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It was ok but it went back to the camp tv series which Burton wanted to avoid.It was entartaining but not dark the way Batman should've been.
the irony is that the batman films (starting with 1989's Batman) were started because they were trying to remove batman from his camp style that had become attatched to him in the 60's. the first film was an attempt to restore batman to his roots. unfortunately too many over-protective and obsessive parents complained that burton's batman movies were too dark for children (especially Batman Returns which was viewed as being darker than Batman). their complaints finally convinced WB to take the batman films in a new direction, so they canned burton (keaton left shortly after due to his loyalty to burton and dissagreement with WB's decisions). Schumacher was required to make the film more camp to make it more appropriate for children. Batman and Robin took this even further. For this movie WB was looking to capitalize on toy revenue as much as humanly possible. they actually gave the toy company partial control over the movie. ever wonder why batman, robin, and batgirl suddenly, out of the blue, have on those lame black and silver costumes for the final battle? or why there were so many vehicles in the movie (batmobile, robin's motercycle, the 3 ice vehicles that the bat-trio are riding while wearing the silver costumes, and the freezemobile)? i mean the vehicles even looked like giant toys. this is why the batmobile had no top, no windshield, and only sat one person. so that they could make a toy that looked exactly like it. everything in the movie was designed to sell a toy. Batman Forever and Batman and Robin were made more for children than batman fans. WB changed batman back to camp in an attempt to gain a larger audience and make more money, and in the end they killed the series because of it. over several decades batman has survived villians like the joker, penguin, riddler, two-face, catwoman, and countless others and came off without a scratch. but one gay guy (no offense meant to gay people) and a crowd of complaining parents and batman almost buys the farm.