Batman Returns | Movie Review (Journey to the Batman)
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2022
- Leading up to The Batman I'm reviewing the Batman films I haven't previously reviewed. Today we're talking Batman Returns.
SYNOPSIS
The monstrous Penguin (Danny DeVito), who lives in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with wicked shock-headed businessman Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) to topple the Batman (Michael Keaton) once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant, Selina Kyle (Michelle Pfeiffer), finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she is transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.
CAST & CREW
Directed by Tim Burton
Screenplay by Daniel Waters[a]
Story by
Daniel Waters
Sam Hamm
Based on Characters appearing in magazines published by DC Comics Batman characters by Bob Kane
Produced by
Denise Di Novi
Tim Burton
Starring
Michael Keaton - Bruce Wayne
Danny DeVito - Penguin
Michelle Pfeiffer - Catwoman
Christopher Walken - Max Shreck
Michael Gough
Pat Hingle
Michael Murphy
Vincent Schiavelli
Cinematography Stefan Czapsky
Edited by Chris Lebenzon
Music by Danny Elfman
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Based on the DC Comics comic book characters
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There’s something about this film that’s just so gorgeously dark & operatic, I can’t help but love every second of it. The Dark Knight is probably my favourite Batman movie, but this one does come very close.
Batman Penguin and Catwoman. Three melancholy people locked in a three way dance of death
For sure. Not having seen The Batman yet, Batman Returns is probably tied for second with Batman Begins for me.
I love Batman Returns. One of the most beautifully stylish and gothic superhero films of all time. Michael Keaton continues doing a really good job as Batman, while Danny DeVito's Penguin, Michelle Pfieffer's Catwoman and Christopher Walken's Max Shreck all give scene stealing performances.
Yep. The real treat (for me) was watching DeVito, Pfeiffer and Walken chew the scenery in this one. This movie was mainly about the villains and Burton's stylized vision of Gotham.
Batman Returns is my favorite Batman movie of all time and after 30 years, it still holds up. I love the darker tone in this movie. We got to see more of Keaton's Batman and the villains are better and Danny Elfman's music is far better and superior.
I only watched the Burton movies all the way through a couple of years ago . I was born the year Batman Returns came out . I love the bleakness of this movie and think it is better than the 1989 film . I love Michelle Pfieffer as Catwoman and Danny Devito as The Penguin . I love the grotesque nature of the aesethic of the Gotham in this film. Also I can't wait for your reviews of Batman Forever and Batman and Robin (which will be comedy gold entertainment more so than the movie itself) . Starting gearing up for those ice puns everybody.
ITS ICE TO SEE YOU
I think The Dark Knight is the best Batman movie (havent seen The Batman), but Batman Returns is definitely my favourite. It's so beautifully operatic, and is very much a dark fairytale. The Christmas atmosphere is melancholic and gives the movie so much more substance. Pfeiffer, DeVito, Walken and Keaton absolutely smash their performances out of the park. I will eternally love this movie
This movie has my favorite version of Penguin and Catwoman. Let's see if Matt Reeves can top it.
That’s not going to happen. But I admire the optimism.
Catwoman as a character sure but not her origin. But penguin? Hellll no that wasn’t comic accurate nor did it make sense at all. Keep that kinda crap out of modern day batman movies
@@jeffcunningham0389 L plus batman returns>grounded batman
@@ant6132 Batman is supposed to be a more grounded character. I like the movie as a weird Tim Burton movie. Buts not a good batman movie. There’s nothing that makes sense about it. Catwoman is supernatural and was resurrected by cats. The Penguin is a genuine monster that was raised by penguins living in the sewers. Literally has nothing to do with the comics, which would be cool if it wasn’t a so over the top. Lmao L
Catwoman in Reeves film is now my new favorite
LOVE this movie. No matter what people say about it, I find it never gets boring, is thick in its atmosphere and is a superb fun Christmas adventure for me!
I’m with you man 🦇🤙🏻
@@dustinallday4383 nice one! Thought I would get mauled on that comment lol
The darkest and controversial Batman movie ever.
McDonald's refused to sell any of their toys regarding a fill with a PG-13 rating.
Even kids said that it was a scary movie, due to the violence.
Bob Hoskins, Bill Murray, Phil Collins, Jeff Goldblum, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, John Lithgow, William Hurt, Mickey Rourke, and Robert DeNiro were considered for The Penguin.
