Batman Returns

What a cast! This was back when Burton was still working at the top of his stylish game. Also, it's an amusing movie - the amount of sexual innuendo in a franchise that was supposed to be (in part, at least) aimed towards kids is nuts, but everything has a goofy charm to it. My favorite Batman film.

Feels too much like a Tim Burton movie with Batman characters than a true Batman movie. Burton's unique visuals don't really harm this movie but it does end up making it too much of his own style than that of the source material. Aside from these comments the story was good and the cast was pretty much spot on for their respective characters. This film also suffered slightly from the usual cheesiness that is present in all forms of Batman.

Dark and silly it kind of works but not completely. As an enjoyable experience it's good because of Walken, Devito and Pfeiffer creating entertaining and memorable characters. But on any deeper level, even just as an adventure/action film, it falters because the film doesn't have a consistent enough tone to give the plot developments weight.

(2nd viewing) Barely made my "good" tier, thanks to Pfeiffer's awesome portrayal and her character's interaction with Batman. The 1st act and last 15 minutes are highly pleasing, everything in between is pretty silly. These films haven't aged well at all...

Burton succeeds by simply pleasing himself. Everything is overbearing, enormous and expressionist. Locations have nothing in common with reality, the universe existing within a giant German snowglobe. Wayne becomes a vampire justice-god figure. He sleeps deep in his fortress till needed. It's a welcome step up from the confused bully-thug of the first film. His tenuous, last-gambit relationship with Gotham PD and his flippant use of deadly force lend him an air of absolute danger.