Unfortunately, we'll never know what the original plan for ' The Dark Knight Rises' was after the untimely death of Heath Ledger, who played the Joker in ' The Dark Knight.' But the movie we got isn't too shabby. And for any kid at heart whose breath catches at the sight of a caped figure swooping across the sky, it has moments when your lungs will be stopped by a Dark Knight to dream on,' wrote the Austin Chronicle's Robert Faires. We're glad he was finally able to play the vigilante on-screen during the Arrowverse's 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' event in 2019. Kevin Conroy's legendary performance as Bruce Wayne/Batman has led an entire generation of Bat-fans to consider him their Batman. ' Batman: Mask of the Phantasm' was the first, and to date only, film in the DC Animated Universe to be released in theaters, as it was a box-office flop. It's too kitsch for its own good, but it does work and it's as fun now as it was half a century ago,' wrote Stefan Birgir Stefans for sbs.is.Īfter the mega-success of 'Batman: The Animated Series' on Fox Kids, the voice cast was tasked with bringing their versions of Batman (Kevin Conroy), the Joker (Mark Hamill), and Alfred (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) to the big screen.

Every line of dialogue is inane, and every story point is absurd. Much of this film (and the TV show) has determined how we think of Batman today, from the 'Holy, Batman!' phrasing to West's gray, yellow, and black suit, to the scarily catchy theme song.įor all of the complaints about Batman being too campy in the '90s, this movie is supremely campy and it rules. Almost all of the original cast appeared in the film, most crucially Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, Cesar Romero as the Joker, Alan Napier as Alfred, and Neil Hamilton as Commissioner Gordon. 'Batman: The Movie' was released in theaters just two months after the first season finale of the ABC series.

Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Adam West as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Burt Ward as Dick Grayson/Robin.

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