Batman Begins With A Bang

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2005)

This movie is damn good, but doubt it will ever reach the iconic status of Burton's first batman. Batman Returns was a decent film, but i didn't really like what Burton did with the Penguin, everybody has their own opinion on this, and i have found this is actually the most debated of the four previous Batman's. Batman forever, what can you say about this film. Val Kilmer is such a good actor, but was just a bad choice for a Batman film, I believe this is also the first film in which the bat suit had nipples. The Batmobile was really dumb in this, Burton lost control of the series and Schumacher decided he was going to try and return Batman to its 60's campiness, yet through all this it still had the two best villains behind Jack's Joker. Not only were Twoface and the Riddler great characters to use, but the casting was perfect. Which brings me to Batman and Robin. Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, and Alicia Silverstone should all be taken out and burned alive for this disgrace. Between bad casting, bad writing, and a horrible, warped version of Gotham, you end up with more of a bad acid trip and black lights than a Batman flick. Don't get me wrong, i like Clooney, and he does some really good films, but he just couldn't nail Batman. I think he was fine as Bruce Wayne, not as good as Michael Keaton, but still pretty good.
At the end of my review, all i can say is i seriously hope that in the next Batman movie they don't ruin the Joker.