12 Reasons 1985 Was The Most Important Movie Year Ever
9. Tim Burton Proved He Could Make Batman
Imagine the idea of someone making a ridiculous comedy movie and suddenly being handed the reigns of a super serious, extremely important comic book movie. It wouldnt happen, would it? Except it does all the time now. The Russos made You, Me And Dupree and got picked for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and now it seems Taika Waititi is going to make Thor 3 after What We Do In The Shadows. But without Tim Burtons genre-defying take on Batman, none of those things would have happened. And without Pee Wees Big Adventure - probably the least Batman film of all time - the 1989 Batman that kicked off the film worlds modern love of superheroes also wouldnt have existed as it did. It was that comedy - and follow-up Beetlejuice - that proved to Warner Bros that the zany director could be trusted. On reflection now, its also wildly odd, and Burtons map-cap vision that would later make Batman so striking is definitely in there.