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MOVIE REVIEW ()             REVIEW BY JERM
THE PENGUIN (DEVITO), DA DA DA DAAAA DA, THE CAT (PFEIFFER), DA DA DA DAAAA DA, THE BAT (KEATON), DA DA DA DAAAA DA, THE REVIEW (JERM) DAAAAA DAAAAAA!  TIM BURTON RETURNED TO THE BATMAN FRANCHISE IN 1992 WITH BATMAN RETURNS, THE FOLLOW UP TO THE 1989 MEGA HIT BATMAN.  THE MOVIE PICKS RIGHT UP FROM THE FIRST SCENE, GIVING YOU THE CREATION OF THE PENGUIN.  THEN A LITTLE BIT LATER IT GIVES US THE CREATION OF CATWOMAN.  BATMAN QUICKLY SPRINGS BACK INTO ACTION TO STOP THESE TWO, WHO HAVE TEAMED UP TO FRAME HIM.  EACH WITH THEIR OWN AGENDA, AND EACH WITH A DIABOLICAL MIND.  A NEAT LITTLE TWIST IS THE FACT THAT BATMAN AND CATWOMAN’S ALTER EGO’S BEGIN TO FALL FOR EACH OTHER.  THE MOVIE BRINGS BACK ALL THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS EXCEPT HARVEY DENT, PLAYED THE FIRST TIME AROUND BY BILLY DEE WILLIAMS, AND THE MAYOR.  KEATON, WHO IS THE ONLY BATMAN, FITS BACK IN HIS 50LB BATMAN SUIT LIKE IT WAS A GLOVE.  TIM BURTON GIVES US A MORE GOTHIC LOOK TO GOTHEM CITY, INSTEAD OF THE “LOOK AT ME, I’M A MINIATURE” LOOK OF THE FIRST MOVIE.  THE BAD GUYS ARE ALSO REALLY GOOD IN THEIR ROLE, TRYING TO BE AS OVER THE TOP AS POSSIBLE, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE JOKER FROM THE FIRST ONE.  ALL IN ALL, THE BEST INSTALLMENT IN THE BATMAN FRANCHISE.  

DVD REVIEW ()
WARNER BROTHERS OWES US SOME STARS ON THIS TERRIBLE DVD.  THE SOUND MIX IS GREATLY ADVANCED FROM THE FIRST BATMAN DVD.  THIS, AFTER ALL, IS THE FIRST MOVIE EVER MADE IN DOLBY DIGITAL.  ALL THE EXTRAS ARE FLUFF INFORMATION, LIKE PRODUCTION NOTES AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU COULD GET OUT OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY.  NO COMMENTARY, NO MOVING EXTRA’S, LIKE A BEHIND THE SCENES OR EVEN THE THEATRICAL TRAILER.  I REMEMBER WATCHING A GREAT FEATURETTE BACK WHEN THIS MOVIE WAS BEING RELEASED, BUT THAT IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND EITHER.  WHILE THE SOUND WAS RESPECTABLE, IT WASN’T WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.  ON THE JEWEL CASE FOR THE MOVIE, IT ADVERTISED “SCENE ACCESS”, WHICH IS THE SAME AS CD MANUFACTURERS ADVERTISING SEPARATE TRACKS.  THE MOVIE WAS REALLY GOOD THE DVD IS REALLY BAD!

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