 Everyone knows Batman and most people know the films he's been in but how many truly have examined the posters He's been part of that's what I'm here for today to help guide you through the history of Batman movie posters See which ones worked and which could have used another pass maybe a snader cut for the poster We're gonna go ahead and start with the original Michael Keaton film Sorry, Adam West fans were we're not going that route But before I begin make sure to subscribe if you haven't I put out one of these poster videos every week Now and I have a ton of other content on the channel movie related. So think about it. I implore you All right, let's get into it simple elegant Iconic these are words I used to describe myself, but can also be applied to this poster Batman is a symbol after all So what way to better showcase that than to put his logo right out there for people to see Tim Burton's Batman operates outside of the Law so not even the poster can contain his glory his splendor It that that logo blows out the side of the frame because it's a large it's impactful. It's powerful It's Batman, baby. This logo is shiny. It's new. It's polished much like this Cape Crusader on the screen It's the first time we're seeing him. He's fresh on the scene and you better believe he's out for business He's out for justice. I love this poster the simplicity of it is great the painted style to it The reversed font treatment. It's all working for me. It's it's just a strong poster and it's one that Instantly is recognizable to people. Let's move on to Batman Returns if it ain't broke, right? I actually love this one more though the way the the snow element is drowning out the logo It's it's saying we're gonna tarnish your legacy We're gonna wash it away and that really comes through at the bottom of the frame where you see the snow covering over It almost looks like it's blowing parts of the logo off. Usually. I'm not keen on seraphons, but they work here It's elegant. It's simple. You have the bat the cat the penguin Just enough to let audiences know what type of villains they're gonna see in this without having to shove them all over the Poster and then at the bottom a small yet equally elegant Batman Returns beautiful Gorgeous poster. I love it. I would proudly display that if I had a room of my own in my house If I married so Dead inside let's continue There was one other prominent Batman Returns poster that did feature the other characters all nicely lined up in some sort of a Batman Totem pole it works though because there's so much negative space on the sides That's kind of engulfing most of the poster your eyes really focus on these three the lighting is pretty interesting in this too They're really giving the center stage to the villains cat woman and penguin. They're very bright and punchy They're almost illuminating the scene below them with the penguins marching and even the logo itself It all feels connected Whereas Batman is kind of fading out in his own movie and when that's the whole point of the plot That's the story is to make Batman the villain make him irrelevant now and at the end of the day I think that's the job of the poster is to not only win you over to interest you But to also let you know what you're in for Let's head on over to Batman forever and so it begins the downfall of posters Now we are at the point where a logo isn't enough. We have big names associated with Batman This is a huge franchise at this point. It's selling out tickets all over the place We got to put the big name actors on the poster Jim Carrey Nicole Kidman Tommy Lee Jones Chris O'Donnell Guess Chris O'Donnell and of course our lead Batman Val Kilmer And Michael Keaton's not back. Okay. Well, I like Val Kilmer. He's fine Just not my Batman as much as it pains me to not see that beautiful logo and all its glory for a third time around I'm almost happy. It's different because it tells the audience those past two movies are a separate thing Even though we're I guess Continuing this franchise as if it were operating as a third film. It's very different all around way more color has been Infused into this thing We got bigger actors showing up and so yeah, we're gonna change the poster. We're gonna let you know that It's honestly not that bad all things considered about where I where we're at today with movie posters They position Batman in such a way that he's really encapsulating these characters inside so your focus on what's going on in the Middle there they're sandwiched in by the Batmobile on the other side So you have yourself a cavalcade of actors just at this diagonal line across the middle of the poster It adds a little bit of depth to it a little bit of interest than just having them straight on and it's I've seen much worse But this is a big step down Batman and Robin the punchline that keeps on giving but I have a knock-knock joke for you knock knock Who's there? I don't know. I don't know who I don't know who the fuck thought it was a good idea to put nipples on Batman You should never work in Hollywood again. This is the heroes poster There's also a villains one, but I really want to focus on this and really pay attention to the nipples that take center stage here Not so much Batman's and Robin's at this point But Batgirls Alicia for Alicia Silverstone had a hard time fitting into that costume to begin with and then they they have to go Ahead and have the audacity to light those puppies up Look at this Let's enhance if we could the artist puts some sort of a brownish bloom lighting behind Batman's arm and really Focuses on the nipples on display here beautiful job. What a what a piece of artwork we have here We've come a long way from just a simple logo, haven't we? I don't know who taught Chris O'Donnell how to run I presume they never had arms in their life because what is going on with his his fist is so Unnaturally posed in a way that no one runs like this. Is he throwing a punch? He's crouched down almost like