie I mean okay it's not Batman and Robin and it's meant to be lighter in tone but it just seems confused on whether it wants to be a comedy like the Adam West show a drama like the Burton movies and thus it turns out it doesn't succeed in either granted it does have a few good ideas and the visuals are still rather stunning in many respects but it plays everything too safe and that's not how Batman should be handled Batman should be different memorable and inspired this film is either annoyingly odd or boringly generic if it didn't have the Batman name on it it'd probably be forgotten quickly as a superhero play it's not the worst but it's not that good either it's a strange installment but not strange enough to leave that big of an impact [Music] I respect your opinion come on why don't we all sit down and have some tea together I've already made some for Malcolm and Tamara are you really really is a nice guy [Music] you know why not yeah I mean I know I don't always like your movies mocker but you seem like a decent down to earth guy well I really appreciate that thank you the Red Lobster this isn't it [Music] [Music] [Music] hello I'm the Nostalgia Critic I remember Nostalgia Critic the Justice League is in danger oh no their future is in great Geo party please meet us at your studio and bring Youtubers with a connection to cinema I can't believe such an original super team movie that broke all sorts of box office records it's in Peril well if they want Youtubers with a connection to cinema it's time to light the cinema or I could just give him a call hey you want to get drunk and nitpick a movie critic critic hello Jeremy I must say it was very brave you to physically transition into talking text with a ding at the end you act as if I had a choice ding fantastic the cinema sins are ready for action there's only one other YouTuber connected to cinema or at least has Cinema in his name that needs to make the long journey hey Cinema snap wanna do a review sure this league wait a minute aren't we forgetting about one other Cinema related YouTuber Cinema Massacre Chris don't you remember cinemasker died a long time ago Diddy didn't seem very convincing ah of course he did Chris just ask him yourself oh yeah I'm totally dead there you see I don't know I just have a feeling he's not really dead also is there something off about his upper lip what are you talking about my lip always looked this way you're all stupid and I'm dead so piss off convinced me yes now don't you come back and save us in our time of need dead people have a bad habit of doing that [ __ ] weirdos all right after so much time building this up we only spent a few minutes is he always like this worse time to unite the Justice League oh there they are now DC's biggest money makers Wonder Woman Aquaman Shazam Joker so what great danger did you summon us to take on oh no we didn't summon you you didn't no we're doing fine better than fine he's the one that summoned you hey guys it's me cyborg from the Justice League Teen Titans [Music] go all right yeah anyway I need your guys's help saving the Justice League but why yeah a lot of DC characters are doing great right now for them sure but if Justice League doesn't become popular again I may never get another movie I guess in some respect I see what he's talking about with the Marvel Cinematic Universe changing the landscape of box office hits DC was rushing to catch up on the potential gold mine that laid before them they released superhero movies that were all connected similar to what Marvel had started five years earlier but where Marvel gracefully eased people into how their world worked with individual Hero Stories DC through unfinished Wikipedia Pages posing as films as some have pointed out DC's cinematic lineup was the equivalent of going from Iron Man to Civil War to Guardians of the Galaxy to Captain America to The Avengers about as straightforward as a curvy metal rod game at carnivals on top of that due to a family tragedy Zack Snyder had to leave as director and was replaced by Joss Whedon and thereabout as polar opposite as you can get so the tone of the film seemed to juggle back and forth as well because of this Justice League underperformed at the box office still making its money back but not becoming the record breaker DC was hoping for exactly and now DC is doing movies that barely tie into a Continuing Story and they're freaking good [Music] so you see unless people see the value in a DC Cinematic Universe that connects there could be no more Justice League and thus no more me all right listen Jax Kano I mean cyborg what he said I don't remember this movie being the greatest but I remember it being better than DC's other stinkers yes with the overflowing positivity we give in most of our videos I'm sure we can find something of value here let's get to it then this is our review of the one and only for now Justice League I was promised boost in the kitchen foreign well this movie had a smaller budget than I thought the studio was okay when Whedon said he wanted to turn this into a found footage movie so one of the biggest criticisms is that Henry Cavill was under contract not to shave his mustache when shooting Mission Impossible 6. which means they had to digitally remove it when he came back to play Superman but this movie had a budget of over 300 million dollars I'm sure they made it look okay Christ did he brush his teeth with Kryptonite toothpaste yeah I didn't know Mouse man was in this movie still waiting I was on film TC what's the best thing about planet Earth you can keep stealing from Marvel and no one will care by the way Superman never does answer this question in the movie presumably his legal team interrupted before cutting you don't have to answer that question cut to Gotham City or the set of holy musical Batman where criminal's robbing a pigeon trainer's house hey they make coin man he stopped by the cape Crusader though played by Ben Affleck if you do it no wait wait wait we're finally gonna see what happened to Johnny gabs it turns out Batman was using this criminal's fear to lure out an alien menace known as the parademons for such a cool name why do they look like the B twins from The Tick I just wanted to tempt your tummy with the taste of nuts and honey he blows up but Batman is afraid there might be more or rather the criminal is afraid there might be more yeah things are cool between them now what was that a scout from space like an alien Army Alfred are you seeing this Alfred you Bruce Wayne I thought you had a way in his jawline it's cause they know he's dead right Superman where does that leave us still able to Rob [ __ ] hello you're a criminal the opening credits show a world without Superman which apparently means a lot more violence a lot more slow-mo and a lot more slow songs yeah Snyder's used to ripping off himself he can do it again with these credits what guns down now Kingsman seizing the central Criminal Court um bang as Wonder Woman played by Gal Gadot decides now is a good time to come out of retirement yeah not 9 11 World War II or anything like that just this place being blown up but how does this tie into the plot to remind you that Wonder Woman was a hit yeah but I thought that who are you you're too late the countdown's already begun of course the code to disarm it is 3615 and damn lasso I'm glad the people are safe but poor Birds we see Batman approaching a village where Aquaman played by Jason Momoa is the dolphin Rocky said to constantly save the day the fight comes we'll need you don't count on the Batman did you hear that that guy's Batman ah I heard he looked like the guy from Twilight strong man as strong as alone you ever hear a Superman he died fighting next to me I know because I originally tried to kill him it's a complicated story but don't worry it makes no sense ah shaved now no one will know that was me well this is the days where one's biggest concerns were exploding wind up Penguins yeah I also miss Bane we don't see the flash played by Ezra Miller visiting his father in prison hurry it up will ya oh I get it yeah I can't sit here and watch you run in place for some old dude who's not going anywhere dad that's not the same time as you may have noticed these character backstories are quickly rushed so you aren't given much time to connect with them yeah Marvel had a bad habit of giving most of the Avengers their own movies so they didn't need to explain much when they met up oh wait are you telling me that the suicide squad doesn't make any appearance in this movie no good see that's what I'm talking about like look at my intro it's mostly just talking there's no flashbacks it's just me saying what happened to me rather than showing what happened to me I can access everything I lost your mother in that accident the Box stays hidden I got a language in my head that I don't speak that is a good point I mean what were your thoughts about Black Widow and Iron Man 2. she was in Iron Man Too exactly but the more she interacts with others the more she forms her character people want to see her in her own movie now because she had unique scenes with unique interactions here we have cyborg having a brooding talk in his apartment a brooding talk on a rooftop and I think a brooding talk against a green screen oh hi Mark oh hey Johnny what's up I have a problem with Lisa she said that I had her what why are we suddenly supposed to be invested after that see that's what I'm talking about man you just gotta be your own thing you don't need to have the connection with them baby yeah if I was gonna fight Ben Affleck's Batman I'd be like a million years old hell Batman's a vigilante and they sell toys of him in my universe Let It Go Let It Go no I believe in the sanctity of the Justice League and all of me getting my own all of us getting our own movie I haven't said anything in a while so ding meanwhile on thermosphere um Amazon Island I already made that joke I already don't care the Amazon's guard a powerful device called the mother box Mother Box yeah she married the GameCube and gave birth to the Game Boy as something awakens it causing great distress what does it feel good to be out of there a Bargain Basement Thanos appears named Steppenwolf voiced by Kieran Hines who tries to steal the mother box for himself call me call me home oh my God Superman's upper lip is mutated and become the villain of this movie no no it's just an unwanted Soul Calibur character even down to the weapon he uses Steppenwolf wins I turn down a cameo in Game of Thrones for this take that Marvel we didn't wait for the end to get our shitty Sky portal he threw it in right in the first 30 minutes grabs the mother box and the Amazon signal Diana by firing a flaming arrow burning down an ancient Monumental building you know a phone could work Lois Lane played by Amy Adams talks about the death of Clark while a seemingly hilarious news story plays my Howard is a good man and these aliens are gonna probe him and I'll stick a probe up your aliens gee I wonder if this was a jazz Whedon written scene Miss janitor's wife had some strong words for the aliens she says stole her man seriously we all know aliens are real so if you see your husband let us know but swearing ladies right who is your Source um the activist who's your guy well I'll see if she'll take your call oh [ __ ] tribe oh scandal it's not a shame we apologize for this confusing lesson we now return you to your superhero movie thankfully Diana meets up with Bruce as let's be honest they're the closest thing to any chemistry of any kind in this movie oh I don't know I think Bruce and Alfred's romance will send Hearts A flutter I think there's an attack coming it's already here Diana tells us about Stephanie wolf while showing us what clearly should have been the climax of this movie as men Amazon fish and Ryan Reynold nightmares fought him off from collecting three mother boxes to rule the everything all the tribes of men fought side by side even the gods themselves all acted as one now it's six people who look like dirty amusement park statues look Mom I missed a Wonder Woman wow okay so I'm not entirely sure why all these armies can't just get together again but we do get everyone's favorite part about the movie The Flash that's right everybody who saw this movie could get behind the Flash oh yeah I do remember him being pretty funny in this movie yeah it's nice to get some comedy in these gloomy DC films tell me about this the person who looks exactly like me but who is definitely not me that was a rocky start but I remember the rest of his stuff being pretty funny my special skills include uh Viola web design fluent in Sign Language gorilla sign language that old gorilla sign language routine caused me to burn a tremendous amount of calories so I'm just a black hole of snacks I am a snack hole were we just looking for anything to like about this movie oh hey it's gotta be a lot better than CW flash which has anybody here seen that show I have and we're in trouble okay you don't get it man everybody was like DC you're too gloomy you need to lighten up well now we have some comedy for you I mean yeah I guess because we saw a little humor in these movies we thought it was okay but but now looking back it's like brunch what is brunch you wait in line for an hour oh shut up Josh Whedon hey lay off that's our Shawarma I mean something totally original could I have a sip of that yeah foreign would just have another dead kid he'd have to mop up that's the sixth flash I've killed this week after watching what clearly should have been the introduction of Aquaman lunch time he goes back to his kingdom to try and stop Steppenwolf as well as continue to have no chemistry with Amber Heard when my parents fought in the wars she took me in what a saint you dare speak of Queen Atlanta that way oh thank God we're back to two people talking in Left Right Justified shots we missed you in your three-minute absence Steppenwolf gets the mother box and sets up camp in Russia finally HBO tells us the truth about Chernobyl unsatisfied with these pictures of Spider-Man JK Simmons as Gordon sees pictures of Batman aren't much better as he summons in to save kidnapped people at Gotham Harbor do you really think that oh wow they just they really just vanish huh oh that's rude hey he's a vital part to these movies man a vital part listen to me now Lois Lane's the key find us does bruise Bruce yeah I don't think we're following through with that anymore okay wait I need to tell you about brunch what is that final part Steppenwolf starts killing people until he's told where to find what he's looking for where is there is a box tea that still sounds so funny as the Justice League turns into the Injustice League the whole fight sequence has the effects of a DC Video Game Boy you really feel the weight of movement in every scene don't you sure the weight of the hand moving a mouse and getting carpal tunnel is very felt here uh did I just score I think so but I'll take it from here uh do I know you did Bruce get another boy toy while I was out Aquaman joins the fight as well I mentioned this as an afterthought because the movie does too and they fight step and wolf off however cyborg finds the final mother box and they go to the bat cave via animated Technodrome elevator wow it's like a cave look if you just imagined him less as a superhero and more is Jason from the good place this really works a lot better this is a person who looks exactly like me but who is definitely not me I mean Jason who is Jason so is this a bad time to bring up my blood sugar you got it homie how do you have good advice see that works that works come on buddy Justice League we got you man we got you we cost more than the Avengers and we look better than the Avengers so sorry about all this oh yeah oh yeah [Applause] [Music] so Batman has a plan to use the mother box to bring Superman Back to Life as he feels he's the missing key to defeating Steppenwolf Superman is dead we don't know what state he's in don't you betsplain to me Superman was a beacon to the world that's why a lot of the world feared him and I tried to kill him so Party City somehow sneaks into this high security base and they dig up Superman but make fist bump jokes so it's not creepy okay we're not ready for racially charged I'm glad we all agree that Justice League grave robbing is cute they use the technology to bring him back to life [Music] Superman lives God that would have made this more fun no I mean he's resurrected but with his memories all screwed up so he sees the Justice League as a threat and they said they'd never make a sequel to brightburn what does it say when the best part of a 300 million dollar superhero movie is an I turn I know you you resurrected me with the shitty upper lip Clark his real name's Clark got next to Bruce Wayne you guys suck at keeping identities uh the lowest arrives hopefully knocking some sense into his brain or at least into his shorts while Steppenwolf steals the final mother box which they left totally unguarded oh yeah oh something is definitely bleeding thanks Josh guys I've done it I found the perfect way to make you see the genius of this movie I brought back Cinemassacre as a pissed off super Mecca death cry oh see isn't that awesomely epic I guess it's awesome but it's not really epic what happened we knew he was gonna come back anyway and it's not really furthering anything if anything it kind of just slows stuff down it's awesome so it's awesomely epic oh come on sweetie it's what you've all been waiting for everybody loves you buddy everybody loves me buddy that's right okay I'll be over here then yeah the studio didn't have enough holes holes kind of like this movie Superman takes Lois to the farm where it's always permanently magic hour o'clock when after coming back from the dead this is what they have to say to each other did I not before thanks Josh don't worry he'd get stranger what was it like coming back itchy okay seriously did a preschool write this you smell good did I nap before what what we like coming back itchy here's a Zen riddle what's flatter in this scene the green screen or his acting just got out of a wooden box honestly weird in so many ways this is nice I do hope that they include Steppenwolf nuking the world in the background they're ignoring of Armageddon just shows how much they're in love [Music] you called Mom you do have better chemistry with her than Lois the team gets ready to take him on but not before Aquaman reveals some embarrassing secrets gorgeous and fierce you know what I don't want to die maybe I'm scared because let's keep it going Game of Thrones is overrated bad batch is underrated there aren't enough jokes about me being in Stargate Atlantis and I banged Nicole Kidman but she likes to say she banged me something many people have noticed is the climax of this movie changed from having a darker gray sky to a neon red sky what do they think this is Batman the Animated Series actually he is animated for most of this it checks out even when they get off the plane the color correction goes from steel blue to Garfield orange honestly it matches the inconsistencies for the rest of the climax like how their flying parademons that are supposed to be scary but also Nickelodeon slime is their blood don't forget how they're focusing mainly on this one family but suddenly it's revealed there's more to be saved even though we never see them what are you talking about there's some in that corner of the screen and there's some in that corner of the screen at least in Man of Steel we can clearly see who's being ignored oh speaking of which he's back wow I really thought he was gonna sit this one out hey at least it earned one of the most awkward Batman faces ever given that face goes here part of the reason the climax feels so empty I mean apart from everything being set up backwards is the CG is not only fake but also cluttered because this is an alien design it's hard to keep up with what we're looking at Avengers an amazingly cheaper movie to make didn't always have convincing effects but it was in a location we all recognize and well lit so we're not always asking are we on a building in a building far away or really close everything is somehow too dark and too bright at the same time with heavy Shadows for a darker background but a lighter background given instead even the colors look really rushed I mean I know it's gonna sound weird but with the obvious green screen fake effects and turned up colors it looks like one of my reviews the greatest combination of Heroes should not look like a review show I put together in a week stop that box from destroying all life on Earth hey look the Batman v Superman poster thanks Justice League defeated the I'm not gonna be my thing and my it's pointless hey thanks Superman for the day is saved as the town turns into the ending of Princess Mononoke and the team decide they need a headquarters for future sequels big round table six chairs right there but room for more though you and Superman might look a little different uh this is a crime scene is there no damn police tape the film ends with Superman and Flash racing again they'll tell you who wins in the sequel and even pipsqueak Luther has a cameo after the credits he and his odd little friends are forming some sort of lead shouldn't we have A League of Our Own out out out so what did you guys think wow that did not hold up as well as I remember and I remember it only being okay at best but come on guys for a movie that's seven years old I think it's allowed to show its age it's only two years old huh this movie's garbage and there's only one thing left to be done there's only one Beacon of Hope that can save the day I said there's only one Beacon of Hope that can save the day oh oh oh okay give me a second oh yes even though the most popular of us had perished you know we have more subscribers than all of you can buy he came back saved the day and most importantly we were emotionally invested every step of the way by God this epicness was earned you're [ __ ] weird [ __ ] weirdos but I don't get it how is blowing up Justice League saving Justice League because you don't want to be like this Justice League yeah you want to be like this Justice League or this Justice League or any of these what the stuff you watch on TV they don't even have a Continuing Story half the time exactly and they're doing really damn good right now Justice League didn't work because it was the end result of trying to do the same thing the MCU did only darker and not as focused where the animated DC shows and movies had similar worlds and characters but never one continual story it would change up a little bit in each one hell I can't even count how many times Superman died in them but each one felt big and epic because it was planning to tell one good story not looking ahead to others and those are the stories DC is doing best right now the self-contained ones the ones that have as little connection as possible to the previous DC movies not only stand on their own but they also allow the most variety with cast members time periods and even Styles constantly being switched around DC may have more of a unique voice allowing exactly that more unique voices Justice League was two very different voices coming together to serve what felt like a corporate environment DC movies now