I love the Tim Burton Batman movies, but I've always enjoyed Batman Forever nearly just as much.
Look, Batman and Robin is garbage, I'm not a contrarian, but Batman Forever straddles that edge of campy and cheesy without going over the edge into garbage territory like B&R did.
Batman Forever is one of those movies that was part of my childhood along with Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc.
Yes it's pretty corny, yes Jim Carrey is over the top, but it's a fun movie and it's usually talked about like it's almost as bad as Batman and Robin, but I totally disagree.
I mean Batman Returns itself has got a really strange tone. I flip flop on which I like better, but ultimately I'd say Batman Returns and Batman Forever are about equally as good for different reasons.
I know this forum is more about political stuff in the pop culture, but just wanted to give this pop-culture opinion.
If there's any Batman Forever haters, let's fight about it.
I'll go even further and say Batman and Robin isn't half as bad as people say it is.
Its an absolutely ridiculous movie that is so over the top in so many ways that it doubles back on being hilarious in almost every scene. It barely takes itself seriously, so why should you?
Literally, its entire bad reputation is down to people refusing to accept anything but "dark, brooding Batman" as acceptable and then just rejecting it entirely based on that premise. A problem that still plagues the franchise as The Brave and the Bold faced similar issues despite being probably the best Animated Batman since TAS.
Its no masterpiece movie that's good on objective levels. But its absolutely an enjoyable ride if you let yourself just accept that Batman has just as much history being that kind of corny, retardation as he does a gothic, serious icon.
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