herbiehancock

No 458 - Batman Director - Tim Burton All has been rectified. I have watched the last of the four Batman films to be in the list, and indeed the earliest. However, don't let the title fool you. Despite everything, this is not a film about Batman. This is a film about Joker. The film begins in the deep, Gothic and fantastically murky architecture of Gotham City. The criminals and hoodlums are nervous there is talk of a vampire bat stalking the streets and picking off the muggers. We are introduced to Gotham after the establishment of Batman and we will not get anything like an origin story, besides a flashback of Bruce Wayne's parents getting shot at. That is all the motivation Batman seems to need. But considering how dull (once again) the character of Batman is in Burton's world, it doesn't really matter. This film follows one man. Jack Napier aka The Joker . Jack Nicholson's Joker is an odd character. It seems that his insanity is only there for show as when he i...

No 401 - Batman Returns Director - Tim Burton Ah Television... Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover . Also, ruiner of all my attempts at plan and order. Last night whilst scanning the chans I was delighted hear twinkly twinkly music box tones of Danny Elfman , and the see the Penguin's wicker pram prison floating into the sewers . So yes! I know it is a sequel but I'll sort that out in my own time thank you very much... right now I was going to talk about why I love Batman Returns so very much. Gotham city suits Tim Burton's mentality and visual aesthetic. The crumbling, decaying, vandalised shadow of former art deco resplendence . It is the same pseudo- Gothic streak which has appeared in almost every film Tim Burton has ever made. The difference is that in the original Batman, Burton worked with the Joker - a dancing prancing explosion of vivid purples and greens. Joker thrusts himself in the lime light, he is not the shadow dwelling outsider which Burtons uses so frequently...