are feeling more individual personal and carrying more weight yeah it sucks we may never get that complete Universe like what Marvel has but this would allow DC to truly be something different maybe even something better in the long run some people have said there could be several different Joker origin movies with several different actors whereas The Joker says I'm going to have it passed prefer to be multiple choice while Justice League is nowhere near the worst superhero movie it's a step away from the potential of what DC films could be giving us bottom line if you want Justice League to thrive continue to stop doing what Marvel is doing and keep doing what DC is doing yeah come to our side we could be deep dark and have money and have audiences love you that does sound nice but no by going that route it means that Justice League was just a big sellout it never had any real story any real depth and it'll never lead to me being in a movie ever again so no I can never join you I will stand by the story that Justice League has started I will stand cyborg get your agent good news baby you got your own Solo movie without the Justice League congrats now the real question is are you gonna go with it are you gonna stick with the Integrity of the Justice League [Music] yeah art means more when it pays more I'm the Nostalgia Critic I'm the Cinema Snob and we're Cinema Sins DC future is gonna be weird let's just soak it's a good weird oh yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hello I'm the Nostalgia Critic guy remember it so you don't have to it's the week of Christmas in 2020. what holiday film best connects with this year [Applause] [Music] might be too happy released in summer of 1992. Batman Returns was Tim Burton's sequel to his record-breaking Batman in 1989. well folks were excited to see it three action afterwards was something like this people didn't know what to make of it they were certainly expecting something dark but this yikes toy companies especially McDonald's Happy Meals panicked because parents were so pissed off something so demented and unpleasant was being marketed to kids why can't we go back to more innocent times of Terminator Robocop and alien toys you [ __ ] since then people haven't really known what to make of this film naturally it has its fans and its haters but most people I talked to put it in the I don't want to think about it because I don't know what to think about a category does it make you stronger watching it does it make you weaker watching it I don't know it just clearly does something so naturally I think this is the perfect film to look over this holiday season let's celebrate Christmas the most appropriate way I can think of this is Batman Returns we see peewee's playhouse has changed since he entered the one percent but his freaky occupants have not for his wife gives birth to a bouncing baby Abomination which honestly is about as good as a Peewee birth can go in my opinion thankfully they had a baby cage ready I'll assume that's an item the rich have but he finishes off his cat food and they decide to give him up for adoption or Bridge that's another option foreign Spirit Merry Christmas from Kenner [Music] you know this really should have been a Disney film it would have gotten a g he floats through the sewers and is intercepted by Penguins yes that will be the most normal part of the story and we cut two years later where Gotham City is having their massive ish lighting of the tree about to attend this event is Christopher Walken playing business Mogul Max Shrek named after the actor from Nosferatu not a DreamWorks energy drink and I gotta say in most films he brings 80 maybe 90 walk into a roll but this flick he brings 100 walking everything he says sounds like an impression of himself that's not growth that's a mild swelling I could hand out more than just expensive bubbles Bruce shame on you Selena yes you could literally change the character's name to Christopher Walken and nobody with bad an eye how industrious he's proposing a new power plant that I think a three-year-old designed so he can obtain well more power um I have a suggestion Michelle Pfeiffer plays Selena Kyle a dorky secretary who may be a power play ER plan driven thus we never hear her suggestion afraid we haven't probably housebroken Ms Kyle hi [ __ ] you buddy dad Mr Maya it's time to go down and bring joy to the masses oh my God we found the only other actor bringing more walking than walking to the role Andrew beniarsky zangi from the Street Fighter movie because this film clearly wasn't weird enough plays Max's son chip I honestly have no idea why he's a character in this you could cut him out and not miss a thing I just love that he does an impression of walking straight to his face throughout the entire movie then you buy that blurry business time to go down and bring joy to the masses that go save yourself but go walking the whole film has a look like what's with that voice sounds weird Tim tell him to stop being weird while making a speech The Circus Comes to Town and attacks the crowd I have to admit I love that all it takes for the cops to call Batman is one of their cars being dented are you waiting for the signal uh sir we have a SWAT team coming in look for some reason we suck at fighting clowns he's good at fighting clowns let him fight clowns the signal is reflected into Wayne Manor library which looks cool but what was the excuse he had for setting that up Mr Wayne you want giant reflectors to shine the bat signal into your library which you'll presumably be in all the time why I don't know okay Batman arrives and I guess this is as good a time as I need to talk about the whole Batman killing thing some people have very strict rules about Batman like he doesn't carry guns and he doesn't kill despite him doing both several times in the past my personal take is do whatever matches the version would Conroy or bail kill people no with the exception of [ __ ] loopholes I won't kill you real humanitarian would Keaton an Affleck abso freaking lutely Affleck maybe going for a few too many gold stars in that department should he kill no would he kill probably I mean people are on fire you think this Batman's gonna be like all right better get out of the car knock the guy out get back in the car and make sure everyone is safely subdued that would have cost like five civilians like that [ __ ] also I'll bring up what nobody does when Batman kills somebody in the Burton films it's hilarious [Music] [Music] if you're not laughing at these you clearly need this sign before watching one clown takes Selena hostage thus Batman telepathically summons the proper tool the Batman or is it just Batman do I look like that Twilight flop to you hey Frank you know what this alley needs what a face okay truck is kidnapped and taken to an abandoned Zoo can't imagine why this place didn't stay in business it looks so welcoming and he comes across the penguin played by Danny DeVito the word you're looking for is I believe the majority of this film's problems are around this one character I mean Batman's still cool Catwoman's still cool even walking impersonating Walking is Still cool but this character is written as an absolute monster but is directed like we're supposed to have some sympathy for him portavito does an amazing job trying to pull off both but it's kind of like taking a disgusting Villain Like Baron hard Conan from Dune and saying we're supposed to feel bad for him like Ramesses from Prince of Egypt you gotta go for one or the other tragic irony or Poetic Justice you tell me we'll go more into that in a bit but for now he tells Shrek he wants to ascend into society and if he doesn't lend him a hand he'll lend him one how's Fred Atkins your own partner he's good [Music] I'm Max remember me I'm Fred's hand I always like to assume that's not Fred's hand and they just assumed he killed him so they pulled a hand off another dead person they just so happened to guess right he doesn't even Flinch when he shakes it as a joke that's the face of a guy who's held a lot of dead body parts working now back in the office Selena comes across I'm incriminating evidence showing that Shrek wants to use the power plant to suck power from the city not generated again I know it makes me a sick [ __ ] but this seems hilarious huh you know we're second there you really frightened me I feel like that's just how Christopher Walken would tell a joke knock knock who's there honestly I really underestimated the humor in this movie watching it again as a kid watching her be brought back to life by Alley Cats and have a mental breakdown was pretty [ __ ] up that as an adult it's still [ __ ] up but it's really funny stuffing the toys down the garbage disposal spray painting her dollhouse even the ad about winning the boss's affection from the company owned by the boss who tried to kill her staff meeting for two exclusively at Rex Department I feel bad for her but it's really freaking hilarious Pfeiffer honestly like everyone finds that perfect balance of tragedy but also Hamming it up look at those faces she makes she plays crazy great but you're also kind of giggling at it too I also love how this raincoat is supposed to somehow cover her entire body and I don't sew but I think these Thimbles are a lawsuit waiting to happen I don't know about you Miss Kitty but I feel so much yummier just as Catwoman is on the rise the penguin is too staging a rescue of the mayor's baby you gotta love this convincing performance no it's the Hideous Penguin man here take the baby just don't hurt me please please he didn't spend three weeks at Matthew broderick's Community Theater for nothing [Applause] no that was code for please help me with this tree I'm like a million and you're literally Batman douche at first Bruce is taken by the penguin story but upon more research he finds he may have a more dangerous background also because of this movie I know fishy SWA is supposed to be cold cold fishy swear sir it's supposed to be combed it's supposed to be combed it's supposed he discovers the penguin might have been involved with a bunch of child disappearances in the past missing children in several times police have closed down through a triangle's Fairgrounds you hear that kids you think Batman saved all the children at the end but there's God knows how many little bodies in the Penguin's backlog it's Merry Christmas from Plato it looks like the penguin is already up to his old trick saying he wants the Hall of Records to find his parents but uses it to look up all of Gotham's firstborn sons are you concerned about that strange heroic pink person I think he knows who his parents are so you don't have to do that voice in front of me I Know Who You Are penguin does eventually find his parents continuing to win the people over penguin for his parents I'm fully appeased with myself in the world like a frog that became a friend no he's more like a penguin I have no joke I just love how stupid that line is Catwoman also makes some progress testing out her fighting moves on a Mugger thanks now I saw you first give me your wallet you make it so easy don't you always waiting for some bad man to save you a hypocrite much you really should try being dropped from a tall building it set me on the straight and narrow even after a nasty fall in a psychotic breakdown she still shows up to her job that's just a good work ethic that's my name maximilians don't wear it out or I'll make you buy me a new one what I like is Bruce has clearly seen her before he even slips up and says he remembers her yeah we've met have we I mistook me for somebody else you mean mistake me but it's not until she looks and acts completely Bonkers that he suddenly likes uh you look like you wear black leather to cope too I remember the time I forgot to wear my Underpants to school and the name of the boy who noticed was Ricky Friedberg he's dead now well they say don't put your dick in crazy but I don't sense any drama out of her women nothing surprises me chip such a late mother wait mother's dead I got a penguin to see speaking of which Shrek surprises penguin with his bright idea of having him run for mayor now you might be thinking who's gonna vote for a monstrous sex hungry Maniac who abuses people what am I talking about he's overqualified just look at how he handles people who make fun of him my nose could be gushing blood Merry Christmas from Diet Coke Shrek convinces him to be mayor as he can use his henchmen to drive the current mayor into a chaotic Frenzy [Music] #2020. [Applause] [Music] hey parents McDonald's here we know you were upset with the Happy Meal toys we had for the new movie Batman Returns well we're happy to announce we've updated our toys to be more authentic to the film you saw it's the Batman Returns toys Redux my favorite is the Penguin F3 just bit someone's nose up it's so bloody and disturbing I hope to never sleep tonight my favorite is Catwoman after she went and stand and got shot four times trying to seek Vengeance I have five that mentally unstable when I grow up my favorite is the circus train carrying lots of little boys like me to their watery Graves I'm terrified but I'm told to smile for the commercial so yay your kids will love them and we're not just saying that because our founder is Batman and if you're still unsatisfied don't worry the following two films will gladly sacrifice art so your little pipsqueaks can have something to play with while eating chicken McNuggets McDonald's yes you can blame us for Batman and Robin [Music] as penguin said he unleashes his goons on the city to blow up stores steal valuable Goods tap people's heads but thankfully Batman was out doing some bat dropping me it was going to the pet store wait that was gonna be a thing in this movie that they actually built that huh maybe they had a line of credit and they called it I'm not taking up Old Wounds I bet this effect will age great [Music] seamless meanwhile Catwoman tears apart one of Shrek's department stores and again give Fiverr credit for learning how to use a whip and apparently doing all these stunts herself years later she even found her old Whip and showed off she still has the moves he's a little TLC I shouldn't be turning me on maybe a [ __ ] either way it's turning me on I didn't know Batman needed exciting rounding the corner music but it sounds very nice piss off Wilhelm me me he approaches the penguin but their meet up is quickly interrupted she's thinking oh [ __ ] came across the only people who wouldn't be weirded out by any of this themselves a little fight and honestly this is so silly I can't help but love it how could you I'm a woman I'm sorry I I oh we'll see if I help you open the jar anytime soon who's the man that's not you there you are [Music] at first I found it weird that Batman would actually be attracted to this but like the killing thing just because he should and doesn't mean he wouldn't I mean look at these two and tell me they won't attract one another she gets away but not without leaving her Mark Alfred bring me some antiseptic ointment would you I'm sorry sir I can't understand you unless you whisper in the bat suit like you did before right Jeffrey penguin announces his candidacy for mayor in the most ewe way possible [Applause] and Catwoman makes her way to him proposing that they team up to take out Batman chili in here I'll warm you download calm down there Quinn check it out we're gonna disassemble his Batmobile and turn it into an h-bomb on wheels kinda curious how we got the plans for that uh are you sure you want to eBay these you wouldn't help me with the tree he spout out my soup he does was his bad voice at random I'm done with the son of a [ __ ] okay I know plenty of people who'd be interested in this woman eats his bird which apparently she really did I'd like to think I'm prompted and they get the idea to frame it Selena and Bruce go on a date and discuss their past relationships hey girlfriend no I had one didn't work see Vicky thought Vicky ice skater or stewardess well that's what she is now I ruined her career after dumping me the ice princess has been kidnapped they're interrupted though when they discover Gotham's mascot the ice princess has been kidnapped by the penguin can you confirm for us the reports we're hearing of Batman's suspected involvement in the abduction this evidence is purely circumstantial but just in case we're not running the bad signal they both take off which is great when you realize they're just gonna meet up again to fight each other but what's even better is Bruce putting together why his usual excuse won't work I thought I had to go to town tell her there's a big business deal came one person I'm just going to go out of town on business for a few days you lied to me about leaving town no you know what let her know that none isn't gonna dumb be my girlfriend tell her I'm Batman I don't care I gotta go thumbs up and he takes a bat suit off one of the bad hangers because Schumacher directed for a minute and he tries to search for the ice princess during the tree relighting which surprisingly wasn't canceled due to a kidnapping he locates her but finds Catwoman is awaiting his arrival eat floor high fiber okay fine with two minutes that Schumacher directed the princesses dropped from a building looking like Batman pushed her and bats are released on the crowd but look on the plus side this [Music] I wonder if Wonder Woman has this problem mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it decorates an antenna [Music] princess he's been walking around with that stuffed up his ass the whole time penguin celebrates their framing but he proposes a little too much and Catwoman swipes left the lousy Minx and I don't think I like you anymore penguin hooks a helicopter onto her but she breaks free is our suit made out of animantium how many Falls has she survived and things are made worse when the Penguins goon seize control the Batmobile via remote control yeah how come the cops only show up when a Batman's driving if he eventually gets control back and transforms into a fat penis to escape the next day penguin makes a speech to continue to win the people over did the mayor have a plan no he relied on a man a Batman I'm asking you to vote for a bird man but not that bird man that is also Batman they fan service all the crybabies that bitched about Vicki Vale in the first one who Let The Veil into the Batcave I'm sitting there working and I turning around there she is oh hi vet come on in just confessing she figured it out how many millionaires can vanish out the window whatever and he plays audio of the penguin cursing the people he recorded the previous night I'll take care of this squealing wretched Pinhead Muppets of Gotham uh remember the days when that could ruin your career as a politician I played this stinking City like a heart from hell um fake news [Applause] oh why is there always someone who brings lettuce and tomatoes to a speech why is there always someone who brings eggs and tomatoes to a speech because you're a cartoon I don't know he escapes back to his Hideout where he continues his original plan Gathering all of Gotham's firstborn Sons to drown them and if you're wondering why firstborn Sons it's because in the original script Shrek and penguin were supposed to be brothers him being the abandoned firstborn and Shrek being the prosperous second born which would have been pretty interesting in my opinion but it was cut so the firstborn thing is kind of random and we will snatch them carry them into the sewer and toss them into a deep dark watery grave Merry Christmas from the Batman Returns gumball dispenser [Applause] Bruce has given an invite to Shrek's masquerade ball yes that's really what they call it and yes I am insanely jealous of that pun as he fixes the Batmobile may we RSVP in the resoundingly negative not interested although it's Wayne and Kyle might be there this is why Superman works alone see Selena at the party behind Red Death that's a nice touch and they follow through on their kind of excuses listen I'm sorry about yesterday but I had a pretty big deal to come through fall through action did he just make a joke about a woman falling to her death pretty big deal come through fall through action again must be this sick everyone the film is great but Pfeiffer really does not get out of the park with scenes like this we're literally in a head turn she goes from crying to laughing I don't know what Rusev you're crazy they eventually put together their secret identities but it's interrupted by the penguin who kidnaps Shrek again and Reveals His evil plan right now my troops are Fanning out across town for your children yes you hear that commissioner I still feel like this is a Batman thing but they have an incredibly slow moving brightly colored train we didn't even stop the Joker when he announced where he was going to be let him fight the clowns I'm loopy Batman does exactly that and I guess that's the end of that plot thread not entirely sure why that was in the movie at all and he moves on to plan B blow up Gotham with penguins so it's a weird film The Liberation he whips out the bat ski boat which really must have been exciting I mean how many times is a bat ski boat gonna be the answer and they jammed the penguin signal turning them around full of anti-clan axes isn't it I would have paid good money to see Batman punch Penguins I can't even say that without laughing he traps the penguin into the water because everybody has to fall in this movie and he confronts Catwoman who's confronting Shrek let's just take him to the police [Music] Center I love you so much I take off my mascara for you in between shots I just couldn't live with myself Selena chooses Vengeance over Love Leading to easily the best lion in the movie Selena Selena Kyle you're fired I wouldn't be great if she just left after that all fired [Music] it's pretty clear Max has to die after Batman's revealed and that's exactly what happens when Selena whips out the taser from before and combines it with the electricity behind him [Music] Bruce shame on you oh and the Penguin can really hold his breath a long time all right Merry Christmas from the golden book collection what were we thinking this leads to well this scene the penguins come out and give him a funeral March without opposable thumbs and bury him in the water [Music] uh Arthur is this a warm moment to her should we be disturbed no [ __ ] Danny elfman's music is beautiful but what tender scenes am I supposed to look back on to make me miss him get it on there nope not that one oh not that one either oh that's not a keeper I want to find out who I am by finding my parents I'm okay all right him wanting to belong to society I can feel bad about that oh wait that was a play to find more kids to kill and he was faking all of this I think he knows who his parents are um Bridge it is I'll miss you Mary oh just pretend we're A Nightmare Before Christmas Bruce where's he sees Selena on the way back but it appears to only be her cat Merry Christmas Mr way good will toward men and women yep I uh I wanted to be equal yeah the film ends with the bad signal being lit and Catwoman staring up at it and fun fact this was actually a last minute addition mostly because audiences wanted to Slit the wrist after watching this movie I think that was a good add-on Batman