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Everyone Is Wrong About Batman Forever

Everyone Is Wrong About Batman Forever

By Robert Scucci | Updated 1 hour ago Of all the Batman movies that have been released over the past several decades, 1995’s Batman Forever receives what I consider to be a lot of unnecessary hate. Losing points among die-hard Batman fans for being incredibly campy and over-the-top when compared to Tim Burton’s Batman and Batman returns (and Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight series), Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever isn’t remembered fondly because it’s not dark and brooding like its predecessors or successors, but rather bright, explosive, stylish, and corny, much like the 1960s iteration of Batman that featured Adam West as the Dark Knight and Burt Ward as Robin.  I don’t necessarily see this stylistic pivot as a reason to hate on Batman Forever because when you look at any movie