I had such a good time watching and then reviewing Batman Vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that it got me thinking about another campy version of Batman. That being the 1966 version and while it would have been super easy for me to pick out a couple of episodes and do a review of them I thought that i'd talk about the animated reunion movie that not alot of people seem to be talking about anymore and so then join me as I review the film that sees the dynamic duo take on really there biggest threat ever yet with the film in question being called simply just "Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders" enjoy.
The plot of this film is when The Catwoman , The Penguin , The Joker and the Riddler reunite and start a scheme to duplicate the entire world it's up to Batman and Robin to stop them before it's far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really fun and goofy as all heck with this films plot really being the type of plot that you'd expect to find in an episode of the classic Batman TV show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Adam West as Bruce Wayne / Batman , Burt Ward as Dick Grayson / Robin and Julie Newmar as Catwoman. Also starring in this film is Jeff Bergman as The Joker and The Announcer , William Salyers as Oswald Copplepot / The Penguin , Wally Wingert as Edward Nygma / The Riddler , Jim Ward as Commissioner James Gordon , Steven Weber as Alfred Pennyworth , Thomas Lennon as Chief Miles O'Hara and Warden Crichton , Lynne Marie Stewart as Aunt Harriet Cooper and Sirena Irwin as Miranda Moore.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with this films acting being alot better then what it really had right to be. As nobody really expected good acting from a 1960's Batman reunion my only gripe is alot of the actors that they got to replace certain actors don't sound enough like the original character which is something that was very distracting.
Doing the animation for this film was the legends and the greats that are currently over at Digital Emation, INC. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty alot better then what it really had any right to be but that just goes to show that for all those making this film that this wasn't just a cash grab of a film as alot of people working on this film would have been fans of the show and so they put in their best work as they would be working on something that meant alot to them growing up as children.
While this film does borrow a little bit from the 1966 Batman movie it does enough to make alot of changes that you can forgive it. As just like with the 1966 Batman film the villains of this film are The Riddler , The Penguin , The Joker and The Catwoman however tho instead of having be allies all throughout the film like they did the 1966 film this film actually shows them betraying one of there own which is something that a villain would do and it's that little change that makes all the difference as it shows that the makers of this film have a good understanding of who these villains are as they are people who have huge ego's and would thus not be able to work on the same team as each other for very long.
This film does make one change that really did bug me ans that's the fact that instead of having the entrance and exit to the Batcave be an actual cave the entrance and exit tot eh batcave in this film is instead ramp. Which for some unknown reason really did bug the heck out of me yes it makes all the more cool but if your doing something that set in a world that's already be established then changes to already established things shouldn't be made as the fan will pick up on something like that and while there are some changes made to the inside of the batcave itself it mostly looks like it did in the classic Batman TV show.
The makers of this film must have been really huge fans of the show because they really nailed the tone of the show down perfectly. With this film having those really over the top campy moments that made the show so much fun to watch along with having all of the things that we loved from the show from the over the top death traps to Robin learning a life lesson for no reason it's all in here and it's those things that make this film feel alot more like a passion project as only fans of the original show would include those things and know what it is that made them work and what still makes them work to this very day instead of having them just thrown in their for no apparent rhyme or reason.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and eighteen minuets and seventeen seconds. Which was a tad bit on the long side for this film as this film does repeat itself alot of the time which is a shame because this film is hugely entertaining and I wouldn't have minded of this film was at the very least one hour and thirty minuets but I would always take a shorter film that has a story that fits it's running time perfectly then have a longer film that just ends up repeating alot of scenes because it has to pad out it's running time but with that said however this film does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is an action film that means that I have tom actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good and was alot better then what I remember it being. As this films action was just as fun if not more fun , crazy and over the top then the action that we got in the show and it's during this film action scenes that the animation really does come to life in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a really fun filled that all Batman bat-fans really should check out and heck i'd even recommend showing this film to young kids to try and get them into Batman as this film is just that good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Batman fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the great Google Images are really all fairly high in quality and as them all really being really being fairly freaking high in definition.