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Batman Forever is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton, based on the DC Comics character Batman. A stand-alone sequel to the 1992 film mh:greatestmovies:Batman Returns and the third installment of Warner Bros.'s initial Batman film series, it stars Val Kilmer replacing Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne and Batman, alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell, Michael Gough, and Pat Hingle. The plot focuses on Batman trying to stop Two-Face and the Riddler in their villainous scheme to extract confidential information from all the minds in Gotham City and use it to learn Batman's identity and bring the city under their control. In the process, he gains allegiance from a young, orphaned circus acrobat named Dick Grayson, who becomes his sidekick Robin, and meets and develops feelings for psychologist Dr. Chase Meridian, which brings him to the point to decide if he will lead a normal life or if he is destined to fight crime as Batman forever.

Upon release the movie was met with mixed reviews, criticizing the CGI, Val's performance, lighter tone, costume designs, nevertheless, it was praised for the visuals and performances of Carrey and Jones. The film follows Batman & Robin which was released in 1997, four years later, which it recieved an even more worse reception than Forever received.

Plot
In Gotham City, the crime fighter Batman defuses a hostage situation caused by a criminal known as Two-Face, formerly the city's district attorney Harvey Dent, who is disfigured when mobster Sal Maroni threw acid on him during Maroni's conviction which Batman failed to prevent. Two-Face escapes and remains at large, and Batman must stop Two-Face who seeks revenge from him after a courtroom accident leaves him disfigured on one side, and The Riddler who has a nefarious plan of his own.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The film is overloaded with lighter, and campy tones (though nowhere near as bad as in Batman and Robin), making it almost look like it's a kid-friendly film.
 * 2) *On the topic, before the film was released, critics treated Tim Burton very unfairly for making his Batman films look even darker and serious, making his Batman series begin to tone down the darker tone from his first two films.
 * 3) The only thing that Warner Bros. Pictures wanted to focus on is the lighter-tone Batman films, rather than a story, new characters, and, as said before, charm and heart. And because of that, it sometimes takes it way too seriously by the critics.
 * 4) The bigger problem with the tone is that the lighter tone wasn't supposed to be in the Batman film series in the first place, either. Tim Burton was supposed to direct Batman Continues, but, unfortunately, critics criticized Burton very unfairly for having a darker tone in his first two Batman films.
 * 5) Too many campy moments that nearly make the movie feel like an unintentional comedy superhero film.
 * 6) A few plot-holes including:
 * 7) *The Batcomputer reacts to an intruder in the Batcave by turning on the power for everything and unlocking the various Bat-vehicles. This response actually makes it easier for an intruder to steal the Batmobile, than if it did nothing.
 * 8) *Two-Face's plan to hold the circus hostage unless Batman gives himself up doesn't make a whole lot of sense at all.
 * 9) **If Batman never revealed himself and if Robin hadn't been able to throw the bomb into the river everyone in the circus would have died including Two-Face's thugs who had not yet evacuated the building. Even if the thugs had begun evacuating (the way the scene is shot it is hard to tell) there is no way they ever would have been able to get clear of the blast radius in time and Two-Face himself even though had escaped through a trap door still would have been killed as the entire surface would have collapsed in on him.
 * 10) **It's highly unlikely this was intended to be a suicide mission meaning that Two-Face and his entire gang hadn't thought things through all the way.
 * 11) *For some reason Chase never questions why Bruce just disappeared during Nygma's party after Two-Face shows up.
 * 12) Even though it is a stand-alone sequel to Batman Returns, there are a lot of the elements that were taken from mh:besttvshows:Batman: The Animated Series, meaning that this movie is more of a rebooted, or based on a television series than being a sequel.
 * 13) Awful cinematography.
 * 14) Slow pacing, in many scenes.
 * 15) Laughable, and nonsensical scenes, such as a scene where
 * 16) The acting is nowhere near as good as in the first two movies.
 * 17) Some scenes which show buttocks are rather inappropriate for a Batman film.
 * 18) Mediocre computer-generated imagery.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The idea of a Batman film of going against the two villains of Two-Face and The Ridder is very original.
 * 2) It introduces Robin, which he didn't appear from the first two films.
 * 3) Jim Carrey's performance as The Riddler can be very entertaining for most of the time.
 * 4) Michael Gough's performance as Alfred Pennyworth is good.
 * 5) Joel Schumacher actually  did wanted to make this movie look so much darker and more serious film like Tim Burton, that would more fully explore Bruce Wayne's growing fear that his crusade to be Batman had done more harm than good, and that Bruce was beginning to suffer from burnout, but the executives at Warner Bros. insisted on a lighter tone, although it wasn't his fault that his film is written this way.
 * 6) Some of the vehicles in this film are pretty cool to look at.
 * 7) Outfits are very good, especially with Batman and Robin, even with the newer ones near the end of the movie.
 * 8) The scene where Riddler, Two-Face, and their minions destroyed Batman's lab, and his vehicle is very shocking to look at.
 * 9) Just like the first two Batman films, it still retains some darker moments, even though it is less dark compared to the original two films.
 * 10) Val Kilmer's portrayal of Batman is pretty decent, although not as good as Michael Keaton's Batman.
 * 11) The movie still has great action scenes, such as a scene where
 * 12) *Also, the final battle with Riddle and Two-Face is pretty decent.
 * 13) The film has good songs (such as "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 and "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal) and an awesome soundtrack composed by Elliot Goldenthal.

Reception
Upon release, it received mixed reviews from critics, audience, and fans of the series, who criticized the direction towards the computer-generated imagery, Kilmer's performance, costume designs, and tonal departure from previous films, while praising the visuals and performances of Carrey and Jones. Currently, it has a 39% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Loud, excessively busy, and often boring, Batman Forever nonetheless has the charisma of Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones to offer mild relief." Metacritic scores a film a 51/100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

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Trivia

 * Michelle Pfeiffer was considered to reprise her role as Catwoman in this film, but she was left out.
 * More than 100 Batman and Robin costumes were created to allow for the range of stunts, from underwater scenes to scenes involving fire and extreme fighting.
 * This film marks the first appearance of Arkham Asylum in a live-action Batman film.

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