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Summary: The True Essence of Batman-the best Batman film made.
Review: This movie was among my top five movies of 1995 and deservedly was the highest grossing films of the year. How people can consider the first two films better than BF is beyond me... I saw the first Batman on video and snickered, Batman Returns put me to sleep. But Batman Forever left me breathless. I actually ran out and saw it again the following day in the theatres and the audience clapped after viewing it. Val Kilmer was perfect in this part, I thought that he played Bruce Wayne with enough seriousness without making him look too self-absorbed . Whereas Micheal Keaton in the first two films never let me forget for a momment that he was comedic actor. The exact antithesis of Batman/Bruce Wayne. Batman Forever has a tight plot with good acting and excellent character development. The actors actually play well to each other. Kilmer and Nicole Kidman have the best chemistry of any movie couple I have seen in a long time. Chris O'Donnel was also a great Robin, I think that it was more effective for them to have made him a college aged boy instead of a teenager. It made him look more believable. Carey and Tommy Lee Jones did not impress me much (but then again Batman's villains never have). In all this is the kind of film you can watch again and again!
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Summary: Fun movie
Review: Yep. Maybe this isn't the best Batman movie ever, but is plain fun and Jim Carrey plays 'The Riddler' like he was born to do it!!
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Summary: TERRIBLE!! Wast of money!
Review: OH MY GOD, ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES EVER MADE! THE ACTING WAS VERY BAD AND THE GADGETS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE! IT COST LIKE A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND HE USES IT ONLY ONCE. AND THE IDEAS FOR THEM ARE SO STUPID. STICK WITH 1AND2 THATS IT. SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
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Summary: Best of the Batman series
Review: Batman Forever was, in my opinion, the best Batman movie made. Val Kilmer was good at Batman, Chris O'Donnel was very good, and the two villains, Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face and Jim Carrey as Riddler, made an excellent duo. There were funny points in the movie, but it wasn't like Batman and Robin where they made it too funny. The plot was good, showing that Bruce Wayne had to decide between devoting his life to one person or two many people-those in need. After the struggle, and with input from Robin, he decided to do both by sticking as Batman. Also, the action was very well done, the special effects were good, and the movie was all around a classic.
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Summary: Half right half Crap
Review: Burton did not direct this film instead the flash and dash camera work of Schumacher was used.... Schumacher wanted to shake up Burton's vision and in doing so he overdosed on cod pieces and colors and kilmer is actually good but Kidman is more cold and wooden than an icy. Carrey is the saving grace of the film until his over the top performance gets old and its revealed he has absolutely no material to work with! A really bad film.
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Summary: It should have stopped here!
Review: The first Batman was a classic battle of good vs. evil "mano e mano" as the Joker had said. Starting with Batman Returns the policy appeared to be "stick in as many characters and subplots as possible and try to hook them together." In Batman Returns they could pull it off, but not so in this movie. First, the loss of Tim Burton and his stark, nightmarish vision is sorely missed. Schumacher's Gotham just doesn't have the gritty feel of someplace that would create a Batman. Val "I have one facial expression" Kilmer does not make a convincing Batman at all. I mean, sheesh, the guys only asset as an actor is his pretty face, and that was covered by a mask for the most part. While it was nice to see Jim Carrey playing a character instead of a noisemaker for once, that character was NOT the Riddler (the jury is still out as to who it was). Tommy Lee Jones sacrifices the subtlties of the comc book two-face and plays him as an uninteresting, hyperactive giggling madman. besides, didn't Billy Dee Williams play Harvey Dent in the first movie? Now he would have done it right! Although Chris O'Donnel does a good job with Robin, the script does not allow him the depth and development the character deserved (sorry Chris, but we gotta meet the subplot quota, you understand). Overall, disappointing compared to the earlier films, but worlds above "Batman and Robin."
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Summary: batman forever
Review: this is the best bayman movie there ever was.Robin is more of a main charicter,the riddler is CooL,2fase is like hissidekick,buy this NOW.
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Summary: More like..."Lackluster Forever".....
