BATMAN RETURNS IS THE BEST BATMAN MOVIE 

Actually, the whole Nine Lives thing with Catwoman is just a part of her psychosis as going through all those awnings broke her fall but she still hit the ground hard enough for her to delevop brain damage. Unlike Halle Berry's Catwoman which went full-on supernatural but could cause the viewer to develop brain damage.

Max originally role in the movie was indeed for Harvey Dent in the early script, showing his duality as honest man and also shady criminal helping the Penguin in secret for his own gain. Catwoman at the end disfigure him with the taser, creating two-face. But Walken IN, Billy's OUT and that was scrapped. Max in a second script was wrote as secret brother of the Penguin. Glad it was changed. The best bat movie one indeed!

This is the definitive Batman movie as well as definitive Tim Burton movie. This is everything a Batman movie should be. A character driven story about his impact on his universe. Everyone was a scarred animal, the plot was fantastical and ridiculous with rocket launching penguins. And yet the human emotion and rawness of the characters shined through so strong. It’s really everything a movie should be.

If you take into consideration that Burton's Batman is heavily inspired by the 40s and 50s comics, everything falls into place: the penguin aspires aristocracy and luxury, even though he's a criminal with a penchant for birds, and also a deformed man (Burton took it to the extreme); Catwoman's first on paper origin is of a flight attendant, post plane crash, with amnesia and a second personality as result of the accident... It kinda works in the Burton verse. I've always liked these interactions, as much as the modern comics and the Nolanvere (my favourite interation thus far) - they're all Batman mythos, different eras

While I think The Dark Knight is objectively the best, Batman Returns is by far my favourite. It's just so rich, so engaging and dripping with atmosphere. The snowy Christmas setting elevates the visuals so much. It's visually the best Batman movie without a doubt and this is definitely the best Gotham City of all time. I love the cast, the characters, and the score is phenomenal, perhaps even better than the 89 one. It's a dark, melancholy fairytale, and I adore it. While so much is changed from the comics, watching this genuinely feels like you're reading a classic DC comic book.

I was 11 when this came out... and at the peak of my childhood Bat-fandom. I thought it was just about perfect back then, and upon repeated viewing as an adult I still hold the same opinion. "Batman Returns" is one of the rare examples of a sequel which manages to actually be better than the original.

Fun fact: Michelle Pfeiffer and Michael Keaton actually had a thing around the late 80s and Pfeiffer was actually in the run in to play Vicki Vale. Micheal Keaton was originally against it cause he felt it would be weird and he was also trying to fix his marriage and he dated Pfeiffer shortly after the divorce started.

I do love Batman (1989). It’s what I grew up with alongside The Animated Show. But Batman Returns has so much going for it. It expands Burton’s Gotham which is still the best version ever put to film, the departures from the comic book origins for Penguin and Catwoman are both extreme but also amazing, and I think it may be my most watched Batman movie partly because it’s also a Christmas movie.

Selina Kyle transforming into cat women was so creepy. I loved it as a kid and replayed the VHS so many damn times. It wasn’t too dark.

The use of Siouxsie and the Banshees fits perfectly to the party scene and ost ✌Recognized them, even though faint in the background, the moment I heard it in the theater.

This movie is forever linked to Home Alone 2 in my brain. Both are 1992 sequels set at Christmas featuring a pair of criminals trying to capture the returning hero. I saw both in the theatre that year and I got both for Christmas.

This will always be my favourite Batman. I was seven when it was released and I was just so enthralled by it all. Also, Michelle Pfeiffer is always going to be my Catwoman. She played that role purrrfectly. And Danny DeVito as Penguin - he played that part “like a harp from hell.”

Thank you so much for this retrospective over Batman Returns. In my opinion it is the best Batman movie. The characters were build so good and complex and it is so obvious that they put so much effort into it. I hope we will be getting a movie that will surpass Batman Returns but i highly doubt it.

The Returns batsuit is my favorite

Favourite Batman movie and score. Those silly pictures of Christopher Walken with Arnold & Elvis lol.

I was 13 when this movie came out. So I really appreciate this version of Catwoman.

