Posted on 10/11/2014 2:22:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
In his new film Birdman, Michael Keaton plays an aging actor living in the shadow of a past superhero role. It would be easy to see this as Keaton’s swan song to Batman, a character he re-invented for the big screen in Tim Burton’s Batman and Batman Returns. But Keaton says that’s not the case. In fact, he’d be willing to play Batman again – under one condition.
“If it was Tim Burton directing? In a heartbeat,” Keaton tells Entertainment Weekly in a new cover story.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
Michael Keaton is Still ‘Very Proud’ of His Batman
http://screenrant.com/michael-keaton-batman-comments-tim-burton/
“Burton definitely brought his own unique style to the property – which would go on to make $250 million (on $35 million budget) at the domestic box office and lay the foundation for three sequels.”
. . . Cruise and Lowe? They’d be over-the-top Robins, but never Batman.
Michael Keaton?
Kim Basinger?
Jack Nicholson chewing all the scenery?
Soundtrack by Prince?
Flash forward 20 years:
Christian Bale
Michael Caine
Heath Ledger
The soundtrack?
Yeah, let's give weirdo Tim Burton and Michael Keaton another crack at it ...
Keaton is too milquetoast and pretentious for Batman. He’s like somebody selling hot pretzels at the Shopping Mall. Next thing you know, they’ll be casting Jim Carrey in that part.
Michael Keaton as Billy Blaze, “I’m an ideas man Chuck”.
priceless
Nobody is asking for him to play Batman.....soooo......yeah
Is he going to play Batman the geezer...
He was miscast the first time he did the role, this time will be embarrassing...
Keaton was a really good Bruce Wayne. Thanks to the cowl anybody can be a good Batman.
Still prefer that original over the more recent...starting with Nickelson as Joker. Keaton was a better Bruce Wayne than Batman, but I still liked him in the character. More the first edition than the later ones with Jim Carey, DeVito and all. Those seemed to be more focused on bringing box office names in for ticket sales. The first was a very unique cartoonish feel which was cool.
The new ones have many great aspects, but they were too long had a weird cinematic technique I didn’t care for that seemed to draw out the story too long for no reason. The last one in particular.
Heath Ledger had one of the great villain performances of all time in this version of the Joker. I like this series too, and obviously it has much better special effects and such. During the last one I realized how much they stretched these out unnecessarily 2.5-3 hours each
Michael hasn’t done anything worth watching in more than thirty years.
Michael Keaton was and is way too skinny and runty to play Batman. Not that he hasn’t done a good job in other movies
Don’t you have to be asked before you start putting conditions on acceptance?
DK
I think Keaton was my favorite Batman. He was deadpan, kind of like Downey in Iron Man, which brought the kind of humor I think you need to balance these superhero films.
Only if you’re a normal person.
Keaton is 63 years old...
Perhaps the next Alfred?
It was a fun for its time and it was the first Batman movie that showed a correct understanding on the character.
However, if Keaton resumed the role, it would wreck that. He doesn’t seem the kind of actor who plays a grizzled veteran well.
He should have left well enough alone.
Oh, and his performance in "The Company" wasn't too shabby either.
The recent ones are too dark and take themselves way too seriously.
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