Returns has a lot of flaws mostly like I said around the penguin character which is strange because the elements are there to make him sympathetic they just needed to take out that every other second he was trying to kill kids thing that went nowhere you could have had it where he just wanted to belong to society but then the corruption of the human world doomed him there was a Batman the Animated Series episode that kind of did that but making him such a constant blood-hungry monster just made the message confusing and not in a complicated way just a very clumsy way aside from that though yes it is silly and all over the place but it's also visually stunning well acted and hilariously demented some of these plot threads even pop up in Mascot a Phantasm the idea of Batman Being Framed and losing someone you love to Vengeance even flashing the signal at the end despite I don't think Batman's name was ever officially cleared in either version if he just accepted as Tim Burton going all out given a blank check just doing whatever he wants there is kind of a joy in how miserable it is it is so crazy and so brooding and so in your face unpleasant you can't help but laugh at it and I think that was the idea for the most part I know it has its problems but I can't help but love it for going all the way in I'm being so dark if you're in the mood for a twisted Christmas film that's just barely a Christmas film by every definition this is certainly the one to check out and why wouldn't you be it's been that kind of year sorts of misery and Chaos resulting in a huge mess barely even feels like Christmas when you consider what everybody's been through but in a strange way it's almost kind of comforting we've all gone through something together everybody has felt some form of sacrifice some have lost very little oh there's have lost a great deal even if you're one of the lucky ones who didn't get the worst of it it's hard not to think of the people who did but we get through it that's what humanity is good at getting through stuff surviving finding a way to press on we always find a way we work with it so whatever path you find in whatever way you work with it half the best holiday you can keep confident stay strong and be creative those are the things we're celebrating because those are the things that get us through so much Merry Christmas to you all we wish you nothing but the best [Music] foreign that's not enough to destroy Batman don't worry Batman I'm like totally here to save the day Batgirl what happened to you whatever I'm like totally the same I'm Alfred's niece from England without a British accent no this doesn't feel right oh it's fine just take a look at Mr Freeze I do see you I know finally it's over a back seat with nipples on it I was drunk when I recommended that are you sure because you paid for them on your that credit card no it's all wrong no he's not Morgan Freeman have you come to narrate my death that man is too powerful the character to be destroyed even by all this oh wait did I mention we play hockey I don't wear hockey pads no Batman more competent people bring you back to life impossible there's no coming back from this oh yes there is there's in-depth character studies okay that sounds grown up one of the greatest Joker performances of all time okay that's pretty cool and one of the most memorable scenes in all movie history that happens after the bat nipple [ __ ] you bet it does wow and I'm assuming the scarecrow at Batgirl are treated with dignity we still get hoes but I'm still okay that's all that matters thanks for that let's see how things get back on track this is Dark Knight man crazy I think it's been over two decades since everything went to [ __ ] with Batman's cinematic world and almost two decades since it got back on track we're here to look over Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy to see how they change comic book movies forever that's right most of them and of course have some laughs along the way about what still works and what doesn't but the problem is there's five spots in March and only three movies so I'm looking over the yard two best Batman movies Batman and Batman mask of the phantas going to be a ton of fun discussing these films so let's not waste any time let's start with where it all started Batman Begins [Music] released in 2005 with very few people talking about Batman after the last movie Batman Begins With the breath of fresh air the franchise desperately needed doing well but not breaking any records the film was almost a proof of concept to show that there was still a fan base for a serious Batman movie and in my opinion lay the groundwork for a lot of future comic book films just count the story in pacing similarities between this and Iron Man and you'll see what I'm talking about I will admit while it's a great Batman Origin story it's hard to say it's the perfect Batman film there's still some problems here and there but the Great Moments still hold up as legitimately great and there certainly are a lot of those moments to look over so let's dive right into it this is yeah how exactly does this work oh it's very simple I am the Knight you didn't have a punchline did you movie's like two and a half hours man I got a lot to get through yeah do I technically even exit this is Batman Begins it opens with a young Bruce Wayne and one of the maid's daughter Rachel playing the backyard but he stumbles into a cave filled with bats thank God that's what he found down there if it was bugs his costume would look very different because Laura knows no one can tell a story in order we Flash Forward to modern day where Bruce play now that Christian Bale finds himself in a Bhutan prison and I am the devil Mr devil can you let me eat my cat vom at first I'm sure the chefs worked very hard on it yeah okay first problem in this movie The Action sucks they say Nolan want to do the opposite of Schumacher but sure does feel like he took his close-up jumbled cinematography from Batman Forever protection for them no shaky cam nearly kill them like Bruce Wayne to disappear he's approached by a man representing Raz al Ghul played by Liam Neeson that's I think most of us figured out early on this was Razzo ghoul but I will admit I thought is going to be a bit more clever in the comic he uses the Lazarus Pit to Stay immortal and I thought the idea here was razao ghoul was an identity that was passed down over the years so after Roz played by Ken Watanabe dies this one takes his place in a way making Raaz al Ghul Immortal golden Moto all his methods Supernatural but no it's just a decoy this is the original Egyptian Roz hey you know if these pass as Egyptian anything's possible someone like you is only here by choice whatever your original intentions you have become truly lost you're a YouTuber aren't you there is a rare blue flower that grows on the Eastern slopes he tells Bruce to bring a rare flower to a Mountain Village if he wishes to join the League of Shadows Jesus that's an intense fine print for a download he flashes back to when he was a kid again with his mother father and Alfred played by Michael Caine [Music] one day she'll be mine his father who speaks entirely in platitudes All Creatures feel fear especially the scary little bit of Opera goes a long way why do we fall Bruce so we can learn to pick ourselves up never judge a book by its cover what you see is what you get loose lips sink ships brags about how the Wayne family is essentially Mr Rogers if he wasn't so lazy city's been suffering so we build a new cheap public transportation system your father nearly bankrupted Wayne Enterprises combating poverty your great great grandfather was involved in the Underground Railroad okay I get them being good people but this idea that the Wayne family has midicholorians of goodness passed down takes away that any common person can be as virtuous as our lead like you have to be born in a great bloodline of amazingness it's that way you work no I work at the hospital oh Jesus yeah that's where I put my hands on them and they can walk again they take first to a show and here's a shack a kid doesn't want to stay for an opera go we've been here for like six hours well that's Wagner it's only the Overture they exit to the back alley Jazz rich people leaving an opera do where they're approached by a Mugger and shot dead in front of Bruce's eyes I barely got a line don't be afraid [Music] come back to modern day where we see Bruce Training with the League of Shadows and I'll confess I never needed to know what happened in between Bruce's parents getting shot in him becoming Batman I actually enjoyed the mystery in them keeping it vague but this movie wanted to try something different from the others and it does it very well his journey is really fascinating and you feel legit transformation and growth from him my only gripe is Nissan's monotone does wear a little bit you have learned to bury your guilt I will teach you to confront her to know how to fight six men we can teach you how to win game 600. Ninjutsu employs explosive powders crime cannot be tolerated he sounds like a boring version of that Fat Boy Slim video he was a farmer and he tried to take his neighbor's land you can go with this or you can go with that your parents death was not your fault the will to act you can go with this or you can go with that come back two years earlier when Bruce returns home back from college will you be heading back to Princeton after the hearing so I'm not heading back at all I must say so your progress is lacking I mean you're 35 and you still haven't graduated yeah Bale doesn't exactly pull off a convincing college student but to his credit Katie Holmes as Rachel never pulls off a convincing adult Rachel Doss who authorized that Tom will need our own assessment on the judge's desk by morning I can't say she's bad in this but she has the DiCaprio problem she's so young looking it looks like she's trick-or-treating half the time what chance does Gotham have when the good people do nothing that and I never noticed she smirks that moment she really shouldn't smirk the Falconi may not have killed your parents man I loved he never came back at all my boss has been missing for two days your father would be why are you saying that like you want to really Sirens who's being a free because he handed over information about a mob boss named Falcone Bruce is about to give Revenge but literally misses a shot dude that was my kill confront Falcone played by Tom Wilkinson the big surprise he ain't all that scared not everyone had got them to afraid of you a couple off-duty cops and a judge now I wouldn't have a second right now that's power you can't buy I really love this scene because it's explaining a lot of character motivation but it's done by someone I believe would do it like this he's telling him all this because it's Bruce Wayne and he did have the guts to approach him but he's also out of his League not aware of the type of power he has and he would show off that power because your mommy and your daddy got shot you know about the ugly side of life but you don't you've never tasted desperate the pro and con of Nolan's writing is that he lets the story do all the work and hopefully character follows with it this scene is a perfect example of that working it sets everything in motion perfectly you feel Bruce's frustration but no Falcone is right and he would gloat about it don't come down here with your anger trying to prove something for yourself ah the original warning that we're gonna have for social media he gives his coat money to a homeless man maybe I'll start a costume shop with this can I visit you if you do and he enters sort of a crime world what would you find you one tell that to the guy who owned these get it he stole from himself so he didn't really become a criminal again I would have liked it more if he really did hit rock bottom but it does show him stealing to help someone probably giving birth to the idea of being a vigilante surprisingly that is one of the more believable elements in this there's so much corruption from the people who are supposed to be helping that you do see why he would go this route he also shows he'd do anything for the League of Shadows but he won't do that compassion is if your enemies will not fear that's why it's so important these are some of these lines are good they make the mistake of explaining that they're going to destroy Gotham before he kills the guy proving his loyalty as they see it as a city so corrupt it must be severed from the rest of the world like Constantinople before it and must be allowed to die it is when we performed for centuries well for the people who took down Rome and Constantinople they sure are taken down by one guy with a sword pretty easily you cause the Falls of vampires but you don't put a sheet of glass over the flammables to stop the fall of yours buzzing contacts Alfred after years of being away the Flesh and Blood I can be ignored I can be destroyed but as a symbol I'm fine by the way 70 years alone and it's still me me can't wait till he finds out what influences are he'll fit right in back at Gotham we see Killian Murphy plays Dr crane hello caller I'm killing you who's good and I can see him playing the Scarecrow maybe 10 years later but answer this film he kind of has the same problem as Katie Holmes he looks too young that and did someone give him all him like in a Looney Tune short he looks like a wax sculpture of Zach Braff about to kiss me this is legit uncomfortable but not the way the Scarecrow should be uncomfortable speaking of uncomfortable not even one day back and Bruce is already stalking his ax we've been through all that it's then that you realize that American Psycho is just one of Bruce's personalities to get Rachel's attention from here Bruce does all the stuff you want to see Bruce do he returns to his millions finds a gadget guy played by Morgan Freeman and puts the bat cave together it takes about 50 minutes to get here but by God it's been built up great and there is nothing cooler than seeing him put all this [ __ ] together again I really feel like Iron Man and other future comic book hero movies really borrowed a lot from this granted ways trying to help Sergeant Gordon Play by Gary Oldman he doesn't exactly have his graceful Landing yet [Applause] as Falcone inspects let's face it the real reason we all suspect Build-A-Bear is still around Bruce decides to let the bat out of the bag what the how are you no you're not the guy from Twilight is I don't know if I'll ever feel comfortable saying that [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so weirdly Batman Begins goes from great to just good ironically when Batman Begins don't get me wrong this Batman is a lot better than the last one and I adore how well they got the comic book poses down but not only is the costume kind of awkward except for Keaton's I don't think any of the movie costumes look that great but as everyone has pointed out that voice this is just a beginning if they hit the whole city with toxin there's nothing to stop Gotham tearing himself apart sometimes it sounds okay and ironically it's when it just sounds like Bale's normal voice which is already a pretty cool sounding voice I don't have the luxury of friends get these to Gordon one for Gordon to inoculate himself the other for mass production but other times he clearly needed to re-record when his voice was going or add some bass or just stop sounding like a geeky dweeb trying to sound tough doctor where were the other drugs going oh look he's doing his Batman voice look at this scene he's shaking his head like he's bossing ass it's just hilarious cops only go there when they're in four do I look like a clown and look I don't blame bail when you're in such a strange setup you have to put a lot of trust in your director and I just don't think Nolan ever quite figured out how to not make this look and sound a little silly if not very silly oh and like I said the action's still sucks I can make out more of the Blair Witch was shooting Cloverfield funny enough when he's Bruce Wayne the film gets insanely good again first off I love that this is the first Batman film that acknowledges the son of a [ __ ] has to sleep that's your nocturnal that's maybe believe for billionaire Playboys three o'clock is pushing him not on a twitch streamer schedule I also love he has to sacrifice a lot of his Public Image he has to look heartless to people even the ones he loves to distract from who he really is it's not who you are underneath what you do that defines you or who you do she seems really nice I don't want to finish that joke speaking of people I'm sure are very nice in real life everybody's been talking about you good luck with that domestic dispute I hear that stuff can really screw you up as a kid he tries to bust Dr crane who puts on a scarecrow mask when spraying a fear gas on his victims and for what can cinematically be done with this character this is pretty weak I don't know if it was a budget thing or if Nolan thought it would be realistic enough but just about everything around the Scarecrow outside of the actor bites how many amazing visuals have been utilized with this character everything from the costumes to the hallucinations have usually been spectacular this could have been like Batman fighting Freddy Krueger there is so much you could have done with this imagery this looks like a broken Snapchat filter it's lame as hell you need to lighten up tell all your friends about me Alfred picks up Bruce and calls lucious Fox to help make an antidote for the gas not since Vicky Vale was led into the bat cave has nobody with any sense ever cared about Alfred letting someone in there's something I think you should see at the insane asylum Rachel is getting too close to Crane's operation he sprays her with the same gas the scene again proves this guy could have been a fun main villain if they only gave him more time he's here who Batman he looks like he's gonna sing and Tick Tick boom gotta wish there was more of this crazy in the film we get the one cool image from the fear gas [Music] okay now I'm convinced of Batman Beyond movie has to happen but the cops are called and Batman tries to get Rachel to safety oh you crazies aren't there I'm in a bad suit and I'm out here a new ride and while the idea for this Chase is cool again it's not put together that well the shot seemed good enough but the editing is way too fast and random to appreciate what we're seeing he freaking jumps on rooftops in this and it feels like nothing it is so wowless take this scene where he burst through a building window and then it just cuts to him on a bridge let me enjoy that damage this is the Batman equivalent of that Godzilla film where they cut away in the middle of him destroying something it probably goes without saying this has done a lot better in the next one but in this film it is sadly very blase arrow on the ground I lost him oh my God it just disappeared it's a ghost car stay calm breathe slowly yes woman sprayed with fear gas listen to the giant bat saying don't be afraid breathe slowly he gets a rage on the antidote while also getting ready for his birthday party ironically they got him a Superman cake those are Bruce Wayne's guests out there sir you have a name too much I care about my name I really like this speech Alfred gives about keeping his father's name alive not Martha that [ __ ] her two lines can go straight to hell but his father's kindness must be preserved it's not just your name sir it's your father's name and it's all that's left of him don't destroy it's a very powerful scene that is contradicted around every corner literally in the next scene he finds the now revealed Raz algol returns and pretends to be drunk and send everybody home two-faced friends you sycophantic suck UPS the party's over get out later they claim he burnt down his own house so it's kind of odd making such a big deal out of this only to have to [ __ ] on it constantly oh well at least Rachel gets out okay not that it looks that way little the worse from where I'm afraid good to know Cosby this totally wouldn't fly now we're gonna release Crane's poison on the on the higher City then watch Gotham Gotham tear itself apart through fear so there's two really weird things about this scene one is the league Burns Bruce's house down and he literally just stands there letting them do it create enough hunger and everyone becomes a criminal um stop well I'm Batman that's all I can do and I get their plan about destroying Gotham because it's too massive in crime infested but then they openly say they played a part in that with Gotham we tried a new one economics we underestimated certain of Gotham's citizens such as your okay first of all Mother Teresa Mary and Gandhi wouldn't be as sacred as these two second bad economies are often what leads to high crime this is like punishing a kid for being no good after teaching them every day how to be no good isn't your solution also the problem now for get out of the burning building it's up to Batman to stop the league from unleashing the gas on the city even Gordon tries to help gotta stop him from loading their train but I may need your help what do you need can you drive stick false Gotham perish because Gordon couldn't drive stick okay at least we get something close to a good scarecrow here itself all right that's pretty cool and we're back to sucking again foreign comic book fans we didn't want to scare you with too much cool holy [ __ ] there's two Batman movies I'm in Bruce reveals to Rachel who he is and his lame is Brando impression it's not who I am underneath but what I do I can't even finish that and he tries stopping Roz from crashing a train filled with gas into the main water supply under the Chicago Board of Trade building well well you took my advice about theatricality a bit literally obviously you didn't duck face he gets Roz alone on the train with Gordon shooting the track so that it plummets before hitting the building I won't kill you but you created the circumstances in which I die we both know your ethical loophole is [ __ ] save Rachel visits him the next day and if you really don't want people to know your Batman maybe don't leave a mask and print on your face stopped thinking about you [Music] well I guess they're an item now man I loved never came back at all you do know you just kissed me right so I guess they're just friends because that's all I have to yada yada and Gordon sets up a new toy what about escalation it's Collision we start carrying semi-automatics they buy automatics we make a good movie about escalation we rehash the Roswell ghoul [ __ ] in the following one and I won't lie when I first saw this I thought it was some of the weakest sequel baiting I ever saw and now I can't help but get chills every time I see it take this guy got a taste for the theatrical like you I'll look into it he's also mailing anal beads and used condoms oh hell no I ain't going near that prick and that was Batman Begins flawed but man the good stuff really does stay with you it is funny but fitting that in a franchise where the Batman stuff is usually the best the Bruce Wayne stuff would stand out as more powerful and even then the Batman stuff isn't awful by any means it's just a little off a lot of it would be corrected by the next one