Jimmy Higgins
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So, I was online checking reviews on the quality of the 4K transfer for Batman... the first Michael Keaton one. I saw there were complaints about color saturation, but dynamic range was improved. But what caught me by surprise was that they started the review noting that the film really wasn't that great, not awful, but definitely lacking.
I was stunned. Couldn't believe it. Wait... the Tim Burton one? They note that the movie was two dimensional and the characters lacked any character and Batman is flat. Now, I am seeing this movie at the age of 12 or 13 originally, and honestly, I can't remember the last time I saw the film. So it is possible there is adolescent attraction to the film that wouldn't survive future viewings. But I had thought the movie was liked overall. Reading this guys review, I pondered whether this was a post-Marvel universe issue. But when I went to Rotten Tomatoes I was seeing similar complaints back when the movie was released.
Now of course, movies don't need to be liked by critics for a viewer to like it. My household loves Sherlock Gnomes and I'm uncertain why it was panned. But I had always thought Batman was regarded as a high level action film. There weren't many back in the day. You had Superman, Superman II, and kind of Superman III, with the IV'th movie's master film being launched into the sun (ironically). And there was Batman. Obviously the movie was successful. So is this a critics issue or are there many people that had problems with Batman when it came out?
I was stunned. Couldn't believe it. Wait... the Tim Burton one? They note that the movie was two dimensional and the characters lacked any character and Batman is flat. Now, I am seeing this movie at the age of 12 or 13 originally, and honestly, I can't remember the last time I saw the film. So it is possible there is adolescent attraction to the film that wouldn't survive future viewings. But I had thought the movie was liked overall. Reading this guys review, I pondered whether this was a post-Marvel universe issue. But when I went to Rotten Tomatoes I was seeing similar complaints back when the movie was released.
Now of course, movies don't need to be liked by critics for a viewer to like it. My household loves Sherlock Gnomes and I'm uncertain why it was panned. But I had always thought Batman was regarded as a high level action film. There weren't many back in the day. You had Superman, Superman II, and kind of Superman III, with the IV'th movie's master film being launched into the sun (ironically). And there was Batman. Obviously the movie was successful. So is this a critics issue or are there many people that had problems with Batman when it came out?