The Vic Theatre
808 Douglas St. Victoria, BC
For tickets, please visit here.
Just how many Batman movies exist depends on whom you ask, and the people who run The Vic Theatre in Victoria, BC say it’s nine films. Their Batman Marathon is their way to celebrate the coming of autumn and perhaps posthumously “The Longest Night” (technically, the title is The Longest Halloween in published form). For those who are counting all appearances, it’s fifteen; and for every animated film made to date, those alone stand at thirty-two! But for anyone able to last through the films the Victoria Film Festival crew was able to licence to screen, the winner will get bragging rights to say they’ve lasted the weekend, and also free movies for a year!
The Batman Marathon Includes:
The Batman | Batman Begins | The Dark Knight | The Dark Knight Rises | Batman (1989) | Batman Returns | Batman Forever | Batman & Robin | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
The list is fairly reasonable, and though some may feel this event is a misnomer, I’m sure there’s a reason Zack Snyder’s build up to the Justice League is missing for a reason. Although this hero’s journey can easily be broken down to the eras based on the directors who did the best job psychoanalysing the Bats.
As for why there’s just one animated film perhaps nobody has yet to understand this character since that universe recently went through a final “Crisis on Infinite Earths,” (as a three part animated direct to video film release) and the idea is to say only bat hero of the night exists. I would have taken out Batman & Robin and programmed in The Red Hood and Killing Joke. The latter would acknowledge Kevin Conroy’s last time as the hero. He was the definitive voice of Batman in the animated front.
Details are as follows:
09:00 AM Doors Open;
09:45 AM Introduction & Rules Breakdown
10:00 AM Its Showtime!
Anyone curious in where we rank the films, presented is our top 10. The animated works is way too scattered to really present, despite having some limited continuity.
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- The Batman (2022)
- Batman (1989)
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Batman Return of the Joker (1999)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Batman (1966)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- Justice League (2017) and Zack Snyder Cut (2021)