Holy cheeze, Batman! (I ain't talkin' Swiss, either) The go-go music is playing! Time to beat up bad guys with huge, funny words poppin' out of nowhere! Get your upsetting costume and cape, it's time to take a 60's joyride with
Batman (1966 version)
Believe or not, I'd rather watch this film than the 1989 version starring Michael Keaton, it's just that cool! Anyway, thanks to the Batphone, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson learn that some criminals are causing trouble around the fair city of Gotham. Their response? Put on tiny costumes, blast the 60's go-go music, and beat up villains who look like they came straight out of Keystone Kops! Batman and Robin beat up hilariously dressed henchman, while Robin says the word "Holy" a lot and Batman drones on for hours like a philosopher about the evils man commit. Adam West (Batman) looks so funny in his costume, it looks like he's suffering from Bat-Beer Gut!

Holy predictability, Batman! It turns out the Penguin,  Joker, Catwoman, and the Riddler teamed up to conquer Gotham and the world! For some reason, they get in a submarine and start blasting whatever they feel like. Using the Bat-Boat, Batman and Robin track after them, only to stick to a buoy thanks to a big magnet. Oh buoy! Sorry. A helpful dolphin (who must've visited Dr. Kevorkian) flies into the path of the bad guys' missile aimed at our heroes. Know what that means? TUNA SANDWICHES FOR EVERYONE!

Escaping from that brush of death and solving a bunch of Riddler's riddles, it seems the four evil-doers want to dehydrate important guys from the United World Security Council and hold their dust for ransom. Either that, or get some heavy duty cleaning in! Batman and Robin are too late, but they get a hint (Riddler probably got the crap beat outta him for dropping so many riddles) that the evil guys plan to head on their battleship to some other place that ain't Gotham City (location, location, location).

Remember the old Batman TV show fight sequences? Well, this movie has plenty of those big sound effect words on the screen, like "POW!" and "ZOK!" and "WHAM!" and of course, "REALLY BIG CRUNCH!" Sound effects were so much better in the old days, I guess. An old Commodore sneezes into the Council's dust, spreading the leaders' remains all over the place. Batman and Robin, of course, go into a big philosophical discussion, AGAIN! In an attempt to rehydrate the leaders, Batman and Robin completely screw up, the leaders are not who they are so supposed to be, yet everyone enjoys a good chuckle as the world is thrown into dark chaos like it has never known. What a fun day!

This film is way cheezy and unintentionally funny, but it has a dignity that makes it a lot better than the majority of the movies we review. I just HAD to review this one, because Adam West hilariously messes up his dialogue, making William Shatner seem like an amateur. It's bad, but it's got DIGNITY. Oh, and be sure to enjoy the retro soundtrack, complete with music to fight to, or dance to. I forget which, it's so FUNKY! As good as it sounds, it's still somewhat bad, so don't rent this one if you're a penny pincher. Holy crap movie, Batman! Tune back here tomorrow, same Pit time, same Pit web page!


This movie gets 1 cheeze out of 5 cheezes.
Joe Mamma, Official Pit Psychopath

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