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Batman Forever?
When Michael Keaton and Tim Burton had had enough of the Batman franchise after two excellent films, Val Kilmer and Joel Schumacher stepped in to make Batman Forever, a far cry from the first two films being a more colorful, comic book-type adventure. To start with acting, Val Kilmer is good as the new Batman/Bruce Wayne, and Chris O' Donnell is okay as Robin, though I could have gone another film without Robin for certain. Nicole Kidman is also okay as Dr. Chase Meridian, a psychologist who wants to know what makes Batman tick. As for the villains, Tommy Lee Jones plays his part very well as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, but the script makes him closer to the Joker, taking away the toughness and gruff from the animated series' Two-Face. Jim Carrey goes overboard as Edward Nygma/The Riddler, Two-Face's partner in crime. Though he is very amusing too watch, he needs to have a bit more intelligence, cool, and confidence. It is also very funny to watch these two colorful criminals work to conquer Gotham with a brain-draining device and destroy Batman.

Barbara Ling's production design is very good, especially at Claw Island yet Gotham City is too bright and neon colored to give the sense and and look of darkness and awe that the original and second Gotham City had. John Dykstra's (Star Wars, Star Trek-The Motion Picture) visual effects are excellent, once again primarily at Claw Island. Dennis Virkler's (The Hunt For Red October, The Fugitive) film editing is also well-done. Oscar nominations for Best Cinematography, (Stephen Goldblatt-The Prince of Tides) Best Sound, (Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montano, Michael Herbick,-Under Siege, The Fugitive, Clear and Present Danger and Peter Hliddal) and Best Sound Effects Editing (Bruce Stambler and John Leveque-Under Siege, The Fugitive, Clear and Present Danger, The Ghost and the Darkness). No wins for Batman Forever.

Despite some good action scenes (four slightly hokey yet nonetheless entertaining scenes- the opening, Batman driving up a skyscraper to escape Two-Face, the NygmaTech party crash, and the Wayne Manor break-in), great new vehicles including a redesigned Batmobile, the Bat Boat, the Bat Plane, and the Bat Sub, and plenty of new Bat hardware, the movie is hurt badly by a very disappointing climax at Claw Island. Though very lavish, the climax is dulled due to lack of fighting, not enough light and too much GREEN lighting (you still can't see well enough). A chilling yet funny ending at Arkham Asylum. Overall, not as well-done as the first two Batman films but is entertaining, lavish, and has a case of overload. I wished the next film would be more like the first two but...... P.S.- 3 1/2 stars for Batman Forever.

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Tommy Deserved Better
This film has a suitable "Two-Face" style reaction for me. On the one hand it is a relief after the nasty darkness of 'Batman Returns' it is also a disappointment in terms of character development and overall Feel. Val Kilmer's Batman is a pouty, emotionally stunted wet blanket(not his fault but the director's), Nicole Kidman's character is a slut, Chris O'Donnel's Robin spends the entire movie acting like a punk, and Jim Carrey plays Ace Ventura, I mean the Mask, uhh.. Riddler.

The thing that really makes me mad though is taking a Great Actor, Tommy Lee Jones, Cast him as a Great Character, Two-Face, and Making him perform him like he was the Joker and under-develop him to the point that he plays second fiddle, no pun intended, to JIM CARREY! CURSE YOU SHUMACHER!

If the film had centered around Two-Face and Bruce's guilt for not being fast enough to help him, it would have been great! But that is almost an after thought in the actual film. Blaming Two-Face for the Death of Robin's parents sets him up to be a "Robin" villain, Something more suitable for Riddler or the Penguin.

All this ranting aside, Tommy is the only Main Character who is actually convincing in the film. It's too bad he wasn't able to work with Tim Burton and Michael Keaton on a film that was worthwhile.

Elliot Goldenthal Wrote the music but it pales in comparison with Elfman's work on the first two films.

I was hoping there would be deleted scenes on the DVD but there aren't any. Most of Tommy's Scenes are in the movie, but some juicier moments were cut. Oh well.

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Batman Forever
Batman Forever is the third installment in the highly successful Batman series.This movie is good in many aspects, and not so great in other ways.It is certainly no where near as good as the first two, but it is still a fun and impressive film.The new characters ;Riddler and Two Face are great.Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carry aren't that bad; but at first I wasn't that sure how they were going to do.I also liked how they brought in Robin.The movie has an awesome cast; they did for the most part a good job.Nicole Kidman was in this one, but this film definetly wasn't one of her best pictures;not that she didn,t do a good job.The riddles also weren't to bad.Now some of them were easy, but added up well.ASnother thing I liked was Gotham City; it looks best in B2 though.The special effects were an improvement from the first two.Now that we are through with the good let's go to the bad.I hated so much how there was a new Batman; no offence to Val Kilmer, but he just shouldn't have done this.Also the new director.It wasn't the same without Tim Burton and Michael Keaton.Besides that the film was good and I would recommend it.

The third installment in the "Batman" series. Here the Caped Crusader must once again contend with two strange-looking, personality-impaired villains. First, there's maniacal ex-DA Harvey Two-Face, so named because half his countenance has been horribly disfigured by acid. Then there's the wise-cracking, hyperactive Riddler, whose alter-ego Edward Nygma is a nerdy, highly disgruntled ex-employee of Bruce Wayne. Together, these two masterminds plan to conquer the world with a device that not only mesmerizes users with 3-D television images, but also transports the viewer's thoughts into the Riddler's mind.Batman also has to contend with two other new people in his life. One is lovely psychiatrist Chase Meridian, who has fallen in love with Batman AND Bruce Wayne. Then there's Dick Grayson, a young, orphaned acrobat who desperately wants to become Batman's crime-fighting sidekick in order to get revenge on the man responsible for his parents' death: Harvey Two-Face.(7/10)

"Not as dark as its predecessor but still a great visual feast"
-- Stefan Birgir Stefansson, SBS.IS