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Batman (1966)
- Review Date: August 23, 2005
- PG
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- 1966
Common Sense Media says
1960s flick won't appeal to today's kids.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie has goofy fight scenes and viewers are briefly led to believe that Batman has been blown up. He is quickly shown to have survived.
What's the story?
The stars of the 1960s TV series jumped onto the big screen for this Dynamic Duo adventure in which an inventor and his "dehydration machine" are abducted by a quartet of super-villains: Catwoman (Lee Meriwether), The Joker (Cesar Romero), The Penguin (Burgess Meredith), and The Riddler (Frank Gorshin). The quartet plots to hold for ransom the United Nations security council. The foreign dignitaries will be dehydrated (reducing them to powder), and re-hydrated if the ransom is met. In pursuit, Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) engage the villains in goofy fight scenes, though physical contact between the brawlers is often covered by the movies famous onscreen exclamations ("POW!). Viewers are briefly led to believe that Batman has been blown up. He is quickly shown to have survived.
Is it any good?
Fans of the old TV show will welcome the opportunity to experience once again all of the series' hallmarks: the unforgettable Neal Hefti theme music, the spinning batsign, the pop-art exclamations, and Robin's "Holy!" hyperbole. Viewers unfamiliar with the TV series will have to judge the movie on its own merits, which are few. Batman contains none of the mock tension and suspense that was such a major component of the original TV series. The sparse usage of the TV show's silly narration also undercuts the comedy. The talents of the zany villains from the TV series are wasted, as they are seen merely scheming instead of showing their bizarre quirks.
At some points, Batman becomes an out-and-out comedy (as when our hero combats a rubber shark), further ensuring that kids used to the tightly-scripted and intelligently plotted animated series, animated movies like Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and the grimly heroic live-action Batman Returns will have little use for this quaint, ironic fossil from another era.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about how this movie compares to other Batman films. Does the Batman character seem the different to you?
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Holy Bat-Movie
It's more of a feature length episode where all the best villains team up.
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One of the best movies ever!
What do you mean, "won't appeal to today's kids"? This is one of the best movies I have seen. There is minimal violence, and Batman and Robin are, of course, trying to save the world. Drinking is portrayed as bad, with Robin saying to Batman,"You risked your life to save that riffraff in the bar?" Batman then tells him that the "riffraff" are humans too, and that they may be salveged.
This movie has very funny diolouge in some places, which made me laugh outloud! It is one of the greatest movies that a little kid could see. I highly recamend it.
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classic campy batman that is very mindless and predictable
ACTING- 3.5/5 (Adam West and Burt Ward give hilarious straight-faced performances)
SCREENPLAY- 2.5/5 (Although very predictable, its still a lot of fun and a joy)
CINEMATOGRAPHY- 3/5 (Average camera angles, lighting, etc. nothing new here)
ART/SET DIRECTION- 4/5 (I had to give a high score for art and set direction, the bat cave, four villains' submarine, the whole setting is fun and sometimes just plain goofy)
MUSICAL SCORE- 3.5/5 - The campy, classic original score does not disappoint die hard batman fans
Overall, this is a very fun movie that can make anybody laugh with its sheer stupidity, and goofy screenplay, i recommend to the more die hard batman fan
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Kid, 9 years old
April 27, 2011
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Perfect for teens and up, but not Tweens and under.
GREAT!
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More than said violence!
A great classic of 1966 based on the TV show. I loved this movie and merely wrote this review to encourage others, and to inform the parents of another non-mentioned violent scene that may help you decide if the movie is age-appropriate. During one particular fight scene, an unnamed criminal grunt falls into a booby trap, which catapults him out a window, and into the ocean, where he is blown to pieces by an underwater bomb. While no gore is shown, the result is obvious and an explosion is seen. Though the catapulted body is obviously a dummy, (leave it to 1960's special effects) it is still not a good "role-model-scene" that I think, kids under the age of 12 should not be viewing.
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GREAT FOR ALL AGES!
I think kids of today (like myself*) would LOVE it.
*I'm using my mom's account
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I was chearing.
One thing,are you crazy it's not a pg/13 movie , it's a pg movie!What do they do?Blow up people,or do they take machineguns and shot them up?It's a pg movie, that's all.
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Kid, 11 years old
February 11, 2011
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Quite violent
I don't really like this film much. When I was five I liked it. It's quite violent.
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| Topics: | superheroes |
| Studio: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Director: | Leslie H. Martinson |
| Cast: | Adam West, Burgess Meredith, Lee Meriwether |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Run time: | 105 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | July 30, 1966 |
| DVD release date: | April 15, 2003 |
| MPAA rating: | PG |
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