Um did you watch the video? Lol it clearly debunks your McDonalds refusing to sell toys point. Also i was around when this came out and also had the McDonalds toys and cups
As a teenager in the 1990s, this was always my favourite one; revisiting the series as an adult last year, though, I suddenly find myself preferring the 1989 Batman. This one is just a bit too ... odd (more of a Tim Burton movie than an actual Batman movie)
This has actually always been my favorite Batman movie
Call me crazy, but prefer Tim Burton's Batman films over the Dark Knight trilogy. Nolan's movies are still great but for some reason, I still reach for these two films.
Batman Returns is definitely darker than it's predecessor and more a Burtonesque. Michelle Pfeiffer is sexy as hell as Catwoman..
I love this film even more than Batman (1989). I'm giving it a 10/10.
I would put this one on par with Batman 89. Like Batman 89, the villains are very good, the score is still fantastic, and the aesthetics look very cool. But Tim Burton still doesn’t seem interested in the character of Batman or Bruce Wayne. Batman seems a lot more like is a reactionary character instead of proactively being in the story. Beyond that, the story here doesn’t fully work. Penguin gets out of the sewer in the first act, he wants to become mayor in the second act, and he wants to kill all of the first born sons of Gotham in the third act. That’s too much to put in a two hour movie. Much like Batman 1989, I like this movie enough, but it’s not a favorite of mine.
After rewatching the Burton films, it’s crazy that some people still say Keaton is the best Batman ever. He’s literally the third most important character in BOTH of his movies.
Could you do a ranking of Tim Burton’s movies someday?
I'm a big Burton guy and this film comes #2 in my Batman ranking. Absolutely love it! Very excited to see where The Batman falls on both yours and my list in the next few days. The Apes trilogy is my favorite film trilogy and 'War' is one of my favorite films period, so i'm struggling to keep my expectations in check haha.
I grew up watching this movie. As I’ve grown older this movie feels more like a Tim Burton film featuring Batman which is ok. It’s a good film iconic performances, but to me it’s not greatest Batman film. It’s enjoyable though.
I watched the movie a week ago (i am born in 2007 for context), i felt it was great but the only things I didn't like was first, the fact that first of all tim Burton didn't focus on Bruce Wayne and focused more on penguin and second, after watching the excellent potrayal of penguin in Gotham, this version of penguin just feels over the top and bland.
Agreed. I did not care for Devito as Penguin as I did for Nicholson as Joker. Michelle Pfieffer saved the film ngl.
One of my favorite scenes in this movie is after the opening credits, Bruce Wayne looks up at the bat signal which I thought was one of the most iconic scenes ever. Honestly thought this was a step up from the first movie, which is my favorite of the franchise...
In my opinion Michelle Pfeiffer plays the best Catwoman performance out of any of the actresses she can depict her vicious nature and femme Fetale persona perfectly
Note: I haven’t seen Batman 2022 so I have no Opinion on Catwoman from that movie
What about Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises?
WHAT ABOUT HALLE BER... oh wait not that one
Tim Burton’s movies are truly one of a kind, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Batman 1989, Batman Returns, are some of my favorite movies that were all delivered by him
This is definitely my favorite Batman movie
This would be my favorite out of the Tim Burton-Joel Schumacher Era and The Dark Knight trilogy. Fight me.
this is a great video good job sean
I finished watching this movie 3 minutes ago thats crazy
Great review sean!
My favorite Batman movie. It’s just so dark and gritty! Michelle is the best Catwoman
It has some dark subject matter, but the tone is so cartoonish
This is hands down my favoritep Batfilm for all the reasons everyone criticizes it for.
While the first Tim Burton Batman is probably my favorite Batman movie, this one is definitely the most entertaining. It has great performances by keaton, devito, Pfeiffer and walken. It has a great gloomy atmosphere and it has my favorite Batman suit out of the whole series.
I love that you still have the trading cards. It's one of my favorite Batman films.
This came out last day of my junior year in high school. Me and my friend waited in line outside to see the first showing. There was an older African American guy in front of us who we kept cracking up because we were going on about the old Batman TV show. Ahhh memories...
I grew up on this movie, I’ll always love it lol!🥰💫😅
Love this film. You're right to mention the score its amazing. Penguin death scene music is brilliant but even that pales to the selina transforms music. Simply phenomenal.
