Watched Batman/Batman Returns again for the first time in years. They haven't aged well. I guess I hadn't seen them since I was a teenager. They're far camper than I remembered.
Michael Keaton gives it a try but he's hopelessly miscast as Batman. Doesn't help he's 5'8" and about as intimidating as a Care-bear. People went on and on back in the day about how great Jack Nicholson was but again, hopelessly miscast. Danny Devito's Penguin was well cast, but the treatment they give the character is ridiculous. Raised by penguins???? He's just disgusting. Bad wigs, awful action, obvious sets....
Big movies for the time but a missed opportunity. As so often happens in these sorts of films, you go along to see a movie about Batman and he's hardly in it!
I'm not even sure I want to check out the next two..............
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