but as this film goes there's still so many things that are burned into my memory so many lines so many lessons so many struggles between strength and weakness This truly is a great film about self-discovery and growth again not perfect but there are lines from this movie that are always going to stick with me when I think of struggle and overcoming personal demons this movie's story and visuals do come to mind and I think it does for a lot of other people who love Comic Book Heroes as like I said I really think the blueprint for a lot of superhero movies of the past 15 years or so came from this it's a good start to a good reboot and of course the best was yet to come [Music] at the Nostalgia Critic and Dark Knight month has just begun hello on the Nostalgia Critic guy remember so you don't have to this is one of my favorite movies released in 2008 under a buttload of hype I'll admit I didn't think this movie was going to be anything that special I liked Batman Begins but thought ironically the Batman parts were a little awkward so with him obviously being more prominent in this one with the joker who didn't fall into a bat of chemicals I was already throwing up my hands like a man baby saying this ain't gonna work but man did It win me over fast the acting the dialogue the visuals the intensity even the action were not just improved on they were a spectacle this is what got the mass public saying maybe superhero movies can be more adult than we thought every decade or so a comic book movie comes along that does they and I kind of love it's usually a Batman movie with that said like most things declare flawless I can't quite say this is Flawless there are still a few hiccups when it comes to the story and little things like poor Bales bad voice this city just showed you that it's full of people that's a shame it goes without saying this movie left a big impact not only on comic book flicks but just Cinema in general it challenged how seriously we took heroes and villains that were seen as entertainment for children and teens and showed there were strong reasons we should still see them as heroes and villains as adults I'm pretty excited to look this over again so let's jump right into it let's look at the movie that clearly hasn't gotten enough attention The Dark Knight it opens with a robbery at one of the mob banks in Gotham it should be pointed out part of this movie was shot in IMAX and if they ever release it again on an iMac screen it's definitely worth it I think most people have pointed out the Joker's mask is from an old Adam West episode and I do legit love that once you know which one he is the camera does smartly follow him like upon second viewing you are curious of what his reactions are even if it's all just body language I know why they call him the Joker so why do they call him a joker I heard he wears makeup makeup yeah to scare people you know war paint it seems pretty awesome I wish I could find it's only five minutes long so much happens I swear it was double that you'll find that condense a lot of information tied in efficiently in this movie which until the last fourth Works to its benefit but we'll get to that in a bit don't any idea after taking down a random William fichner Cameo we find the Joker manipulate the gangsters to take each other out until he's the only one left to do a badass reveal whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you laugh stranger as many have pointed out the plans of the Joker played by Heath Ledger in his final role are very easy to pick apart how did he know there'd be a gap in the buses how did he know where the Choppers would be for the wires how did he know the exact location where to stand so that explosion wouldn't kill him and this is where I just shrug and say comic book [ __ ] yes this is meant to be more realistic but it is still a guy who flies around as a bad battling a clown I give leeway on the technicals because comic book movies are supposed to be exaggerated to heighten the effect so these details really don't bother me what does bother me is the Scarecrow once again getting the shaft despite being in all three movies he somehow never gets enough time and always comes across as underwhelming that is underwhelming as Batman wow Bill really let himself go was it getting an early star for his Cheney roll no these are other Vigilantes who want to help one of the many elements taken from the comics but the real Batman shows up and I don't know doesn't look that much better I know I mocked before how silly the suit looks but in this one I think it shows the most I mean come on he looks funny it's not bad all the time but when they don't know how to shoot him they really don't know how to shoot him if I was Gordon I'd be like several of these Banks were robbed by him by a man and clown makeup who's ironically not as funny as don't look at me I'm gonna pee my pants the costume does get an upgrade later which isn't great but I can at least look at him without thinking garage sale cosplay and how about those vocals what's the difference between you and me I'm not wearing hockey pants I am doing my best Patty and sell my voice though we're introduced to district attorney Harvey Dent played by Aaron Eckhardt and I'm not gonna lie his intro made me wonder if critics were wrong when I saw this movie your honor I'm not done I find you even for a comic book movie that was uncomfortably dumb but it does get back on track pretty fast as this film just as easily could have been called Gotham City because the surprisingly good chunk of it is showing people working behind the scenes trying to take down the mob using clever legal action and it's legitimately interesting to watch in a RICO case if you can charge one of the conspirators with a felony you can charge cleverly utilizes the Slow Burn building up to the Joker and why the mob would turn to him Bruce even takes a liking to dent and it's not all because he's dating his ex Rachel Play This Time by Maggie chillenthal when their enemies were at the gates the Romans would suspend democracy and appoint one man to protect the city before the League of Shadows took them down oh yeah that's Canon you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain painfully poignant yet poignantly painful while the mob scrambles to figure out how to keep their money safe from Den The Joker fresh off of robbing them says for half the money he can help them out but not before a magic trick I'm gonna make this pencil disappear I've seen this trick before it's in his eye it's simple we uh kill the Batman I have an army of pencils ready to take him down I know I'm preaching to the choir but Ledger really does dominate every scene he's in so many of these weird voices and ticks so easily could have backfire but it adds to the believability that he's intelligent yet clearly crazy anytime he puts his life on the line I totally believe he'd be okay with dying because he'd be doing what he loves and he probably see it as funny in the end speaking of which the dude is funny you think you could steal from us and just walk away yeah it's not even that clever a line yet he made it hilarious speaking of hilarious this is another scene where the Batman costume just cracks me up Harvey calls him with the bad signal and he just stands there while Harvey and Gordon talk you're sitting down there with scum like warts and Ramirez and you're talking oh yeah Gordon this makes me laugh he's like a kid waiting for Mom and Dad to look at his drawing I took a picture of a rainbow it's all black Green Lantern thought it looked pretty meanwhile we see one of the Mobsters played by Michael J white just does not have the best luck with clowns look at these scars oh God not another Joker impression Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself he doesn't like that the Joker changes his backstory constantly once again a clever holdover from the comic but I think what makes them especially creepy is he tells them like they really happened any of these could have been the actual story and you would believe it because he's so dedicated to convincing his victims it's real he probably would slip in the real story just for his own personal laugh she can't stand the sight of me he leaves now I see the funny side I'll also say well the music in Batman movies is usually great the Joker's theme takes it to a whole new level in my opinion a good third of what makes him scary is that disturbing drone that half the time sounds like a broken hair dryer but Jesus it's a scary ass broken hair dryer meanwhile Bruce flies to Hong Kong to try and get the mob boss who is holding all the mafia's money they use sonar technology to NAB him leading to a line that's honestly too smart for its own good sonar just like a submarine Mr Wayne like a submarine I have no joke I think people just mishel obnoxiously clever that is Batman breaks into the mobster's building and uses what's like a submarine for the air or flying animal like a pigeon I could have gone better he's dropped off to the cops or he tries to make a deal with Rachel Harvey and Gordon it's supposed to be a joker story there we go oh my God I died bad imposters is murdered and the Joker will continue to kill every day until Batman reveals himself I don't care if it turns into a foul footage movie This is the creepiest scene in the flick look at me while rehearsing Kane admitted he forgot his lines because he was so scared shitless of his performance I'm a man of my word [Applause] she Minds I'm forgetting I have bladder control right now The Joker kills off a lot of big names of holding the law naturally in a comedic way get in open it it'll tell you where you're headed oh I give and he tries to kill Harvey Dent as well but Batman is there to stop it very poor choice of words damn it I should have said please throw off the building so I can save her and she'd date me that would have been more specific they survive what they clearly clearly should not have survived but again comic book movie Emperors tries to figure out more who this Joker is supposedly working for the mob is desperation and in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand isn't that the intro to like every Trump book now two more people end up dead and the Joker puts an obituary for the mayor in the paper that somehow nobody stopped where was the editor that day and one of employees notices something a little odd while doing some research what are you building for him now uh rocket ship I want a rocket ship 10 million dollars Fox tells the guy nobody would believe him and he believes him yeah it's a little odd but I guess I can buy it and at the commissioner's funeral everyone is seeing if the Joker will follow through with killing the mayor commissioner love dedicated his life to law enforcement and to the protection of his community Elvis has all been a misunderstanding it's not Batman he was after is Batman well The Joker does get his shot but it's not for the mayor it's for Gordon his family sadly has to be told the bad news at least I don't wear hockey pants [Applause] [Music] [Applause] that goes to a nightclub to confront one of the Mobsters working with the Joker why is nobody doing the bat to see meanwhile Harvey kind of playing to the split personality thing but not a ton threatens one of the Joker's men using a trick coin saying he has a 50 50 chance of living you're the symbol of hope I could never be if anyone saw this everything would be undone a man in a bad suit talking in a silly voice is saying you're acting crazy Batman says he'll turn himself in to stop the Bloodshed but not before hitting on Rachel one more time you know that day that you once told me about when Gotham would no longer need Batman it's happening now I'll just say it Bruce's simple romance with her is kind of pathetic someone else she seems happy he's now going to prison yet he constantly makes a play that maybe they can work out you almost told me that did you mean it when you said you marry me when we grew up it's kind of embarrassing maybe that's the idea like Despite All His Brilliant badassness this is the one area where he's kind of a desperate dork but with so much else going on in these movies their chemistry has never been that strong I need someone more mentally sound like a guy who would kill a man literally on the turn of a dime in a surprise twist though Harvey tells everyone that he's Batman I am the Batman I really love that Nolan realizes the trick to get a good two faces to get Harvey down he knows in order to make the transformation more painful he needs to be relatable and a lot of time is dedicated to him being portrayed as heroic and likable and not to a fake degree for the most part your honor I'm not done [Applause] I need me the Clips in this movie The Joker rigs it where they have to take the lower route lower fifth will be like turkeys on Thanksgiving down there which they clearly don't there's tons of ways around this and the Joker chases them trying to blow open the truck a bill for that he's gonna need something a lot bigger to get through this I heard that but Batman shows up and where I really bash the action in the first film I can say not only is it a lot better in this one but it has one of my favorite action sequences of all time this Chase is so well laid out keeps the adrenaline high and brilliantly has no music so you can focus only on what you're seeing again the music is great in this but cutting it out here makes everything strangely more epic there's not even much dialogue the language of the scene is practically nothing but crashes and explosions it's also edited much better in the last one everything was so shaky and cut around too quick here you can make out everything and really feel like you're riding alongside them when Batman crashes through a window it doesn't just cut randomly to somewhere else you actually get to follow him through the window this time you get to experience what he's experiencing look at the clowns firing at them it's like you're in a live action video game to a point where every time I drive a lower whacker I can't help but get a little bit of an adrenaline rush because I always think of this scene on top of that almost all of it is really there yes there was a model work in a few moments of CG but they were used only when they had to be they went the extra mile and actually had all these cars blowing up or crashing you simply feel more immersed when you know what you're looking at is really there oh you want to play come on it all builds up to a Topper that everybody saw in the trailer but you got so wrapped up you forgot it was coming and everybody roared in the theater when it finally happened this leads to The Ultimate Showdown [ __ ] Gotham has ever had with Batman charging towards the Joker this leads to I'll completely admit a surprise that shocked the hell out of me we got you you son of a [ __ ] again the crowd went nuts here I think it shows a movie is really working when there isn't a character you're not rooting for it's kind of like the Coyote and Roadrunner because everything with me is for some reason it doesn't matter if they're good or bad if they're passionate and interesting you do want them to succeed in one way or another things go south though when both Harvey and Rachel disappear thus the Joker and Batman finally have a sit down basically a fun house mirror version of heed but who gives a [ __ ] it's great I'll show you when the chips are down these civilized people they'll eat each other Joker says he's trying to make a point as an agent of chaos which is a little contradictory if you're an agent of chaos you shouldn't have a point but he does go back and forth between proving something and just spreading Madness that I think I can have a quiz itself don't worry I'm gonna tell you where they are and that's the point he tells him where Harvey and Rachel are as they're both in separate buildings about to be blown up Batman goes to save Rachel but discovers the Joker switch the addresses some okay so even when this movie came out the Trope of killing the love interest was already kind of played but not so often in comic book movies I guess you could argue Lois Lane but she comes right back so I don't think it really counts in my opinion this does what Spider-Man didn't have the balls to do an Amazing Spider-Man 2 was late to the party with my only problem he doesn't warn her that much yeah we get him looking over the wreckage and sulking in his room a bit but Alfred's like eh you can take it and it's never brought up again by him didn't you think it might be some casualties things were always going to get worse before they got better honestly Harvey takes it a lot harder which makes sense as this mixed with the fact that his face got blown off drives him insane and this might be an unpopular opinion but maybe the movie should have ended here this is the emotional height of the film The Joker escapes Harvey is scarred we're at an hour 40 minutes a perfect running time imagine if it just stopped like this [Music] that would have been goddamn chilling seeing how they build up another one at the end anyway I feel like this could have worked but instead we have 50 minutes left and honestly what's in this 50 minutes could have filled a whole other film I guess because they wanted to squeeze in so much it's condensed in the final third but like I said before it is condensed well not only is half of Harvey's face scarred and a pretty great effect that still holds up but his double-sided coin is too I love this because it represents how now he can't play tricks he can't make his own luck it worked for a while but it cost him dearly and now he's spun into the opposite where everything is one way or another brought on by chance I told you I'm a man of my word I just Scrooge mcducked myself as you'd expect though he sets the money Ablaze and calls in on a talk show with the employee from earlier saying he's gonna reveal who Batman is Joker says he likes the mystery now and if the guy isn't dead in an hour he'll blow up a hospital yeah like I said they try to squeeze in a lot in this last third people scrambling both evacuating hospitals and trying to kill this guy Bruce does manage to save him but make it look like it was an accident that's a very brave thing you did trying to catch the Light hey thanks Batman I guess I ruined that with the joker wearing easily the funniest costume in the movie hi hi and yes this was a popular cosplay for a while he convinces Harvey that he's just a Mad Dog and he should take Vengeance out on those who let him off his leash this begins Harvey's coin flipping and I do like he puts the Joker in his trial of chance too it really does make sense a villain based on chaos and a villain based on chance would fit well in the same movie you live you die now we're talking of course he gets lucky Harvey escapes and the Joker blows up the hospital that again really was demolished and looks amazing there is a rumor that the explosions accidentally stopped and Ledger improvised the scene of him hitting the Detonator until they went off again but look at the camera work look at the staging look at how many explosions there are that's not how this works Nolan even said they purposefully had it stopped so they could set the demolition part up while keeping ledgers safe even if the rumor isn't true though it's still a spectacular moment but then we get another climax yeah honestly the whole third Act is just one long climax after the Joker kidnaps Anthony Michael Hall if you if you don't be in the game yeah get out now random he puts a bomb on two fairies who must make a choice which boat will blow up and if they don't choose in an hour they'll both blow up and you might want to decide quickly because the people on the other boat may not be quite so Noble first off this can this kid feels like a two-phase plan like you're forced to choose one or the other and second this is where the movie stops being great and instead just becomes good were introduced to this idea of Batman using everyone's cell phones to track everything this alone could be an interesting movie instead of just the last half hour this is wrong I've gotta find this man I'm also gonna take a wild guess and say this is a commentary in the George W Bush Administration Harvey starts killing the people who wronged him in ways I still don't fully understand the car what what happened there people on the fair are debating what to do like it's a Saw movie the hostages are switched with the henchmen we have to have a hand-to-hand fight with the joker even though it's all done well after the hospital bit I'm kind of done this would have been a great climax in another Dark Night movie but they squeezed it all in here and that's what it feels like it feels like it's squeezed in the little leeway I'll give it is that it is like what the previous film said it is about escalation the chaos never stops it's Relentless everything seems spinning out of control and crumbling with Batman trying to pick up the pieces that is essentially The Joker I just think there were better ways to do it than to just add an act four but it is still very intense and keeps your interest as after neither fairy blows the other up and Batman stops the Joker from detonating them both the Joker reveals how destroying Harvey was his Ace in the Hole all it takes is a little push and I'll just say when I saw this clip in the trailer I was saying to myself did they make the Joker fly in this the Joker's arrested Harvey kidnaps Gordon's family and gives them the same coin toss as the others you're not going to hurt my family just the person you love most it's your wife it can't be your daughter we even decide if she's gonna be Batgirl in the future or not we're definitely gonna screw up Robin but we have to hold out on this one you don't want to hurt the boy Harvey your mother's in there with us cameras would you like to leave a message foreign tussle Harvey Falls to his death to save his reputation Batman tells Gordon that the story has to be that he killed Harvey's victims I killed those people people you're not I'm whatever God amazed me to be there is an irony that they're saying spying on people is wrong but lying about who killed someone is fine but you get the idea of the lesson he's taking a hit for Gotham it's about endurance it's about sacrifice it's about making people even more freaked out about fake news Okay this didn't age that great but it's a thought that counts watchful protector a Dark Knight and that was The Dark Knight despite his few problems I still think it's fantastic this really did change how serious people took superhero movies it hit just the right notes at just the right time the lines are so quotable The Dilemma is so intriguing the characters so memorable for a while this Joker became an icon of shall we say meaningful Madness despite being a villain he reflected a sort of anti-authoritative chaos that struck a chord at that point in time the same way Phoenix would in his own way at a different point in time well okay I can't say it's Perfection the amazing moments overshadow all of the flaws and gave you an amazing experience that changed the Cinematic landscape of the genre it's still one of my all-time favorites and I know I'm not alone if you haven't watched it in a while pop it in again and watch one of the the greatest