I was 13 when this came out and watched it in the theater. I love Batman Returns. I watch Batman Returns every Christmas because it's my Batman Christmas movie.
I can say as a kid I remember really not liking this movie and much preferred the sequel Batman Forever.
Same but now I’m older and like Batman Returns more then Batman Forever
I didn't watch Batman Returns at the time. I went straight to Batman and Robin. It was a strange experience.
This is still my favorite Batman film after all of this time. It’s simply beautiful. Special recognition obviously needs spared for Begins and TDK, but this is the one for me. Until tomorrow? Here’s hoping.
What did you think of The Batman
I was 19 when Batman Returns came out. Saw it 6 times over a few weeks. I was myself a goth artist (as Tim Burton is) so, to me, this film cinematically is gorgeous imo. It's so Tim Burton 🦇. Batman '89 was hugely influencial on my 16 y/o self and this sequel galvanised my own goth visions and sense of isolation.
It's a bit too much of a cartoon in moments, it went dark I wish it went even darker. It turned McDonald's off so that pleases me too.
Again, you have a balanced, impartial view. You are becoming one of my favourite film reviewers. 👍
Oh boy... I can't wait for your Batman & Robin review 😂
I can only speak for myself but before the 1989 batman I was a huge fan of the 60s TV show, and what Burton did with the first movie was to bring that tv show to live in a dark and adult way that blew my mind. And who where the 2 biggest villains in that show? The joker and the pinguin! So after seeing Nicholson kill it in the first movie it was logical that the penguin would face batman in a much bigger and darker sequel!
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the first two batman movies where all I was expected from a 60s batman fan watching his favorite superhero come to life in the most amazing way I could ever imagine!!...thank you Burton for making my childhood awesome!!
I remember going to see it with Chad, and he was only going because he thought we hadn't seen it before, when we had already seen it.
As someone who never read comic books and was born in 1981, this duo of movies was my introduction to Batman. They created my prototypes for who Batman, Joker, Catwoman and Penguin were supposed to be. I found this movie terrifying when I first saw it (could barely watch the penguin sewer scenes) but I loved it nonetheless. I can’t say I’ve rewatched either movie in the last dozen years as I rather keep them scrutiny-proof in my nostalgia bubble, but I still consider them among my favorite Batman movies. I mean, Michelle Pfeiffer, nuff said.
When a kid, the first was my favorite cause of the villain, but rewatching these movies now, this sequel is definitely the best of the first few movies before "the trilogy"
Overall I would give it a 8.5/10
Great review Sean! Before watching The Batman, For me this is my favourite solo Batman live action film and my fourth favourite Batman movie of all time(BVS is my third, Mask Of The Phantasm is my second and ZSJL is my favourite). I love this movie. I also love the animalistic nature of the film and the sub massage that humans are worst than animals Via Max Shriek and Penguin’s parents. Fun fact, Pee Wee played Penguin’s father here and also on the Gotham tv show
This movie is criminally underrated.
Fun fact: Paul Reubens, aka Pee-Wee Herman, who played Penguin's dad in Batman Returns appeared in the Gotham TV show on FOX as Penguin's dad. I thought it was a great way to tie that around.
Oh my god, I can't believe it was him! I'm literally watching Gotham right now. Thanks for the info!
@@brucesimmons5517
Np
Gotham took a lot from Batman: Returns
I think batman returns is one of the best batman movies, so fantastical and comic booky and also tells very good story about relationships and humanity
Michelle Pfeiffer is a scene stealer in this film and I do think this film is underrated! Tim Burton's influence really helps this movie instead of bringing it down and Danny Devito does a great job as Penguin!
I did not grow up with this movie and I think it was pretty good. Michelle Pfeiffer is the best Catwoman ever.
Hey Sean, I enjoy your videos and all things Batman! I would love to see a list of your top 10 favorite episodes of the Animated Series. I loved watching the series as a kid and now I get to enjoy them all over again with my children.
This is one of my favourite Batman films! Always loved watching this one as a kid alone, down in my parents basement.
