Rank the Bat-Films.....

[Brain Damage]

Good thread. My personal favorites:

1. The Dark Knight
2. Batman Begins
3. Mask of the Phantasm
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. Batman Returns
6. Batman
7. Batman Forever
8. Batman: The Movie
9. Batman & Robin

I actually had a pretty tough time deciding if I liked TDKR or Returns more.

 

[Ponyboy]

Batman('89)
Batman Returns
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
Batman Forever
Batman&Robin
Batman:The Movie(1966)

 

[RustyCage]

1 - The Dark Knight/Batman Begins
2 - The Dark Knight Rises
3 - Mask of the Phantasm
4 - Batman Returns
5 - Batman (1989)
6 - Chase Me
7 - Under the Red Hood
8 - Return of the Joker
9 - Year One
10 - The Dark Knight Returns
11 - Gotham Knight
12 - SubZero
13 - Batman Forever
14 - Batman & Robin

Fingers crossed for The Long Halloween and The Killing Joke winding up as animated films soon. I'm sure they'll be high on the list. Wouldn't mind Court/City of Owls, Haunted Knight, or Hush/Heart of Hush either.

In regard to #1, it's tough for me to play favorites between BB and TDK, they both have equal pros and cons. Something is missing from each of them that the other completes.

So in the end I always wind up tying them. I suppose it depends on what kind of movie I'm feeling in the moment, but they both capture different approaches to Batman extremely well.

 

[Anno_Domini]

^ I had to see how you ranked the films because you seem like you have a love/hate thing going on with TDKR from your posts, but nice to see you have it only right under TDK and BB.

 

[RustyCage]

^ I had to see how you ranked the films because you seem like you have a love/hate thing going on with TDKR from your posts, but nice to see you have it only right under TDK and BB.

Oh for sure. t: haha

I have my nitpicks with Rises (some of which I'm decided on, some of which I'm still wrestling with), but I certainly am not looking to deny it of it's merits. There are a lot of things it does very right.

I'm having a scroll back through the thread right now. Did you do a list?

 

[Anno_Domini]

Yah,

1.) The Dark Knight Rises
2.) The Dark Knight
3.) Batman Begins
4.) Batman (1989)
5.) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
6.) Batman: Under the Red Hood
7.) Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
8.) Batman: Year One
9.) Batman Returns
10.) Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
11.) Batman Forever
12.) The Batman vs Dracula
13.) Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
14.) Batman (1966)
15.) Batman & Robin

Obviously before I saw Dark Knight Returns Part 1, because that already goes highly in my list.

 

[BatLobster]

Okay, this is going to be pretty tough but I'm going to give it a shot. Having now seen both parts of Dark Knight Returns, I'm going to count that as one film, if that's okay.

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins
4. Batman (1989)
5. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
6. The Dark Knight Returns
7. Batman Returns
8. Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker
9. Batman: Under the Red Hood
10. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
11. Batman (1966)
12. Batman & Robin
13. Batman Forever
14. Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

 

[Anno_Domini]

Part 2 is out?

 

[BatLobster]

I think I saw it on a total fluke man, ha! About a week and a half ago, Amazon made it available for download. The next day, they took it down and it's stayed down. I don't know if it was some sort of mistake or what, but it was legally available for download for exactly 1 day and I was lucky enough to be being attention during this very short window.

Trust me though, it is really epic and completely knocks it out of the park. I think anyone who enjoyed Part 1 is in for a real treat.

 

[BH/HHH]

If we're including animations the Dark Knight Returns parts 1 and 2 are the best Batman anything I've ever seen

 

[Elevator Man]

Okay, this is going to be pretty tough but I'm going to give it a shot. Having now seen both parts of Dark Knight Returns, I'm going to count that as one film, if that's okay.

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins
4. Batman (1989)
5. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
6. The Dark Knight Returns
7. Batman Returns
8. Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker
9. Batman: Under the Red Hood
10. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
11. Batman (1966)
12. Batman & Robin
13. Batman Forever
14. Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

You haven't seen Year One yet?

