Serious audiences will be less interested than ever in what's under Batman's cape or cowl. Like this: "You trying to get under my cape?" Pandering more directly to a teen-age audience than either "Batman" or "Batman Returns" did, this third film also dwells on sophomoric wisecracks.
Schumacher favors vertiginous angles that turn into overkill during his film's awkward action sequences, but he's better when it comes to displaying the contents of Batman's closet. "Batman Forever" is both a threat and a promise.Īnd "Batman Forever" is a viable installment in the "Batman" series, though Joel Schumacher's flashy direction is messier and less interestingly macabre than Tim Burton's darkly ingenious films in this genre. More to the point is its title, a proud affirmation that the venture is still flop-proof. As for the actual movie, it's the empty-calorie equivalent of a Happy Meal (another Batman tie-in), so clearly a product that the question of its cinematic merit is strictly an afterthought. Toys, games, comics, videos: each has its place in the cosmos of this multimedia phenomenon, and the consumer's role is no less well-defined.
BATMAN FOREVER" brings on the very secular sensation that you are part of something larger than yourself.
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