Happy Birthday. Batman

While Batman in comics celebrates 75 years next month, this week fans of The Bat are celebrating 25 years since Michael Keaton donned the cowl.

While most enjoyed the film, I had major issues with the interpretation of the caped crusader. 

There were some good aspects of the film, such as the performance from the two stars,  Keaton and Jack Nicholson's Joker. 

Also, the soundtrack by Danny Elfman was amazing. 

Elfman was really finding his groove in the late 80s/early 90s with films like Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and, of course, the Nightmare Before Christmas. 

Now for the not so good.

There were bothersome continuity issues in the film such as Joker, and not Joe Chill, murdering Bruce's parents and the death of Joker at the end.

But my biggest concern was the Batsuit. 

When Tim Burton decided to make the movie he designed the character off of Frank Miller's classic The Dark Knight Returns. 

Unfortunately, this meant putting our hero in a big rubber suit. 

Gone were any acrobatics because he could barely move in the thing.

And if bad guys were shooting at him, the suit just deflected the bullets rather than dodging them. 

The rubber bat suit ended up getting goofier and goofier until some genius decided to add nipples.

Even the latests incarnation of Batman with Christian Bale kept him in that bulky, rubber suit. 

Tim Burton's Batman can be considered a classic. 

But, I'm hoping the next version of the World's Greatest Detective produces a costume closer to the tights worn in the comics saving the rubber for the batmobile's tires. 

So what do you think of the 1989 Batman? Let me know in the comments.