comic book movies ever made I'm a Nostalgia Critic guy remember it so you don't have to all your offenses betrayal you are now seeing what you fear the scarecrows steer taxes and Strikes Again here's one of your Heroes now the villain from Scooby-Doo 2 monsters Unleashed it's Batgirl oh sorry I had an even bigger apology for ruining Scooby-Doo 2 monsters Unleashed it was like are the Batman franchise was bad credit cards bad nipples and bad hockey pads was that dude yeah like some characters are different but isn't this like the same thing how dare you this is far more expensive and far more familiar look look you know how everyone said the one with the joker is one of the greatest things ever made yeah well we're taking inspiration of the Lesser one before that isn't that like backwards of course it's the most creative and Ireland thing to do whatever you're gonna get hate for this no matter what I suppose you're right roll the thing [Music] foreign Dark Knight Rises came out in 2012 after one of the greatest comic book movies ever made and another runaway Blockbuster the hype behind Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman film was immeasurable and I will say the people who loved it insanely loved it and the people who didn't I think we're in the same treatment as the folks on the Gotham Bridge I as you probably guessed was one of those people who didn't care for it in fact I hated it I loved the Dark Knight so much that I was ruthless on this film I haven't even watched it since it first came out well ten years later I put it on again and I have softened a bit the acting is pretty good the size and scale are massive I'll even go so far as to say the majority of this movie is very impressive to watch in fact upon revisiting it I think it only has one problem the script that's all just the words choices and basic root element of cinematic storytelling sucks but aside from that it's really good no I'm gonna get ripped apart for this so I'll try to praise what is legit awesome about this film but I'm not gonna pretend the stuff I think is bad isn't bad as always I'll be as honest as I can for better or worse hey what are you doing you trying to hide yourself so you're not connected with my opinions on this movie aren't you hey if you want to ruin all that DC good will you built up then kick me out yeah fool me once right okay fair enough this is my solo yeah definitely solo review of Dark Knight Rises the movie opens randomly reminding us that Harvey is dead I believed in HobbyTown thanks just throw this in there too in case we forget but it gets pretty cool with an intro clearly trying to top the bank robbery opening in the last one but who cares it kicks ass CIA agents capture the mercenary known as Bane played by Tom Hardy and try to make him think they're killing his henchmen a lot of loyalty for a Hired Gun oh perhaps she's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane or how a voice and a mask can sound like 20 sound filters on top of each other if you're wondering why he sounds like he's clearly in a recording booth it's because there was a lot of complaints that Bane was too hard to understand in the trailers you have my permission to die this dude does do a lot of talking so my guess is they brought him back and re-recorded or re-altered his voice several times if I pull that off will you die it would be extremely painful you're a big guy for you [Music] I actually really like his voice despite everybody's Impressions Bane in the Harley Quinn show is entirely written around how hilarious it sounds I am cutting the skirt blades are dull I will bend it but again it's Batman villain I want him to sound a little weird what am I gonna say the Joker sounds too high pitch or the penguin grunts too much the silly voices are part of what makes them distinct with that said it is great when his voice breaks and he sounds like a drunk Sean Connery from Red October belching helium of course the Batman to my shame police is mobile opportunity if soda popinski had a voice it turns out bane just needs the doctor on this flight and he arranges the plane to be rotisserie by another plane I honestly have no troubles with this scene it's pretty sweet you like my impression of a creaking door no they expect one of us of the wreckage brother the recruiter with a pamphlet should have told you yes you can question the logistics of this plan but let's use the same rules as Dark Knight it's a comic book movie so anything heightened that makes the characters look smarter or stronger is fine however anything heightened that makes the characters look stupid or lazy I'm going to call out because that's not fun that's stupid or lazy like we met or how Gordon is about to tell a group of cats he lied about Harvey Dent and the Batman for eight years maybe the times don't worry he's not that stupid he'll just carry it around on missions so criminal may find it and read it later not to go into spoilers but a criminal finds it and reads it later the mayor's gonna dump him in the spring must be popular with his wife not really she took the kids and left for Cleveland yeah that's right Gordon's family left him isn't that exactly what you were hoping for at the end of Dark Night oh my God the suspense I hope after this they 'd be dead to protect their lives resulting in their lives being threatened but piss off comic books perfectly eyes on Wayne at one of these things no one has not in years Bruce Wayne just stayed out of the game for eight years and all the aches and pains catch up with him forcing him to walk with a cane and a stick to keep his balance I don't care it's fine it's fine it's my bad joke that I love him but Selena Kyle played by Anne Hathaway plays never once in this movie called Catwoman who tries to get Wayne's fingerprints call me crazy but I figure Batman and or Bruce Wayne would have better security than this you wouldn't beat up a woman any more than I would beat up a crippled I was The Dark Knight good night my story so I know some people love her hate Anne Hathaway and I'm honestly indifferent to her so I first saw her in this that was my reaction indifference she was just another Catwoman to me didn't leave that big an impression watching it again she's both a little worse and a little better than I remember but bluntly she sucks as a villain you're kidding me no guns no killing where's the fun in that I never buy it it looks like an ax she plays Evil the same way a Villain at a kid's birthday party plays Evil it's clearly for show still don't trust me huh how can we change that however I do kind of buy her as a badass hero that woman always flip-flops between sides and when she fights her even just walks alongside Batman it does look pretty cool I probably buy her more as a warped version of Batwoman or Batgirl or something speaking of which can I be Robin you have something you want to ask me officer Blake Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays officer Blake you should use your full name Robin self-service who figures out what nobody else in Gotham could Bruce Wayne is Batman how just just look on his face my mom died when I was small I'd seen that look on your face before it's the same one I taught myself right when I saw you I knew who you really were oh God damn the script God damn this grid um I know I said I wouldn't attack any heightened elements in this but this isn't heightened this is freaking Supernatural he figured it out having never seen or hurt Batman but just by looking at Wayne's face holy underwritten metropolis and the funny thing is this one be hard to fix just that Batman walk by him at one point and Blake be like I recognize that chin that scene the two to compare him but this side kid is a damn Miracle he couldn't have been Millions outing other superheroes just by looking at him Diana Prince Clark Kent Peter Parker Jennifer Waters congratulations all these heroes are being hunted down and or destroyed uh don't talk you've done enough speaking of which and I do literally mean speaking of which he knows how much damn talking there is until Batman shows up it takes him 45 minutes to appear which is honestly fine as the other movies took their time setting up stuff too but it always felt like something was moving forward in those movies Bruce was having flashbacks or traveling place to place before he became Batman Gotham's law enforcement were trying to take down the mob with Batman's help before the Joker story really got going this is literally just people sitting around explaining Exposition maybe for a second you'll see Catwoman do something or Bane do something but it's mostly just people in one spot yapping trying to talk to a man who threw away your Investments do you understand only money and the power you think goes by his gut and it continues to bother him no matter what you and dad cleaned up the streets you clean them good I'm not hearing a question a lot of guys when [Music] hey I bet the story about Alfred hoping to see Bruce and a loved one in Florence will be how the movie ends how do I know because it's the only time we cut away from somebody talking and honestly I'd be more lenient about it if the characters were as interesting as Dark Knight or Batman Begins all the new characters introduced in those movies were really engaging even the gangsters which had seen a million of in these films all have distinct memorable personalities all the new characters here are forgettably generic we got Blake he's tough one of Bruce's biggest investors Miranda she's tough Selena is fake tough I completely forgot dang it was in this movie and that's one of my favorite Batman villains he's clearly you don't know much of anything do you where's bang annoyingly whiny and tough I guess there's Matthew Modine who does have a pretty good Arc by the end but until that point he's also pretty whiny when not tough I'll give it this I am happy when Batman shows up not because he's Gonna Save any of these boring people but because something is finally happening but this does raise the question how will he get past years of being physically disabled better off we go so far so good these tumblers turned into Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that's cool he is arguably the best line in the movie funny it has to be from the comics they just don't care yes he still has that voice and yes he's still mouth breathed so much I can't help but make this sound but it's still good to have Batman in this Batman movie and all it'll cost you as an Alfred you leave me you're not Batman anymore you have to find another way yeah remember the offer that said endure take it Batman can make the choice no one else can you spot in the faces of Gotham's criminals didn't you think there might be some casualties things were always going to get worse before they got better well now let's give up let someone else do it no one cuddles me at night anymore what if before she died she wrote a letter saying she chose Harvey Dent over you I give credit that this movie renegal little bit on the lies told at the end of the last one as I never knew what to think of that ending and clearly the writers didn't know either as both the truth about Rachel and later Dent are revealed maybe it's time we'll stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its stay the acting here is also Top Notch from both Kane and Bale but Alfred doesn't want Bruce to die so he won't help him anymore leaving him to die oh no what this means your hatred but it might also mean saving your life now Timmy I'm tired of catching you every time you jump from the bookie so I'm not going to catch you this time saving your life what spirit's been doing those eight years out of the Limelight well now protecting his finances because now he's completely broke they bring Miranda who may end up owning the company to applied sciences and I will admit I forgot how awesome this show was no this is goddamn [ __ ] who will soon be Disney they show her investment is going to a machine that can create clean renewable energy or blow up the world someone will figure out a way to make this power source into a nuclear weapon I prefer you back to comics Miranda does end up owning the company as well as Bruce's Little Wayne that is if he can figure out how to get inside his house without Alfred do you have keys I never need enough Batman everybody despite the two having absolutely no chemistry they decide to fog and yes there is technically a reason she does it but again how did Batman not figure it out and he tells Selena if she helps him find Bane he'll help clear her name so that she can go back to feeding her she doesn't even know cat he leads him to Bane all right by trapping him so he has to face him alone Bane reveals he's from the League of Shadows and I'm sorry but in a choice I just can't get behind he's a massive simp for Raz Al ghoul I am the League of Shadows yeah he just wants to destroy Gotham for the same reason Roz did crime corruption economic inequality which didn't the league say that kind of caused with Gotham we tried a new one economics and instead of making him a unique epic villain they just make him a basic [ __ ] for a previous one I'm here to fulfill Raza Ghul's Destiny imagine if killmonger and black panther was like I will fulfill Baron zemo's Legacy you'd miss all this amazing stuff that makes him one of a kind it just wouldn't feel as Grand or new also The Dark Knight said by me to be one of the greatest comic book movies ever kind of it's like a detour now doesn't it League of Shadows wants to destroy the city defeated Joker wants to drive everyone mad stopped League of Shadows wants to destroy the city oh [ __ ] [ __ ] I get to see it again it does lead to some cool stuff though I love how Bane knows all Batman's moves because they were trained by the same people this fight scene in general is pretty great okay it looks a little fake but both actors are into it you feel the intensity and though Hardy said he hated beating up his childhood hero he sure does sound like he's having a ball because they belong to me foreign oh man you beat him to his hangover face are you merely adopted the dark I was born in it but that pesky riding where is all this taking place without him ever knowing your precious Armory gratefully accepted world's greatest how much work did Alfred do I was wondering what would break first your spirit or your money oh I should have wore hockey pants [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Selena tries to leave Gotham but is picked up by the police the dent act allows non-segregation based on extraordinary need s this is really stupid and Bruce has taken to a far away prison where Bane was raised he'll of course lepers watch the destruction of Gotham because comic villains are morons and kill them off after prisoners tried to get out of the giant plot hole this movie keeps digging for itself and produces total the one prisoner who did says there is one who did a child a girl that is very important yeah all right we'll get to that twist later but for now he thinks it's Bane police think they have surrounded so they literally throw in every cop in the city their words not mine the shit's down actually looks funny how can you not laugh at all of this giant cities cops going to one bust even the reporters are like are you high we're seeing literally thousands thousands of something it's a training exercise no I swear there was a scene cut from the movie where she says are you high Shack this wasn't such a good idea as a bunch of explosions trap them in the tunnels blow up Gotham's Bridges and for some reason cut up this cool shot from the trailer why'd you do that that one take was amazing this bomb is armed and the identity of the trigger man is a mystery well this is a weird halftime show the doctor from earlier turns the energy source into a bomb and Bane says he'll detonate it if anyone tries to get in or out of Gotham he reads Gordon's letter about how Batman was innocent and Dent went insane which I mean he is a super villain he could be lying but whatever this gets Gotham up in arms and his return to the people who feel wronged the rich are poor the poor are rich the guilty innocent the innocent guilty getting across the incredible message of inequality sucks yeah kind of like Occupy Wall Street which they said they weren't inspired by and I do believe them they're doing the same thing pointing out similar problems but not really offering Solutions even though this had no connection to that movement it was clearly on their minds the same time it was on all these other people's minds there's just something about that place and time that got people talking about it maybe that's why a lot of these characters choices seem so dumb they're letting the commentary Drive the characters rather than the characters Drive the commentary with that said what is Batman gonna do I mean being broke is back recreating one of the most iconic comic book scenes ever and what do they seem to have down there a rope It's Gonna Take Years of physical therapy better let's climb out of here oh I broke my back again for several months Gavin is ripped apart and Bruce tries to escape with the other prisoners chanting but he never makes it when he's told the child made it without a rope he decides no snot nose pip squeak is gonna upstage him is that me rise you've been down there for months and now you ask what that means if I was following out of prison and my soulmate said dick cabbage every time I did day one I'd be like what's dick cabbage I'm kind of curious what that's about how much work did I out for two again he climbs up without a rope yeah okay and he of course makes it out just in time two is the best Cameo in the movie says Gordon is on thin ice and sentences him to death by thin ice this blocks the remote Detonator signal to the bomb get it onto It Before Sunrise so a lot of people ask how did Bruce get back to Gotham and how is he able to walk in that thin ice when everybody else falls through what one they did show he actually can walk on thin ice not gonna lie I was pretty impressed by that callback number two he's Batman he got back because he's Batman foreign [Applause] with no guards and a giant hole a child jumped out of didn't work after what the tenth time I asked how Nolan could never tell Bale Batman looks hilarious with his mouth open I'm so baked they get all the cops out of the tunnel again maybe should have killed them Bane and the battle for Gotham begins I'll say this too you really do see the money on the screen not only is it impressive that all those people are really there and not cg'd in and that there was at least an attempt to make it about the city and not just Batman but the effects for being 10 years old hold up pretty good see if anything leading up to this made a lick of sense I'd totally be invested go go is he back it's Spider-Man back pretend I didn't hear that it's greatest detective finally puts together maybe hitting Bane's mask won't work yet even the CIA age and figure that out right away if I pull that off will you die and he finally gets him down for the count where's your trigger can't understand you so that's what that feels like but we get our big twist I guess it was Miranda all along my mother named Natalia before she was killed it turns out she's the kid that escaped and she's the daughter of Roswell ghoul and I don't know I is this what you wanted Catwoman and Bane in a movie together and it's a last minute twist daughter of a villain from two movies ago that's our Mastermind that's this isn't like Marvel where there's like five dozen films to try this out on this is the climax of only three movies with a roster of amazing villains and we're ending with her okay you got 10 minutes of climax left maybe the writing for her will be really Stellar he's only cry [Music] that is a fake line you put that in as a joke these are asking nominated writers they're ready to go up with the city as she gets ready to set off the bomb with her detonator where's the Kaboom Gordon turned off the bomb so she rushes to find him which is good she shouldn't have to see Bing go out like a [ __ ] no guns thing I'm not sure I feel as strongly about it as you do that's an orgasm of lame well it's gotta take Bruce a while to recover with that knife in his side better but they discover the bomb is activated and naturally Batman has to sacrifice himself flying the bomb away from the city I'm still so baked after his supposed death I guess they throw a Great Gatsby funeral because almost no one attends probably because people are too busy going to Batman's Memorial and nobody puts together they died on the same day honestly he's a little douchey even after he's dead none of his friends say oh by the way this guy was Batman he was a good dude I mean they literally made a statue out of him I don't think they're gonna charge you with anything it's not even an accurate lightness his mouth is closed I'm so sorry found you you trusted me and I followed you I mean you did how's that hole I'm Gonna Leave You to kill yourself so you don't kill yourself then work out when Manor is turned into a center for at-risk kids led by Blake Robin oh blow me where he discovers the bat cave below and if you're like me you know when this movie really should have ended I know it's like the ending to Inception but Christopher Nolan has shown us he likes doing the same thing over and over so why not here it'd be so good if it was left open did he see him did he not was Selena there was someone else he found there your imagination and your interpretation of the characters would fill in the blank but instead Bruce found the exact Cafe he went to in Florence absolutely nobody recognizes a face that was constantly on magazines and this Trilogy finally ends folks I tried I just can't get into it I will admit there are a lot of things to take into consideration trying to up the spectacle of The Dark Knight trying to be respectful and not bring back Heath Ledger's Joker trying to tie things together when you can't use the storyline of your most iconic villain but I really think they should have just done a villain from scratch and not connecting to a villain from the first film or if you're gonna do that do the Scarecrow damn it yeah I know I never shut up about him but that is the only first movie villain you could get material from to fill a sequel at least in a way that'd be satisfying I think I wanted to up the commentary up the effects up the size and in the process of figuring out the technicals it lost the human connection but like I said that is all on a script level and yes that's one of the most important things but watching it again I was impressed with how many elements did hold up in terms of Technology size scale and performances you legit feel the effort with every frame it in no way feels like a lazy movie just a misguided one and even then that's just my take I know a lot of people who love this film and if it really moved you in a profound way I'm not gonna stand in front of that it's hard is in the right place and it's clearly trying to do right by Batman with that said do you think it did do right all these years later were you like me and felt it couldn't live up to the hype or do you feel like it followed through on all its epicness also how do you rank The Dark Knight films I know my ranking is pretty obvious