Batman Forever
Released: 1995
Rated PG-13 for violence and language
Cast: Val Kilmer, Chris O’Donnell, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Michael Gough
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
Runtime: 2 Hrs. 2 Mins.
Favorite Quotes: “Ah. Fortune smiles. Another day of wine and roses. Or, in your case, beer and pizza!” “Riddle me this, what sort of a man has bats on the brain?” “For if knowledge is power, then a GOD AM *I*! Was that over the top? I can never tell.” “By the way, do you have a first name, or do I just call you Bat?” “You have broken into our hideout. You have violated the sanctity of our lair. For this we should crush your bones into POWDER. However, you do pose a very interesting proposition: therefore, heads, we accept, and tails, we blow your damned head off!”
Summary (from IMDB): Batman’s third film follows the practice of the second by giving him two villains to face, Two-Face and the Riddler. Two-Face blames Batman for his disfigurement and simply wishes him dead. The Riddler is a disgruntled inventor who worked for Wayne Enterprises and is terribly jealous of Wayne’s success and sophistication and uses his riddles to show his superiority over Wayne and Batman. Added to this mix are a sexy abnormal psychologist who is not only studying the criminals, but has a thing for Batman as well and Dick Grayson, is introduced. Gotham is still a dark and foreboding place in which Batman begins to come to grips with his own psychology as he relives the deaths of his parents in his dreams.
The Bad Stuff:
-Again, the whole two main bad guys thing. I am not a fan.
-They made The Riddler and Two-Face very cartoony villians. I understand that this was a very different approach from the previous two movies, but the majority of Batman villians are supposed to be a little scary. This made them goofy and light-hearted.
-Something that only fans of the comic or ’90s cartoon show would know: At one point, Two-Face is flipping a coin constantly to get the outcome that he wanted. He wouldn’t do this. He would see the result of the first flip and go with whatever it said.
-Val Kilmer makes an ok Batman, but a terrible Bruce Wayne.
-Robin is a tool. Again.
-The new suits aren’t as cool as the old ones.
-I didn’t know Gotham was filled with blacklights…
-The new Batmobile sucked.
The Good Stuff:
-Michael Gough is a great Alfred.
-There are some really cool action scenes.
-Nicole Kidman is really hot.
This definately is not as good as the previous two movies. However, it has its moments. This would be a good first Batman movie to younger kids who might get frightened by Nicholson’s Joker or DeVito’s Penguin.
