Batman Forever was just terrible. The first two films by Tim Burton were great. I think it was a real mistake to start going so cartoonish. The series got even worse after this film (Batman and Robin was atrocious) but this film was really bad itself. A stupid story, dumb characters doing dumb things, hammy over acting, stupid direction, awful writing. This movie stinks.

What to say about this film??? Well... IT'S FRIGGIN' AMAZING! Acting way up the top, the Caped Crusader (Val Kilmer). The part that really annoys me is that Robin thinks he can just go out and take the Batmobile for a joy ride???? Cut the crap about Val Kilmer being the second worst actor as Batman think of it this way...Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey did the best acting as villains. They're up there with The Penguin (Danny DeVito) and Catwoman (Michelle Pheiffer). If there were the Top 2 Actors that did the best at being villains it would easily have to be Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey. Their villain acting was godly! No doubt about it. And for all you people that are saying, 'Oh where is Burton?" Well guess what? TIM BURTON PRODUCED IT! PRODUCING MEANS TO MAKE IT, DIRECTING MEANS TO TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT TO DO! MAKING MEANS MORE!

When I first saw Batman Forever during its opening weekend at the Sony (now AMC Loews) Wayne 8 plex in NJ, I had a great time enjoying it with my dad and stepmom. I even bought the terrible video game and thought how hard it was to beat it despite having mortal kombat moves and graphics from the same developer and publisher. This movie was a big hit during the summer, only to be surpassed by Toy Story at the end of the year. The casting is perfect, with Val Kilmer in his only role as the Dark Knight, with Chris O'Donnell as Robin, who would go on to become Robin again in Batman and Robin, along with Nicole Kidman as Chase Merdian, as well as the guy who played the butler Alfred from the previous two batman movies. As for the bad guys, Jim Carrey is the Riddler and delivers an amazing performance, along with Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face, the character of which makes a grand intro in The Dark Knight. Drew Barrymore also plays a role as one of the femme fatales. As for the pacing, it's pretty quick and easy yet a bit campy compared to the darkness of the 1989 batman and its sequel, Batman returns. The soundtrack is pretty good, with u2 and seal providing great songs at the end of the movie. The movie also was one of the first to have a website.

This movie is a lot different from, and in my opinion much inferior to, the first two entries in the (original) Batman movie franchise. I think it's because they had new creative people in place (the new director but also some new cast), and they took the movie into a much too cartoon-like direction. I thought the original Batman movie (1989) was fantastic, and I know a lot of people actually disliked Batman Returns but I still thought it was a very good, entertaining movie. But this movie I thought was a clunker, and the one after this (Batman and Robin) is a complete disaster.You'll enjoy the series if you stop after the second one, when Tim Burton and Michael Keaton both left the series. Trust me.