he's taking a shit Oh Holy turds in a toilet bowl Batman. I hit him. I think Batman's running But I don't know where his other leg is I assume it's going behind him like that You know like he's doing a forward momentum while also flailiness cape flamboyantly But it's so drowned out in this the blur the motion blur in the shadows. It's hard to know what's happening Also George Clooney, I mean come on. This was such a poor role for him to have he's so off from Batman It's ridiculous. Yes. He's very wealthy. He's rich That's about the only thing he has in common with the character even in his facial expression here He just looks like he has zero shits to give. He's like, I'm Batman. I'm Clooney The other Batman and Robin poster is pretty standard stuff You have the entire crew of main characters on display with with an X pattern Kind of breaking everyone apart You got dark heroes on the left and right and then for some reason bad girls joined up with poison ivy down below Mr. Freeze taking at the prominent position in the in the top center. I love Arnold But they need to chill out with this placement. This doesn't make any sense. It's not the worst poster all things considered I'd get rid of the names that are just floating above the characters I think that's ugly and messy get it more simplified I mean people know who these actors are, you know at this point in time people actually knew who actors were Unlike today's generation where you know tiktok people and youtubers and you don't really know who George Clooney is It's fine. I'm not I don't it's nothing wrong with it I'm just saying when this movie came out people recognized all of these actors So yeah, this is a colorful nightmare just like the film. It reflects it very well It's a mass just like the film reflects that very well, but all things considered It's not that terrible Batman Begins has a series of posters that are all very similar the colors are the same across the board They all play off of silhouettes and they all really go full in on the whole bat motif There's bats everywhere in this thing You could spend a day counting up the amount of bats on display between these posters I like the concept behind them the execution is very well done You know the man transforming into the thing he fears these bats You know flying down from the sky towards the camera just the kind of brooding look of all of them However the color the browns not my favorite that's not something I think I would like displaying in my house Once again, I don't have a room to myself. I'm a sad shell of a man I once was but still I I'm just not huge on these posters I like that there's a theme to them and again it does match the color of the film Which kind of does have this gross brownish to it I never really cared for Batman Begins from a visual standpoint Especially coming from Christopher Nolan who I know is more than capable of making beautiful films now. We're talking I love these posters for the Dark Knight Again, the Dark Knight is such a good movie. It's it's nice that the posters do reflect that the burning bat symbol Holy crap the symbolism there is palpable and it bounces so well It punches off the muted blues very nicely the tagline above it unnecessary. I would get rid of it It doesn't add anything. It just kind of takes away from some of that empty space I would have liked there. We don't need to cram stuff into that area We can keep that we can keep that clean and the logo at the bottom with the blue rays shooting out too much I don't like that. It's distracting keep it focused on Batman and that symbol that beautiful symbol above them Very nice poster one of my favorite posters in all of the Batman movies has to be that Joker profile one where he's Blurred out in the background and the why so serious is written in blood It's a much darker poster than we've ever seen from these films And that's because Heath Ledger's character is far darker than anything we'd seen before The how the smile plays out is really interesting with that blood splatter They got the logo right at the bottom this time that bat icon isn't blasting off with rays of sunshine It's very muted here. There's a nice skyline behind the Joker It's a bit layered add some depth to the poster without going wild with it You're really focused on just that simple sentence that really cool font treatment and that sick smile across Joker's face There are a ton of Dark Knight posters though, and I think they all work pretty well I don't have a problem with really any of them So this was a great series and a great film the Dark Knight Rises series is probably the least creative of the Christopher Nolan posters My favorite of the bunch is definitely the bad symbol made out of the buildings using the dead space And I love the message behind it the decrepit buildings falling apart the darkness down below Can only be saved by the sky above the opening in the city tops that feature the Batman logo It's awesome very well done Most of the series is really into the snow slash rain effects beating down every which way on the characters They're all kind of stoically standing there There's a lot of character posters for this one just one person with the the rise messaging above They all do the trick That they're pretty they're nice. They're lovely looking a lack of color in all of them nothing amazing by any means nothing That screams creativity. Well, that's my poster trip down memory lane I hope you had a good time Make sure to comment and let me know what you thought about the posters like the video if you had some fun And again make sure to hit that subscribe button It would make me feel all warm and giddy inside and then I can see you around the channel in the future. All right, take care Oh my god, you're still here. Wow dedication Since you are dedicated prove it join me at patreon at patreon.com Slash Adam does movies and say Adam, you know what I love all the content. 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