BATMAN FOREVER
A film review by Cyrus Chen
Copyright 1995 Cyrus Chen
BATMAN FOREVER is a film made for my age group (14) and I can tell you that this film really sucks! The acting was horrible. It seemed to me that the producers used more special effects than acting. Val Kilmer was pretty bad. He cannot act. Michael Keaton, who appeared in the previous two Batman movies, was a much better actor. Tommy Lee Jones, one of the better actors who played in other films such as THE FUGITIVE and THE CLIENT did not act so well in this movie. In this movie, he was just another wannabe Jack Nicolson because the notorious Two-Face was acting very much like the Joker in BATMAN. The only good feature to this film was the human cartoon Jim Carrey. This man can just amaze you with his changeable face. It's like, "How the hell did you do that?"
Another thing was the script. Hated it. There wasn't too much dialogue. Most of the script was the "Spectacular Special Effects" (albeit the special effects weren't that hot). Tim Burton who directed the previous two Batman films should have definitely directed this film. He could have probably made this dull and crummy movie into a spectacular film. If the first two movies were a hit, why didn't he direct this one?
They also didn't show the origin of Two-Face; he was sort of just there. In the previous two movies, the script at least showed where the main evil bad guy came from. How about a little explanation? Where did this guy come from? You shouldn't have to read the comics to know where Two-Face came from!
Most people think this film is hot because of all the promotion it has had. Every time you turn on the television you see that Batman Forever commercial and that famous 99c cup from Mcdonald's. The commercial really fooled me. It got me all excited and I couldn't wait for that movie to come out, sort of thing. Once you see it, though, it's a big disappointment.
I am sorry, but this was just a terrible movie. If you are a big Batman fan and one of those people who just can't miss a Batman flick, then it's worth a shot, after all it's only four bucks at the matinee! But if you care about good movies, save your money! BATMAN FOREVER, a movie to be missed.
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