Style Over Substance

Rating: 6/10 (12 April 2010)

The first Tim Burton Batman (1989) movie was VERY good. I enjoyed that film. This movie is VERY fun and VERY enjoyable. With a stellar cast that includes Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pffiefer, Christopher Walken and many others, one would expect the brilliance and excitement of the first film doubled. However, that just doesn't happen in this sequel. There are some great performances in the movie, but basically there are just too many villains intertwined with each other's movements. It gets tiring to watch with too many great actors getting their faces plastered all over the screen all at once. It feels almost like a competition at times. The scenery is fantastic and there are some amazing special effects but the storyline is watery and tiresome. It is simply not original enough to be an exceptionally good film. Batman has some great new gadgets which will entertain and thrill younger movie-goers and the characters are extremely savouring to watch but I couldn't help thinking that Tim Burton knew this was going to be his last Batman movie for warner Bros and therefore decided to jam all his ideas into a Gothic and somewhat suffocating two hours. This should have been better.