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Batman Returns (1992)
I didn't enjoy it as much as the first Batman movie (mainly because of a lack of Jack Nicholson), but it still has its good moments and some very iconic characters and scenes.
In this Batman movie, there are 3 main villains. First of all, there is the mighty power plant owning Max Schreck (Christopher Walken), who plans to build a new factory so he can suck the energy of Gotham and become rich by selling it. The problem for him is, that the current mayor doesn't want to give him permission.
The second villain is Penguin (Danny DeVito), who is essentially a freak who was thrown away after his birth by his parents, because he looks very odd (especially his hands) and who grew up in the sewers of Gotham close to the penguins. By blackmailing Max Schreck, he is able to rise up from the sewers to the 'real world' where he wants to avenge his own unfortunate past.
The third and most interesting villain is the fabulous and iconic Catwoman (very well played by Michelle Pfeiffer). At the beginning of the movie, she is the brand new secretary of Schreck and while going through documents, she discovers his evil plans. When she confronts him, he pushes her out of the window and because of her fall, her shy personality turns into her new, dark, bold and sexy identity of Catwoman!
Batman/Bruce Wayne is again played by Michael Keaton and while fighting crime, he is pulled towards the mysterious and dual figure of Selina Kyle/Catwoman...
The direction by Tim Burton is again tiptop. Good examples are the opening scene and the introduction scene to the zoo, in which the viewer literally flies through the location.
Gotham city is again depicted as a dark, gothic and obscure city, just like the first one. The sets are again of great quality!
But after all, it stays a very simple popcorn flick, where too much brain usage is harmful for the enjoyment of the movie, because there are a lot of plot holes and because the characters are extremely flat. This is of course always the fact with comic book adaptations, so we can't blame this film in particular.
I still enjoyed the movie, so I rate this film:
(+)
Batman Returns (1992)
I didn't enjoy it as much as the first Batman movie (mainly because of a lack of Jack Nicholson), but it still has its good moments and some very iconic characters and scenes.
In this Batman movie, there are 3 main villains. First of all, there is the mighty power plant owning Max Schreck (Christopher Walken), who plans to build a new factory so he can suck the energy of Gotham and become rich by selling it. The problem for him is, that the current mayor doesn't want to give him permission.
The second villain is Penguin (Danny DeVito), who is essentially a freak who was thrown away after his birth by his parents, because he looks very odd (especially his hands) and who grew up in the sewers of Gotham close to the penguins. By blackmailing Max Schreck, he is able to rise up from the sewers to the 'real world' where he wants to avenge his own unfortunate past.
The third and most interesting villain is the fabulous and iconic Catwoman (very well played by Michelle Pfeiffer). At the beginning of the movie, she is the brand new secretary of Schreck and while going through documents, she discovers his evil plans. When she confronts him, he pushes her out of the window and because of her fall, her shy personality turns into her new, dark, bold and sexy identity of Catwoman!
Batman/Bruce Wayne is again played by Michael Keaton and while fighting crime, he is pulled towards the mysterious and dual figure of Selina Kyle/Catwoman...
The direction by Tim Burton is again tiptop. Good examples are the opening scene and the introduction scene to the zoo, in which the viewer literally flies through the location.
Gotham city is again depicted as a dark, gothic and obscure city, just like the first one. The sets are again of great quality!
But after all, it stays a very simple popcorn flick, where too much brain usage is harmful for the enjoyment of the movie, because there are a lot of plot holes and because the characters are extremely flat. This is of course always the fact with comic book adaptations, so we can't blame this film in particular.
I still enjoyed the movie, so I rate this film:
(+)