Two-Face himself is split between good and evil. Meridian is attracted to both Batman and Bruce. One villain seeks to kill Bruce Wayne the other, Batman. The theme of duality is present throughout. The script, originally by Lee and Janet Scott Batchler (whose only other feature credit together is 2014’s Pompeii), seems like it got a lot right. Ironically, despite an entire subplot about how it’s wrong and bad for him to do that, Two-Face ultimately drowns as Robin smiles. Chase Meridian is basically Kim Basinger’s Vicki Vale again, a woman drawn to danger who has a Bat-fetish.Īnd since Batman can’t kill the Joker a second time for murdering his parents, Robin gets to go after Two-Face for killing his parents. (With the the Joel Schumacher touch of gigantic, mostly nude male statues holding things up.) Tommy Lee Jones’ Two-Face is played as a less-scary version of Jack Nicholson’s Joker. So Gotham City no longer looks like Edward Gorey drawings, but is back to being a large-scale city. Not unlike Return of the Jedi, or more recently The Force Awakens, Batman Forever tries to get back to the things people enjoyed about the first film, without so many of the creepy, dark things parents didn’t. RELATED: 4K Review: Batman 1989, Dawn of the Superhero Movie
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