With the arrival of Matt Reeves' latest Batman movie, the anticipation for the character's new reboot is high. Snyder did well designing Batman, but squandered it on hasty, pointless stories. He's not the only one who would squander the greatest superhero of all time, while others took him to the top and even to the Oscars. Today, we review all batman movies.
Or, at least, all the live action ones. Because the Dark Knight has been played 10 times on the big screen by flesh and blood actors, to which one more should be added this year with Robert Pattinson, who put on the helmet and cape last March 4th 2022 .
After that moment and seeing how (well) things have gone for Matt Reeves' proposal, it's time to remember all films Batman and take a journey full of curves, ups and downs through the history of cinema and the Caped Crusader.
All the Batman movies in chronological order
First, let's look at the order in which the movies were made, and then we'll look at the best order to watch them. For that, we began the journey through the most colorful Batman, at least until Joel Schumacher painted everything neon in the 90s.
Batman: The Movie (1966)
The television series is transferred to the cinema with the same style camp and bright. Adam West continues to gut as Batman and Burt Ward is his faithful Robin.
It's practically a long episode of the classic series, in which the most famous villains of the saga: Joker, Catwoman, The Penguin and Enigma team up to make life miserable for Bruce Wayne.
If you liked the series, it's quite a curiosity, with some much smarter and funnier comedy elements than it seems at first glance. Take a look at the bombshell scene above, it perfectly sets the tone for the movie and the series.
By the way, while the TV series was distributed by Warner Bros, the film was produced by Twenty Century Fox.
Batman (1989)
The expectation for Tim Burton's Batman was beastly. When it became known that Michael Keaton would be Bruce Wayne, a lot of eyebrows were raised, because it was not the face or the body that was expected for the Dark Knight.
Burton does what he does best. paint the character dark, which is what suits Batman best, while Jack Nicholson plays a joker for history... until Heath Ledger arrived.
The movie is highly recommended. Crowds of children expected Batman like rain in May, however, the story was adult and dark. But it succeeded at the box office, so, despite the doubts, they decided not to touch what worked and repeated the formula. Thus began the primera of the four films would form the first Batman saga in the cinema.
Batman Returns (1992)
Tim Burton, legitimized by the success of his previous installment, adds more ingredients to his usual stew.
A movie Christmas the most terrifying Penguin played by Danny De Vito, the best Catwoman of history with Michelle Pfeiffer and a brooding Christopher Walken as the evil Max Schreck (named after the actor who brought Nosferatu to life).
La second best batman movie, but it did not convince the studio and it was "too much" for a production company eager to undermine the children's, toy and entertainment sector. merchandising.
Batman Forever (1995)
Warner did without Tim Burton to bring in Joel Schumacher and turn the franchise 180 degrees. The change in tone, both thematic and color, is clear and, at the same time, it does not suit the character at all.
Is a Batman more suitable for children, with colorful decorations, characters and plot. Val Kilmer is Bruce Wayne without any charisma, while Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones are Enigma and Two-Face as villains. Which, by the way, the actors couldn't stand each other and Lee didn't want to work with Carrey anymore or see him or paint. He didn't blame him either.
Furthermore, come back robin (Chris O'Donnell) alongside the Caped Crusader for a movie that It's not terrible, but it's not good. However, it achieved 100 million more revenue than batman returns.
Batman and Robin (1997)
the same style of 90s party with neon and decorations, the same recurrence to put more and more characters.
George Clooney is a Batman that, above all, they remember suit nipples. Schwarzenegger is Mr. Freeze and Uma Thurman is Poison Ivy, while Alicia Silverstone appears as Batgirl.
His merits include being worst batman movie, 11 nominations for raids, that Clooney apologized and put the franchise on pause for almost 10 years, canceling Batman Unchained. Fortunately.
I don't think Chris O'Donnell ever recovered.
Batman Begins (2005)
Nolan restart the franchise and re-anchors Batman in the dark that best suits you, in addition to a total realism. Goodbye to superpowers by nobody and a movie that breathed new life into the character.
The argument tells us the beginnings of batman and how he ends up facing off against his old master Ra's al Ghul, played by Liam Neeson.
It's a little overrated, but at least it paved the way for…
The Dark Knight (2008)
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La best batman movie. The fandom He was furious when he found out that Heath Ledger, a regular in romantic teen movies, would be neither more nor less than the Joker.
Then, he surrendered at his feet, because his interpretation was masterful and his legend grew, unfortunately, due to the tragic death of the actor.
Ledger took the posthumous Oscar and the film a lot of awards and money, being the second highest grossing. What things.
