Batman returns to Gotham city to fight the penguin and catwoman in Tim Burton's sequel.

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2012)

I'm a huge fan of batman! He's my favorite superhero from D.C. comics and probably of all time. I'm also a big fan of Tim Burton as well. This is simply a great batman movie, Burton's batman will always be legendary because his vision for batman was perfect with the character. While Chris Nolan had the best stories for batman, Tim's look of the costume, bat-mobile and music is the best. Besides the great visuals, the development of the villains are great! Yes the story is just another batman vs the villains of the week, while Nolan's batman had more complex themes to it but batman vs a villain is really all you need for batman. This film is very controversial for that some feel it's too dark and bizarre but while the film is dark and creepy I think it all makes for a great movie. Some worried that this scared little kids but my feeling is that this movie is rated pg-13 not g so it's not exactly for little kids and I like the fact that Tim was interested in making a serious batman movie not campy or watered down for kids or pandering to marketing. While the first film felt like a Bob Kane batman this one is much more of a Tim Burton-esquire batman. I like the Christmas/winter atmosphere, seeing Gotham covered in snow looks cool. I love Tim's take on the penguin, it's definitely a "Burton penguin" nothing like in the comics and even some thought he was too creepy, mean-spirited and freakish but I feel that he's the villain and should be menacing not campy. I like the back-story that he was born to rich parents who tried to drown him as a baby in shame because he was born a freak, thus he was raised in the sewer by penguins. He wants to belong in Gotham but wants revenge on Gotham, he runs for mayor, tries to drown kids and he's a little perverted but Danny Devito was perfectly cast in the role and gave what might be his best big screen performance. Michelle Pfeiffer is simply the best catwoman ever!(Julie Newmar's 2nd) Her catwoman is legendary and for good reason too! Pfeiffer gives a excellent performance as Selina Kyle, she does a great job making the transformation from wimpy secretary to the empowered catwoman. Great origin story for catwoman, Tim & company were great at making catwoman a complex and interesting villain and of course the outfit is great! She looks like a black cat with a S&M undertone. One of my favorite scenes is when we first see catwoman and she stops a man from mugging a woman and then turns against the woman, telling her that she's weak and I love when she says "I am Catwoman, hear me roar!" and she then back-flips away! That was awesome! Pfeiffer looks very sexy in a creepy S&M kind of a way. I love the way she uses her bull-whip, you don't want to get near her with that whip. I also love her voice. Pfeiffer's performance, her extremely tight leather outfit, mystery and story is the best part of the movie. Christopher Walken is great in his underrated performance as a 3rd villain, Max Shrek, who's interesting in his own right and fits well into the story. I love when he says "what did curiosity do to the cat". Then there's Micheal Keaton returning as Batman, I understand how a lot of people criticized this film & the previous for not showing enough of batman and focusing more on the villains. Batman is definitely low key and we don't find out much about him but it works for Tim. We don't really need to see a lot of batman to understand him, it kinda works for batman to be more in the background then in the forefront. Keaton is still a great batman, he comes off as a real detective, smart. He really captures the brooding quality of batman and batman comes off as a cool superhero in this film. He's not social but he's always there to save the city. I like how Keaton plays Bruce Wayne as a reclusive millionaire loner and I like his relationship with Alfred. There's great action scenes, great music by Elfman and special effects. The film's dark and creepy but it's fun and is a classic batman movie!