 

[BatLobster]

You haven't seen Year One yet?

Oops! I totally forgot to list it. I'd probably put it under Return of the Joker at number 10, knocking everything else below it to 12-15.

 

[TheGuy]

Okay, this is going to be pretty tough but I'm going to give it a shot. Having now seen both parts of Dark Knight Returns, I'm going to count that as one film, if that's okay.

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Batman Begins
4. Batman (1989)
5. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
6. The Dark Knight Returns
7. Batman Returns
8. Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker
9. Batman: Under the Red Hood
10. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
11. Batman (1966)
12. Batman & Robin
13. Batman Forever
14. Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Terrific list. Almost the same as mine.

 

[DCW]

The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman Begins
Batman 89
Batman Mask of the Phantasm
Batman Returns
Batman Under the Red Hood
The Dark Knight Returns
Batman Year One
Return of the Joker
Batman Forever
Batman 66
Batman and Robin

 

[RustyCage]

Whoooa somehow in the process of making my list, I shifted things around and had TDK Returns at the bottom.

Mistake corrected! How embarrassing.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

1) BATMAN
2) Batman Begins
3) The Dark Knight Rises
4) Batman: The Movie
5) The Dark Knight
6) Batman & Robin
7) Batman Forever
8) Batman Returns

 

[Hellion]

Batman Returns/Batman Begins
Batman
The Dark Knight Rises/The Dark Knight
Batman & Robin
Batman Forever

 

[Spidey220987]

If we're including animations the Dark Knight Returns parts 1 and 2 are the best Batman anything I've ever seen

Amen to that!
I said this to my mate (who is a huge Batman fan) and my cousin just the other day.

I waited for part 2 to be released before I watched Part 1, watched both back-to-back with my Dad.

Seriously, in my honest opinion, better than the Nolan trilogy.
Best Batman anything is right

 

[CConn]

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Dark Knight
3. Batman
4. Under the Red Hood
5. Batman: The Movie
6. Batman Begins
7. Year One
8. Return of the Joker
9. Batman Returns
10. Mask of the Phantasm

I changed my mind.

1. Batman
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Dark Knight
4. Under the Red Hood
5. The Dark Knight Returns Part 1
6. The Dark Knight Returns Part 2
7. Batman: The Movie
8. Batman Returns
9. Batman Begins
10. Return of the Joker

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Ranking animated films:

*Awesome ones:
1. Under the Red Hood
2. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
3. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

*Lesser ones:
1. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1
2. Mask of the Phantasm
3. Year One
4. Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
5. Gotham Knight (Working Through Pain is an awesome segment though)
6. Mystery of the Batwoman
7. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2 (horrible Superman story)

*Did not watch:
Sub-Zero

 

[Brain Damage]

I'll update now that I've seen both parts of The Dark Knight Returns.

1. The Dark Knight
2. Batman Begins
3. Mask of the Phantasm
4. The Dark Knight Returns
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. Batman Returns
7. Batman
8. Under The Red Hood
9. Return of The Joker
10. Year One
11. Batman Forever
12. Batman: The Movie
13. Sub-Zero
14. Batman & Robin

 

[TheGuy]

19 years later MOTP is still the best looking animated film.

 

[CConn]

Not until they release the bastard on blu-ray.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

19 years later MOTP is still the best looking animated film.

Under the Red Hood looks better

 

[TheGuy]

1. The Dark Knight - 10/10
2. The Dark Knight Rises - 10/10
3. The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 - 10/10
4. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - 10/10
5. Batman 89 - 9/10
6. The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 - 9/10
7. Batman Begins - 8/10
8. Batman: Year One - 7/10
9. Batman: Under the Red Hood - 7/10
10. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - 6.5/10
11. Batman Returns - 5/10
12. The Batman vs. Dracula - 4.5/10
13. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero - 4.5/10
14. Batman Forever - 4/10
15. Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman - 4/10
16. Batman: The Movie - 3/10
17. Batman & Robin - 3/10
18. Batman: Gotham Knight - 2/10