The biggest miscast of all time. I always thought that Cruise, Rob Lowe, or Alec Baldwin would have made a terrific Batman in Burton's films. Keaton IMO was totally inappropriate and undersized for the role. It sounds like he's jealous and hating on Nolan's Batman films, which totally kicks behind.
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2 posted on
10/11/2014 2:24:11 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
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. . . Cruise and Lowe? They’d be over-the-top Robins, but never Batman.
3 posted on
10/11/2014 2:26:20 PM PDT by
Olog-hai
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It's kind of funny -- when that movie came out, there was a lot of hype, and many people went along and said what a great film it was.
Michael Keaton?
Kim Basinger?
Jack Nicholson chewing all the scenery?
Soundtrack by Prince?
Flash forward 20 years:
Christian Bale
Michael Caine
Heath Ledger
The soundtrack?
Yeah, let's give weirdo Tim Burton and Michael Keaton another crack at it ...
4 posted on
10/11/2014 2:26:59 PM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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Keaton is too milquetoast and pretentious for Batman. He’s like somebody selling hot pretzels at the Shopping Mall. Next thing you know, they’ll be casting Jim Carrey in that part.
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Nobody is asking for him to play Batman.....soooo......yeah
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Keaton is 63 years old...
Is he going to play Batman the geezer...
He was miscast the first time he did the role, this time will be embarrassing...
8 posted on
10/11/2014 2:36:46 PM PDT by
Popman
(Jesus Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Keaton was a really good Bruce Wayne. Thanks to the cowl anybody can be a good Batman.
9 posted on
10/11/2014 2:39:11 PM PDT by
discostu
(We don't leave the ladies crying cause the story's sad.)
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Still prefer that original over the more recent...starting with Nickelson as Joker. Keaton was a better Bruce Wayne than Batman, but I still liked him in the character. More the first edition than the later ones with Jim Carey, DeVito and all. Those seemed to be more focused on bringing box office names in for ticket sales. The first was a very unique cartoonish feel which was cool.
The new ones have many great aspects, but they were too long had a weird cinematic technique I didn’t care for that seemed to draw out the story too long for no reason. The last one in particular.
Heath Ledger had one of the great villain performances of all time in this version of the Joker. I like this series too, and obviously it has much better special effects and such. During the last one I realized how much they stretched these out unnecessarily 2.5-3 hours each
10 posted on
10/11/2014 2:39:42 PM PDT by
ilgipper
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Michael hasn’t done anything worth watching in more than thirty years.
11 posted on
10/11/2014 2:43:49 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Michael Keaton was and is way too skinny and runty to play Batman. Not that he hasn’t done a good job in other movies
12 posted on
10/11/2014 2:46:35 PM PDT by
dennisw
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I think Keaton was my favorite Batman. He was deadpan, kind of like Downey in Iron Man, which brought the kind of humor I think you need to balance these superhero films.
14 posted on
10/11/2014 2:48:55 PM PDT by
PapaNew
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It was a fun for its time and it was the first Batman movie that showed a correct understanding on the character.
However, if Keaton resumed the role, it would wreck that. He doesn’t seem the kind of actor who plays a grizzled veteran well.
17 posted on
10/11/2014 3:09:33 PM PDT by
Jonty30
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
The high point in Keaton's career was
Johnny Dangerously.
He should have left well enough alone.
18 posted on
10/11/2014 3:11:55 PM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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You think Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, and Alec Baldwin are “terrific”?!
21 posted on
10/11/2014 3:23:55 PM PDT by
iowamark
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I actually prefer the Adam West approach. Comics are supposed to be fun. The 1939 Batman didn’t stay very dark for very long.
22 posted on
10/11/2014 3:26:12 PM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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Batman!
23 posted on
10/11/2014 3:26:29 PM PDT by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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25 posted on
10/11/2014 3:29:14 PM PDT by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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No matter what you say he was miles above and beyond Kilmer and Clooney!
30 posted on
10/11/2014 3:37:28 PM PDT by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Keaton is a fine actor and Burton is a talented director but both were wrong for Batman. Christian Bale is not perfect casting for Batman either, but he was better suited to the role than Keaton, who would have been better cast as the Joker - watch his performance in Beetlejuice and tell me Keaton couldn't have done better as the Joker than Jack Nicholson, who simply played Jack Nicholson in makeup.
And Burton is best suited to the "quirky, odd, movies with a heart" category that he pioneered - stuff like "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands". Any director who wants to remake Batman needs to honestly ask himself if he really believes he can do anything with the story and acting that isn't already done better in Chris Nolan's outstanding "The Dark Knight".
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Maybe he can team up with Clint Eastwood playing Dirty Harry.
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