Review: Many, many diehard comics fans butchered and moaned (and rightfully so) when the Batman film franchise was ripped from the hands of Tim Burton and placed in the trust of Joel Schumacher. For the purpose of making the franchise more "kid friendly" (and honestly, after Batman Returns, a film that had to be very jarring to some parents perhaps expecting something more akin to the "Super Friends," who can blame them?) Schumacher took the movies away from the film noir-esque world portrayed in the modern comics to something more like, God help us, the campy 60s TV show. This change wasn't entirely unwelcome, at least not among mainstream circles. The fanboys screamed out their outrage. As with Cassandra of Troy, their prophecy of disaster for the franchise went ignored, but would find fruition in one terrible monstrosity, a monstrosity known as Batman and Robin. But let's take on the task at hand, shall we? If anything, Batman Forever is purty. A lot of thought and energy went toward set design, and, even if it is a bit tacky at moments, its rarely anything less than impressive and imaginative, especially the shots of the Riddler's giant "brain drain" tower, the Gotham City circus, and Two-Face's hideout. Sadly, though, this film could have improved ten-fold if half of that effort went toward "little things" like character development and dialogue. Here's one excruciating example from an exchange between Batman and the Prerequisite Love Interest: Batman: The Batsignal is not a beeper. P.L.I: I wish I could say my interest in you was purely professional. Batman: Trying to get under my cape doctor? P.L.I: A girl can't live by psychoses alone. Batman: Its the car right? Chicks love the car... actually wrote down the entire romantic exchange in my notes, out of sheer masochism. Retyping it, however, has reminded me of the trauma of hearing it to begin with, and thus it brings back that strong urge to gnaw through my wrists, so I'll stop there. Sadly enough, both Val Kilmer and Nicole Kidman seem to be the only ones not letting themselves get in over their heads here. Jim Carey will never be known as "that subtle guy," but I can't help but wonder if Joel Schumacher slipped him something during a few scenes. Its for Tommy Lee Jones, however, that I truly feel pathos. In the comics (the well-written ones, at least), Two-Face is a tragic, psychologically complex character who has through the decades evolved far beyond "that villain who can't make up his mind unless he flips that damn coin." And I'm sure in a role more true to that, Jones would have done a good job. Here, though, the script (and possibly Schumacher as well, its hard to say) forces Jones to act only as a fourth-rate version of Nicholson's Joker, a role definitely unsuited to an actor like Tommy Lee Jones. Even one episode of the animated series that was running about the same time this film was released holds a more in-depth, mature take on the same characters. Only Val Kilmer and Nicole Kidman seem to keep themselves unscathed from all this. Kilmer does a fairly good job as Bruce Wayne/Batman, although he can't seem to drop a mild look of disgust that follows him through out most of the film (its no wonder he was absolutely adamant about not appearing in a sequel). Nicole Kidman knows damn well she's just the Prerequisite Love Interest, and plays it up with dignity. In fact, to her credit, she's one of the few P.L.Is I've seen who don't at some point allow themselves to be reduced to senseless screaming fits. Its safe to say she probably pulls off the best performance in the film. Its certainly the most sedate compared to Jim Carey and Tommy Lee Jones' bizarre hysterics and Chris O'Donnel's desperate attempts to be the Bad Embittered Kid WIth a Heart of Gold (the Character-o-Matic, gotta love it). I know the tone of this review is harsh, and probably harsher than it needs to be. It comes from being happy with the first two films in the series, and then seeing the third taking a drastically different and less mature route. This really is in many ways a genuinely entertaining film, even if it requires dealing with some horrible dialogue and characterization. Essentially, what you have is good brain candy for some, but a bitter pill for a few others (especially most "fanboys.") Also, in hindsight from a post-Batman and Robin world, I can honestly say....Batman Forever really wasn't that terrible, and that's the best recommendation I can make. Rating: 2 1/2 out of 5 Grade: C 81%
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Summary: An average superhero movie
Review: This is definitely not a very memorable Batman experience, but anyway, I enjoyed it somewhat. The cast is good, the effects are cool, the plot is so-so, and it's often funny. So I recommend this DVD, I guess, but not too much!
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Summary: Third Chapter Lightens Things Up A Bit
Review: Joel Schumacher took over Tim Burton's director's chair for the first time in this mystical and visually stunning third installment in the BATMAN film series (Burton produced). His rather campy and flamboyant style is apparent throughout the film, which lightens things up a bit, but nowhere as severe as in his follow-up BATMAN & ROBIN. Val Kilmer does his best to play things straight (no homoerotic puns intended) as Batman this time while fighting Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones) and The Riddler (Jim Carrey). In fact Jim Carrey manages to steal almost every scene he appears in, which kind of makes you route more for him than for the heroes. Robin is also introduced in this episode, played rather well (and sympathetically) by Chris O'Donnell. The only thing that really didn't work here was the under-development of Two-Face (we see a brief and rather cheesy televised glimpse of him in court as DA Harvey Dent as he gets acid thrown face, while Batman tries to save him). There was roughly an hour of footage cut from this film (sheesh!), which may account for some of the loopholes in character development and why things may seem a little too rushed at times. F.Y.I there is a new BATMAN DVD set coming out sometime later this year (or early 2002). This film and the first film will be restored with extra footage. I for one am curious to see what else may have been left out, however that would make this movie over 3 hours long!
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