but I love to know yours whatever your thoughts on the Nolan Trilogy I think we all owe him a big thing for bringing back Batman into the Cinematic Spotlight reminding us why we love the shadow of such a powerful symbol okay that was The Dark Knight trilogy why are we all still here oh did you think that was it yeah but I have an amazing twist for you I am in fact not the real villain oh we didn't really care if you were it was an unsung hero who was in the movie under your nose the whole time oh cool hey guys Tony from hack the movies here wait how is he the villain he wasn't even in Dark Knight Rises oh yes I was I so rarely talk about it here's the bandana I wore while shooting and here's a couple pictures I took from the set just watched the stadium scene I'm right there behind the goal post unexpected isn't it I guess for epic not really all friends of betrayed us Tony from hack the movies it's hard being the glue that holds a film together we must Rectify this Tony from Hackman movies you are the twitch villain everybody wanted to see I didn't even know who was in the film so tell me what I must do for my epic conclusion uh maybe you can review the other two best Batman movies of course so don't be something new and unexpected you totally announced that at the beginning of the month but has he talked about those films before multiple times then we'll follow following the Nolan model repeat repeat and repeat you know I was happier when I literally didn't I was played by that does this mean I'll disappear too the world is too small for the star of The Dark Knight Rises to disappear oh good who are you I'm not sure anymore are you my Mommy why is this still going because I love doing this voice well stop it bye voice hello I'm the Nostalgia guy remember so you don't have to well this might be one of my favorite Batman movies but this one is still my all-time favorite I was eight years old when I saw this on the big screen and it was one of the coolest experiences of my life it changed the way I look at Comic Book Heroes who aside from Superman were not given much respect on the big screen and even then they botched that up if I'm right I think this is the first PG-13 superhero movie I know objectively there's better made Batman films but not only does this one have the definitive live-action Batman Michael Keaton who people bitched a [ __ ] show about when he was chosen and now we're crying with joy when he comes back but this did arguably change comic book movies before this film The only live action Batman we had was the Adam West show which is great but it's all we have there was actually debate whether to go the same route with this focusing on the campy humor rather than any drama thankfully the comics were bringing back the darker roots in fact going even darker with it which inspired the studio to choose a dark but still relatively new director named Tim Burton he said he modeled a lot of those movie after the killing joke and years later you could argue it's a better Killing Joke movie than well The Killing Joke where Nolan focused more on vocal storytelling Burton focused more on visual storytelling so much of the characters are brought out not by long conversations but rather few Choice words and phenomenal expressions there's so much awesome to talk about with this movie and so little time so let's Jump Right In this is my all-time favorite Batman film Batman screw that [ __ ] it's just Batman no other film is called Batman doesn't count it's called the movie first off I really should talk about the music I know I've made a joke or two about Danny Elfman over the years but the late 80s and early 90s really were his Peak and this is arguably his best ever with Zimmer's theme I always think of Batman brooding and walking elfman's theme I think of him brooding and punching it gets your adrenaline up while also being Grand and Gothic and that is Batman to me I also love that Kim Basinger's costumes get a credit because when I think of costumes and Batman clearly hers is what sticks out to me we're showing my all-time favorite Gotham City it's Smokey it's Gothic it's dirty it's literally dripping with atmosphere it's like Fritz Lang's Metropolis if it was going to mug you taxi taxi fans of the comic were no doubt trick thinking this was Bruce's parents about to be killed but it's a separate family trying to fight prostitutes hitting on little kids earlier than I remember you missed it give me a dollar come on I missed that bad at one dollar oh so that's where Dewey went the family is still mug though and this looks like a job for Batman [Music] the Animated Series yeah like most Burton movies the effects range from spectacular to laughably bad Burton himself admitted he kinda likes switching up the quality of his effects to give them a bit of a b movie feel sometimes it works like this is one of my favorite shots but if you look close you can see the king makes it invisible that's kind of a fun thing if you're paying attention stuff like this though even the 80s was calling up saying what you doing all right let's beat him man I don't like it up here we get our first mention of Batman with the curse of rate of what happened to a criminal named Johnny gobbs Johnny gobs got ripped and took a walk off the roof I heard the bat got it the bat oh man and give me a break will you so guess what I love about this movie it is dark but it's not afraid to be a comic book Nolan took a lot from the comics arguably more than Burton but in terms of style he wanted it to be more realistic this one takes itself seriously but never heard too seriously and these are classic comic book setups or even radio play setups which figures too is there were crossovers with that as well [Music] Batman played by Michael Keaton shows up to kick some ass please no he gets back up and whoops them with a white flash which is a holdover from a later fight scene where the camera is taking pictures but Burton thought it made the fight look cooler so he used it here too maybe the flash went by to warn him about Lois Lane I don't know say hi to Johnny Cobbs For Me what are you I'm Batman man I'm hard as hell not only is Keaton the best live-action Batman but this is the only live action Batman suit I can take seriously returns is pretty much the same and all right afflecks was okay but this one looks intimidating arguably Works Keaton's eyebrows into the mask looks like a costume that's seen some fights and of course has that weird ass bat turn said the outfit was so stiff he couldn't turn his head resulting in a pretty funny line in Dark Knight you want to be able to turn your heads but shortly backing out of the driveway easier here they just said it makes him move otherworldly again it Embraces the comic book environment so it's like he's always keeping a symmetrical imposing stance it still looks awesome even if the bad symbol is a little wrong not gonna lie it kinda looks like he grew some bad dicks the words Gotham City are synonymous with cry cut to a fundraiser for Harvey Dent played by Billy D Williams which Bruce Wayne is not attending what well if he's not gonna see what one of his future foes looks like he's like the rest of us people of Gotham City I'm a man of few words thank you we're introduced to Crooked cap Lieutenant Eckhart played by William hookens and Alexander Knox played by Robert wall don't be writing this stuffing newspaper knocks it'll ruin your already useless reputation we AK men on this Lieutenant is there a six foot back in Gotham City and if so is he on the police payroll is it true you're okay with the name poor kids who names the character Porkins it looks like Knox isn't respective for his story on the Batman as they even make drawings about him down at the Office Max I got something for you very formal shouldn't there be two signatures on there he's introduced to Vicki Vale played by Kim Basinger fresh off of covering a Frank Miller in joke and yeah okay not every line in this is terrific I just loved your story and I I like bats she said that like she runs a site dedicated to a bad fetish fighting off a slew a lines that wouldn't fly today Hello Alex you want me to pose nude you're gonna need a long lens first I'll take you to dinner and then we'll walk the trail will you marry me funny it's usually the guy dressed as Batman who talks to women like this we see mob boss Carl Grissom played by Jack Palance wants gangster Jack Napier played by Jack Nicholson to do a buzz that access chemicals which is really a setup for him sleeping with his lover this is the only one in the movie who can give Nicholson's overacting or run for his money he's the only actor I've seen who can scream Whispers makes a connection with us and someone I can trust kind of damage your lucky duck never play a game of telephone with this guy she sells seashells at Wayne Manor's fundraiser to save the Gotham City Festival were introduced to Bruce Wayne out of costume this time I love that our introduction is him not always knowing who he is could you tell me which of these guys is Bruce Wayne well I'm not sure okay for a photo journalist you really should have done some research he does come forward though as he eavesdrops on Veil and knocks quietly making fun of his art collection but where'd this come from I have no idea it's Japanese how do you know because I was in gung-ho Keaton said once he got Bruce Wayne down Batman was very easy to figure out and again he's probably the best live-action Bruce Wayne as well because he's so charming and likable but just a hint off oh I read your work I like it I like it a lot oh thanks can I have a grant kid knocks a grant if you told me any of these Bruce Wayne's were Batman I'd easily believe it but he would be a legit surprise but not to the point where I wouldn't buy it maybe that's one of the reasons he was chosen you so wouldn't believe he's Batman that the public literally refused he was Batman clear that night Jack finds out he's been double crossed and the cops show up please do we look like Arnold with an ice joke book to you sequence where Batman once again shows up and in my opinion everything about these two characters can be summed up here where Batman grabs Jack but his assistant Bob tells him to put him down nice outfit everything you need to know about these two is in those two glances with Nolan's films they have to talk philosophy psychology symbols meanings a ton to know what they're all about and again don't get me wrong it works fine there but all you need here is these two looks to understand fully what these people are like Jack's not even the Joker yet and I feel like I know what he's all about just from that reaction and Keaton's still the only Batman who can smile without looking like a dumbass Jack gets knocked into a vat of chemicals and let's say he doesn't take it well [Music] I have to work with here fun fact the instruments on that table are the same used by the dentist in Little Shop of Horrors which Jack was in the original version of intentional I don't know fantastic yes Vicky and Bruce have a date at his house and while yes a lot of her role in the action scenes is just screaming oh foreign stop it get some help add an anchor of credibility to what's let's face it a group of weird-ass people do you like eating in here I don't know the truth I don't think I've ever been in this room before she feels like a real person as does Alfred play by Michael Goff both of them allow a break from So Much Madness and bring a believable amount of heart to the film I don't really really caring much when Rachel and Wayne talked in the Nolan films it always felt like it was just a way to move the story forward here is to reveal more about who they are and it always feels like a legitimately warm conversation sort of reminds me of my grandpa are you close to him yeah I used to spend Summers with him my grandmother they had a house on the lake I just saw a man get chemicals guard into a clown and I would love to know more about her grandfather even to this day I can't decide if this is really clever or the stupidest scene in the movie I also eat insects Jack returns as the Joker killing grism and by God this might be the most fun I've seen a joker have since Caesar Romero I actually have a theory that each actor takes something from the previous Joker that results in a positive get out of here but also somehow unique performance apparently he improvised a lot of the weird movements and sounds making it unquestionably Jack but unquestionably fun too yes he's creepy and killing people but it looks like he's having such a ball laughing at his own jokes it's kind of contagious he's like a walking homicidal dad joke you just laughed because of how hard he's laughing you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs again in contrast to Nolan's films there's a big thing about Joker making a point and spreading chaos in this one his plan just is chaos sometimes he's an artist sometimes he's an Entertainer sometimes he's a gangster sometimes he's in love with someone other times he'll just throw her out without thinking twice I like you never know what's coming your way because I don't think he always knows can't make it then either I've got a very important meeting today the next day Bruce tells Vicky he's going to be out of town for a few days so they can't hang out I'll talk to you guys when you get back back we're going to be here girlfriend just throw a Batman while you're at it speaking of wood fail follows Bruce and sees he's the world's most romantic litter bug foreign why is he dating a sidewalk at a press conference with the mascot of Godfather's Pizza Mr Grissom asked me to take over the operation of his businesses until he returns again I love how comic Booky this is a bunch of Minds performed to distract the people from Bob taking pictures even though they'd probably be drawing more attention to him the way this is set up Grissom signature is perfectly legitimate it is legitimate takes out the owner of grissom's business and it's here Bruce makes an amazing discovery foreign s don't talk [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh Gotham's most colorless new set reports are coming in that models are dying in a very strange way the fashion world was stunned today by the sudden deaths of models candy Walker and Amanda Keeler authorities suspect condiment men Gotham were discovered today it looks like the Joker has contaminated a bunch of beauty products killing the people who use them forcing newscasters to stop wearing makeup which is pretty hilarious and Batman looks at more info on Jack Napier idiot if you just turned that page he'd find the man who killed his parents seriously that's an amazing detail I'm sorry but I'm going to be 10 minutes late to the museum okay he has to get ready though for the date he's not going on I'm not meeting her today yeah for the world's greatest detective he sure does take his sweet time putting together what's going on costing a lot of lives at the flugel High Museum they just want other museums to stop making fun of the guggenheim's name it's of course the Joker who meets up with Vale after doctoring up the art then I'm doctoring it and did I mention Prince did all the songs in this don't worry if not Prince will make it clear he always sounds like Minnie Mouse at her purse got stolen this might be a Batman and Joker movie but in real life we know Prince was both Joker makes the moves unveil saying he wants her to photograph his work you will take pictures work you will join me in the Avant card the new aesthetic can we just give an honorary Oscar to the guy who has to have his face down to the lasagna this whole scene that dude is surprisingly convincing and then breaks in to save the day hold on it should be pointed out that Keaton suggested having a different voice from Batman so people wouldn't recognize him as Wayne until that point Batman just had the same speaking voice as Bruce Wayne think about it Kevin Conroy altering his voice might not have happened if Keaton didn't come up with this idea I personally want to thank him for not only doing it so well but for inspiring others who didn't do it so well where were the other drugs going I know I've made enough jokes about that oh don't worry there's still more coming the two of them get into my personal favorite Batmobile fun fact when they showed this model to Burton he said that looks great where's the door [ __ ] the top opens up yeah that's it a last-minute Edition but it worked out pretty good 108 I think speaking of models having this on Blu-ray did not do these models any favors didn't I see Dark Helmet playing with those stunt double is also shall we say a little John mccainey but he gives us a kick-ass fight scene so I can't complain you weigh a little more than 108 and that was the last we ever saw of Batman he takes her to the Batcave again to some of the greatest music you will ever hear how good is it made the Batman and Robin trailer look epic when Venom meets Vengeance that's no small feat and he says he cracked the Joker's code but that's not the only reason he brought her there there is something else what this is the point where every parent that brought their kid went no no he just took the film she shot of him from her bra I still kind of bad if I bring something to you can we make the Evening Edition she gets the info to the press and Bruce thinks about telling her the truth it's not easy confessing a lie though when you've already lied about so much listen I came over to clear a few things I don't know who you think you are I'm Batman oh I didn't want to come out that way it's a testament to Keaton's charm that he can tell her to shut up you're a real nice girl and I like you a lot but for right now shut up and literally seconds later she's comforting him it's okay okay you can tell me Shut up but the Joker interrupts and as I think many have pointed out before there are three confrontations are once as Batman and Napier second is Bruce and Joker and finally is Batman and Joker and you gotta love a scene where the idea is who can out crazy the other mean kid Bad Seed I like them already it's like a challenge for whose eyebrows can hit the ceiling first come on let's get nuts he just went full Beetlejuice never go full Beetlejuice The Joker shoots him but Vale discovers later that he's gone leaving a bulletproof plate behind away from a bomb squad before opening them okay that was pretty funny later she discovers that Bruce's parents or at least father was murdered boy the mother really does get the shaft in these movies I won't be surprised if the Oracle read oh and some broady married don't worry Snyder would overcorrect this in the future public safe Joker here the next day Joker makes another threat which at this point Gotham is so used to crime they don't even listen to it until he says he's gonna drop millions in cash on the crowd I will dump 20 million in cash on the crowd again I feel like this has more Timeless commentary than the hours of discussion from Dark Knight Rises a corrupt world will forgive anything if you corrupt them even further but Bruce figures out two things one Jack Napier killed his parents when he was a boy and two footlight frenzy is the longest running show in Gotham element I go back and forth between what I think with the joker killing his folks I like that it's usually a low-level Criminal Who in some versions is never found but it does tie things together pretty nicely in a self-contained movie seeing how they both in an ironic way created each other first but just as Bruce discovers who the Joker really is Vale discovers who Bruce really is tell me if I'm crazy but that wasn't just another night for either of us was it for whatever reason people really lost their minds when Alfred let Veil into the Batcave but what she didn't put it together by now he was literally about to tell her and honestly I thought him being bulletproof and disappearing out the window was his way of telling her but nope fans made such a [ __ ] show about something nobody cares about years later that they even referenced it in the sequel who would Vicky villain to the Batcave I'm sitting there working and I turned around there she is I'll have it come on in yeah it's fixing problems fans having a sequel always turns out great they have again what feels like oh really on this conversation none of these lines are clever or flashy they just talk like real people but I don't know what to think of all this I really don't look sometimes I don't know what to think about this they say casting me will destroy Batman but this is okay they try to make amends and Batman heads to access chemicals to blow them Sky High yeah 80s Batman believes in killing guns and Looney Tune style explosions [Music] I smell a bad in the next lineup but the Joker and his Kenner accessories not included get out in time and start poisoning the city with toxic gas on the crowd in a deleted scene he knocks out the cop so they don't stop him and the money is fake actually putting his face on the one dollar bill the cop thing would have been a nice explanation but I like more that this was probably the mobs money like he was wasting it all on this one joke it's kind of ledger-esque [Music] just a side note this is one of my favorite shots of the movie I want to see the HBO logo in the sky at the end of that nevertheless Batman uses the Bat Plane to take the balloons down or rather up this doesn't please The Joker at all Bob done a moment of silence for the best Hench person until Harley Quinn [Music] Dead shows [Music] Joker takes out Batman with what else a joke and since I'm crashing to the ground and taking Vicky hostage I've got to get you to the church on time if I had to pick which version of Batman had a My Fair Lady of reference it would not be this one Batman is alive though I love the smoke he spits out and he quietly sneaks up to our villain admittedly that is the dumbest thing he does in the movie Joker sends one of the Bells crashing down blocking the cop from going further let's go if I can't move it none of you can foreign Town lights though and shine it on Batman fighting off the last of the henchmen however the hell they got up there [Music] going over here as I was saying I am Batman oh sorry you can be Batman you want to be Batman you're not Batman he defeats him though and finally makes his way to the Joker Theo tries to distract him and I love this look she gives as if like what does he do in this suit oh God don't think about its Joker killed his parents and this really is a moment that maybe needed to quote another Batman property you killed my parents do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down I know it didn't exist yet but that's no excuse Batman shoves him off a cliff only to have the Joker shove him off a cliff but Batman still has one trick up his sleeve I'll admit I bust a gut every time I hear the Joker go from laughing hysterically to just saying [ __ ] I don't know how many Jokers have just straight out said [ __ ] but there needs to be more this is a great drawn out death you love seeing him laugh while he struggles but it's also very satisfying because Batman's seeing the killer of his parents get his very slow comeuppance yeah until it turns into a rope actually movie Batman and Veil Fall 2 but he uses his grappling hook to save them okay as long as you