In the hands of director Joel Schumacher the Batman series takes a massively wrong turn. Batman Forever is a semi-reboot that steers Batman into a more campy and lighthearted direction, and away from the dark, gothic vision of Tim Burton. After being spurned by the Wayne Corporation, Edward Nygma becomes the supervillain Riddler and teams up with Two-Face to take out Batman. The roles of Batman and Harvey Dent have been recast, and Gotham has been redesigned (for the worse). Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent/Two-Face is given little to work with, and Jim Carrey hams it up as the Riddler. But the worst piece of casting is Val Kilmer as Batman. With Batman Forever the series sacrifices quality for stunt casting and becomes cartoonishly ridiculous.
Shout by Dann MichalskiBlockedParent2019-12-06T17:49:49Z
In the hands of director Joel Schumacher the Batman series takes a massively wrong turn. Batman Forever is a semi-reboot that steers Batman into a more campy and lighthearted direction, and away from the dark, gothic vision of Tim Burton. After being spurned by the Wayne Corporation, Edward Nygma becomes the supervillain Riddler and teams up with Two-Face to take out Batman. The roles of Batman and Harvey Dent have been recast, and Gotham has been redesigned (for the worse). Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent/Two-Face is given little to work with, and Jim Carrey hams it up as the Riddler. But the worst piece of casting is Val Kilmer as Batman. With Batman Forever the series sacrifices quality for stunt casting and becomes cartoonishly ridiculous.