Parusing some parts of the NET, I found this great article from someone on the appeal of BATMAN RETURNS..
I loved this part of the story:
As child I loved the film for the simple reason that it was a Batman movie. I was tone deaf and just liked seeing Batman and Catwoman and the Penguin do cool and crazy stuff. I rediscovered it as an adolescent and it has stuck with ever since growing and growing in personal esteem the more I watch it. At first I loved it for being weird. Then I started to chew on it, mull it over and think about what it’s actually saying. It’s around this time I found the film had a devoted fanbase – a fanbase that has become more vocal over time.
Me too!
And as a matter of fact, I realized a few years back that this is actually a Christmas movie.. that the feeling of the season is oddly within. the musical score! the scenery! And even Max Schrek with his odd similarity to Donald Trump.. it all makes this movie amazing in all ways..
Batman Returns was released on June 19, 1992. It grossed $266.8 million worldwide on a budget of $80 million and received positive review
This film has more to offer than what I remembered.. I have a renewed appreciation for the movie after all this time.. all these Christmases..
CATWOMAN with her many lives.. the Penguin with his odd parents who didn’t want him (Pee Wee Herman was the dad!!) …. the scenery of snow and coldness that solidified Tim Burton’s sequel to the original 1989 film was amazing, as I look back..
Even my son Ayden gave two 21st century thumbs up to the old 20th century relic. It goes perfectly fine stretched against the landscape of our modern times.. Burton and Elfman’s score can be thanked for that, along with Keaton’s Batman and Pfeifer’s Woman who plays the Cat.
Finally as the film ends, when I know Catwoman stands tall, it gives me that melodramatic feeling that I wish Burton would have directed Batman 3 without the nippled suit.. without Mr Freeze.. without the rest of the awfulness that ensued throughout the rest of the 1990s…
Batman and BATMAN RETURNS…? Greatness personified…
It is as charming now as it was then, as miserable and also equally amazing.
Some out there only think DIE HARD was a great obscure movie for the season..
Be like me.. and re-discover 1992’s hit BATMAN RETURNS. Released in June…….and since then a reason for the season..
This year my son got a NINTENDO SWITCH and SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY. In 1992 I got a Nintendo game called Mario 3…
And BATMAN RETURNS.
Ayden watched BATMAN RETURNS in 2018..
some……things…..never….change.
🙂
