This is the Batman movie made shortly after the television series started in 1966. I actually kind of enjoyed the film. Granted Adam West and Burt Ward were pretty hammy, the special effects were pretty cheap (probably even for back then), and there was more cheese to be found than on a tour of a Kraft factory. However, it seemed to serve as a period piece, to some extent, of the late 1960's. Everything in the film was intentionally cartoonish (probably because they wanted to keep the feel of the Batman comics of the time), and it did have some fine actors as the villains (you know Ceser Romero, Lee Meriwether, Burgess Meredith and Frank Gorshin).
Here's the plot. Batman and Robin figure out that the Joker, Catwoman, the Penguin, and the Riddler must be in on some kind of plot to take over the world after a yacht carrying an eccentric inventor and his invention go missing en route to Gotham. The villains decide that they'll lure Batman to their secret lair to kill him by kidnapping Bruce Wayne (if you don't know his secret identity, you're probably the only person in the world except for the citizens of Gotham). They lure Bruce in by having Catwoman disguise herself as a Russian reporter who woos him. You'll have to see the rest to figure out what is going on and the rest of the plot (I don't want to give it away, and it's pretty wacky). Oh, and the Penguin managed to buy a pre-nuclear submarine from the US Navy leaving only a P.O. Box number as his address. Apparently, the Navy is as haphazard as the rest of Gotham and admirals play tidily winks with their secretaries when they should be reviewing important documents.
The thing that always struck me about the Batman TV series and movie is that no matter what obscure form of death the villains had for Batman and Robin, they always had something on their utility belts that would save them. It's like they each had the entire contents of a woman's handbag on their waists plus a few other things that no one knows what the hell they are. Of course, they're always saved in the nick of time. The other question I've always had is how the hell didn't they figure out that Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson are Batman and Robin. It's like the frigging Superman/Clark Kent mystery. Just look at their faces and listen to them talk. Even with the masks on, it's not that hard. Sheesh the citizens of Gotham have to be the most gullible people in the world.
Here's the plot. Batman and Robin figure out that the Joker, Catwoman, the Penguin, and the Riddler must be in on some kind of plot to take over the world after a yacht carrying an eccentric inventor and his invention go missing en route to Gotham. The villains decide that they'll lure Batman to their secret lair to kill him by kidnapping Bruce Wayne (if you don't know his secret identity, you're probably the only person in the world except for the citizens of Gotham). They lure Bruce in by having Catwoman disguise herself as a Russian reporter who woos him. You'll have to see the rest to figure out what is going on and the rest of the plot (I don't want to give it away, and it's pretty wacky). Oh, and the Penguin managed to buy a pre-nuclear submarine from the US Navy leaving only a P.O. Box number as his address. Apparently, the Navy is as haphazard as the rest of Gotham and admirals play tidily winks with their secretaries when they should be reviewing important documents.
The thing that always struck me about the Batman TV series and movie is that no matter what obscure form of death the villains had for Batman and Robin, they always had something on their utility belts that would save them. It's like they each had the entire contents of a woman's handbag on their waists plus a few other things that no one knows what the hell they are. Of course, they're always saved in the nick of time. The other question I've always had is how the hell didn't they figure out that Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson are Batman and Robin. It's like the frigging Superman/Clark Kent mystery. Just look at their faces and listen to them talk. Even with the masks on, it's not that hard. Sheesh the citizens of Gotham have to be the most gullible people in the world.