I will never understand the flack this movie got. As a kid, THIS was the film that kickstarted my love for Batman. Even as a kid, I preferred the first 2 Tim Burton Batman films. Michelle Pfeiffer set the bar soooooo high for Catwoman that no one has ever quite come close to. For me, this was the best Batman film of the 90’s. An underrated classic. 🦇🐈🐧
I grew up with Returns and I've got a lot Nostalgia for movie and actually I'm a very Nostalgic Person so my 3 favorite Batman movies are Batman 89 Batman Forever and Batman Returns
It's a dark movie... But i remember back in the day in the Netherlands it was really big when it came out,... Macdonalds... the toys...all the Merchandise... it was a real hype! I played the game on Super Nintendo with a converter, because it did not yet came out in Europe or the Netherlands... i barrowed it from a Vietnamese friend of mine, who's brother lived and studied in America back in the day... great childhood memories!👍
My favorite film of ALL TIME
I think the points you make are pretty sensical. When you were describing the insanity of the plot, I couldn't help but DIE laughing. It is silly, but so confidently, and the fact that this was released and mass-consumed by a young audience in 1992 (and even nowadays) is unbelievable. A genuine anomaly.
I would love to see reviews for each episode of the Batman tv series from 1966
I love Batman Returns. It came out a year before I was born but my dad showed me the Keaton movies and I fell in love with them when I was like 6. Im also a huge Danny DeVito fan so everything he is in I love. I get the dislike of this movie but I hate that McDonalds is the reason why we didnt get a 3rd Keaton Batman movie. Probably would have had Robin Williams as Riddler
I love Batman Returns. But I feel like the could’ve been a greater sequel if they have Billy Dee Williams as Harvey Dent so the character can later become Two-Face in what could’ve been the next installment
I saw this film for the first time last week Friday. And while it does flow smoothly, and doesn't have choppy editing, as well as being just better constructed overall, something just didn't sit right with me. I just couldn't know what. I didn't think the movie was bad, but it wasn't fully good. And it's interesting that you said it feels at arm's length from you, cuz that was the words I was looking for. Also, the weird Tim Burton things are just not for me. Maybe if this wasn't a Batman film, I'd like it more, but when I can clearly see that the freaky weirdos in the movie are Batman, Catwoman, and Penguin, it doesn't sit right with me. Overall, while neither Burton film is super high in my personal list, I'd much rather watch a choppy Batman film, than a weird uncomfortable Tim Burton film with a character that looks like Batman.
And yes, everyone who praised this and Batman 89, and was ranting on Batfleck mowing guys down in BvS, is a hypocrite.
As someone who grew up with the Nolan trilogy, I’ve never been a big fan of the 80’s and 90’s Batman movies. This movie in particular was just too Tim Burton for me.
Nolan’s trilogy is so much Nolan as are the burton movies are so burton. Both don’t ever follow the comic accurate Portrayal as Batman
@@skywalker2676 I meant that this movie is too weird for me which is what Tim Burton is known for. I realize Nolan put his own spin on the character, but I’m able to connect with those movies much more than with Burton’s style.
This movie has my favourite Batsuit and Catwoman, but overall I think this is a really weird movie with a lot of problems
I grew up with this one just like I did the '89 movie and even then preferred the first movie while still enjoying this movie. Even now I enjoy this movie for how insane it is
I remember having the toy penguins with the rockets strapped on their backs and the bat mobile that actually came apart just like in the movie.
I have this very specific memory of renting this on video, watching it with my family. I had seen it theaters and loved it, and was excited for mom and dad to watch it with me and my brothers. My Dad was near 40, NOT the target audience, and he was very quiet through the movie. And about 2/3 thru it, I turned and asked him what he thought so far. He finally spoke, after chuckling first, and said, "Honestly? I think it's really stupid."
Hard to describe, but somehow him saying that changed my perspective of the film, hearing what an "adult" thought. Now I'm 42, and I completely understand! As an adult, I usually just don't vibe with Tim Burton. Like a Kubrick or a Rob Zombie, there's a distinct and recognizable style, but it just usually isn't for me. (Maybe exceptions would be Big Fish, and for some reason, Sleepy Hollow and Miss Perigrine)
But since I don't think I've watched this in almost 30 years, might be time to see if the nostalgia goggles are working!
I'm watching The Batman tonight, so excited 🤩
As we were studying the Elfman soundtrack to Batman Returns for music, I asked for a copy of the dvd for Christmas, and honestly I kinda loved it. I do prefer Batman ‘89 (mainly because of Jack Nicholson) but I found this film highly entertaining.
