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Maphen  ·  3564 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Tim Burton's Batman Is Still the Best - Esquire

I can kind of understand the Schumacher's take. I mean, Nightmare On Elm Street 4 is the highest grossing one in the series, and even the highest grossing slasher of the 80's. Once you've built up the successful legacy, people will go to see it. And definitely the lighter campier tone. Plus, I feel like Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, and Tommy Lee Jones are a bigger box-office draw, especially for the family audience he was going for.

I got one of those budget packs that had both Tim Burton's and both Schumacher's together. The first half is legitimately good, and I actually think Batman Returns may be a bit better than Batman. The Val Kilmer movie is for nostalgia and goofball, Batman & Robin is to get drunk and laugh at with friends.

Jesus, the way they squandered Poison Ivy and Bane still hurts me to think about.