![]() The whole Vicky Vale relationship was pretty stale if you cut out all of the conflict with the Joker, and obviously Selina Kyle didn't work out so well for Bruce. I thought out of all 5 films Chase Meridian was Bruce's best girlfriend. The romance isn't to be taken that lightly, though. I'm not saying it's particularly deep, but when you look at Edward Nygma's obsession with Bruce Wayne (stalking him, to imitating him right down to the mole), Harvey Dent's schizophrenia as Two-Face, and the fact that both Bruce Wayne AND Batman end up romancing the same psychologist is all enormously amusing. But I really was surprised at how psychological of a movie Batman Forever is. For this one it was good, 'cause that's essentially how it ends, but the result of this led to the campy and just plain boring 4th episode. In some ways you can look at this as a transition from the dark, tortured Batman to a Batman who has finally conquered his personal demons and gone on to be happier in being a man who fights crime in the night dressed up in rubber. For one thing, this is the only 'Batman' with a decent soundtrack to its name (including 2 great songs by U2 and Seal). Artistically, there were things it got wrong and didn't do as well as the others, but there were things it did so much better, too. People also seem to forget how big of a hit it was. I think some people recollect this film and automatically associate it with Shumacher's awful second Batman attempt, Batman & Robin. I loved the first two Batman movies, and honestly would have loved to see Burton go on to direct more entries in the series, but Joel Shumacher's Batman Forever is not at all an unwelcome change.
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