Batman Returns, I decided to watch 1989’s
Batman first, and my goodness, I’d forgotten how fun that movie was. No origin story, Bruce Wayne in glasses, Vicki Vale’s outfits, and Jack Nicholson just hamming it up in the most excellent way.
Batman is such an interesting product of its time. At the time of its release, the Batman that existed in people’s minds was still the ’60s fun children’s show with Adam West (its own fantastic thing, btw). With superhero movies aimed at young children, they were built to be bright and fun (what a concept), so when Tim Burton was brought on to helm a Batman film with Michael Keaton in the role, it was a choice to the mainstream.