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.
Batman was supposed to be campy and cheesy. This "dark and gritty" shit they've been doing with children's stories was the start of society's descent into madness. When people online said "the good guys always winning is boring" the response should have been to tell them to go explore adult stories, rather than turning kid's entertainment into a daycare for overgrown toddlers.