Title: If you're gonna adapt a comic book for a movie...
Product review: stick with the damn comic book. This gets 2 stars for Nicholson and Palance. That's it. Every kid who's ever read Batman knows the Joker had absolutely nothing to do with his parents' death, much less saying anything to Bruce Wayne as a child. Gotham looked like a sci-fi fan's fantasy, not like a super-hero's domain (yes, that's a fantasy, too, but of a different sort; a "real-life" sort). The whole museum "dance" sequence, other than an excuise to showcase a Prince song, was pointless. The whole thing actually, was disjointed and rambling, and yes, I agree Burton was far more concerned with visuals than authenticity. This film wasn't wonderful when it came out, and it hasn't aged well at all.
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