And I know I said yesterday I liked the first Michael Keaton/Tim Burton one better. But I only saw the film on Sunday, and I must say, it has grown on me. So now, I put it on a roughly equal footing with the Keaton/Burton film that launched the franchise as it is today.

Whether you liked the original Burton film or not (and over 50,000 fandom letters were received by the studio howling against the casting of Keaton and Burton to do the film before filming ever begain, so there are many who were opposed to the very idea of those two being involved), you must at least give it it's due for being able to launch this franchise into the stratosphere.

If Burton hadn't been successful enough, you wouldn't have today's Batman to swoon over!