weigh 108. no the day is saved and the cops now have a great connection with the Caped Crusader we we've received a letter from Batman this morning it just says I'm Batman they turn on the bat signal Vicky goes to visit Bruce one of the worst transitions I've ever seen in anything takes place but who cares the music's amazing and this is one hell of a final shot [Music] this is what got Batman as we know him today the dark brooding Cape Crusader into the mainstream again the makers of Batman the Animated Series emitted without this film they wouldn't have the show as we know it almost everything connected to Batman and media has this dark gritty tone in fact the challenge now seems to be how far can they go to make it even darker this also brought comic book movies into the mainstream as they exploded shortly after most comic book movies took the formula of not telling an origin story but rather just starting out with the hero already fighting crime so many superhero movies afterwards owe their popularity because this film was such a massive hit I love it's more of a show don't tell kind of flick I love how the Joker is always loud in the open where Batman is always quiet in the shadows I love how so much of this movie's strengths is in its performances and its visuals that's not at all to say the script is bad actually argue it lets the characters just be characters and not lectures about the characters I clearly love Nolan's Dark Knight but for me there's only one original Batman is that just because this is my personal favorite Batman movie doesn't mean it's objectively the best [Laughter] we have sandbags it is oh man I thought we sprayed for these I have come to make the rest of Dark Night mouth a living hell soon you will know the meaning of the word pain for I am going to ruin this review no it's cool I'm pretty good at doing that on my own I'll be lurky if the Shadows stalking your every move and no matter how hard you try you will never figure out who I am Malcolm hello I'm the Nostalgia Critic guy remember so you don't have to well seeing how we're at the end of Dark Night month and there's only one theatrical Batman movie left okay too hey I was in that one isn't that enough it only makes sense to look over what many consider the most faithful Batman movie Batman mask of the phantest foreign based on the hit show Batman the Animated Series mask of the Phantasm was released almost 30 years ago but made very little at the box office then you can see why the advertising for it was pretty lame just look at this trailer it's fantastic for a movie released in the 50s this Christmas for the first time America's most exciting and legendary Motion Picture hero in an all-new Larger than Life feature film [Music] Thrills texts across pictures oh actually we haven't mastered that yet but the font is adventurously boring yeah it told us almost nothing about the movie so nobody saw it how ever not only did a lot of critics seem to like it even more than the live-action Batman's for adults made at the time I enjoyed it more than the current Batman adventure that's in theaters this film however is really smart and beautifully drawn and intricately plotted the day is coming when adults are realizing that animation is not limited to an Entertainment form for children those two know what they're talking about I don't like this Joker's voice most of the time that's kind of reputation as being the Batman movie being the closest to what Batman was as it was based on arguably the most faithful Batman series I talked about how great this movie is in the past but I've never given a detailed review and I can't think of a better movie to close out Dark Knight month with so let's get started with critic did you know we have a Phantasm I thought we sprayed for these oh yeah just ignore her she'll go away her how do you know it's a her are we really doing this hello boys Tamara have you heard of this mysterious Phantasm well I know I have not I best go get this devious deviant godspeed Tamara we shouldn't trust anybody dude we're so close to wrapping up Dark Knight month okay but I'm gonna get down to the bottom of who this Phantasm really is oh a sandbag why would there be a sandbag in a hallway [Music] let's take a look at Batman mask of the Phantasm this intro is pretty fantastic a lot CGI in the early 90s doesn't age that well but with the art deco style of the city this Blends pretty great [Music] the music by the great Shirley Walker keeps the tradition at the soundtrack to a Batman movie is always spectacular plus there's a rumor that the Latin and the choir is really just the names of the music team backwards foreign it's really just a recipe for muffins in Latin by the devil after that epic opening the movie wastes no time getting started as Batman played by Kevin Conroy stops a gangster named Chucky Saul played by Dick Miller from creating counterfeit money ah you should have shot where I was going to be still the best Chucky Saul is approached though by the Phantasm cleverly voiced by Stacy Keach who also voices Carl Beaumont this works on a few levels when you realize who the Phantasm is and yes we are going to go into spoilers about who it is because well if the freaking action figure did it so can we point out this is Warner Brothers first animated p G movie and it earns it there's not only a decent body count in this but some of these deaths are impressively violent but you know sing 2 has the same rating what was in sync two I'm sorry what requires Parental Guidance in sing too rude rude this is a guy who gets squashed by a statue in his own grave but [ __ ] be careful parents rude the Phantasm decides to better kill Saul nope can't make it work and gets away from Batman just in time well I can't follow that I'll just call it a day councilman Arthur Reed played by heart bachner thinks Batman killed Saul and tries to get a nationwide manhunt going for him a lot of people including the police I might add think Batman's as unstable as the crooks he brings in he's just doing this so more people will call his girlfriend later at a party in Wayne Manor Bruce whines and dines many of his lady friends I'll never say the m word in front of Bruce have you ever thought about marriage a jilted lover is pissed off that he vanished out of nowhere as we take this opportunity to open up an old wound at least since that one girl Andrea Beaumont how'd you let her get loose thanks for the handkerchief Arthur you know where you can stick it now that was very rude at least five thing twos this really should have been PG-13 and it almost is in Kane style flashback Bruce remembers when he first met Andrea played by Dana Delany who apparently did such a good job they brought her back to play Lois Lane know who that was Bruce Wayne who are you talking to my mother my name Andrea Beaumont Bruce Wayne I know the boy billionaire but Wayne doesn't have time for love as he's putting his plan into action to stop crime as a vigilante give credit too this is the first Batman movie to focus on him developing his superhero identity which is an element Christopher Nolan would focus on in the future there was only one thing wrong they weren't afraid of me I've got to strike fear in them from the start maybe uh Christopher Lambert voice from Mortal Kombat there's nothing to stop Gotham tearing himself apart Andrea shows have insulted that he didn't call her yet yeah that's fair I should use that number you didn't give me it's been three days since we met and still no calls I figured you must be dead or something Delaney really is perfect as the cheerful Optimist turned vengeful Bruder like out of a Gothic 40s film or yes a Dark comic book it's a role she honestly already perfected in Tombstone which came out the same year in fact some of the lines are eerily similar Miss Hove is self-defense class for girls he laughs he's laughing again some sleeves outdoor dress as we cut back to the present day where the Phantasm kills another gangster and as cool as Stacy keach's voices I don't think anyone can make the name Buzz sounds scary I always want to follow it with your girlfriend not only is the story very much like a 40s film Noir but the imagery is too in fact if you want a cool experience try watching it in black and white I know a lot of people are doing that with Fury row but I'm telling you this movie looks pretty amazing with that treatment too it's the stinking fat again Batman is mistaken for the Killer and what a coinkydink Andrea happens to be back in town around the same time she also puts together who Batman is pretty fast [Music] well that's just far-fetched she clearly needs to be an orphan and just look at him in the face that as well drawn as Batman is usually blending into the Shadows how nobody notice him here remember this place sure you mean talk louder no don't look at me just talk louder because he had another flashback to when they went to the World's Fair this might be my favorite setting for the film as it shows the young optimistic hopefulness of the future contrast it later with the dark corrupt present we eventually get at last I meet The elusive Bruce Wayne Bruce is introduced to her father a businessman named Carl who has ties to the Mob again since we're going to spoilers I loved showing this movie to friends and asking if they could guess who this gangster was nobody ever gets that it's the Joker but they're thrilled when it's revealed part of what makes that so clever is this guy is shown first and the Joker is shown second so you know he exists obviously but you're not thinking this could be him if the Joker was revealed earlier I think people might have figured it out too early foreign [Music] tries to stop a robbery but is thrown off when Andrea acts concerned hot dog man should be a reality put myself on the line as long as there's someone waiting for me to come home I'm waiting for you to come home sir in a pretty emotional scene Bruce pleads with the grave of his parents to give him a chance at a real life as he didn't plan on being happy the lightning strike every time he asks is about as Gothic an answer you can get I can give money to the city they can hire more cops ease maybe they sent me we did not bat before hoes are screwed back in modern day another Asian gangster named Salvatore played by avagoda is concerned the Batman will get him next true we have eyewitnesses that's just beautiful why I'm too old for this he said the same thing when he was forced to do good burger pull over it's not very healthy in here Batman puts together that the gangsters the Phantasm is killing are connected and Alfred can't help but hope maybe after this is all done he'll reunite with his old flame you think you know everything about me don't you I dive at your bottom I bloody well ought to don't bring up this morning cut to another flashback where Bruce finally decides to put Batman on hold and follow his heart oh never mind I'm no good at this cigarette I always felt like you never knew what to do with me because I wasn't in the plan I'm changing the plan how does Batwoman sound oh I shouldn't have proposed in the same spot Jay and Eric got proposed in after dropping her off though the ring is mailed back with a letter saying forget about her left with Dad too young need time I don't smoke being the world's greatest detective he won't follow this up at all it's the early years he's a junior greatest detective and we're given one of the best Batman costume reveals in any movie how good is it it doesn't even show the costume it's just Alfred's reaction with a phenomenal music and it gives me chills every time [Music] [Applause] I guess the one thing I haven't talked about that much yet is the mystery it's not really that hard to figure out you know it can't be any of the characters from the show Reed would be too obvious and the father is introduced too late for that to be a satisfying reveal so you know it has to be Andrea her arriving in town early was a clever decoy but everything else points to her it always seemed just a little too obvious and that can be distracted no okay seriously why do we have so many sandbags forever I don't even think that makes sense Tamara Tamara what makes you save up Tamara come on the sandbags were embarrassing enough but this is spectacularly embarrassing no no I'm not her at all in fact at all oh here she comes a better run cause she's so strong and she will beat me up better run it's okay I got him critic don't worry camera there's not enough stop signs to convey what you have to do what are you saying with your words I definitely go he's back I shall kill him no more [Applause] no I just got away from that I heard a fight was there a fight Malcolm how come you and the Phantasm are never in the same room together oh my God I never thought about that maybe I'm the Phantasm I just know I'm not the fan song okay we're taking a break believe it or not the Phantasm is causing some chaos around here we should really get on that yes I'll be watching myself very closely [Music] that Malcolm's pretty sus [Applause] [Music] an [Applause] theory for his life Salvatore goes to the only character who can make things more complicated gasp can it be he goes to the Joker played by Mark Hamill to see if he can get him a thug business I got oh business sounds like fun now does Joker add a lot of energy and humor in this Macabre story but it's pretty risky when you consider the Joker is the bee villain in this how many Batman movies are there where he's the psy character and not the main antagon is good Batman movies are there can't be too careful with all those weirdos around he's the perfect drop of chaos that raises the tension halfway through the movie like Steve Buscemi's character in Conair if he actually did something also how did Ponder Joker hands not become a meme when Salvatore pushes in too far the Joker gets his revenge while Batman visits Andrea getting back on a date with [Music] no good night I go back and forth between Andrea acting cold to him as it was technically her who called things off yes we discovered the reason why later but she seems pretty harsh over a breakup she caused you still following your dad's orders the only one in this room controlled by his parents is you I guess you could argue she's let down by what he became and that he never LED that normal life that he indicated he could lead I like the cape not sure about the mask though you ever think of something Scottish it's being a witch later that night the Phantasm goes to take El Salvatore but it looks like the Joker got to him first your angel of death awake oh most people I say that to have a sad face Damon tries to put a stop to all this but it looks like the police are trying to stop him as well step away from the edge of the roof oh it'll find its way back home yeah did they confiscate that or what to get the SWAT team from The Blues Brothers and honestly this is some pretty suspenseful scene we get the first drops of blood we've seen in any animated Batman property Bruce takes his mask off to fool of a cops leaving him exposed and in animation you can get the antagonist as close as you want to him just missing who he is making this a really heart pounding moment hurry just move the cloak and Scythe out of the way the day is saved and Andrea finally tells Bruce the truth of what's going on later that night when she was dropped off the mob demanded their money but Carl couldn't get it in time as soon as the European banks open I'll have the whole amount wired to you foreign [Music] it would take some time to get Andrea tells them that Bruce proposed to her so why don't you just ask him for the money um they didn't want to get him involved I don't know but she said the mob still wanted more and to give Revenge her father became the Phantasm or maybe someone related to him who if their voice was altered maybe would sound like him again this is why I love Keach voicing both parts well talking about fathers and dead people is pretty hot wanna make out oh leave a tie on the door sir so after they bat banged yeah again wearing that PG rating like a badge of honor Bruce makes a discovery looking at an old picture of the Mobsters again this reveal is awesome oh no [Laughter] penguin I love seeing people's reactions to this it's both a mixture of laughter and oh [ __ ] everything just got worse and to think how tax money goes to pay those jerks I always love two there's one moment where Hamill loses the Joker voice it's when he visits Reed and he says the words to find out what do you want find out who's ice the old gang to find out to find out to find out I don't know why I always thought that was really cool just as Joker tries to get answers from Reed Batman does the same after he's injected with laughing toxin it makes for an intimidating but also pretty funny scene why did the Joker meet with you he thinks you're involved why and why are our tongues fire hydrant red seriously they're glowing in the dark he reveals that he got involved with the mob and what he couldn't pay them back he handed over Carl's location because he was his accountant you sold him to the Mob I was broke desperate they said all they wanted was their money back I offered them all Rolexes it did nothing Batman goes to Andrea's apartment to get more answers but she's not in suddenly the telephone rings [Music] there's no use jumping out the window this time the Joker tries to blow up her place but Batman stops it and we finally learn what happened after she and her father fled dad oh I knew we shouldn't have hit a Falcone Estates back in modern day The Joker gets a little uh the scene explains itself what do you say Han feeling the old electricity tonight I don't know what's more disturbing the fact that the Joker would bang a robot or the fact that we have no problem believing he would give him the big reveal that the Phantasm was in fact the whole time Andrea so you figured it out I kind of love how the extra padding to disguise her figure just flies off when she loses the mask that's some dedicated sewing right there [Music] foreign while the animation in this movie is great it's spectacular in the last third fights the smoke effects the Expressions everything about this climax is really impressive even the sound design I know it doesn't get talked about much but a good chunk of this Climax and a lot of the film's action sequences also works because everything sounds as massive as it looks okay that was a T-Rex but you get the idea it sounds just as good Batman gets there just in time to stop the Joker from chopping her into pieces you owe me a bike I have a good argument about Justice and Vengeance that again is mirrored in future Nolan movies and she makes a good point about what a thin line it is between what they do what will Vengeance solve if anyone knows the answer to that Bruce it's you I like to he doesn't have a witty comeback something like that is saved later when there's a speech from Alfred I think I always liked a Batman who's smart and doesn't always get duped yet doesn't have everything figured out either leave Andy now Jesus Miss hove's self-defense class for girls is next level [ __ ] I actually love how it's never revealed how she performs these tricks but it's still done within a cloud of smoke not just adding to the phantasms look but also showing it's probably just an illusion we haven't figured out yet a fun fight with the joker almost mirroring a Godzilla style climax when Batman knocks his tooth out somehow making him funnier than he already is even when [ __ ] gets real you can't help but laugh at that ridiculous Gap in his teeth [Music] Joker says he's gonna blow up the amusement park but Batman stops him from escaping meaning they're all gonna get blown Sky High and I'm really glad I can go into spoilers with this one because man I was sick of crapping the shot whenever I want to talk about the most epic Joker Laugh while we're on the subject this is the most epic Joker Laugh ah it really does show how far Andrea has fallen as she basically chooses revenge over saving her true love so he gets out pretty much through dumb walk Bruce and Alfred remark and how far gone she is Vengeance blackens the soul Bruce I always feared you would become that which you fought against Alfred has always been fatherly but again this really has a null and feel to it I'm honestly questioning more and more how much he might have been inspired by this but Andrea fell into that pit years ago and no one not even you could have pulled her back Andrea decides grit she's going on vacation but she can't take a vacation away from herself as she says her most emo line do do you want to be alone I am so alone Batman brood's alone as well but at least the city forgives him either that or he blackmailed Reed to get him off the hook and we end again with some of the most chilling music in anything Batman my way [Music] and that's said to be the most authentic Batman movie and honestly I can't disagree with them like I said if I had one issue I wish the mystery was a little stronger I mean I feel like we could have put on a better mystery again oh girlfriend doesn't worry Crick I'll get him oh my god I've had enough this [Music] okay let's see who this fantasm really is that's right it was me the whole time that makes no sense she sure thought that it was me it was all part of my diabolical plan you see I went to Extreme Measures to look like Tamra but how I spray painted my wrist white and wrote diabetic then what I altered my voice to sound like a lower version of your voice okay how the hell did your height change when you put on the mask well I have to have some Secret it's this is the stupidest mystery I've ever been a part of exactly nobody's expecting a great mystery because it's a review show oh and since we did an okay one or even any mystery at all it's pretty impressive it's not even an okay one you didn't see it coming okay maybe the mystery in this is a little better than I thought well Batman would often do detective stories this is one of the few that offers a mystery you can solve on your own even the Batman is him solving a case but you aren't given the clues to figure it out in this one you are and it's still the only Batman movie to do that also as many critics have pointed out this is much more of an adult Batman movie than the adult Batman movies that were being made but it is still meant for older kids as a starting point and I think older kids would find us a decent mystery and yeah as I've learned writing a mystery can be more difficult than I thought it also might be the shortest Batman movie with a running time of only 75 minutes so it doesn't overstay its welcome if anything it had a huge Advantage because the characters were already set up from the show but even if they weren't you could get what they were about very quickly when I think of something that encompasses the essence of what Batman is over the years I do think of the animated series and this movie is London in with that this feels like a film that was underestimated but has really grown a dedicated Following over the years as being the truest Batman flick I can think of no better way to close out Dark Knight month than praising a movie that best represented what the Dark Knight was all about it pretty much is everything you think of when you think of Batman [Music] Nostalgia critical critic the hallway