Pretty Woman and Under Siege were written by the Same guy

Joel said some contradictory things on the subject, like "They're called comic books, not drama books". That kinda makes it sound like he wouldn't make something like Batman Begins even if he could.

Burton said he basically took the hint WB didn't want him back after his crazed BDSM movie with mutants biting people's noses off ruined their Happy Meal tie-in. So the studio definitely wanted something lighter, and Joel may have overcorrected.