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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 21, 2017 12:38:54 GMT
Would like to see Burton's Batman films on the big screen. Saw every other Batman film from "Forever" at the cinemas. Same here. Those two always seemed to be played on TV around 1993-95, and since I was too young to see Returns on the big screen, instead I got to see Forever and Batman & Robin when they were released in summer of 95 and 97. I always get a kick out of the gothic visuals of Gotham City, the surreal set-pieces, its dark nature and of course the larger than life villain performances in "Returns". Michael Keaton is perfect as Batman, a figure hard to read, and of course his soleman Bruce Wayne turn works because of his charm. Too bad this time, he's really overshadowed by his fellow cast members. Not due to his performance, but in what direction the material was heading. I remember reading something along the lines Burton found the villains more interesting. You can see. Enjoyed the whole gothic/industrial retro 40s look of Gotham in Batman (1989) and in Batman Returns (1992) it was almost "too much" Burton"esque", and while the story was a bit of a mess at times, with too many villains going all at once, I still have a lot of love for the film. Considering the whole icy/winter theme in Returns, I wonder what would happened if Burton would have gotten the chance of doing a third film, maybe this time with Mr. Freeze as the main villain. I could see somebody like Ed Harris have go at that part and do it real justice. |
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