There are many, many reasons 1995's
Batman Forever is hard to watch by young nerds who’d been delighted by Tim Burton’s first movies. For them, it was crushing disappointment that the first superhero movie franchise that wasn’t solely aimed at kids was devolving into the silliness of the campy ‘60s show. Now people are coming around on Schumacher’s
Batman & Robin for that same reason, but
Batman Forever is caught in between. It’s a natural evolutionary step from Burton to
B&R, but it’s trying to be brooding and campy in the same movie, and those are canceling each other out. So