First I gave this an 8, but I was worn down in concession to give it a 10 realizing that I was being too in-the-box, and movies like this are so wildly ridiculous as to be genius. The Joker, Riddler and Penguin were superb, my personal favorite being Frank Gorshin as the Riddler. The shark scene in the beginning purposely sets the intended tone. There are some really subtle gags, if you pay attention, even a Pontius Pilate quotation... This film would absolutely have been a 0, except the weight of the cast, takes it over the fine line, as Napoleon said, "From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step."

This movie starts out with Batman using his shark repellent a stupid trope that has stuck with batman to this day. He's also trying to get rid of a giant cliché looking bomb it takes him what seems like an hour. And this movie just tries desperately to make the audience laugh but it comes off as stupid and unfunny.Anyone who likes Batman as a campy idiot is not a real batman fan just and twit who has never read a comic or watched Batman the Animated Series. Adam West sucked he was a bad actor and ruined Batman for almost 30's years in the public eye. You know what the first live action performance of Batman was? It was dark and brooding not campy and stupid, Lewis Wilson was the first live action performer to get batman right dark brooding and solemn. Batman and Robin (1997) sucked because it was stupid and campy and tried to recreate the Adam West era which also sucked and ruined batman for years. You know who's lighthearted and cheesy? Superman, but no they made him dark and brooding so he'd be more like batman, which doesn't work because Superman is not Batman his costume is bright his villains are campy and he has incredible superpowers. They made this movie back then because they know idiots will go and see it just because it has Batman in it.For people who may say they like to see Batman be funny and they don't like normal batman because they think he's an "emo". Batman is not an emo he witnessed his parents get murdered in front of him and devoted his life to fighting crime doesn't sound very emo to me or funny for that matter. But they don't even mention the tragic pasts of Batman or Robin there just two guys who fight crime for no reason. And this entire show was made to make fun of Batman because the creator never read any Batman comics and he just wanted to make money because people knew about Batman. So in all honesty it is fact that if you like Adam West Batman you hate Batman and are not a real fan you just like a stupid show with horrible writing and jokes bad acting that was made by idiots who didn't know a thing about batman thus by proxy making you an idiot for liking this movie.

I was a kid when the live-action series was on the air and even then, I found the show only mildly interesting. My expectations were not particularly high because, to be frank, the Batman comics of the day were just as two-dimensional and lame as the series. The stories were trite and the art was abysmal. I do remember, however, being disappointed that the characters were not taken seriously but were fodder for writers and a producer with a childish sense of humor and a lack of appreciation for the mythos. When the 1970's pilot for Wonder Woman was made, it was more of the same, except that her alter ego was a slapstick klutz with an IQ of around 37.The public quickly tired of the Batman series, which had no appeal to adults or teens. When the movie came out, expectations were that the producers would take things more seriously, but it was just as bad as the series. While it drew large audiences for the first week after release, the crowds quickly thinned and the movie was essentially a huge bomb.As for modern audiences, who had endured the glacially slow maturation process of the film depictions through the Burton series and culminating in the Nolan series, the original live action Batman film is quite agonizing to endure. For those determined to see it, stream it as a rental. Buying it sight unseen will leave viewers wishing they'd invested their money and time on something else.

Batman: The Movie is based on the 1966 Batman series I did watch some of the episodes of Batman starting Adam West and Burt Ward.The plot of Batman: The Movie centers around Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) learning that The Joker (Cesar Romero), The Cawtwoman (Lee Meriwether), The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) and The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) have join forces. Which leads to the Dynamic duo on a wild chase and we learn more behind their team up laterThis film according to some was going to be the pilot for the TV series to follow however it just turn out to be otherwise differentWhile the TV series when you look back on it "That's the 60s for you" many love it for nostalgia which is in our nature to have a love for the classics This movie is actually pretty fun to watch I am a Batman fan and it is really good to enjoy and one of my favorite films of BatmanThe plot for the film is very good and it keeps your interest there is some creative acting and you can't help but enjoy the cast's work what I think makes the movie a winner is the one liners and this movie is full of them some of the best ones to ever come from any movieWhile it is cheesy at some points I still consider this a fun movieI give Batman:The Movie an 7 out of 10