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Batman/Superman movies 19 – The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises concluded the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy in 2012. The production was initially delayed for several reasons, one being that Nolan directed Inception in-between the two “Dark Knight” movies. But the main reason was likely the unfortunate … Continue reading
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Batman/Superman movies 18 – The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight is a significant movie in a number of ways. It was the first ever $1 billion superhero movie, and at the time of its release, the fourth highest earning movie of all-time. It’s domestic earnings of $158 … Continue reading
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Batman/Superman movies 17 – Superman Returns
The year after Batman Begins released, the first major attempt to restart the Superman film franchise since Superman IV finally released, after decades of cancelled projects. The road to even getting to Superman Returns is a long and complicated one, … Continue reading
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Batman/Superman movies 16 – Batman Begins
If it wasn’t for the fact that Batman Begins released the year after Catwoman, the Catwoman movie probably would have damaged the DC superhero movies a lot more than it did. But the road to Batman Begins wasn’t a smooth … Continue reading
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Batman/Superman movies 15 – Catwoman
This right here is the worst movie I’ll be looking at for this blog series. There’s no sense in trying to hide that fact. Development for a Catwoman movie began as early as 1993, when Batman Forever was in the … Continue reading
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Batman/Superman movies 14 – Batman & Robin
Batman & Robin carries several unique distinctions among the Batman films. To date, it’s the only live-action film appearance of Batgirl. It’s the only Batman movie to be released within 2 years of the previous Batman movie. But most importantly, … Continue reading
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Batman/Superman movies 13 – Steel
When you’re talking about movies about batman and Superman, as well as characters related to Superman, this seems to be the one everyone has forgotten about. It’s completely disconnected from every other DC superhero movie ever made, and while the … Continue reading
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Batman/Superman movies 11 – Batman Returns
This is probably the first movie I’ve done for this blog series where the production was fairly straight forward. That’s not to say there isn’t anything worth talking about, but there weren’t any significant production troubles, behind the scenes politics, … Continue reading
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Batman/Superman movies 10 – Batman
For pretty much the entire existence of the Christopher Reeve Superman series, there were a number of attempts to bring Batman back to the big screen. The character’s popularity at the time was waning, thanks to the 60’s show reruns … Continue reading
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