My Thoughts
Pros+
- The performances of the cast (especially Pfeiffer & Keaton)
- Danny Elfman's score is just as good as his first Batman score
- Catwoman's character arc
- Seeing Christopher Walken in a Batman movie was a lot of fun
- The costumes were all great
- The romance between Batman and Catwoman was very good
Cons-
- Batman gets very overshadowed by both The Penguin, Catwoman and Max Schreck
- The Penguin is written to be both a sad sympathetic loner like Edward Scissorhand and a grotesque child murdering monster like Freddy Kruger at the same time
- All of Batman's kills in this movie are very extreme
- The movie has a bunch of plot points that goes nowhere
- The movie is very horny (The Catwoman parts I can accept, but not The Penguin grabbing someone's boobs)
- Tim Burton had a little too much creative control with this movie in my opinion
- The tone for this movie is very dark and cartoonish at the same time
- The part where Batman records The Penguin during the Batmobile scene only to use it later during The Penguin's mayor speech is one of the most forced and unnatural things I've seen in a superhero movie
- One of the least rewatchable Batman movies in my opinion
Overall: This movie is a decent Tim Burton movie, but a bad Batman movie. It feels less like a Batman movie and more like a typical Tim Burton movie with characters and locations from the Batman series. It has parts that I really like, but also some parts I don't really like. (6/10)
Well i love batman, and i love Tim Burton so I have a soft spot for this movie
I didn't grow up with this film but I found it later and really enjoyed it's really dark and kinda depressing tone throughout, pair that with my love for Tim Burton's Batman adaptation already and this makes for one of my favorite, if not my favorite, Batman movies.
Just finished this one for the first time tonight too, WAY BETTER than the 1st one, plot and characters are coincided with each other and Michelle and DeVito just kill it, it’s just all around more engaging
9/10
I actually watched this in the theater back in the fall of 1992 but I barely remember what happened in it so I decided I didn’t like it, I finally rented it on video a few years later and was like yeah this is a good film. This was also my first movie to see Christopher Walker in. To this day I still try to intimidate his voice. As the far as the movie goes I could never really figure The Penguin out as far as what his plan was. First he tells Max Shreck that he wants to ascend into society and find out who he really is and then decides to run for Mayor and then we later find out he wants to frame Batman and Batman records him talking evil during the Batmobile scene and then later it is played at the press conference. So truth be told to this day I don’t know what Penguin really wanted. Sean one thing you mentioned was that there were no police present during the final part of the movie, I also notice that Batman was seen as kidnapping The Ice Princess and then killing her and we never find out if his name cleared or not. As I’m sure everyone knows this movie was thought to be so dark that they kinda rebooted the series three years later with a new director and a new Actor playing Batman. Can’t wait to see your reviews for those two films directed by Joel Schumacher.
I thought for sure Sean would hate this movie due to the logic of ego committing patricide in gotg 2 in that review. Compare this to penguins plan, I thought he would dislike this movie. This review surprised me.
I am 13 this was my first batman film I saw it when I was 5 and loved it and still do
When I was growing up, Batman Returns was one of those movies I was not allowed to watch at the time. And every time I watch it, I watch Returns for the sake of Batman. Danny DeVito was a good choice for Penguin and he was insane!!! Michelle Pfeiffer was not my first choice as Catwoman in this movie. I understand that Tim Burton took the reigns and made Batman his own way in his style and I appreciate it.
Michelle Pfieffer is the best Catwoman what are you smoking?
Tim Burton's Batman Movies are more of an experience than a narrative...Burton doesn't seem interested in telling a conventional story, but more a visual one...It's like any sort of plot or structure gets in the way of his vision, he's of the philosophy of "Show, don't tell". He even stated in one of his commentaries that he would "love to make a picture with absolutely NO dialogue"
Such a dark, beautiful movie. Watched it virtually every day as a kid and I still adore it. Peak Tim Burton and oh yeah, it’s even a Batman movie.