Dent and Knox would have been amazing if they were featured in Batman returns. It would have made a lot of sense. Knox in particular, for me, was always one of the most interesting characters from these films and I absolutely loved seeing him show up briefly in the crisis on infinite earths CW crossover event. Wouldn't it be amazing if somehow they worked his character into a cameo somewhere in The flash movie? So much of that movie has been spoiled already, but there are a lot of surprise cameos in it, a Knox Cameo would blow me out of the water.

I prefer 89 but Returns is DAMN good and a very close second.

Finally I meet a fellow man of taste.

This is the first movie I ever saw in the theater. When Batman: The Animated Series came out a couple of years later, it made complete sense (in my mind) as a follow up. I love it all so much.

Burton and Keaton legitimized the Batman as the dark serious almost anti hero that we all love. Without these movies Batman may never have become the icon he is today

Batman 1989 No Kill Rule Batman (1989): - Jack Napier: Batman tried to save him but he slipped and fell into the vat of chemicals. - Goon at Axis Chemicals: Batman went through the trouble of catching him with his bat-rope and tying him on a rail to prevent him from falling. - Blowing up Axis Chemicals The goons followed him into the factory, he didn’t go out of his way to kill them. Second of all he was controlling the car by remote control so we don’t know how limited his view of what was around him was. Thirdly the explosion took time to fully destroy the building and the bat mobile made it out completely unharmed with those two in mind it is possible that the goons could’ve made it out or survived. We don’t know how many henchmen were at the factory if there were any inside or just outside guarding the place. - Firing at goons on parade floatation If you look closely you can see the missiles/bullets hitting below the goons feet or their feet, or behind them, nowhere lethal. - Attempting to shoot the Joker I have to believe it was a warning shot of some kind because you cannot tell me that Batman, the world’s greatest detective, can miss a target with that much ammo that close. - Pulling goon off bell tower This was a definite kill but one that was a life or death situation. Batman was hanging from a ledge and had to deal with several pounds of rubber/Kevlar suit; he couldn’t simply try getting back up otherwise that henchman would’ve just knocked him back down, so he either let himself fall, try to get up without taking down the goon and then get knocked back down and either fall or catch the ledge again, or grab the goon with his legs in order to pull him down securing his way onto the platform. Also once again Batman didn’t go out of his way to put himself in a situation that called for killing someone. - Attaching gargoyle to the Joker There are several ways the Joker could’ve survived this; could’ve let go of the latter and end up in a position like “The Dark Knight” Joker, cut the rope with something allowing himself to continue climbing free of the gargoyle, ordered his pilot to bring the copter to the roof so he could untie it. Batman Returns: - Setting goon on fire with bat mobile Goon could easily have put the fire out with the cold snow and do drop and roll. - Putting bomb on Penguin goon According to Tim Burton this didn’t kill him. So it’s possible Batman knew it wasn’t lethal and would just cause serious injury at worst. This one is the hardest to defend/explain away. You could argue self-defense as Batman has a no killing in cold blood rule, but that’s stretching it. - The Penguin Batman had nothing to do with his death; the Penguin pressed the button that launched the missiles and then fell through a window after freaking out over a swarm of bats surrounding him. We even see Batman go towards where the Penguin fell to try and check on what happened to him. - Attempted to arrest Max Shreck Finally Batman intended on arresting Shreck and sending him to prison. Conclusion: Tim Burton’s Batman does have a no kill rule, it’s definitely not as strict as most versions of the character but it’s definitely there. Compare that to Ben Affleck’s Batman who rammed into vehicles full of henchmen and goons, shooting and blowing up vehicles, towing a truck and slamming it into another vehicle, branding criminals like some kind of slave trader, bashing a guy’s head in with a crate, snapping someone’s neck by bashing their head into the hard wooden floor. Most of Keaton’s Batman kills were merely incidental or in the spur of the moment, he never went out of his way to inflict death, assuming you ignore the points above.

I was blessed enough to be able to go catch Batman 89 and returns as a double feature at a drive-in movie theater a couple of years ago. I've been to movie theaters hundreds of times and seen countless movies, new and old, but this was definitely one of my greatest viewing experiences.

