Ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight? (Batman - Special Edition (DVD))

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Product:	Batman - Special Edition (DVD)
Date:	26/05/01 (124 review reads)
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Advantages: Excellent effects

Disadvantages: Not worth the original hype back when it came out

Cast listing:

Jack Nicholson .... The Joker/Jack Napier
Michael Keaton .... Batman/Bruce Wayne
Kim Basinger .... Vicki Vale
Robert Wuhl .... Alexander Knox
Pat Hingle .... Police Commissioner Gordon
Billy Dee Williams .... Harvey Dent, Gotham District Attorney
Michael Gough .... Alfred Pennyworth
Jack Palance .... Boss Carl Grissom
Jerry Hall .... Alicia
Tracey Walter .... Bob the Goon
Lee Wallace .... Mayor Borg
William Hootkins .... Lt. Eckhardt
Richard Strange .... Goon
Carl Chase .... Goon
Mac McDonald (I) .... Goon

Batman is a nice dark film based on the Batman cartoon world. It si the first film in a series, and the first major criminal that Batman has to deal with is the Joker - a homicidal clown. It turns out that the Joker killed Batmans parents, which caused him to become the crime fighter that he is.

The plot is fairly normal, but the acting and effects are really good, especially when you consider when this fuilm was made. The city of Gotham looks really bleak, just like it should do. Everything just fits together really well in Batman, and it is well worth atching.

I don`t know if you rememebr the hype when it first came out, with posters being ripped off walls as soon as they were put up. It`s not good enough to justify that kind of hype, but it`s still a good film.

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