1966 · action · comedy · crime
Batman
Directed by Leslie H. Martinson1h 45m1966
The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
Our read: Batman (1966) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · comedy · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
- funny
Watching Batman tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Batman feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want pure sixties camp—shark bombs, dehydrated pirates, and zero darkness.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if you need serious Batman; this is brightly silly vintage TV blown up.
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