That was an amazing cameo

I always thought it was a generational thing…that because I was born in the 80’s and grew up with the Keaton/Burton films that I would always favor them over later, more “true to the source” movies like the Nolan or even Snyder (lol). In other words, that I couldn’t be arsed to view these movies without nostalgia colored lenses. But I think you nailed it when you mentioned the part about Burton making a world that the Batman would live in rather than trying to mold Batman to fit into our world, which I’m honestly trying to get away from if I’m indulging in these films. Anyhow, amazing stuff, I completely agree. Thank you.

Vee Infuso: Batman shoots grappling hook at Joker causing him to plummet to his death = that’s not my Batman Also Vee Infuso: Batman attaches bomb to guy’s waistband and knocks him into a sewer where it explodes = greatest Batman movie ever

09:37; fun fact: Keaton blackballed her from appearing in the 1989 film, because they had dated previously and was worried about his marriage.

Yes! I'm glad that someone else besides me finally said it! As much as I love and appreciate the comic book version of the penguin, to me, growing up in the 90s watching this movie nearly every day on VHS, Danny DeVito's depiction and version is and always will be what I think of when someone mentions this character.

It's always been my favorite comic book movie. Watch it every Christmas.

This is probably my favorite Batman movie. Also this movie makes me CARE about Selina. I feel for her in this story.

I loved knox, bro u made me so happy to know that u spoke to the man himself!! Commissioner Gordon, dent and Knox would’ve made the burton Batman movies are 10/10…. It’s not hard to give characters screen time

The reason cat woman is at the end of the movie as a stand in is because two weeks before the movie was to be released Warner bros executives watched the movie and they told Tim burton he can’t kill cat woman Cat Woman doesn’t die so burton said they had to scramble to get that reshoot done before release he discussed this on the blue ray release

That Knox interview. Mad respect

The very first movie I seen in theaters as a child was Batman Returns. It has always been my favorite Batman movie and one of my favorite movies of all time. It makes me sad that no one ever lists Batman Returns as one of their favorites. To this day in my mid 30s, I genuinely enjoy this movie more than any other Batman movie. When I say Keaton is the GOAT, this is the movie that I remember him in the most.

Dany Devito's Penguin is the best portrayal of the character and his acting is top notch! Black gloves he is wearing should not portray flippers, but- gloves. Besides all other congenital disfigurements, the Penguin has syndactyly, a condition where fingers and toes are conjoined or webbed, so his fused fingers are actually his hands.

I miss Kevin Conroy so much 😢

Batman Returns had always been my favorite live action Batman movie (and live action comic book movie in general) and probably always will be. It also came out the year I was born.

My mom and older brother had to leave the theater while seeing the first batman on june 23rd 1989 so she could push me out. It's my brothers favorite movie and he still blames me for ruining his first viewing of the movie.

I honestly think that whole scene where Bruce messed up with his words wasn’t in the script, you can see Michael look at the camera confused, and then quickly looking back as if someone behind the camera was telling him to just go with it!

Best Batman check. Best Catwoman ever check. Best Penguin ever check. Best Batman movie ever check.

The animated series didn't want to use returns penguin design, they had to because WB told them to. They later did their own comic book accurate version in the new adventures of batman and Robin

Don’t take the cat resurrection literally. I never did not even as a kid. She got lucky falling through multiple fabric outcroppings, then the cats come and happen to wake her up. She has brain damage as clearly large parts of her personality have changed. The remainder of her story is a tragic parallel to Bruce’s as they both descend into madness.

I'm with you on Batman Returns, there were a couple of years where I thought Nolan and Christian Bales Dark knight was the better Batman but I eventually realized that Tim Burton and Michael Keatons Batman 89 and Batman Returns are Still my favorite Batman movies. The true test is how many times I can repeat a movie, I have watched the Dark Knight so many times since it was released and the same can be said for Begins but I have watched Batman 89 and Returns all my life, I can easily rewatch either one of them at almost any time, I cannot say the same for the Dark Knight trilogy. The Dark Knight trilogy are awesome movies, I just really have to be in the mood for them.

Robert Wuhl: this is just my opinion *proceeds to say the most correct opinion I’ve ever heard*

"It was a complete attack against kids"

Im proud of you bro. You consistently crank out quality videos, and get big names involved every time i turn around. Keep it up. keep networking. Billy Dee still lives in NY, hell you can find out how much a booking request would be. he has profiles out there hit him up, get an interview before the next Pattinson batman movie. if you didn't see yet they're down to between Joel Edgerton or Josh Harnett for the next Two-Face.

