Watched Batman Forever for the first time in years and...

[Drew Wonder]

maybe its because this was the first bat flick I saw in theaters and I loved it as a kid, but I honestly don't think its as terrible as most people seem to think it is

it had the best fight scenes of the Burton/Schumacher films, Kilmer was good as Bruce Wayne, the Robin origin story was handled well, Nicole Kidman was looking (probably the only movie where I found her sexy), visuals are dope, and the soundtrack is great (Kiss From a Rose is a classic)

yes, two face and the riddler were way over the top and it had a lot of campy/corny shyt, but I see what Schumacher was doing here. he was pretty much trying to make a comic book movie in the truest sense, and it was a direct reference to the Batman era that wasn't gritty and dark but more campy and over the top.

I think Schumacher was trying to strike the balance between the gritty Batman established by Burton and a more kid friendly version that Warner Brothers wanted. he did a decent job with Forever, it's Batman & Robin where he went crazy. If B&R never dropped I think more people would appreciate Batman Forever

also, the scenes WB made Schumacher cut were dope. much darker than the studio version and it would've added a lot more depth to the film

 

[Kaydigi]

trash

 

[Real]

It's no masterpiece, but i've always enjoyed the film

 

[Bud Bundy]

love this film.

way better then the dark knight rises.

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

2nd best batman after Batman 1989

 

[Heelish]

Liked it as a kid, haven't seen it since the 90's. Video game was trash though

 

[ChocolateGiddyUp]

I saw the last 10mins the other night that ending

Batman says lame ass riddle N throws bat Chinese star or whatever tf into riddlers thing causing explosions

Two-face bout to murk errybody

Batman: what bout your coin breh??

Two-face: damn son I forgot

*Two-face flips coin Bats throws a handful of change *

Two-face: N falls to his death like a dummy

 

[Drew Wonder]

I saw the last 10mins the other night that ending

Batman says lame ass riddle N throws bat Chinese star or whatever tf into riddlers thing causing explosions

Two-face bout to murk errybody

Batman: what bout your coin breh??

Two-face: damn son I forgot

*Two-face flips coin Bats throws a handful of change *

Two-face: N falls to his death like a dummy

still a better death scene than Bane's

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

a lot of people didn't like tommy lee as two-face

he was entertaining as fukk to me and made me laugh

 

[King Crimson]

love this film.

way better then the dark knight rises.

Friend-brother......

Really?


I can understand if you didn't like TDKR, but you really gonna say that? Don't do that....

 

[Bud Bundy]

Friend-brother......

Really?


I can understand if you didn't like TDKR, but you really gonna say that? Don't do that....

i like campy batman better then bruce wanye rich ninja.

 

[King Crimson]

i like campy batman better then bruce wanye rich ninja.

Ehh. To each his own.

 

[H.J.Duck]

try watching that '97 Batman & Robin again though


one of the worst movies I've ever seen

 

[MAKAVELI25]

i like campy batman better then bruce wanye rich ninja.

Then you don't really like Batman. The 60s Bat series isn't true to the character at all, and thats what the Schumacher films were after

 

[Drew Wonder]

Then you don't really like Batman. The 60s Bat series isn't true to the character at all, and thats what the Schumacher films were after

Batman Forever was true to the Silver age Batman comics, when the stories were much lighter and campier. It might not be an aspect of Batman's history that the fan boys like but it's still part of the history. Frank Miller changed the game obviously, but people act like the dark and gritty version of Batman is the only version that existed in the comics