Esquire Magazine On 1989’s BATMAN & CBM’s

Esquire Magazine On 1989’s BATMAN & CBM’s

The men's magazine's take on Tim Burton's Batman and how it stacks up against Christopher Nolan, Iron Man and more.

Feature Opinion
By ryanorion16 - Jun 23, 2014 09:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman (1989)
Source: Esquire.com



Esquire
is looking at the lasting genius of 1989’s Batman.  The first of what could be called the modern Comic Book Movies, directed by Tim Burton, saw a much darker version of Bruce Wayne and Batman.
 
They propose that what truly makes this version of the billionaire orphan so incredible is that he was “weird, darkly obsessive, and deeply flawed man.”
 
The magazine compares the 1989 Caped Crusader to Christopher Nolan’s version:
 
“By contrast, Christopher Nolan's Wayne is a narcissistic Boy Scout and a paragon of virtue, just like his do-no-wrong dad. There's no catharsis there. In '89 Batman, the stakes are that Bruce Wayne might be cuckoo. In 2005 Batman, the stakes are that Bruce Wayne might make Katie Holmes sniffle. Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale stripped Bruce Wayne of his dark side and turned him into a spoiled billionaire, like Tony Stark. Their movies suffer for it.”
 
The mag also discusses Iron Man, which is the only other CBM that “holds a candle to '89 Batman” and addresses so many other issues we know about within the world of CBMs.
 
Full Esquire.com article here.

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Odin
Odin - 6/23/2014, 9:45 AM
Well this is not gonna end good...
Pasto
Pasto - 6/23/2014, 9:54 AM
Someone needs to punch the [foo foo] that wrote this bag of gas.
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 6/23/2014, 2:07 PM
Seriously?




They had to go there...
ndwwrestler2
ndwwrestler2 - 6/23/2014, 2:11 PM
I had some problems with the 89 Batman, but it's a good movie.

But there is NO WAY that you can convince me that it was even remotely as good as Nolan's Batman.
McGee
McGee - 6/23/2014, 2:13 PM
Never touch another man's rhubarb...unless he says you can. Ask for the 20 dollars up front.
mbembet
mbembet - 6/23/2014, 3:29 PM
burton's batman was just as retarded as schumacher's
HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 6/25/2014, 7:58 AM
[foo foo}? what is that supposed to cover up?
HugoStrange87
HugoStrange87 - 6/25/2014, 9:21 AM
Saw this again in the theatre for the first time in 25 years at a small anniversary showing by me. This is and always will be my favorite CBM let alone one of my favorite movies ever made.
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