One of my all time favorite Batman movies 🍿

These movies inspired everything that we know and love in Batman: The Animated Series so give them their due. And after watching Tim Burtons original Batman, Jack Nicholsons Joker is still terrifying and unnerving

This film only works as a sequel. It’s perfection in every way, but 89’ deserves respect for making this possible, slowly peeling away the layers of Batman, being a staple that changes super hero films, and much more. It’s just like when people rave about The Dark Knight, I get it but let’s not disrespect Batman Begins and all it accomplished at the time. Great breakdown as always! I believe Michelle and Keaton also broke up before shooting this film, so the fact that they got along and had such chemistry is outstanding!

Knox could have easily been that reporter that popped up in the movie every now and then. In fact, all the last couple of times i watched, i couldn't help wonder why it actually wasn't him.

Weird Fact, Tim Burton didn’t want to cast or see Christopher Walken. As Burton stated, Walken scared him!!! That makes sense. Complete & utter sense

I was just watching The Dark Knight yesterday. While it is a fantastic film for multiple reasons, they really s*** the bed as far as the depiction of Gotham City itself. Yes, I understand that they were going for the more realistic tone and feel with this trilogy, but at least and Batman begins Gotham had some sort of character. Moving forward, it was just blatantly Chicago. A good Batman movie set in Gotham must utilize Gotham itself as a character. That was one of the best parts of the new Matt Reeves Batman film. You really got a feel in a vibe for the city. You really understood what it was like to walk at streets and live in it every day. The city itself in a Batman film must always be represented and it honestly is an even bigger character than Batman and any of the others. Because without the city, you wouldn't have Batman in the first place. Vapor trail and characterization of Gotham City is everything. And I don't think there's a single Batman film out there that has done it better since Batman returns. This is what I think about when someone mentions Gotham City. It's Gothic, dark, the architecture is strange, it's very much old and storied, yet mixed in with things from the new world. And we get to see it in all of its beauty in the winter time, which is something I would like to see more in Batman films. Gotham has just never been better.

YES! I cannot stop quoting this movie! It was one of the first movies I ever saw in theaters and it has remained my favorite (movie...ever).

@ 8:35 Did she just mimick the shifting eyeballs of the Felix The Cat clock?? Man, what a sweet & devilish little touch I had never particularly noticed.

I love this film simply because Batman became the first DJ super hero on film! I am gonna play the city like a HARP FROM HELL! I didn't know Bruce Wayne could cut and scratch.

I agree this is the best of the 4 originals, but the best Batman movie is and will always be Mask of the Phantasm. That is a perfect Batman movie. I'd say damn near flawless.

Ayye that appearance by Robert Wuhl was awesome Let's Go ! 🤯🔥🔥

Batman returns is my ultimate favourite movie,it has darkness, fetishism,erotic,blood its amazing.No other batman movie had had that since BR.Its a masterpiece.

Man I go back and forth with Batman '89 and Batman Returns as my favorite Batman movie

No it's the best Batman X-mas movie

BRUCE WAYNE: " I mistook me for somebody else" SELINA: " Mistook you" ME: He was right the first time.

The chemistry betwixt the 🦇 and the 😺.. "appropriate sparks are flying, somebody cue the power ballad."

That music used in Selina's transformation scenes in her flat is so beautifully sad and shows her descent into madness perfectly

Good review.

I didn't know people were divided on this movie I was 3 years old when Batman Returns came out until I got an older and I was watching a lot of reviews on RU-vid about this film

I agree, this is also my favorite Batman movie ever! And we've already had the Batman '89 miniseries, are we really getting more now???

I rember crying when I saw the penguin die for the first time.

Head Canon: Those cats that turned Selina Kyle into Catwoman were experiments of Professor Hugo Strange.

I heard Burton wanted to use Killer Croc rather than Penguin, and that's why he's written so feral in this movie. Studio wanted one of the big 4 from the Adam West series so he went with Penguin

It is the best. It is still my favorite Batman movie and comic book super hero movie.

''Headstrong''. That bit wasn't lost on me.

My favorite Batman movie! I remember seeing this in the theater with my dad when I was only 9 years old. It felt so scandalous for going to a PG-13 movie when I wasn't 13 haha!

