Beautifully Twisted

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2007)

Although I love Jack Nicholson's portrayal of the Joker in the first Batman installment, I have to say that Batman Returns is my favored movie in the Batman franchise. It is so wonderfully dark and psychologically twisted, yet there is hope for redemption in the affection that Batman and Catwoman develop for one another.
For me Michelle Pfeiffer'sC atwoman represents the ultimate (anti)herione: intelligent, devious, sexy, fragile, unresistable, and tough as a bag of nails. How could you resist her? Danny DeVito is still as scary and magnetic as the Penguin as when I first saw the movie back in 1992. Michael Keaton does a great job reprising his role as the brooding, yet human, Batman. And when the hell isn't Chistopher Walken a bad ass you wouldn't wanna mess with?
The special effects and make-up designs are very impressive, and Burton's look for Gotham city - that kinda dark, Gothic, modern 1930s look - is still, in my mind, the only accurate representation of Batman's home.
A must (re)see for all true Batman fans!