I’ll first tell you what works about this film as well as what doesn’t. First of all, Adam West and Burt Ward voicing these characters is a true blast from the past. Twenty years before I was born, they graced the screen in roles that are basically completely foreign to how we know them today – but they were comedic gold. Hearing their voices again brings me back to a time before I was even born, and I don’t mind it at all. Furthermore, they made sure to include lots of references to what made the original so great – even by today’s standards. Their ridiculous and unfounded powers of deducement, the ka-pow and blam-o action shots, the holy macaroni statements by Robin, the not-so-subtle hints at Bruce and Dick’s “secret life”, and honestly quite a bit more. They stuck the landing on a lot of good – but miss out on other things.

I’d have to say that one pertinent thing that makes the original show great is precisely the fact that it’s not a cartoon – but rather a live action presentation in the 60’s, before they had practically any technological advances and had to massively rely on humor including practical and cheesy effects – something this cartoon couldn’t do because they had the benefit of being a cartoon. At the same time, I get it, they couldn’t play themselves in a live action presentation anymore given their age…but at the same time, if they did, it would most likely be pure gold. Old geezers chasing each other through the park? Come on. It would be a legend. Another possible negative element this film holds is its episodic structure – I would say that even though there was an absence of credits rolling and it was strung together just fine, I’d say it felt like maybe two episodes put together, and I lost a bit of focus somewhere in the middle. The old show was pretty simple and straightforward on how they did things – but that’s not really a huge disappointment to me either.

Honestly, this isn’t really a movie to miss. It has all the nostalgia you can logically ask for with Adam West and Burt Ward returning to their iconic roles. It’s not perfect by any means, but it’s pretty cool to watch. Check it out!

We got no less than six official feature-length movies starting Batman, and the best of them is an animated rehash of the cheesy 1960's show, because that's just the kind of year 2016 is.

_Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go._