Batman, unfortunately, Returns.

Rating: 3/10 (19 April 2017)

It's a bright, sunny day when that terrible trio The Penguin (DeVito), Max Schreck (Walken) and Catwoman (Pfeiffer) show up and threaten the fair citizens of Gotham City. Luckily, the caped crusader (Keaton) appears in the nick of time and saves the day!
"You've done it again, Batman!" Says Gordon, played by Pat Hingle. The two friends shake hands, and Batman jumps into his batmobile and drives away into the sunset.
Just kidding, this is the one with the perverted mutant Penguin and zombie Catwoman. Michael Keaton does a good enough job as Batman, Christopher Walken is Christopher Walken, Pfeiffer's Catwoman is painful to watch with her forced sexiness, and the Penguin is a nightmare. Not because of the acting, but the character is unpleasant. I don't know what Tim Burton is trying to say, but it seems to me that he wants us to feel sorry for the Penguin.
While everyone should get a second, or third or even fourth chance, it's impossible to find anything good about the Penguin. Sure, I feel bad when his parents throw him off the bridge, but as an adult he's pure evil. People didn't hate him because of his appearance...they gave him a chance from the moment he came out of the sewers. He's not Edward Scissorhands or the Elephant Man. The worst part is his death scene, with the sad music and crying penguins. Save your tears, a mutated, (but prettier) Joseph Stalin is dead, and the world is a safer place.
Returns is in many ways a mean-spirited and ugly movie. The part where the Ice Princess is kidnapped and killed is a good example. As a kid, I really hated that scene...Batman just stood there and watched as the damsel in distress fell to her death. Another is when the fat clown is shot because he doesn't want to kill children. Maybe those scenes are supposed to be horrible and tragic? Probably not, it's a Burton movie.
But, there are some positive things here as well: wonderful designs, the batsuit looks fantastic, Michael Gough is perfect as Alfred. The best part about the movie is probably the music by Danny Elfman. It's sad that they wasted all that talent on this crap.
Tim Burton should have stayed away from the Batman sequel. If he wanted to make a movie inspired by German expressionist films, he could have made something original instead. Maybe a comedy sequel to Nosferatu...Nosfera2: Bite Harder?