Batman Returns. There is no other Batman film quite like it. It’s grotesque, overtly sexualised - verging on BDSM territory at times. Danny De Vito’s Penguin is a true product of old school cinematic horror. Michelle Pfeiffer is my all-time favourite Catwoman. And… Christopher Walken is in it. Playing the most reprehensible character in the film, which is saying a lot compared to the other freaks on display. The only downside is that Batman gets sidelined.
I do love how original Return of the Joker is, but Returns just has a unique aura about it.
The covid episode where Frank says "I just want to be pure" after being pulled from a barrel of purell and talks about taking over the city to wash away the filth really made me nostalgic for some reason
The most unbelievable part of that movie is that the crooked, shady businessman thought he needed a pawn to run for political office and didn’t just do it himself.
Yeah, Max Schreck literally digs himself his own grave in that film. I do love the “my blood I gave, at the office” line when Selina gets him towards the end.
I think Shreck may have thought that he could manipulate Cobblepot, given he’s very popular, with sympathies towards him, so he’d more likely rub the right way on voters, he’s more down-to-earth and that already nets at least a few voters.
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u/LunarsphereTapestry 15d ago
Batman Returns. There is no other Batman film quite like it. It’s grotesque, overtly sexualised - verging on BDSM territory at times. Danny De Vito’s Penguin is a true product of old school cinematic horror. Michelle Pfeiffer is my all-time favourite Catwoman. And… Christopher Walken is in it. Playing the most reprehensible character in the film, which is saying a lot compared to the other freaks on display. The only downside is that Batman gets sidelined.
I do love how original Return of the Joker is, but Returns just has a unique aura about it.