Not as bad as everyone thinks...

Rating: Null/10 (11 May 1999)

I saw the original in the theaters, but missed all the chances in the world to see this until 1997, when I finally rented it. I had heard from Leonard Maltin and other movie critics about how bad this movie was and when I finally saw it, I was impressed. Somewhat.
The problem with this movie was the lack of screen time for Michael Keaton. He got the top-billing for this movie, yet he appears in one scene in the first forty minutes. I kept watching and watching for Batman/Bruce Wayne to appear on screen again while they were explaining the backgrounds of the Catwoman and Penguin. By this point, I was bored. But the movie got better after that and the finale was kind of cool.
DeVito was good as the Penguin. Pfeiffer overacted as the Catwoman. Christopher Walken was hilarious as Max Shreck, but his character disappears abruptly in the film's second half. I missed his character while we saw the Penguin wreak havoc on Gotham.
I miss Tim Burton's Batmans. Batman and Robin was dreadful. Batman Forever was pretty cool.
Rating: 3/5