Fun fact; The actor that plays Max Shrek's son would go onto play Leatherface in the Platinum Dunes Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.

Initially, I resented that Gotham in Returns looks less grimy 'Gotham' than in 1989s. Even now, I do. It's a great set - I'm just not convinced it's Gotham. Returns' Gotham seems small, like if small town America had a German Expressionist architect design some of it. It always feels that I'm in a film studio. Despite that, the camp sight of the Ice Princess being flustered by bats, to the Penguin using an umbrella as a helicopter, to his motorised duck, makes me feel that Burton wanted some 1960s camp in there. It's just that it probably feels incongruous next to some of the sophisticated architectural design. If only Gotham felt larger than it does here. It's really like Edward Scissorhands meets The Nightmare Before Christmas but could have used a bit more scale. And, even with Christopher Walken pushing Selina and Penguin biting someone's nose, it's never as outright scary as Batman 1989. I suppose it never meant to be. We never really see Max or Penguin just plotting on their own. It's more a dark cartoon whereas Batman 1989 was also a 1940s gangster movie in feel. I just wish that Returns had an extra underpinning angle like Batman 1989 did. As it is, Returns feels less real, more deliberately like a pantomimish show, an aspect that, unfortunately, would caracturise the following 2 movies. But Returns does give a show, I just think that, by concentrating on giving a show, we have little option than to think how Nicholson gave a better one.

I think Colin Farrel's Penguin could give Devito's Penguin a run for it's money.

I’VE ALWAYS SAID THIS AND DEFENDED THIS MOVIE!

Watching this is a Christmas tradition

I couldn't agree with you more Vee. It's been 30 years and am still IN LOVE with this movie. It's also my christmas movie. By far the best Batman movie

This was a great video. I love your channel. Supporting your channel from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦.

89 is a Batman movie directed by Tim Burton. While Returns is a Tim Burton movie with Batman characters in it. It's still a good movie, but I like 89 just a little bit more.

Great video I agree with the overall sentiment. I think the movie does some things extremely well, in particular the Batman / Catwoman dynamic I also like your point about the Burton aesthetic suiting a Batman film in terms of hyper- reality I do think the plot is a mess though, but that’s probably down to an Autuer dealing with a studio looking at a blockbuster that is expected to be a mega earner. And through repeated viewings, fuzzy plot lines can be ignored

One of the best opening scenes in a movie

I've seen quite an interesting "What if Harvey Dent was in Batman Returns"? That's quite a good story. But I would agree that this movie was very underrated at the time but finally got the appreciation that it deserves. The plot has problems but what they did with the characters was just phenomenal.

6:22 you know that always been what i always thought is like Burton switch Joker and Penguin's henchmen

I have to believe that Salina and Bruce had more interactions.

Christopher Walken was supposed to be Billy Dee Williams & that kiss with that killed him was supposed be how Harvey ended up becoming 2 face.

So fucking cool to get Robert Wuhl to comment. That was awesome.

Still is my favorite Batman movie. I do think there are a couple of Batman movies that are better technically but this just hits everything for me. Also Michael Keaton is Batman.

It's a Masquerade Party. Not a Halloween Party.

i saw this movie when it came out in the 90s I for one didn't find the pegnuin scarry... or the movie to "violent".. Divito's penguin has been my favourite since i was about 8 or 9 ... how ever old i was when this movie came out

Another great thing about Batman Returns? The Super Nintendo game.

Yes it is! I have been saying this since it came out!

Been my Xmas eve movie for decades and by proxy my children, eldest daughter went to The Batman 5 times, there may be a interloper :)

Batman returns is my favorite too man, i love your take on it 🎉

My favourite Christmas movie.

Yeah - I loved this movie. I’ll never forget how I felt when I saw the preview in the theatre before some other film. It was the rooftop cat woman fight scene. I had no idea it was being made and was totally stoked!

Still wish we got a 3rd but noooo merchandise

Thank you this is probably my favorite Batman movie

Bro I was 12 and I loved it also 89s but that's kinda the standard now with the penguin. And lord baby jesus. MICHELLE Pfeiffer 🔥🔥🔥

no way, it's Batman Begins for me. And Keaton was my Batman as a kid.