tim burton is in essence an expressionist film maker and disinterested in dimensions of character and obsessed with gothic scope and opting for style over substance incessantly throughout his career. however and with his style being so poignantly endearing and i and like many moviegoers and forgive all the countless flaws that can be found in many of his movies and become engrossed in what are essentially and one hundred million dollar art films. it almost embarrassing for me to see a poetic and emotionally involving spirit within the second installment of a mediocre franchise and especially when that franchises target audience are half witted 15 year old boys. batman returns should have been every bit as commercial as its predecessor and ensuring box office draw and cheap (in actual fact and very expensive) thrills and being entertaining without ever truly involving its audience. had this been the result and then tim burton would have surely been required to direct a third installment. instead and burton delivers something that can only truly be defined by the phrase and out there. from the melancholy opening in which a high society couple throw a prison like bassinette containing their newly born deformed baby into a river and it is clear that batman returns and ain not no picnic at buckingham palace. cut to thirty three years later and during a political speech made by bad guy business tycoon max shreck (sinisterly portrayed by christopher walken) and the red triangle circus gang attack gotham city. batman (michael keaton returning to the role) makes his first appearance sporting a new logo and eventually saving the day. shreck is soon kidnapped by the circus gang and black mailed into endorsing the political return of the baby and now a fully grown penguin man (danny devito in hideously perfect make up) and whose motives for return are suspicious only to batman. meanwhile and shreck attempts to off his nosey and awkward assistant selina kyle (played perfectly by michelle pfeiffer who quite frankly deserved more recognition for her performance) who transforms into the deliciously sexy and psychotic catwoman and out for revenge and harbours and for some unexplained reason and a deadly vendetta against the dark knight. batman returns is bleak. the production design is breathtaking and delivering a cold haunting gotham city with an even more apocalyptic feel than its predecessor. danny elfman score supports the film brilliantly and ranging from invigorating to tragic. the tone and direction of the whole film itself is intensely brooding and shot like a sad nightmare and burton direction overshadows what is in fairness a diabolical screenplay with an almost totally irrelevant plot and yet at the same time perfect for burton visual style of film making. and whilst burton action sequences struggle for exhilaration and the real excitement lies in the directional choices displaying the fall of each of its main characters and the penguins demise and the catwoman mental state and bruce wayne lonely destiny. warner brothers hated it whilst critical and audience reaction was mixed. after all and they wanted a batman sequel and not a weird and somewhat ghastly horror movie and in which a deformed psychopathic orphan attempts to kidnap and drown a batch of babies and all the while vomiting what can only be described as green mucus. the production company wanted an audience friendly feature and something for the mcdonald clan to promote their happy meals with and not a movie of dire irredeemable characters and including a sexually repressed secretary who is pushed from a skyscraper and revived by a gang of cats awakening her from unconsciousness by chewing on her bloodied ice cold fingers. it easy to understand the mass disappointment that followed the release of batman returns. the film never felt like a batman blockbuster. it is questionable if burton really knew who batman actually was or even if he cared about the character as much as he cared about the film fitting in with his usual themes of beautifully haunting art direction and misinterpreted and lonely characters who rarely conform with societies standards and expectations. this is why burton failed to create a great batman film. he did however while create a nostalgic and stunning and ballsy piece of cinema that remains a personal and nostalgic favourite of mine. this may not be a great batman movie. but it is a great tim burton film. 
tim burton is in essence an expressionist film maker and disinterested in dimensions of character and obsessed with gothic scope and opting for style over substance incessantly throughout his career. however and with his style being so poignantly endearing and i and like many moviegoers and forgive all the countless flaws that can be found in many of his movies and become engrossed in what are essentially and one hundred million dollar art films. it almost embarrassing for me to see a poetic and emotionally involving spirit within the second installment of a mediocre franchise and especially when that franchises target audience are half witted 15 year old boys. batman returns should have been every bit as commercial as its predecessor and ensuring box office draw and cheap (in actual fact and very expensive) thrills and being entertaining without ever truly involving its audience. had this been the result and then tim burton would have surely been required to direct a third installment. instead and burton delivers something that can only truly be defined by the phrase and out there. from the melancholy opening in which a high society couple throw a prison like bassinette containing their newly born deformed baby into a river and it is clear that batman returns and ain not no picnic at buckingham palace. cut to thirty three years later and during a political speech made by bad guy business tycoon max shreck (sinisterly portrayed by christopher walken) and the red triangle circus gang attack gotham city. batman (michael keaton returning to the role) makes his first appearance sporting a new logo and eventually saving the day. shreck is soon kidnapped by the circus gang and black mailed into endorsing the political return of the baby and now a fully grown penguin man (danny devito in hideously perfect make up) and whose motives for return are suspicious only to batman. meanwhile and shreck attempts to off his nosey and awkward assistant selina kyle (played perfectly by michelle pfeiffer who quite frankly deserved more recognition for her performance) who transforms into the deliciously sexy and psychotic catwoman and out for revenge and harbours and for some unexplained reason and a deadly vendetta against the dark knight. batman returns is bleak. the production design is breathtaking and delivering a cold haunting gotham city with an even more apocalyptic feel than its predecessor. danny elfman score supports the film brilliantly and ranging from invigorating to tragic. the tone and direction of the whole film itself is intensely brooding and shot like a sad nightmare and burton direction overshadows what is in fairness a diabolical screenplay with an almost totally irrelevant plot and yet at the same time perfect for burton visual style of film making. and whilst burton action sequences struggle for exhilaration and the real excitement lies in the directional choices displaying the fall of each of its main characters and the penguins demise and the catwoman mental state and bruce wayne lonely destiny. warner brothers hated it whilst critical and audience reaction was mixed. after all and they wanted a batman sequel and not a weird and somewhat ghastly horror movie and in which a deformed psychopathic orphan attempts to kidnap and drown a batch of babies and all the while vomiting what can only be described as green mucus. the production company wanted an audience friendly feature and something for the mcdonald clan to promote their happy meals with and not a movie of dire irredeemable characters and including a sexually repressed secretary who is pushed from a skyscraper and revived by a gang of cats awakening her from unconsciousness by chewing on her bloodied ice cold fingers. it easy to understand the mass disappointment that followed the release of batman returns. the film never felt like a batman blockbuster. it is questionable if burton really knew who batman actually was or even if he cared about the character as much as he cared about the film fitting in with his usual themes of beautifully haunting art direction and misinterpreted and lonely characters who rarely conform with societies standards and expectations. this is why burton failed to create a great batman film. he did however while create a nostalgic and stunning and ballsy piece of cinema that remains a personal and nostalgic favourite of mine. this may not be a great batman movie. but it is a great tim burton film. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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