i haven't seen the movie in many many years, so i don't know how i feel about it now. this was my least watched one as a kid. it just wasn't as fun and flashy as the other ones. it had this offputting vibe. but knowing my sensibilities NOW, i think i may love it if it watch it again
I loved both Batman 89 and returns. Though there are some problems but it still delivers. I think TDK trilogy overshadowed this Batman and also changed the perception of people about Batman 👍
My absolute favorite
I was 11 in 1992 when this came out..I too followed production on this like you..I remember to this day a story that appeared in the national enquirer about this movie that Fred savage was going to be Robin. Joker penguin catwoman and two face were going to be in it and batman was going to fly them in to space with the bat wing at the end and then go save a pregnant Vicky vale who then gives birth and the baby has pointy bat ears like their dad... I was 10 reading that and it was the best thing I ever read....then I saw this movie...I remember not liking this when I first saw it..probably because I didn't really understand the plot and the innuendos. I remember being disappointed that batman was barely in it and the villains took center stage..exactly what cody leach says about these movies..well I thought that 30 years ago too. I have grown to like it a little more over the years but in all reality the 80s and 90s batman movies are nothing but nostalgia bait for guys our age. These movies would not play well to audiences if released in 2022
Batman returns is my favorite Batman film as well as my favorite Dc flick DeVito gives an excellent performance Pfeiffer is astonishing Walker is great to the Elfman score is top notch I wish we got Batman continues I would have loved to se B.D Williams as 2 face and Robin Williams as riddler I’m disappointed that they had to replace it!
This movie is super silly, but I just like it so much. The death of the pinguin is so awesome.
I grew up watching the vhs dark movie and wonder what if Tim Burton made his third movie
I love this film. I commented on your 89 review that Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman. I acknowledge your criticisms. Both films have flaws but I find them more enjoyable than the Nolan movies. The Dark Knight is a masterpiece but I find Batman Begins dull and quite honestly I haven't even seen The Dark Knight Rises in its entirety. Haven't been able to get into it. Christian Bale is a great actor but I find him dull as Batman.
I was born in ‘93, but grew up catching it on here and there. I like it. For what it is, I still dig it. The film was made with good intentions, it’s just different
I remember this being in 2 movie theaters at my local mall, thinking at that time "Oh my god! Two movie theaters!". We saw it as a family to a sold out crowd, and I do recall many groans, and audience members saying "What?....". I was sorely disappointed when the film ended, and didn't know what to make of the film. It was a suckie summer for sequels too. This film, Lethal Weapon 3, and Alien 3, all disappointments! But revisiting Returns, I appreciate it more as this weird movie that happens to have Batman in it. Keaton and Pheiffers chemistry, Danny DaVeto's grotesque performance, and the ser designs are what's outstanding here. It's not a true sequel to the 1989 film. If you know that going in, you'll be okay. But if you were 10 years old, like I was at that time, I was truly perplexed when the film ended. Returns is still a head scratcher for me.
This movie was the first batman film that I ever watched when I was a child I still love it my mother isn't a fan of this film I kinda understand why Michelle is great as catwoman
Personally I never minded the idea that Batman killed in those films, especially considering his origins, I feel in terms of going for how Batman was originally going to be when he first began it actually shows that really well, but for sure Modern Batman is more preferred these days.
I did grow up watching this movie and after re-watching it l actually like it a little bit more
Please rank the peacemaker episodes
The very first movie that I watch in the cinemas
This was definitely the weirdest Batman movies I’ve ever seen.
I grew up with the Burton/Schumacher movies. Might seem blaspemous, but "Returns" is a Batman movie I genuinely have come to dislike more and more with each viewing. There are definitely lots of things I like about it (namely Michelle Pfeiffer's performance as Catwoman), but as a Batman movie, it just feels *too* Tim Burton-y. It makes for a cool, dark fairy tale.... but it just doesn't sit well with what I think of Batman. That's just me though.
I'm a 90s kid so I grew up with Batman. I over watched the movies but I feel Batman Returns is fine. The tone is one reason, I think Batman Returns is the darkest Batman movie.
Batman Returns was the first movie i ever saw in the theather (i'm 35). It was such a dark and different experience. To this day is one of my most rewatchable films. I understand it's flaws but i still love it. Batman getting up from the chair and he kicking some clowns ass still gives me goosebumps🤣
i was born in 2001 so i grew up with the four ogs and the nolan trilogy
Didn't see this in the cinema first watched it on vhs when I was about 10 maybe 11 watched it with my dad's brother in laws even they were stunned by how dark and violent this was but I loved it it's whined a bit the last few times I watched as an adult but it's still one of my favourite batman movies behind the dark knight trilogy and burton's original batman
You should rank all actresses who played catwoman
I absolutely love this movie. I know it's not the best Batman film but it is my favorite.
I’m of the most underrated Batman movies in my opinion 🦇