The Dark Knight: The Legend Reborn (2012)
The closing of the trilogy is the laziest. Good choice of Tom Hardy as Bane, a pity that he did not understand anything behind the mask.
Removing that, little. She has the honor to be highest grossing batman movie and having the most ridiculous death scene ever.
In general it is unsatisfactory, above all, having the impossible task of following in the wake of the Dark Knight.
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Ben Affleck is a more mature (and cycled) Batman, in Zack Snyder's reinterpretation of the character.
This Crossovers is slightly inspired by the legendary Frank Miller comic The return of the dark knight and the fight between the two superheroes.
To say that Batman is the most salvageable part of the movie and the fight with Superman is very good.
The rest would have to be burned. And, hey, it's not just us saying it: the film has the "honor" of accumulating 4 Razzie Awards -yes, the anti-Oscars-, including Worst Screenplay and Supporting Actor for Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Lex Luthor. Seriously, a nonsense.
Justice League (2017)
Un absurdity total. What should have been the DC event equivalent to the Avengers from Marvel is a meaningless movie and very boring
An animated villain as if we were still in 90s video games and a convoluted plot, mutilated by the cuts of the producer and the reshoots by Josh Whedon. It ended like the rosary of dawn and is best remembered for the controversy between the actors and the director, in addition to the computer erased mustache of henry cavill.
Snyder claimed vindication with his snyder cutAt least in front of his fans. The 4 hour movie you have on HBO Max episodic went from bad to less bad.
Apart from all this, Affleck's Batman appears briefly in Suicide Squadron. It doesn't matter if you're the biggest fan of the bat, it's not worth the torture to see it for two minutes.
Batman (2022)
When it was announced that Robert Pattinson would wear the Batman suitagain the fandom took up arms. However, good promotion (and cultivation of hype) and the fact of remembering Ledger, caused the opinions to calm down and the lovers of the Dark Knight gave him a vote of confidence. On the tape we meet Bruce Wayne emo, Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, an unrecognizable Colin Farrell as The Penguin, Paul Dano as a disturbing Enigma -who delighted the critics and no wonder- and Matt Reeves at the controls of what has quickly become one of the character's reference films and into a fan favorite.
The reasons? There are several: the interpretations of the actors, the enigmatic but attractive gloomy tone that he manages and his focus on the more detective side of the superhero. And beware that it not only has good support from critics. The good work of Reeves' proposal was also reflected at the box office, managing to sneak into third position in the ranking of Batman's highest-grossing films.
Other Batman movies
Although we have focused on talking about the live actionOf course we also have lego batman materialized in his own film that was released in 2016: The Lego Batman Movie (known in Spain as Batman: The Lego Movie). A lot of people like it, I found it passable on the boring side, but what do I know. What is certain is that the film was going to have a second part, announced in 2018, which ultimately never materialized as Universal Pictures bought the rights to The Lego Movie franchise and canceled it.
Still, there are many more animated proposals to see: up to 26 titles (at least for now), which collect, with mixed success, some of the most famous plot arcs in comics, such as Hush or The killing joke.
There is also one with the Ninja Turtles that, paradoxically, is not the worst.
In what order to watch the Batman movies
Good question. The order reports much of the likes, since, really, the main thing to take into account in this matter is watch the Burton and Nolan sagas in a row. The rest is expendable.
Thus, the ideal order would be:
- The Batman (2022). Without a doubt, and with the permission of Christopher Nolan, she is the most revealing and surprising version of the character in the last decade.
- Batman (1989)
- batman returns (1992)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- The dark knight (2008)
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012). You could stop here, but if you're very, very batmaniacthen continue with...
- Batman v superman (2016) for the fight and the successful reinterpretation of Batman. Given this, I would tell you to stop, which you'll probably want to do yourself. But just in case, take a breather from Zack Snyder's almost monochromatic color palette.
- Batman: The Movie (1966). If you haven't seen the series, at least you have to live the experience of a colorful Batman with a costume of those sold on Halloween in Chinese stores. Exotic and histrionic.
- Batman Forever (1995). Which if you haven't seen, you'll think, "It's not as bad as that guy from The Output said it was." If that's the case, you can continue with the two worst ones in any order you like.
- The Justice League (2017). If you can and you don't have a life like me, better the snyder cut extended that is on HBO Max.
- Batman and robin (1997). This is how you put the last nail in the coffin, your sanity and the franchise.
As you can see, the Batman movie saga is vast. Now that we have a new Batman among us, we think it's a good time to review the entire franchise of the best detective in the world.