early no I'm not safe here step out of the rain into the channel awesome Studio I make my way to the lounge where it's still raining the forecast called for Selective Focus all week and today was no exception everyone is getting ready to shoot our review of the Batman malcolk has prepared as Commissioner Gordon Tamara said to go as Catwoman jits if Walter is Batman I wonder how I'm gonna work that out it doesn't matter for there's a mystery to solve because like the Batman this is a detective story an important one trying to answer one of the biggest questions the film could have raised is that me as the gang leader [Music] the hell are you supposed to be I don't know [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] it looks like you it looks exactly like me internet says it's you has the internet ever been wronged about anything I'm gonna send this down to headquarters no this thing is so big it's probably already taken over the police what should we do then keep an eye out I get the feeling there's more to this mystery than meets the eye [Music] so yeah this was surprisingly good Matt Reeves the Batman had a lot of hype when the trailers dropped but before then there was a lot of doubters mostly around the casting choice of Robert Patterson as the lead role which meant of course in keeping with every controversial Batman Choice he turned out to be fantastic but it wasn't just his performance that made the film work I'll admit my first concern was this was going to be too similar to the Nolan films but thankfully it had its own unique Identity the movie Drew influence much more from the pulp detective stories that Batman had origins in so it's like a mix of everything you think of when you visualize scuzzy film noir rainy Smoky has opening and closing narration and more focus on the mystery rather than the crime fighting this might be the first Batman movie to focus more on Batman than Bruce Wayne in a good way this time I thought that does bring up a good point in the other films this wouldn't have worked but here it thrives because it has the comic center of an awkward crazy loner bringing Justice to an awkward crazy world there's a lot of movie to talk about more than that world's ends worth so let's jump right into it this is making up for a lot the movie opens much like the rest of the film kinda like a horror flick with the river watching outside the home of a politician it utilizes visual storytelling from the start as we see him look at the ceiling window and the following shot at night shows it's cracked open that was so subtle I actually missed it the first time speaking of missing stuff uh hello yeah riddle me this can you see me brought the other suit he kills the politician and we cut to Batman played by Twilight's holy [ __ ] these people can act tour doing something I'm shocked Batman's never done in a movie before narrate [Music] lines have turned me into a nocturnal animal this perfectly sets up the detective and comic book Element as both involve a lot of narration also welcome back to Chicago Gotham you can pretend to be Times Square but deep down we know you're the Magnificent Mile when that light hits the sky it's not just a call it's a warning the film apparently also got some flag for being too serious but I argue strongly there's a lot of comedy in it just for very weird Twisted people if you're not snickering at the Riddler's clear-colored glasses with his serial killer mask Gordon saying let the guy dress like a bat on the crime scene or holding on this image while dramatic music plays I don't know how to explain the humor to you just for a second get out the Marvel movie mindset and say you know what people dressing up like this is goddamn insane and you'll get the movies comedy speaking of visual storytelling it might be a little obvious but I love that this gang member who has his doubts about the crimes they're pulling off has only half his makeup on and he's the one that Batman lets go I like he saw he was walking that tightrope between good and bad much like he does and showed Mercy or maybe he's Harvey dead I don't know where the gang members want to beat up a guy on the train they're led by who are you are you me am I you perhaps I should check in with commissioner Malcolm has discovered commissioner Malcolm envelope somebody thinks we're getting too close somebody who has the answers this is more of a commercial break moment good boy now see you in 10 minutes anyway [Music] at first I didn't like that they hear Batman's footsteps as this big thing was always stealth but I quickly put together he wants them to hear his footsteps Kelly you're supposed to be so I'll admit while I love the costumes in this movie I hate the masks Batman's armor is creative and I will give credit that not having a bottom half of the Mask really allows a lot more the performance to come through but he looks like Batman's Guido to me the stringy ears the dollar store mask knows it just doesn't do it for me the Riddler's mask has the opposite problem it covers up too much of his performance it's a lot like Defoe and the Green Goblin so much of what makes him creepy and funny at the same time is seeing his face I feel like this could have been one of the great Batman villain performances if they actually let us see his performance you deserve to be dead after what you did what the hell am I looking at Catwoman what were they thinking all she has is a ski mask that's a little pointy at the top she literally Works in a job that requires her to wear sexy clothes and she loves cats there's no way they could have worked a sexy cat mask into this this dude's dressed like somebody Brent the Monarch we can buy that somebody would wear a cat mask it's not that far-fetched you're gonna let him in here let him through I also love that Gordon played by the often underrated Jeffrey Wright it's kind of a weirdo too Batman's been around for only two years at this point and people understandably so find his presence a little crazy and Wright plays Gordon like a guy who's just given up and says you know what he gets a result Insidious [ __ ] and the guy who cleans the [ __ ] is gonna be a little weird just ask this dude a quiz Jeff is a chatter damn it gets a riddle address to him so he takes it to his Bat Subway and I guess I've seen enough caves and were introduced to emo Bruce Wayne no I mean actually emo like he even leaves the eye makeup on part of me kind of things maybe they should have left it on the other actors and maybe not he won't be long before you nothing I don't care about that you don't care about your family's Legacy what I'm doing is my family's Legacy some people are torn about this portrayal of Bruce Wayne and I can't pretend I don't understand why but I surprisingly like it because of Pattinson we're still in his early years so I think him being a shut and gives him room to grow and learn more how to be a stronger Bruce Wayne as well as a stronger Batman it's not like the world is rewarding him for being a shut-in every time he's Bruce Wayne he sees ways he could be helping as a human being but doesn't because it would get in the way of him helping as a giant bat your family has a history of philanthropy but as far as I can tell you're not doing anything in the end he realizes that and instead of focusing on getting Vengeance he focuses on saving people as well okay still Batman yeah I really would have liked it if Bruce wrote a check to the city or something like that at the end but it doesn't look good on a poster I also know the dude is 36 so he's not that young but again this is where the casting of Pattinson is very clever I think it's safe to say we all still connect him to that emo kid from Twilight and I think the film not shying away from that makes it easy to believe him as a boy Bruce Wayne but also buy him as a Batman the only thing I hate is how often he snaps at Alfred played by Andy Circus pop appearances he's still away what about you your way your father gave them to me come back but it still wakes up in the hospital after almost dying and he's like did you screw me over old man and he's like Suck my Dick Grayson you butt horse the moment I knew Pattinson was a great Batman is when him and Gordon find another clue with just the subtlest of reactions he gives a look like where do you get a load of this some Drive how did he do that it's almost the exact same expression he has throughout the entire movie yet somehow I know exactly what he was thinking and it got a huge laugh out of me who the hell says this movie has no humor that's the thing clue leads them to an underground Club led by the penguin played by Colin Farrell get out of here Green Lantern I got a riddle what does a literal Batman and sound like take it easy sweetheart you point out it's hard to recognize Pharrell under all that makeup but for me it's harder to recognize him under that performance psycho I got two I forget how much fun he had as Bullseye and Daredevil and that he can go really big and silly so this strange hybrid of Robert De Niro and comedies and Al Pacino and dramas is pretty enjoyable holy Ghosts come on nah you're gonna tear me into a meme Selena Kyle played by Zoe Kravitz he's pretty cool as Catwoman as well she works at the Penguins Club and is concerned about The Disappearance of her close friend Anika the same way Vai would be concerned about her close-up buddy Caitlyn baby two points over Dark Knight Rises for the soul fact that she owns a cat you got a lot of shitty sequels the two of them also had pretty good chemistry as when he gives her contact camera lenses one of my favorite gizmos in the movie Her advances never seem to penetrate his no-nonsense batways I really don't care what happens to me in there tonight do you me looks good no time for love Dr Jones there's a spy to see if they can figure out why the Riddler is knocking off cops and politicians as she starts to get some answers she's distracted by someone who might know where Anika is keep him talking wait where are you going no stay on the D.A Bad Kitty bad where's Annika those thousand years to chat to turo Playing God damn it Nolan lied to me about how to say this name no Carmike Falcon Falcone paid him off to get chill out in the open give Jeff no nobody says Jeff me me no nobody says Mimi Mako Marco I really blow at this Selena's thrown off by him being there and she exits leaving the da she was talking to to be killed by The Riddler oh you need a ride that's me right there so this might sound like a strange compliment and I don't think I've ever given it to a movie before the focusing in this is amazing as many people have said the cinematography is next level but I think the most impressive element is how well they utilize Focus everything is shot like Batman The Riddler or really anybody can be in the shadows sometimes you're literally looking at nothing but you think Batman might be there which as he mentions is the idea they think I'm hiding in the shadows that I am the shadows and obviously it makes it much creepier when the Riddler strikes this attack is perfectly built up like a horror film and once the D.A is knocked out logically your next question is what the hell is he putting on him if this wasn't focus it would probably look silly and you wouldn't care what he'd be putting on him I'll tell you blue and red lights don't really seem to have a purpose in the grand scheme of things but out of focus all you can say is Jesus what is that thing that thing turns out to be a bomb as he's forced to crash into a funeral and give a message to the Batman again if you don't find this funny you're just not sick enough three riddles in two minutes I'll give you the code for the lock Batman does arrive tries to answer his riddles but when he's asked to hand over an informant he panics and goes boom he's fine yeah I get fireproof armor but fireproof skin his face should look like a rose with a lost dark candle they take into the house police station where the evidence is clear any cop with a high-pitched voice is gonna be a dick what's going on it I got the Press downstairs he interfered in an active hostage situation blood is on his hands SpongeBob here Patrick get a hold of yourself Deputy Gordon helps him Escape in a flying scene that's shot amazingly but I'm sorry he looks like Rocky the flying squirrel in that suit I'm fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine bet you didn't know this was a gritty reboot of the tick small commercial coming oh I better get to the thing commissioner Malcolm commissioner Malcolm let's focus ourselves to that being open if it's answers you wish to consume I'll give them to you in the next room it's a riddle but what does it mean I don't know but we're not going anywhere until we crack this code [Music] there are hundreds of rooms in the world thousands maybe more so how are we supposed to find this room let's try counting the letters in the riddle oh they could be room numbers four letters of the alphabet's filling out a new message one two three four five six seven eight nine [Music] [Applause] Batman catches the penguin dealing a drug called drops when Catwoman interrupts his bust and you know a movie's working when you feel legit bummed out when the person she's looking for is dead not gonna lie this was really a downer [Music] oh no my cousin this of course begins a big chase scene involving the Batmobile that I'll admit is pretty impressive considering it's a lot of the usual tight selectively focused shots in the rain no less yet I can still follow it all fine these people died so you can ask him some questions you literally know where to find him because that pissed off version of the Dragnet theme is the one that says son of a [ __ ] you're in trouble this is the only part of the movie where I don't like Pattinson's acting with all the amazing subtle looks he gives in this film he need to give it your ass his ass look here but for whatever reason he gives a teacher can you keep it down I'm trying to sleep back here look with that overcompensing bail face when you need it they question the Penguin and find out their Journey leads to the abandoned orphanage and yeah I love with his feet tied he legit Walks Like a penguin should be amusing they go to the orphanage to find out who the Riddler's next Target is Jesus isn't it no I'll be killed I mean Superman will be killed wait what the package is open by Alfred and I'll give credit the film's dark enough I legit didn't know if they were gonna kill him off or not sadly though I have to confess as suspenseful as this scene is all I'm thinking is ooh the Shakespeare had from the Adam West show there's a C4 explosive set in the Baylor those explosions don't hurt anyone in the Wayne Family Circle he survives Bruce Bray paints a vision board in his Batcave or living room to figure things out don't worry Alfred will clean it up all right he gets a call from Catwoman who says she's gonna go after the people who killed Anika she also reveals a big bombshell that Falcone is her father he owes me that money he owes Child Support I'm the child I think that makes sense now Thomas and Bruce Wayne I mean as far as I'm concerned that psycho's right to go after these creeps what do you mean Thomas and Bruce Wayne what do you live in a cave reveals that Bruce's mother was institutionalized and to keep it a secret his father made a deal with Falcone to kill the reporter who would leak it he talks to Falcone to see if it's true and come on I think we can trust a crime Lord to tell the truth you thought your father was a Boy Scout but you'd be surprised but even a good man like him is capable of in the right situation tutorial in many respects is the scariest villain because he doesn't scream or shout like the other Baddies he only does it once in a while for the most part he's very quiet very reserved you could even see him as charming and different situations which you could argue demonstrates he's a much more powerful foe as the saying goes people with true power don't need to raise their voices even when he kills someone he's still eerily quiet [Music] oh my God fine though from Alfred that his father did make a deal to keep it quiet but didn't want anyone killed they even introduced the idea that maybe Falcon is the one who killed his parents because he was gonna tell the cops I don't know if I like that idea being introduced but they do keep it vague that it could have just been a random criminal might be with some random Thug on the street who needed money equals skin pulled triggers too fast Batman's origin ironically feels more meaningful the more meaningless the murder of his parents is but hey he might be Spider-Man based off this shot as he discovers Falcone killed Anika and Catwoman is gonna get revenge by killing him off hey Dad I'm Maria Kyle's kid oh my God you're her father ah jeez did I follow you two he stopped Selena from killing him and is finally brought to Justice [Music] I'm finally seeing you on the light you look ridiculous shot by The Riddler outside the club and Batman rushes to his apartment to get him oh my God Batman's The Riddler shut up Frank the weather is seen across the street though and again I really really feel like we've been missing a lot of Paul Dano's performance with his face covered up imagine this freaky ass smile replaced by oven mid face here it just wouldn't be as creepy he's allowed to shine in his unnerving but like I said before funny as hell Splendor went Batman talks to him in prison and if you're like me your butthole quenched up as soon as he starts saying his name Pros way yeah he's keeping it together but in his mind you know he's thinking it turns out he's just talking about how easy Bruce Wayne had it as an orphan where he was left in the orphanage forgotten the billionaire with the lying dead daddy because at least the money makes it go down easy yeah it did now that you mentioned it oh God damn it the Thriller assumed Batman was on his side and his skin crawling as he can be again if you see no humor to this performance you gotta rethink a story about a guy dressing up like a bat [Music] they're a funny guy so the third Act is where things start to go down a hill a bit nothing is ruined but it gets a little sloppy and you do start to feel the length for the first time we're almost two and a half hours in and I surprisingly before then didn't feel how long this was but after this talk in the jail they should have just gone straight to the climax instead he goes back to the Riddler's place where we just were a moment ago to get more information and the information is very obvious literally the first question you probably have about the Riddler is what's that tool he's using to kill people only now though does Batman ask that and it reveals a clue second he misinterprets seeing the real you as he knows his identity but with all the double meanings in this politician's name everywhere throughout the movie it's pretty clear he's gonna go after her when the climax does get going a bunch of bombs start drowning Gotham forcing people into the stadium where his goons will kill everyone and I don't know maybe this is a personal preference for me but I think water is a very boring climax for a Batman movie Aquaman sure Batman feels kind of lame but okay even if you don't mind that people still continue to make bad choices the politician knows henchmen are out there to kill her and it's probably at this location but she says she literally wants to put a spotlight on her the problem with this city everyone's afraid to stand up and do the right thing Gordon tries as little as possible to stop we're under attack man exactly excuse me ma'am stop don't surprisingly she gets shot she didn't even have a plan she was just gonna guilt-trip the attackers I guess and fights off the goons but there's no big villains left to build up to there it they're the last big battle it'd be like ending Dark Knight with fighting off henchmen but the Joker and Two-Face are nowhere to be seen it'd be kind of anti-climactic checks himself with something to give him Extra Strength but it's never explain what it is even the amazing focus is starting to look a little cheap clearly using CG in a lot of the shots it looks so flat it's like an eye exam saying tell me when the Batman is in Focus but like I said I can't say it ruins anything I really like the henchmen using the same quote as Batman in the intro which makes him realize he has to make it more about the people and not himself this leads to a great image of him leading everybody out starting with the boy who lost his father in the opening I like he thinks about what the Riddler said and chooses him first over the politician I'll admit I feel like it should have ended with the closing narration and him looking at the boy he helped or again him helping out is Bruce Wayne to step bam there for once I really feel like they were hammering that in a bit but we get clearly two mid-credit sequences that for some reason are played before the credits one is foreshadowing the Joker laughs I know they shot another scene with him too and the actor's portrayal is fine but it just doesn't feel like he belongs here and not now anyway he's a great villain but we've met our quota let's give another one the spotlight for a bit we also see Batman and Catwoman going their separate ways it's fine just God damn this would have been a much better ending shot but screw it I still think this movie's amazing I'm glad it has its own take while still staying true to what Batman is all the acting is top-notch it's cinematography is incredible there's so much atmosphere it really is like a Detective comic brought to life any problems I have are all in the climax and while it does hurt the film it doesn't destroy it I'm super excited to see where else they take this series and hopefully where they don't take it this version of the cape Crusader I love to see develop more and more just when I think I've seen enough of a character there's very little left to explore it's always great to see something Breathe new energy back into in which we still have a mystery to solve any clues no but she might have some yeah Tamara of course next room was code for this room no I just figured the riddles were pointless and I'd tell you what I'm up to villains would get their point across faster if they didn't use puzzles I'm here to tell you that I have the answer you're looking for we're not listening to anything until you take that mask off fine actually you look better with the other one the gang member from the beginning of the film yes his name is Elliot Warren British actor he won an Olivier award he's been working in film for about seven years my God this changes everything who would have thought I'm Elliot Warren Jesus Christ it says he's playing a character named Douglas clearly I was trying to give a clue to myself are we really doing this bidding image of me right down to how muscular we both are okay I'm gonna take the weed even smoking and head up it all makes sense I'm Ellie Warren [Music] I can't believe you didn't use me in the review maybe I can get Rob to dress up as Alpha and come pick me up foreign [Music] what the hell are you supposed to be [Music] I'm Ellie horn thumb drive foreign

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Length: 289min 4sec (17344 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 25 2023