Comments on: Tim Burton Says He Didn’t Direct A Third ‘Batman’ Because Warner Bros. Thought ‘Batman Returns’ Was “Too Weird”

By: bohmer

bohmer — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:39:03 +0000

To this day, Batman Returns might be my favorite Batman movie. I though the screenplay was original and the various villain were all really great. Plus, I tough it had poetry in it, which you don\’t see often in the genre.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:39:03 +0000

I can\’t stand Batman Returns. It has no internal logic, it\’s lazy, it\’s messy, it dwells far too much on the Penguin, the whole Max Schreck subplot is a waste of time, and the Catwoman parts are the only parts that work. Not to mention that Batman doesn\’t act like Batman at all. I know many people think it\’s a great movie, more power to them, but it is a terrible Batman film.

By: The TRUTH.

The TRUTH. — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:39:03 +0000

The truth is; Burton had Batman down to a T. No different to what Bob Kane had envisioned. As dark and perfectly gothic as Batman Returns was, the only thing that has ever come close to it is Mask of the Phantasm… And that was a cartoon!
Nolan\’s Batman movies were great, albeit with too much of an industrial feel to them. Burton was a perfect choice to helm the Batman movies, and Heath Ledgers portrayal of the joker was the quintessential embodiment of the clown prince of gotham.
Question is, should they have left Batman in Dawn of Justice in more capable hands?

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:39:03 +0000

Or it could be they just thought it sucked, which was my verdict.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:39:03 +0000

Joel Schumacher\’s "Batman Forever" was quite mediocre and over the top also. Not to mention it had a lot of references to the campy tv show of the 60s.